Seven Goal Thriller at Turf Moor and Liverpool Close in on Top Four - Football Park’s Premier League Roundup MW28

Seven Goal Thriller at Turf Moor and Liverpool Close in on Top Four - Football Park’s Premier League Roundup MW28

Another epic Saturday in the Premier League has occurred, with a staggering 22 goals being scored across five matches, with plenty of late drama.

With just 10 matchweeks to go in the 2025/26 season, each match and each three points is vital, and these games certainly had a massive impact on the standings.

With under-fire Arne Slot's Liverpool and title-chasing Manchester City both in action, here is Football Park's review of the day's action.

Sunderland Denied Top Half With Late Disallowed Goal

Bournemouth 1-1 Sunderland Evanilson (63'); Mayenda (18').

The first of the day's fixtures headed to the south coast as Sunderland made the challenging trip to Bournemouth, as the hosts looked to continue their strong form against a Sunderland side hoping to improve upon recent results.

It was a bright start for Regis Le Bris' side, who took the lead in the early stages, with Eliezer Mayenda netted his second topflight goal of the campaign. The 20-year-old was on hand to capitalise on Habib Diarra's effort which Djordje Petrovic could only redirect into Mayenda's path.

A managerial master stroke then occurred over the interval as Andoni Iraola opted to bring on Evanilson to replace David Brooks - and it paid dividends. Just 18 minutes after the second period commenced, and the hosts drew level through the Brazilian. As ever, VAR had to intervene temporarily, but after a lengthy check, it was deemed that the ball had hit Evanilson's shoulder so the goal stood.

The Black Cats thought they found a winner in the 81st minute, but the linesman's flag was swiftly raised so the wearside outfit had to settle with a point, with the Cherries remain in the top half.

Brilliant Burnley Comeback Denied by a Damsgaard Double

Burnley 3-4 Brentford Kayode (45'+3 OG), Anthony (47'), Flemming (60'); Damsgaard (9', 90'+3), Thiago (25'), Schade (34').

The thoroughly entertaining affair at Turf Moor was a match straight out of FIFA. To simply sum it up, the hosts completely flipped the script to make a remarkable comeback, but Brentford held their nerve and won it late on to deny Burnley a precious point.

In the opening period, Keith Andrews' Bees flew out the gates, and found themselves three goals up after just 34 minutes, courtesy of the brilliant Mikkel Damsgaard, Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade as they entered into the top seven.

Brentford found a fourth at the break, but Michael Kayode's strike came at the wrong end, assisted by Jaidon Anthony. Anthony then had his goal shortly after the interval, with Kayode again assisting his opponents as if he's teasing a move to Turf Moor in the summer - you'd be forgiven for thinking that for sure.

The rapidly impressive comeback was complete on the hour mark, with second choice goalkeeper Hakon Valdimarsson conceding his third of the afternoon when Zian Flemming's header was powerfully struck past the Icelandic.

Flemming then thought he put the Clarets in the lead, but was denied by VAR, who also had another late call later in the game. In the 93rd minute, Rico Henry put in a delicious delivery to find Damsgaard, who added to his tally to give the Bees a late three points. The hosts were then denied again late on in the ninth minute of stoppage time, with VAR's spotting of handball in the buildup denying Burnley yet another goal to earn a late point.

Did feel for him today.

Awful first half. Probably one of the worst I’ve seen.

But to turn it around and potentially go in to a 4-3 lead but for a VAR decision is crazy.

Don’t know what to make of it… https://t.co/mxFz26vrG6

— Turf Moor Loyal (@TurfMoorLoyal) February 28, 2026

An Ekitike Masterclass Helps Liverpool Cruise Past Struggling Hammers

Liverpool 5-2 West Ham Ekitike (5'), van Dijk (24'), Mac Allister (43'), Gakpo (70'), Disasi (82' OG); Soucek (49'), Castellanos (75').

Next up we head to Liverpool, where the Reds hoped to win their fourth match in a row in all competitions over a West Ham side knowing a win would take them out of the drop zone. Slot's side needed to fire early and they did just that, with Hugo Ekitike firing the hosts in front inside just five minutes.

Despite the visitors growing into the game more and more, Liverpool doubled down on their early success when Virgil van Dijk met Dominik Szoboszlai's corner to head them two goals in front. The Merseyside outfit put the game out of sight just before the break too, when Alexis Mac Allister thumped home an incredible volley effort past Mads Hermansen.

Tomas Soucek got the east London side back into things after the interval, giving West Ham a feasible amount of time to mount a comeback. With 20 minutes to go, however, Liverpool put the game to bed for good with his deflected shot.

Despite another goal back from Taty Castellanos, Axel Disasi replied with an own goal for Liverpool's fifth. The victory sees the Reds surge up the table to go level with fourth placed Manchester United, while the Hammers remain two points adrift.

Clinical Toffees Oust Magpies in North East Thriller

Newcastle 2-3 Everton Ramsey (32'), Murphy (82'); Branthwaite (19'), Beto (34'), Barry (83').

In the last of the 3pm kick-offs, Everton travelled to Tyneside to lock horns with Newcastle as both sides looked to surge into the top half with victories. It really did prove to be an entertaining clash between two sides in the middle of the table, with some end-to-end action resulting in a five-goal thriller.

Jarrad Branthwaite found his first goal since returning from a long-term injury which saw him miss the entire first half of the season, with his near post header putting David Moyes' side in front after just 19 minutes.

Branthwaite then had a complete moment of misfortune just 13 minutes later, as Jacob Ramsey's effort took a deft deflection off the giant which left Jordan Pickford hopeless. The tie didn't stay level for long though, as Dwight McNeil's smart long-range effort sought a mistake from Nick Pope, where Beto took advantage to put the visitors back in the lead.

The end-to-end action didn't end there, however, as Jacob Murphy's deflected effort drew the hosts level once more late on in the piece. Although, this time the tie was level for even less time, as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's cross just seconds after the restart found Thierno Barry who found a late winner.

A bizarre backside goal from Everton's Thierno Barry sealed the win against Newcastle! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/xjSumjzIV7

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) February 28, 2026

City Close Gap on Arsenal With Tight Win Over Tricky Leeds

Leeds 0-1 Manchester City Semenyo (45'+2).

Finally, the 5:30pm kick-off happened as Pep Guardiola's City continued their efforts to close in on an Arsenal side seemingly so close to another league title when they made the short trip to Elland Road. The main team news that came out early was the Citizens would be without Erling Haaland for this tense clash.

It proved to be a tricky start for the visitors, who struggled to take advantage of any chances in the opening periods. Although they would have been thankful to have not gone a goal down in the early stages, with ex-Toffee Dominic Calvert-Lewin having a perfect opportunity to put Daniel Farke's side in the lead, but he failed to convert from just eight yards out.

City did find a lead on the stroke of half-time, through January signing Antoine Semenyo who found his second goal of the season at Elland Road, after scoring in a 2-2 draw there for Bournemouth back in September.

The Ghanaian managed to get on the end of fellow African teammate Rayan Ait-Nouri's low cross to expertly put the visitors in front. The Citizens managed to hold on throughout the rest of the game, despite Leeds seriously making them work for the points. For City, it is now eyes on the crucial match between league leaders Arsenal and Chelsea on Super Sunday.

Highlights from a hard-fought victory over Leeds 💪🩵 pic.twitter.com/ZHw9jec4uj

— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 28, 2026