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Newcastle go second, Lopetegui off to fast start with Wolves

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LONDON :Newcastle United stormed into second place in the Premier League by outclassing Leicester City 3-0 away from home on Monday while Harry Kane overcame his World Cup penalty pain by helping Tottenham Hotspur recover to draw 2-2 at Brentford.Liverpool got their league campaign back up and running with a 3-1 victory at Aston Villa with teenager Stefan Bajcetic joining Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk on the scoresheet.Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui got off to a strong start in charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers after his side came from behind to sink Everton 2-1 with a last-gasp goal and increase the pressure on Frank Lampard.Elsewhere, Fulham eased to a 3-0 win at Crystal Palace, who had two players sent off, while Brighton & Hove Albion earned a comfortable 3-1 win at Southampton.

Later on Monday leaders Arsenal host West Ham United.Joelinton, Miguel Almiron and Chris Wood were all on target as Newcastle struck three times in the first half against Leicester to record their sixth successive win in the Premier League.Eddie Howe's side have 33 points after 16 games, one more than third-placed Manchester City although the champions, who play on Tuesday, have two games in hand."The season is still young enough for all possibilities to exist for us," Howe, who has transformed Newcastle since he took over last November with the club in the relegation zone, said."I want the fans to believe we can do anything."Fourth-placed Tottenham got off to a nightmare start at Brentford but yet again staged a comeback, Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scoring in the space of six minutes in the second half to cancel out earlier strikes from Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney.It was Kane's first match since missing a penalty in England's

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