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10/10 11:18 CDT Arsenal roars back to beat Leeds as Calafiori and Guimaraes net Emirates firsts Arsenal roars back to beat Leeds as Calafiori and Guimaraes net Emirates firsts BY DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer Riccardo Calafiori and Bruno Guimaraes scored their first goals at Emirates Stadium as defending champion Arsenal recovered to beat Leeds 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. It was the perfect way for Arsenal to celebrate coach Mikel Arteta signing a contract extension this week and bounce back from a hefty defeat at Brighton before the extended three-week break for internationals. Arsenal moved level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table ahead of a tricky trip to Liverpool for City on Sunday. The game at Anfield is City's first since being found guilty of large-scale financial wrongdoing in the biggest scandal in Premier League history. City is appealing. It was a first defeat for Leeds, which was hoping to leapfrog Arsenal into second --- courtesy of a better goal difference --- with a win. The visitors frustrated Arsenal for large swathes of the match, defending well and looking dangerous on the counterattack. Leeds scored in the 55th minute. Gabriel Gudmundsson rolled the ball across the area and it went past the flailing hand of a sprawling David Raya and through to James Justin, who blasted it into the roof of the net. That seemed to spark Arsenal into life and it equalized just seven minutes later as Ben White headed a cross back to Calafiori, who bundled in from close range. The sixth Arsenal goal for Calafiori, who joined the club in 2024, was the defender's first at home. Arteta made a triple change moments later, sending on Guimaraes, Victor Gyokeres and Jurrien Timber and the comeback was complete in the 70th with a lovely team goal. A free kick was taken quickly and it was flicked between several players before Declan Rice teed up Guimaraes to drive into the bottom left corner from outside the area. It was the Brazil midfielder's second goal for Arsenal --- having scored against Sunderland last month --- after joining from Newcastle in the offseason, and he celebrated by diving into the crowd. Manchester United was playing Tottenham later.

Super fast start for Chelsea Jordan Henderson became Chelsea's oldest English goal-scorer as the 36-year-old netted a brace in a 5-1 win over Bournemouth. Henderson scored after just 66 seconds and turned provider almost immediately, setting up Morgan Rogers for a deflected shot that put Chelsea 2-0 up after just 149 seconds. Joao Pedro added another in the opening minute of the second half and Evanilson grabbed one back for Bournemouth. Chelsea hadn't kept a clean sheet in the Premier League since Jan. 21. Joao Pedro settled any nerves in Stamford Bridge with Chelsea's fourth before Henderson also doubled his tally with a superb free kick.

Fulham denied first win Brighton consolidated third place with a 2-0 win at Sunderland, despite playing most of the second half with 10 men after Pascal Struijk was shown a straight red card for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Maxim De Cuyper scored moments before Struijk's dismissal and Jaouen Hadjam sealed the match in stoppage time. Fulham appeared set for its first win in the Premier League but two very late goals --- from Abdoul Ouattara and Dara O'Shea --- saw Ipswich snatch a 2-1 victory. Brentford remained unbeaten after drawing at Aston Villa 2-2. ___ See AP's full soccer coverage here

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