High-flying Chelsea put five past struggling Southampton as the Blues ran riot on the south coast.
Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer and Jadon Sancho grabbed the goals for Enzo Maresca’s side as Chelsea maintained their fine start under the Italian.
Joe Aribo had levelled for Southampton but the hosts were reduced to ten men when Jack Stephens saw red for pulling the hair of Marc Cucurella.
The defeat keeps Russell Martin’s side rooted to the bottom of the table, while Chelsea move to within seven points of leaders Liverpool.
Jadon Sancho scores his first goal in Chelsea colours!
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There was finally something positive for Manchester City fans to shout about as they ended their seven-game winless run with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.
Kevin De Bruyne was the star of the show as the Belgian, returning to the starting line-up for the first time in over two months, claimed a goal and an assist at the Etihad.
Bernardo Silva and Jeremy Doku also scored to move City back into the top four, although there was yet more injury woe as defender Nathan Ake was forced off late on.
There was goals aplenty at St James’ Park as Newcastle and Liverpool played out a thrilling 3-3 draw.
Newcastle twice took the lead through Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon but both times Liverpool hit back courtesy of Curtis Jones and Mohamed Salah.
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Salah then gave the Reds the advantage with seven minutes of normal time remaining but a goal from Fabian Schar deep into stoppage time rescued a point for Eddie Howe’s team.
Liverpool dropping points meant Arsenal, like Chelsea, had the chance to close the gap to seven points which they duly did after a 2-0 win over Manchester United at the Emirates.
Jurrien Timber and William Saliba scored second-half goals for the Gunners to inflict a first defeat on new United boss Ruben Amorim.
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Elsewhere, Everton ran riot at home to Wolves, claiming an impressive 4-0 victory to move up two places to 15th.
Ashley Young scored the 50th goal of his long Premier League career before Orel Mangala doubled the advantage.
Craig Dawson then found the back of his own net twice to compound Wolves’ misery and give Sean Dyche’s team a vital three points.
Aston Villa returned to winning ways with a 3-1 win against Brentford at Villa Park.
The hosts raced into a three-goal lead through Morgan Rogers, an Ollie Watkins penalty, and Matty Cash, before Mikkel Damsgaard pulled one back after the break.
The victory ends Villa’s dismal run of eight games without win in all competitions.
