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MANCHESTER: Defending champions Manchester City produced a slick performance at home to beat Manchester United 3-1, in the derby match at the Etihad Stadium, on Sunday.

The win helped City regain top spot in the Premier League with 32 points from 12 matches. They are unbeaten in the league so far with 10 wins and two draws.

David Silva had given City a 1-0 lead at half-time before Sergio Aguero doubled it.

Anthony Martial converted a penalty to make it 2-1 in the 58th minute before Ilkay Gundogan rounded off the proceedings, finishing off another mesmerising City move.

SALAH, SHAQIRI STRIKE IN LIVERPOOL’S 2-0 WIN

LIVERPOOL:GOALS by Mo Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri helped Liverpool beat bottom club Fulham 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday.

Juergen Klopp’s side made hard work of it for 40 minutes, however, and could easily have fallen behind.

Just before half-ime the visitors’ Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic had a headed goal disallowed for offside by the closest of margins.

Liverpool immediately counter-attacked and Salah went clear to open the scoring.

Shaqiri’s side-footed volley after 53 minutes doubled the lead, pushing Fulham towards a sixth successive Premier League defeat, which equals a club record.

CHELSEA HELD 0-0 AT HOME BY EVERTON

LONDON:CHELSEA were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Everton on Sunday as they lost ground to fellow title-chasers Liverpool who won earlier in the day.

Chelsea could not make their home advantage count against a well-organised Everton side and failed to score for only the second time in the league this season.

After a tight and often scrappy first half, Chelsea improved in the second period but were unable to convert their chances.

Alonso hit the post in the 65th minute as Chelsea applied more pressure but were ultimately unable to break Everton down.

The result left Chelsea in third place on 28 points.