Chelsea hit Norwich for seven
London, UK - Chelsea opened up a four-point lead at the top of the English Premier League (EPL) with a 7-0 rout of Norwich on Saturday as Newcastle's wait for a EPL win went on after a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace. Mason Mount scored a hat-trick for the Blues at Stamford Bridge as the European champions coped without firstchoice strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner.
Mount started the rout after just eight minutes and finished it with two more in the closing stages after Ben Gibson had been sent-off for the visitors.
Callum Hudson-Odoi, Reece James and Ben Chilwell were also on target for Thomas Tuchel's men, while Max Aarons' own goal summed up a sorry day for the Canaries.
And in a late game, Phil Foden scored twice as Manchester City stormed into second place in the EPl with a 4-1 dismantling of Brighton at the Amex. Pep Guardiola's men had the points sealed by half-time as Ilkay Gundogan tapped into an empty net on 13 minutes before Foden finished off two fine team moves. Alexis Mc Allister's penalty pulled a goal back for Brighton, before Riyad Mahrez put the seal on a slick City display.
Newcastle's interim manager Graeme Jones took charge for the first time since Steve Bruce was sacked and needed a moment of brilliance from Callum Wilson just to salvage a point. Christian Benteke headed the Patrick Vieira's men in front.
Claudio Ranieri got his first win as Watford manager as the Hornets twice came from behind to stun Everton 5-2 at Goodison Park. Leeds needed a stoppagetime penalty to earn a 1-1 draw at home to Wolves. Burnley remain in the bottom three after a 2-2 draw at Southampton.
Valencia held
Madrid, Spain - Valencia scored twice in injury time on Saturday to rescue a 2-2 draw against newly-promoted Mallorca, whose late collapse came after former Valencia midfielder Lee Kang-in was sent off. In another match, Alaves beat Cadiz 2-0.
Lewandowski scores
Berlin, Germany - Robert Lewandowski scored his tenth Bundesliga goal in nine games this season for leaders Bayern Munich in a 4-0 rout at home to Hoffenheim on Saturday.
OTHER RESULTS
RB Leipzig 4 Greuther Fuerth 1, Wolfsburg 0 Freiburg 2.
Salernitana 2 Empoli 4. Friday: Torino 3 Genoa 2, Sampdoria 2 Spezia 1.