Roundup of latest Premier League action which saw changes at both ends of the table.
Cody Gakpo’s strike and Mohamed Salah’s penalty saw Liverpool move nine points clear at the summit with a 2-0 win over Manchester City.
Gabriel, Leandro Trossard, Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka fired Arsenal up to second with a 5-2 win at West Ham, despite Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Emerson netting for the Hammers.
Chelsea sit third following a 3-0 win over Aston Villa with Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez netting in a second straight league game, which was capped off by Cole Palmer’s late goal.
Brighton rounded out the top four with a 1-1 draw at home to rock-bottom Southampton, in which Kaoru Mitoma’s goal was cancelled out by Flynn Downes.
Down in the relegation zone, Ipswich slipped to second bottom with a 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest after Chris Wood’s penalty proved the difference.
Jorgen Strand Larsen’s brace couldn’t prevent Wolves dipping back into the bottom three with a 4-2 loss to Bournemouth, in which Justin Kluivert netted a hat-trick of penalties and Milos Kerkez also scored for the Cherries.
Daniel Munoz’s 94th minute equaliser saw Crystal Palace move out of the bottom three on goal difference with 1-1 draw at home to Newcastle, after Marc Guehi’s own-goal put the Magpies ahead.
Elsewhere, Kevin Schade’s first Premier League hat-trick fired Brentford to a comeback 4-1 win over Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s Leicester, after Facundo Buonanotte’s opener for the Foxes was cancelled out by Yoane Wissa.
Braces from Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee saw Manchester United thrash Everton 4-0 at Old Trafford.
Finally, Tom Cairney was sent off after he rescued Fulham a 1-1 draw at Tottenham as he cancelled out Brennan Johnson’s goal.
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