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Goals galore on Premier League Saturday

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Aston Villa and Brighton bounced back while Spurs and Newcastle were held on a Saturday that delivered 26 Premier League goals in five games.

Aston Villa bounced back from their defeat to Newcastle United with a 5-0 thumping of Sheffield United.

Ollie Watkins picked up a goal and three assists to reach 20 Premier League goal involvements this season.

The Englishman is the first player to reach double figures for both goals and assists in the league this term and the first do so for Villa since Dwight Yorke almost 30 years ago.

John McGinn opened the scoring before Watkins and Leon Bailey made it 3-0 within the first 20 minutes at Bramall Lane.

Youri Tielemans got the fourth before the break and Alex Moreno then added another to leave the hosts shell-shocked.

Vinicius Souza thought he had a consolation deep in stoppage time but the visitors would get their clean sheet as VAR ruled the goal out for offside.

On the goal rush, Newcastle and Luton played out a thrilling 4-4 draw while Burnley versus Fulham finished 2-2. Brighton picked up their first win in four with a 4-1 home victory over Crystal Palace.

In the earlier action, Everton came back from behind twice to take a point off Tottenham at Goodison Park.

Richarlison scored twice against his former club, as the visitors edged possession despite having less attempts than the Toffees.

Jack Harrison equalised in the first half before the Brazilian made it 2-1 just before the break.

Spurs thought they had taken all three points as they held out for most of the second half. But with minutes to play, Jarrad Braithwaite levelled matters once more to help Everton to within one point of Nottingham Forest in 17th.

On Sunday, Bournemouth take on Nottingham Forest, Chelsea host Wolves and Manchester United face West Ham.

The day concludes with Arsenal up against Liverpool at the Emirates before Manchester City travel to Brentford on Monday night football.

Pictured above: Ollie Watkins

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