Manchester United came from a goal down to beat West Ham United 3-1 at London Stadium on as fans returned to the Premier League for the first time since March on Sunday (NZ time).
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his team's consistent form away from home after they maintained their 100 percent record on the road, as United move up to fourth in the table,
"Of course, you are very, very happy with the away form. I think the home form is decent, we are becoming more and more consistent and we are coping better with games like this. When you are 1-0, 2-0 down the boys still believe and that character is important," says Solskjaer
"Away from home we have character and belief. Five times on the bounce to come from behind and win is exceptional."
Czech midfielder Tomas Soucek put West Ham ahead, in front of the permitted 2,000 fans, in the 38th minute, turning in at the back post after Declan Rice had headed on a corner.
United were well below their best, forcing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to bring on Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes from the bench at the break and although the Norwegian had been hoping to rest his key players ahead of Tuesday's Champions League crunch match in Leipzig, the move paid off.
Portuguese midfielder Fernandes set up Paul Pogba for the equaliser in the 65th minute, the French midfielder scoring with brilliant side-foot curler from outside of the box.
Three minutes later Mason Greenwood put United ahead with a superb short on the turn after being fed by Alex Telles.
Rashford completed the comeback in the 78th minute with a delicate chip after being put clear through on goal by United's other sub Juan Mata.
Chelsea also welcomed back fans, as they moved to the top of the Premier League, coming from a goal down as well to beat Leeds United 3-1.
Stirker Olivier Giroud, 34, marked his first league start of the season - reward for his four goals in Chelsea's thrashing of Sevilla in the Champions League earlier this week - by stretching to turn in a whipped cross by Reece James in the 27th minute.
That cancelled out a fourth-minute opener for Leeds by Patrick Bamford, once on the Blues' books but who never made a first-team appearance. He latched on to a long ball by Kalvin Phillips and rounded goalkeeper Edouard Mendy to score.
Chelsea created most of the chances and went ahead in the 61st minute when Zouma jumped higher than everyone to power a Mason Mount corner down and into net.
Christian Pulisic sealed the win in added time when he turned in a cross by Timo Werner.
The win pushed Chelsea up to top spot in the table with 22 points, leap-frogging Tottenham and Liverpool who both have 21 and are playing on Sunday. Leeds are in 12th position.
Meanwhile, Manchester Cityclimbed up the standings after first-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne gave them a comfortable 2-0 home win over Fulham.
The result lifted City into fifth place on 18 points from 10 games while Fulham, who suffered a 10th straight defeat to their rivals in all competitions, stayed 17th on seven points from 11 matches, just outside the relegation zone.
Elsewhere, Chris Wood's Burnley were held to a 1-1 draw against Everton, after Dominic Calvert-Lewin cancelled out Robbie Brady's opener for the Clarets.
Burnley grabbed the lead in the third minute when Everton midfielder Allan gave the ball away and Ashley Westwood fed Brady on the edge of the box who, with his unfavoured right-foot, drilled the ball into the bottom corner.
Everton had the alertness of Jordan Pickford to thank in the 41st minute when Dwight McNeil slipped CWood through but the goalkeeper was out quickly to foil the Burnley striker.
Calvert-Lewin brought Everton level though on the stroke of halftime, sliding in to meet a low cross from the left by Richarlison for his 11th league goal of the season.
Pickford denied Wood again in the 84th, diving to palm away a firm header from a corner, and then Burnley keeper Nick Pope kept out Gylfi Sigurdsson with an excellent save with his feet.
More to come
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