PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP
Reece James netted a second-half brace as Chelsea beat Newcastle 3-0 at St James’ Park to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League.
England defender James produced a brilliant finish midway through the second period and then made it 2-0 by driving home a rebound before Jorginho sealed victory by converting a late penalty.
Blues moved three points clear at the top with their fourth successive league win.
Manchester United bounced back from their heavy home defeat against Liverpool to record an emphatic 3-0 win at Tottenham.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opening goal of the game after 39 minutes. Edinson Cavani doubled his side’s advantage shortly after the hour mark before Marcus Rashford rounded off a comprehensive win to ease the pressure on United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Crystal Palace ruined Pep Guardiola’s 200th Premier League match in the Manchester City hot seat as Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher secured an impressive win against the 10-man hosts.
Zaha fired Palace into an early lead at the Etihad Stadium after capitalising on a mistake by Aymeric Laporte, whose afternoon got worse when he was sent off for hauling down the Palace star late in the first half.
Gabriel Jesus thought he had levelled until VAR ruled out the goal for offside, with on-loan midfielder Gallagher wrapping up a 2-0 win late on.
Brighton came closest of any opponent in six months to ending Liverpool’s 24-match unbeaten run as Graham Potter’s side recovered from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Anfield.
The sight of the hosts establishing what appeared a comfortable advantage after only 24 minutes thanks to Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane appeared to spell trouble for the Seagulls.
However, Enock Mwepu’s first Premier League goal just before half-time was followed by a Leandro Trossard equaliser for the visitors.
Arsenal continued their fine run with victory at Leicester.
Gabriel Magalhaes and Emile Smith Rowe had the visitors on top within the opening 20 minutes as Arsenal headed back down the M1 with a 2-0 win.
Che Adams scored the only goal of the game as Southampton snatched a 1-0 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road.
Adams collected the ball on the edge of the area and turned before chipping into the top corner in the 19th minute.
Burnley registered their first win of the league campaign as they beat Brentford 3-1 at Turf Moor.
The hosts netted three times without reply in the first half, with Chris Wood lashing the opener past Alvaro Fernandez in the fourth minute. Matt Lowton added a header in the 32nd and Maxwel Cornet then struck to make it 3-0 four minutes later.
Brentford substitute Saman Ghoddos pulled a goal back with 11 minutes of normal time remaining.
Raphinha and Rodrigo grabbed second-half goals to earn Leeds a 2-1 win that continued Norwich’s nightmare return to the top flight.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the 56th minute before Andrew Omobamidele levelled, but the Canaries succumbed to Rodrigo’s long-range effort that slipped through Tim Krul’s grasp.
West Ham won 4-1 at Aston Villa to move into the top four in the Premier League and round off a fine week for David Moyes’ side.
Long-range strikes from Ben Johnson and Declan Rice saw Moyes’ men head into half-time in front, after Ollie Watkins had equalised for the hosts.
Ezri Konsa’s red card shortly after the break gave Villa an uphill task and further goals from Pablo Fornals and Jarrod Bowen inside the final 10 minutes settled the contest.