PREMIER LEAGUE
MOHAMED Salah scored a hattrick as Manchester United were ripped apart by relentless rivals Liverpool to leave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer under the most intense scrutiny of his near three years in charge.
The 202nd meeting of two of English football’s biggest rivals will live long in the memory after Jurgen Klopp’s men ran amok and recorded the club’s biggest win at Old Trafford.
Liverpool were as impressive as United were poor, with scintillating Salah’s treble complementing early goals from Naby Keita and Diogo Jota in a 5-0 rout in which substitute Paul Pogba was sent off.
Also yesterday, Michail Antonio scored the only goal at the London Stadium to give West Ham victory over Tottenham, the fou, rth London derby defeat of the season for Spurs, and Leicester won 2-1 at Brentford thanks to a long-distance strike from Youri Tielemans and James Madison’s first of the season. Mathias Jorgensen replied.
On Saturday Mason Mount hit a hat-trick as Chelsea hammered 10man Norwich 7-0 to cement top spot.
Chelsea youth products Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Reece James set the tone with first-half goals as the Blues ran riot at Stamford Bridge.
England left-back Ben Chilwell then drilled in his fourth goal in five games for club and country, Max Aarons put through his own net and the Canaries had Ben Gibson sent off for two yellow cards.
Mount converted an 85th-minute penalty at the second attempt, failing with his first effort only to be reprieved as Tim Krul moved prematurely off his line.
And, right at the last, England star Mount tapped home from Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s cross to walk off the field with the match ball.
Newcastle claimed their first point under new ownership as caretaker manager Graeme Jones led them to a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Christian Benteke gave Palace the lead in the 56th minute, but a spectacular overhead kick from Callum Wilson nine minutes later drew Newcastle level.
Palace thought they had won the game in the 87th minute through Benteke, but a VAR check saw it ruled out for a foul.
Watford engineered a stunning late turnaround to claim a 5-2 victory over Everton at Goodison Park.
Richarlison looked like he might have marked his return from injury with the winner after putting the Toffees back ahead in the 63rd minute, Josh King having previously cancelled out Tom Davies’ very early opener.
But Juraj Kucka equalised in the 78th minute to kick off a remarkable end to the game for the visitors.
King struck again against his former club two minutes later and then completed his hat-trick in the 86th minute before Emmanuel Dennis added a fifth in injury time.
Maxwel Cornet scored twice more for Burnley but they were left still searching for a first league win of the season after drawing 2-2 with Southampton.
Cornet put the visitors ahead in the 13th minute, but intense Saints pressure paid off with an equaliser from Tino Livramento in the 41st minute before Armando Broja put them ahead five minutes after the break. But Cornet needed only seven minutes to level with his third goal in four Premier League games for the Clarets.
Leeds salvaged a late point at Wolves thanks to Rodrigo’s injurytime penalty.