Roundup of the latest Premier League action as Arsenal continued their march towards the title.
Viktor Gyokeres’ second-half brace ensured that Arsenal dispatched Sunderland 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium, after Martin Zubimendi opened their scoring with a 42nd-minute strike off the inside of the left post.
Second-placed Manchester City remained six points adrift after Erling Haaland’s injury-time penalty sealed a 2-1 comeback at ten-men Liverpool, after Bernardo Silva cancelled out Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick before the latter was red carded for a late tug on Haaland.
Aston Villa remained third after Morgan Rogers’ opener was cancelled out by Rayan in a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth.
Strikes from Bryan Mbeumo and Bruno Fernandes saw Manchester United remain fourth with a 2-0 victory at home to ten-men Tottenham, after Cristian Romero had been red carded for a 29th-minute foul on Casemiro.
Down in the relegation zone, Tolu Arokodare’s consolatory 54th-minute finish couldn’t prevent rock-bottom Wolves losing 3-1 at home to Chelsea, as Cole Palmer netted a first-half hat-trick for the Blues – of which two of his goals came from the penalty spot after fouls on Joao Pedro.
Crysencio Summerville’s strike and Taty Castellanos’ header saw third-bottom West Ham cut their gap to safety down to three points in a 2-0 win at second-bottom Burnley.
Nottingham Forest sat just above the drop after Lorenzo Lucca headed in a consolatory debut header in a 3-1 loss at Leeds, in which Jayden Bogle and Noah Okafor found the net before Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s header sealed the Whites’ win to move above Sean Dyche’s Tricky Trees.
Elsewhere, Dango Ouattara’s 85th-minute winner saw Brentford claim their first Premier League away victory over Newcastle, having fought back through Vitaly Janelt and Igor Thiago after Sven Botman nodded the Magpies in front before Bruno Guimaraes’ penalty brought the hosts level.
Bernd Leno’s own goal gifted Everton a comeback 2-1 victory at Fulham, after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s finish brought the Toffees level following Vitaliy Mykolenko’s first-half own-goal.
Crystal Palace ended their nine-match winless league run with a 1-0 victory at Brighton, as Ismaila Sarr netted a 61st-minute winner in a low-quality match.
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