Manchester City stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League after a 4-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield, in a clash with significant ramifications for the title race.
After missing a penalty in the first half, Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan made the breakthrough at Anfield shortly after the interval. Mo Salah’s 63rd-minute penalty then got the champions back on level terms.
But two unforced errors in the space of four minutes from Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson allowed Gundogan and Raheem Sterling to put the contest beyond Liverpool before Phil Foden capped a dominant display with a late fourth as Pep Guardiola’s side humbled their hosts.
Manchester City, on a 14-game winning streak, are now 10 points ahead of Liverpool and five clear of Manchester United, with a game in hand on both sides, while Liverpool have lost three league games in a row at home for the first time since 1963.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 95th-minute equaliser sealed a second sensational comeback for Everton at Manchester United in a 3-3 thriller at Old Trafford.
Manchester United seemed in cruise control after Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes put them two up at the break.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side however clawed their way back from a 2-0 half-time deficit with two goals in three minutes at the start of the second half from Abdoulaye Doucoure and James Rodriguez.
Scott McTominay’s flicked header put United back ahead and looked to have won it for Manchester United but, with the final kick of the game, Calvert-Lewin slotted past David de Gea to earn a point for the Toffees.
Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane scored as Tottenham ended a run of three Premier League defeats with a 2-0 win against West Brom.
After missing three huge chances in the first half, Kane gave Tottenham the lead nine minutes after the break.
Son added the second four minutes after through a speedy Spurs counter-attack – his first goal in six games – ending Tottenham’s losing streak and sending them back up into seventh in the Premier League table.
Ollie Watkins’ second-minute goal proved the winner as Aston Villa’s 1-0 victory condemned Arsenal to a second league defeat in five days.
Sloppy defending between Cedric Soares and Gabriel allowed Bertrand Traore to steal the ball and set Watkins up for a close-range finish with only 74 seconds on the clock.
Nicolas Pepe shot wide when played through in that second period in one of Arsenal’s few clear-cut attacks and later pulled a smart save from Emiliano Martinez, who made sure Aston Villa got all three points.
Chelsea claimed a third consecutive victory under Thomas Tuchel as they beat Sheffield United 2-1 at Bramall Lane to climb to fifth in the Premier League.
Mason Mount set Chelsea on their way with a clinical finish from Timo Werner’s cutback shortly before half-time, but the Blades were level within nine minutes of the restart when Antonio Rudiger’s bizarre own goal gifted the hosts an equaliser.
Chelsea restored their lead four minutes later after goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale’s foul on Werner allowed Jorginho to convert from the spot for the second game running.
Leicester City missed the chance to pull level on points with second-placed Manchester United in the Premier League table after a 0-0 with Wolves at Molineux.
Both teams spurned a couple of chances as Jonny – on his return from a cruciate injury – made a brilliant double-block to deny James Maddison in the first half and Max Kilman put his body on the line to keep out Harvey Barnes’ effort after the break.
The result leaves Leicester in third, while Wolves stay 14th, 12 points above the relegation zone
Nine-man Newcastle held on for a thrilling 3-2 victory over Southampton in a chaotic Premier League classic at St James’ Park.
In an eventful first half, Newcastle raced into a 2-0 lead as Joe Willock slotted home on his debut before Miguel Almiron’s low shot from an angle deflected off Jan Bednarek for his second own goal in the space of five days.
Takumi Minamino got one back for Southampton with a finish from an acute angle on his Saints debut, but Almiron capitalised on a poor Alex McCarthy kick and Ryan Bertrand mistake to score from outside the box on the stroke of halftime.
James Ward-Prowse cut Newcastle’s lead with a spectacular long-range free-kick, his fourth direct free-kick of the season after the break before Jeff Hendrick saw red after receiving a second yellow card.
Fabian Schar was also forced off with an injury that saw Newcastle go down to nine men. The Toons however held on to take all three points from the game.
West Ham missed the chance to move into the top four with a 0-0 draw at Fulham which was marred by Tomas Soucek’s contentious late red card.
The Hammers were uncharacteristically passive, registering just a single shot on target at Craven Cottage.
Things took a turn for the worse deep into stoppage-time when influential midfielder Soucek was sent off by referee Mike Dean after a lengthy VAR review for an unintentional elbow on Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Fulham stay 18th in the table, eight points from safety, after their ninth draw of the season.
Brighton extended their unbeaten run to six games in all competitions with a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Burnley.
Brighton continued their good recent form when Lewis Dunk headed them in the first half at Turf Moor.
But Burnley were transformed after the break and deservedly equalised through Johann Berg Gudmundsson, who atoned for an earlier defensive error for Brighton’s opener, and ended the visitors’ count of 458 minutes without conceding in the Premier League.
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