Liverpool stay top of Premier League from Manchester City after a lively midweek full of action.
Braces from Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk either side of Divock Origi’s 66th minute curler completed a 5-0 win over Watford.
Manchester City however remain one point behind after Sergio Aguero’s second-half penalty proved the difference against West Ham United.
Embed from Getty ImagesTottenham’s title bid meanwhile is in tatters after losing 2-0 at Chelsea thanks to Pedro’s tight finish before Kieran Trippier’s back pass beat Hugo Lloris to condemn the England international to his first ever own goal in the Premier League
Arsenal and Manchester United heaped further misery on Spurs by taking thumping respective 5-1 and 3-1 wins over Bournemouth and Crystal Palace, reducing their deficits to four and five points.
Embed from Getty ImagesDown at bottom, Huddersfield cut their arrears with a late Steve Mounie strike against Wolves, to now sit 13 points from safety after Southampton dispatched Fulham in a 2-0 win.
With that win, the Saints move out of relegation zone at Cardiff’s expense after the Bluebirds were thrashed by Everton through a Gylfi Sigurdsson brace and Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s strike.
Embed from Getty ImagesElsewhere, Leicester began life after Claude Puel with a 2-1 win over Brighton in front of their new manager, Brendan Rodgers who watched from the stands.
Strikes from Demarai Gray and Jamie Vardy either side of the break were enough despite a spirited Brighton fightback with Davy Propper netting their consolation from Anthony Knockaert’s pass.
Finally, Newcastle ended Burnley’s eight match unbeaten run with first-half goals from Fabian Schar and Sean Longstaff.