Salah nets hat-trick for EPL leaders

FOOTBALL: Liverpool have hit top spot in the English Premier League as a Mohamed Salah hat-trick inspired a 4-0 win at Bournemouth, while champions Manchester City lost their unbeaten league record in a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea.

Salah took his Premier League goal tally to 10 this season yesterday, leaving Liverpool one point ahead of City, who were undone by goals from N’Golo Kante and David Luiz at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says the Reds are happy to be on top but are focused only on themselves.

“We are not really interested in other teams,” he said.

“We only have three days until Napoli (in the Champions League), which is a big one. It is Bournemouth celebrating day. Let’s go home, have food and go again.”

Chelsea are third with fourth-placed Arsenal level on points after a 1-0 win over Huddersfield, although Tottenham Hotspur could go back to third with a win at Leicester overnight.

Liverpool are now the only unbeaten team in the league after City were beaten at Chelsea.

City dominated possession and had more shots but were beaten by Chelsea’s first shot, through Kante on the stroke of half-time.

Arsenal needed a stunning bicycle kick by Lucas Torreira after 83 minutes to seal the win against Aaron Mooy’s valiant Huddersfield team.

Manchester United shrugged off a poor recent run as they beat bottom side Fulham 4-1, Ashley Young, Juan Mata, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford scoring the goals.

Burnley moved out of the bottom three after a 1-0 victory over Mat Ryan’s Brighton, Cardiff edged further from danger with their own 1-0 win over struggling Southampton, while West Ham beat Crystal Palace 3-2.

– Simon Cambers EPL SCORES: Bournemouth 0 Liverpool 4, Arsenal 1 Huddersfield 0, Burnley 1 Brighton 0, Cardiff 1 Southampton 0, Man Utd 4 Fulham 1, West Ham 3 Crystal Palace 2, Chelsea 2 Man City 0, Leicester 0 Spurs 2