Man City extend lead as Toffees get set to welcome Big Sam

Premier league: First ever hat-trick for Everton included stunning strike from the halfway line

Wayne Rooney completed his first Everton hat-trick with a stunning effort from inside his own half as manager-inwaiting Sam Allardyce watched a 4-0 Premier League victory over West Ham.

Rooney produced the sublime firsttime long-range effort to complete his treble after heading in on the follow-up after his penalty was saved by Joe Hart and slotting home his second 10 minutes later.

Jordan Pickford saved Manuel Lanzini’s spot-kick and Ashley Williams then added a header.

It all made for a thoroughly miserable night for former Everton boss David Moyes and a hugely satisfying one for Toffees caretaker manager David Unsworth, who celebrated only the second win of his temporary stint.

Raheem Sterling scored a dramatic winner as Manchester City maintained their winning run with a last-gasp 2-1 defeat of Southampton.

The England forward, who netted a late clincher at Huddersfield on Sunday, curled home a superb injury-time strike for the leaders at the Etihad Stadium.

Saints had looked set to become the first team to deny City a victory since August when Oriol Romeu cancelled out Kevin De Bruyne’s deflected free-kick.

Arsenal strengthened their position in the top four as they made light work of Huddersfield.

The Gunners have now won their last 12 games at the Emirates Stadium and they eased to a 5-0 victory as Mesut Ozil once again starred in front of the home fans.

Alexandre Lacazette gave the hosts the perfect start with his seventh goal of the season and, although the Terriers rallied, they were blown away in the second half as Olivier Giroud, Alexis Sanchez and Ozil all struck in a fourminute blitz, with Giroud adding another late on.

Head coach Antonio Conte was sent off as Chelsea claimed a fifth league win in six games, defeating Swansea 1-0.

The Italian was dismissed from the touchline for the first time in his Chelsea career by referee Neil Swarbrick after furiously protesting the award of a Swansea goal-kick and watched the second half from the dressing room as Antonio Rudiger’s goal proved decisive.

Substitute Mohamed Salah’s purple patch continued with two more goals as Liverpool ground out a controversial 3-0 win at Stoke.

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was lucky to stay on the pitch with the score at 1-0 after a wild hack at Mame Diouf, but referee Martin Atkinson only issued a yellow card.

The official had already angered the hosts with Sadio Mane’s opener but there was no doubt about Salah’s two late strikes.

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe endured a miserable 40th birthday as goals from Chris Wood (37) and Robbie Brady (65) gave his former club Burnley a 2-1 win at the Vitality Stadium, with Josh King (79) replying for the hosts.

Picture: Getty. Wayne Rooney, right, celebrates with his team-mates after scoring Everton’s third goal from the halfway line last night.

Picture: Getty. Raheem Sterling jumps for joy after netting an injury-time winner for Manchester City against Southampton last night.