Perfect Pulisic too hot for careless Clarets
McG i n n who forced a diving save f rom Ederson after intercepting
Christian Pulisic netted a perfect hat-trick as Chelsea beat Burnley 4-2.
The American finished off a superb solo effort with his right then netted a quick second with his left before heading in a third.
Willian added a fourth just two minutes later and Chelsea appeared likely to make it five when Callum Hudson-Odoi was awarded a penalty
a John Stones pass out of defence. It took City just 23 seconds of the second half to take the lead.
Ederson’s long ball was flicked on by Jesus for Sterling to slip the ball past Villa keeper Tom Heaton.
They doubled their lead in 65 minutes when Kevin De Bruyne curled a low free-kick through a crowd of players and into the net via a nick off Silva.
Goal said the ref. Hang on said VAR. The assessment took an age before it was eventually allowed to stand.
Five minutes later Gundogan sealed the win when he fired the ball low into the net after a penalty-box scramble.
City’s Fernandinho saw red late on for a second booking but Villa boss Dean Smith knew his team were well beaten by then. He disputed the second goal, though, saying: “Sterling is offside and impedes the goalkeeper from making the save.
“But we’ll learn a lot from playing a side as good as City and we must keep improving.”
but a VAR review overturned that and the sub was booked for diving.
Jay Rodriguez then netted a late stunner before Dwight McNeil struck a deflected effort to give the Clarets something to smile about.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said: “This is a really tough place to go but we were beautiful to watch. I really enjoyed watching them.”
Brighton produced a stunning late comeback at home to Everton.
Pascal Gross netted an early freekick before Adam Webster’s headed own goal levelled it and Dominic Calvert-Lewin put the Toffees in front.
But Neal Maupay netted a controversial VAR-assisted penalty and Lucas Digne scored a horrific injury time own-goal.
Brighton boss Graham Potter said: “My heart needs a bit of a rest after that. To turn it around was amazing.”
Scot Robert Snodgrass netted for West Ham before Lys Mousset levelled for Sheffield United in a 1-1 draw and Bournemouth drew 0- 0 at Watford.