Arsenal maintain perfect start, Kane sets record in Spurs win

BOURNEMOUTH, England : Arsenal opened a Premier League campaign with three successive wins for the first time in 18 years after Martin Odegaard's brace fired them to a classy 3-0 win at Bournemouth on Saturday.

North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur had earlier moved top as Harry Kane's 250th goal for the club sealed a gritty 1-0 home win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

But Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, with the same starting eleven for the third successive match, were far too good for newly-promoted Bournemouth on the south coast and they could have won by more.

Fulham maintained their impressive start to the campaign as they beat Brentford 3-2 in an exciting west London derby to move into fourth place in the standings - Aleksandar Mitrovic scoring the winner after Brentford had recovered a two-goal deficit.

Everton picked up their first point of the season thanks to a late equaliser by Demarai Gray in a 1-1 home draw with Nottingham Forest who had led through Brennan Johnson.

Wilfried Zaha scored twice as Crystal Palace recovered from conceding an early goal to beat Aston Villa 3-1 at Selhurst Park for their first win of the season.

Leicester City's dismal start continued, however, as they slumped to a 2-1 home defeat by Southampton.

James Maddison gave Leicester the lead with a 54th minute free kick but the visitors snatched victory with substitute Che Adams scoring twice at the King Power Stadium.

A year ago, Arsenal manager Arteta was coming under intense pressure after his side lost their opening three games without scoring a goal.

They recovered to challenge for a top-four finish, eventually coming fifth behind Tottenham, but some impressive summer business has transformed the Gunners into a side that looks capable of