But Argentina's World Cup-winning Alexis Mac Allister - nominated for March's Premier League Player of the Month award - produced a stunning 20-yard strike which flew into the top corner to put the hosts back in front with 14 minutes left.
The Cherries thought they had pulled a goal back through Antoine Semenyo but his strike was ruled out for a foul on David Raya by Solanke in the build up.
Nicolas Jackson made it 1-1 with a low strike from Moises Caicedo's pass before Mykhailo Mudryk gave Chelsea a 37th-minute lead, sweeping Raheem Sterling's pull-back into the bottom corner.
Nunez scored a well-worked Liverpool second a few minutes later, turning home Dominik Szoboszlai's cut-back after the midfielder had been played in by Salah on the right-hand side of the Forest box.
Any hope of a Brighton comeback was extinguished after 34 minutes by a smooth Foden finish into the bottom corner, after the Seagulls had been caught in possession trying to play out from the back.
Michy Batshuayi tapped in his first home league strike to give a much-changed Blues side a two-goal lead, only for Watford wing-back Daryl Janmaat to narrow the gap almost instantly with a superb solo goal.
Gylfi Sigurdsson won a penalty in the 59th minute after being brought down by Thibaut Courtois inside the box, before then getting back up on his feet to slot the ball past the Belgian from the spot.
Gomes, who spent last season on loan at Lille before suffering a calf injury, made some amends with a fine volleyed strike on 82 minutes to set up a grandstand finish, but Spurs held on.
Sadio Mane tested visiting goalkeeper Sergio Rico with a low drive as Liverpool looked to get back into the game, and they managed to do so when Roberto Firmino finished off a fine team move from close range.
But Arsenal were pegged back five minutes after the break through Vertessen's right-footed strike off the left post. Both sides had good chances to find a second-half winner.
His first strike was his 150th Premier League goal for the Reds, but it was cancelled out five minutes by Alexander Isak, who got in behind the hosts' defence and curled home.
Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho stole the show against Manchester United - but only after Dwight Yorke rolled back the years with a screamer in a legends match played at Camp Nou on Friday, June 30, 2017.
The visitors failed to clear a corner and the ball fell for Haaland at the back post to smash home a fierce first-time strike that Pickford got a hand to, but could not keep out.