Man City stretches win streak to 15
Victory over Swansea sets a new league record, Man U bounces back
Another win, another record for rampant Premier League leader Manchester City.
And this one might be the most impressive of the lot. By beating Swansea 4-0 on Wednesday, City racked up its 15th straight victory — a feat never achieved in the 129-year history of England’s top division.
Second-place Manchester United also won, beating Bournemouth 1-0 through Romelu Lukaku’s goal to keep the gap at the top to 11 points, but chasing down its cross-town rival looks to be a forlorn hope at this rate.
City is unbeaten after 17 games and has now scored 52 goals. David Silva had two against last-place Swansea on Wednesday, with Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero scoring the others.
The game highlighted the gulf between the league’s first and last teams.
“At times it was horrible, seeing my side trying but suffering for long periods,” Swansea manager Paul Clement said.
“It was hard to watch at times because they were so dominant. For me, one of the best sides I’ve ever come across.” Manchester United 1, Bournemouth
0: Lukaku ended a four-game run without scoring in the league to help United bounce back from the damaging loss to City on Sunday. It was
timely for the striker, who was at fault for both of City’s goals in the derby before squandering a closerange chance late on.
Tottenham 2, Brighton 0: Tottenham will be the next team to try to end Man City’s unbeaten start to the season, and heads into Saturday’s game at Etihad Stadium on the back of two straight wins. After thrashing Stoke 5-1, Spurs got past Brighton thanks to a lucky 40th-minute goal by Serge Aurier and Son Heung-min’s sixth goal in seven starts.
Liverpool 0, West Brom 0: Liverpool and Arsenal were held to draws for the second time in four days to drop further behind the Premier League’s pace-setters. Liverpool had a late goal disallowed against West Brom, with Dominic Solanke ruled to have touched the ball with his hand after
chesting down a cross from fellow substitute Joe Gomez.
Arsenal 0, West Ham 0: Arsene Wenger’s side dominated for long spells against West Ham at the Olympic Stadium but nearly ended up losing after Javier Hernandez hit the crossbar with a shot in the last minute.
Arsenal is seventh in the standings. Leicester City 4, Southampton 1: Leicester manager Claude Puel enjoyed his return to Southampton, where he was fired in the off-season, as his new team won thanks to goals by Shinji Okazaki (two), Riyad Mahrez and Andy King. Everton 1, Newcastle 0: Wayne Rooney scored Everton’s goal as the Merseyside club continued its resurgence under new manager Sam Allardyce, with the team winning three of his four matches in charge.