A victory for Liverpool but not a particularly fantastic performance.
Crystal Palace had earned their point until a moment Luka Milivojevic will want to forget quickly.
It was scoreless with fifteen minutes or so to go and when facing his own goal, he did not seem to recognise the pressure coming from Dominic Solanke, the Liverpool substitute. From there, Sadio Mane could not miss.
This was a structurally flawed Liverpool team. Jürgen Klopp chose two centre halves in Joel Matip and Ragnar Klavan who are not comfortable in possession. This meant Jordan Henderson and James Milner had to drop deep to start Liverpool’s play from the back and they are midfielders known for their industry rather than their creativity. Subsequently, the real threat in this Liverpool team - the attack - were often found seeking possession near the half-way line, far away from the area of the pitch where they can cause the most damage.
Until Mane’s intervention, that the genesis of a goal for Liverpool seemed most likely to come from their new left-back, Andrew Robertson, says everything about the type of threat Liverpool were posing.
Leicester City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Shinji Okazaki made it two goals in two games, converting from close range inside a minute.
Harry Maguire scored his first Leicester goal as the Foxes eased to a first win of the season against a timid Brighton side in a scrappy affair at King Power Stadium.
The hosts led inside a minute when Shinji Okazaki tapped in after new Seagulls goalkeeper Mathew Ryan spilled a low effort from the impressive Riyad Mahrez.
Brighton's Glenn Murray had a goal disallowed for offside before the break but, in truth, the newly promoted side offered little threat as they fell to a second successive defeat in the top tier.
Southampton 3-2 West Ham
Charlie Austin penalty settles thriller after Javier Hernandez hit double
Charlie Austin came off the bench to fire Mauricio Pellegrino to a dramatic first win as Southampton boss.
Austin showed nerves of steel to win a five-goal thriller against ten-man West Ham with a cooly converted injury-time penalty.
Pablo Zabaleta's push on Maya Yoshida to concede the spot-kick undid all the Hammers' hard work to come back from 2-0 down thanks to Javier Hernandez's double.
And the last-gasp nature of the defeat capped another nightmare afternoon for the visitors and boss Slaven Bilic.
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