United wait for news of Mctominay knee injury

Scotland midfielder Scott Mctominay left Old Trafford on crutches with a suspected knee ligament injury after being substituted midway through his team’s 4-1 victory over Newcastle United.

Booked after just 24 seconds, the fastest yellow card given in a Premier League match since time data has been collected, Mctominay, below, was replaced by Paul Pogba at half-time.

“I don’t know how bad it is,” said United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. “The boy has got the biggest heart of the lot. We’ll find out how it is.”

Matty Longstaff opened the scoring for the visitors, but two Anthony Martial goals either side of efforts from Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford wrapped up three points for Solskjaer’s side.

Liverpool extended their lead at the top to 13 points with a 4-0 win at secondplaced Leicester City.

Firmino scored twice, James Milner converted a penalty and Trent Alexander-arnold wrapped up a convincing win for Jürgen Klopp’s men. Frank Lampard bemoaned Chelsea’s stuttering home form following a 2-0 loss to Southampton at Stamford Bridge.

After Michael Obafemi and Nathan Redmond had struck for Saints, Lampard said: “I learn about the players, particularly in games like that.”

Mikel Arteta hailed the attitude of his Arsenal players as “spot on” after they fought back to salvage a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on Mikel his managerial debut. Dan Gosling’s firsthalf opener was cancelled out by Gunners captain Pierre-emerick Aubameyang.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton managerial debut was a “special day” after a late Dominic Calvert-lewin header secured a 1-0 victory over Burnley.

Ben Foster produced one of the saves of the season to deny Scotland midfielder John Fleck as Watford’s revival continued with a 1-1 draw at Sheffield United.