PREMIER LEAGUE
FULHAM swept back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship after cruising to their seventh straight win with a 4-1 victory over Barnsley at Craven Cottage.
Aleksandar Mitrovic struck the opener and cued up the second for Fabio Carvalho.
Neeskens Kebano increased Fulham’s advantage midway through the second half and despite a consolation from Victor Adeboyejo, Fulham’s Harry Wilson sealed a convincing win late on.
Ten-man West Brom gave up more ground on the division’s top two as they sunk to their fourth straight away defeat in a 1-0 reversal at Huddersfield.
Danel Sinani’s sixth-minute strike proved enough for the home side, while the Baggies had Jake Livermore sent off midway through the second half for a high tackle.
Matt Crooks headed an early opener but Chris Wilder failed to summon a win in his first match in charge of Middlesbrough, who were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Millwall.
The Lions levelled through Sol Bamba’s own goal in the 27th minute as Boro were forced to endure their fourth straight game without a win.
Coventry were indebted to keeper Simon Moore for a superb late save to deny Morgan Gibbs-white as the Sky Blues held on for a goalless draw at Sheffield United.
Goals from Mario Vrancic and Tyrese Campbell saw Stoke boost their play-off push with a 2-0 win over Peterborough, although the victory was tainted by striker Sam Surridge’s sending-off in injury time.
That result helped Hull bounce out of the bottom three in place of Posh as they won 2-0 against 10man Birmingham.
George Honeyman gave the Tigers the lead before Gary Gardner was sent off shortly before halftime following an off-the-ball incident.
Mallik Wilks struck Hull’s second in the 57th minute to make it two wins in a row for Gavin Mccann’s men.
Bristol City’s bid to return to winning ways was denied by a late Ben Diaz equaliser for Blackburn at Ashton Gate.
Callum O’dowda had put the home side in front in the 34th minute but the visitors fought back to share the spoils in a 1-1 draw.
Reading and Nottingham Forest shared the points as Scott Dann’s 64th-minute effort cancelled out Philip Zinckernagel’s fourth-minute strike for the visitors.
Tom Lawrence’s second-half brace gave Derby County a 3-2 victory over Bournemouth.
Lawrence sealed matters after Jason Knight’s opener had been overturned by Jaidon Anthony and Dominic Solanke replies.
MANCHESTER United should target Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager after the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, according to Gary Neville.
Solksjaer was relieved of his duties after a run of two victories in eight matches, which included a 5-0 defeat to Liverpool and a derby loss to Manchester City, with the final straw the embarrassing 4-1 reverse at Watford on Saturday.
First-team coach Michael Carrick has been placed in caretaker charge.
“They are waiting on Mauricio Pochettino not being successful at another club,” said Neville. “If he was to win the Champions League, then PSG wouldn’t let him go.
Raheem Sterling scored his first Premier League goal since August as Manchester City eased to a 3-0 victory over lacklustre Everton.
Rodri added a stunning second and Bernardo Silva a late third.
Liverpool returned to winning ways as they put Arsenal to the sword with a 4-0 victory.
Liverpool pressed home their territorial advantage with goals from Sadio Mane, in the first half, Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and substitute Takumi Minamino.
Steven Gerrard made a winning start as his first game as Aston Villa boss saw Brighton beaten 2-0.
Ollie Watkins broke the deadlock with a lovely curling effort after 84 minutes before Tyrone Mings lashed home a second.
Dean Smith’s first match in charge of Norwich saw the Canaries beat Southampton 2-1.
They fell behind after only four minutes to a goal from Che Adams, but Teemu Pukki hauled them level almost immediately. Then with 11 minutes remaining defender Grant Hanley headed the winner.
Eddie Howe’s Newcastle drew 3-3 at home with Brentford.
Newcastle took an early lead when Jamaal Lascelles nodded in.
But that lead lasted just 75 seconds as Ivan Toney took advantage of Karl Darlow’s mistake.
The visitors went ahead when Sergi Canos’ cross found fellow wing-back Rico Henry, but Joelinton levelled eight minutes later.
Brentford went ahead when Frank Onyeka’s shot was deflected past Darlow, but Allan Saint-maximin rescued a point for Howe.
Chelsea got back to winning ways with a convincing 3-0 win at Leicester. First-half goals from Antonio Rudiger and N’golo Kante put Thomas Tuchel’s men on course before Christian Pulisic added a third after the break.
Maxwel Cornet’s superb volley was the pick of the goals as Burnley and Crystal Palace took a point each from a 3-3 draw.
Cornet lit up Turf Moor with a stunning finish, levelling the scores after a first half in which Palace came from behind to lead 3-2.
Christian Benteke scored twice, either side of headers from Ben Mee and Chris Wood before Marc Guehi gave the visitors the lead at the break.
Raul Jimenez scored the only goal as Wolves beat West Ham at Molineux.
Meanwhile Spurs registered a first win of the Antonio Conte era with a 2-1 victory as Leeds’ slow start to the season continued.