James stars in Blues win at St James’

REECE James netted a superblystruck brace as Chelsea defeated Newcastle 3-0 at St James’ Park to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday.

England man James produced a brilliant finish midway through the second period and then made it two by driving home a rebound before Jorginho sealed victory by converting a late penalty.

In the Saturday evening fixture, Manchester United bounced back from their heavy home defeat against Liverpool by recording an emphatic 3-0 win at Tottenham.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opening goal of the game after 39 minutes, pictured, and Edinson Cavani then doubled his side’s advantage shortly after the hour mark before Marcus Rashford rounded out the victory.

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Gallagher secured an impressive win against the ten-man hosts, with Aymeric Laporte sent off.

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.

Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane put the Reds two-up, but then Enock Mwepu and Leandro Trossard hit back.

Gabriel Magalhaes and Emile Smith Rowe gave Arsenal a 2-0 victory at Leicester, while Che Adams scored the only goal of the game as Southampton snatched a 1-0 victory over hosts Watford.

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 through Chris Wood, Matt Lowton and Maxwel Cornet, while Saman Ghoddos netted for the Bees 11 minutes from time.

In yesterday’s matches, West Ham moved to within five points of the top of the table with a 4-1 win at Aston Villa. The hosts’ Ollie Watkins quickly cancelled out a Ben Johnson opener, but Declan Rice, Pablo Fornals and Jarrod Bowen saw the Hammers home.

Leeds, meanwhile, won 2-1 at Norwich thanks to Raphina and Rodrigo. Andrew Omobamidele had equalised for the Canaries.

Wolves host Everton in tonight’s match (8pm).