PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP

MANCHESTER City returned to the top of the Premier League after a stunning 6-0 home victory over a hapless Chelsea side.

Raheem Sterling got the ball rolling after only four minutes and, remarkably, City were 4-0 up and out of sight after only 25 minutes.

Sergio Aguero fired home a hattrick, with Ilkay Gundogan also on target.

They replaced Liverpool at the top, with Jurgen Klopp’s side having returned to the summit with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Bournemouth at Anfield.

The Reds put aside their recent anxieties as they eased home thanks to goals from Sadio Mane, Georginio Wijnaldum and Mohamed Salah.

Tottenham kept themselves in the title race with a 3-1 win over Leicester, who saw Jamie Vardy miss a penalty with his first touch of the game.

Goals from Davinson Sanchez, Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min inspired a fourth successive victory.

Vardy missed a penalty after coming off the bench, but did score afterwards.

Paul Pogba scored twice as Manchester United claimed an impressive 3-0 win at Fulham.

Anthony Martial was also on target as United registered their 10th win in 11 matches in all competitions under interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Martial set up Pogba’s opener after 14 minutes and doubled the lead before the interval. Pogba’s second came from the penalty spot after Juan Mata was fouled.

Fulham remain 19th in the table and well adrift of safety.

Bottom side Huddersfield slumped to their 19th defeat as Arsenal won 2-1 at the John Smith’s Stadium.

Alex Iwobi opened the scoring after 16 minutes when his volleyed effort slipped through the grasp of Ben Hamer. Alexandre Lacazette struck the Gunners’ second on the stroke of half-time after good work from Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Huddersfield’s consolation came in the form of a late own goal from Sead Kolasinac.

Watford piled the pressure on their former manager Marco Silva as the Hornets beat Everton 1-0 at Vicarage Road.

Andre Gray scored the winner after 65 minutes, sweeping home a Will Hughes ball after a neat backheel from Craig Cathcart.

Everton did hit the woodwork through Gylfi Sigurdsson and Lucas Digne.

Wilfried Zaha rescued a point for Crystal Palace as Roy Hodgson’s side hit back for a 1-1 draw against West Ham at Selhurst Park.

Zaha netted from a tight angle 14 minutes from time to cancel out Mark Noble’s first-half penalty.

Noble had struck from the spot on 27 minutes after goalkeeper Vicente Guaita fouled Michail Antonio.

A brace from Chris Wood and an Ashley Barnes penalty gave Burnley a 3-1 victory at Brighton.