Kai Havertz opened the scoring with a superb looping header, but Mohamed Salah levelled with a penalty during a dramatic end to the opening period.

Referee Anthony Taylor sent off Chelsea fullback Reece James after reviewing a goal-line clearance and awarding a penalty which Salah converted.

The Blues were furious with the decision but channelled it in a positive fashion as Thomas Tuchel's men dug deep to secure a draw.

"For me it (red card) is a bit the spoiler of the game. Nobody I think wants to see that for 45 minutes, they want to see a high-level game and even me when I'm watching on TV I don't like it," Tuchel said.

"I can understand the decision and I'm not saying it's a wrong decision but I did not like the way the referee checked it because for me he checked only the image."

Liverpool poured forward for the remainder of the game but could not break down a resolute Chelsea, who celebrated as if they had won at the final whistle.

"It was absolutely harsh. Spoils the game? Yeah probably. It changed everything," Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said of the red card.

Manchester City thrashed 10-man Arsenal 5-0 to pile on the misery for under-fire Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.

The Gunners capitulated after Granit Xhaka's straight red card in the 35th minute and are now bottom of the table.

West Ham's 100 per cent start was halted in their derby clash with Crystal Palace, which ended 2-2 at the London Stadium.

Palace midfielder Conor Gallagher, on a season-long loan from Chelsea, twice equalised for Patrick Vieira's side after Pablo Fornals and then Michail Antonio's 50th Premier League goal had edged the Hammers in front.

Everton extended their unbeaten start under Rafael Benitez with a deserved 2-0 win at Brighton.

New signing Demarai Gray's second league goal of the season gave Everton an early lead and Dominic Calvert-Lewin converted a 58th-minute penalty after Joel Veltman's foul on Seamus Coleman.

It was Everton's first win at Brighton since 1983 and ended the Seagulls' 100 per cent start to the season.

Leicester bounced back from Monday night's 4-1 defeat at West Ham with a 2-1 win at Norwich, who remain without a point.

Jamie Vardy pounced on a mistake by Norwich's on-loan Manchester United defender Brandon Williams to give the Foxes an early lead.

Teemu Pukki equalised from the penalty spot after Caglar Soyuncu's sliding tackle on Pierre Lees-Melou, but the visitors regained the lead through Marc Albrighton's deflected shot.

Norwich were denied a second equaliser by VAR when Kenny McLean headed in a corner, with Todd Cantwell deemed to have been off-side.

Brentford remain unbeaten since winning promotion to the top flight following a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.

Ivan Toney's thumping finish gave Brentford an early lead before Villa's new signing Emiliano Buendia levelled five minutes later with his first goal for the club, a superb finish into the top corner.

Newcastle registered their first point of the season, but were denied victory by James Ward-Prowse's stoppage-time penalty in a thrilling 2-2 home draw against Southampton.

Australian Associated Press