PREMIER LEAGUE
MANCHESTER City are three points clear at the top after a 5-0 victory over Newcastle.
Raheem Sterling scored the first and last goals as Pep Guardiola’s men took control of the title race.
Aymeric Laporte, Rodri and Phil Foden were also on the scoresheet.
Liverpool saw their title ambitions dented after being held to a 1-1 draw by Tottenham.
Son Heung-min broke the deadlock in the 55th minute when he tapped in after good build-up play from Harry Kane.
Liverpool equalised through Luis Diaz’s deflected strike in the 74th minute.
Watford were relegated after a 1-0 loss at Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha put the Eagles ahead from the penalty spot in the 31st minute for his 14th goal of the season. Watford had defender Hassane Kamara sent off.
Everton climbed out of the relegation zone as goals from Vitaliy Mykolenko and Mason Holgate – either side of Patson Daka’s equaliser – earned them a crucial 2-1 success at Leicester.
Leeds were beaten 2-1 at Arsenal to plunge into the drop zone.
An early double from Eddie Nketiah proved decisive. Diego Llorente halved the deficit for the 10-man visitors but they were unable to fully recover from captain Luke Ayling being dismissed for a two-footed lunge at Gabriel Martinelli.
A Said Benrahma brace helped West Ham thump Norwich 4-0. Michail Antonio was also on target at Carrow Road, while
Manuel Lanzini completed the scoring from the penalty spot.
Manchester United suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Brighton.
Moises Caicedo gave the Seagulls a 15th-minute lead, drilling in his first goal for the club. Marc Cucurella also got his Brighton account up and running when the Spaniard made it 2-0 four minutes into the second half.
Pascal Gross scored a third and Leandro Trossard completed another miserable afternoon for interim manager Ralf Rangnick.
Burnley’s survival bid suffered a setback after losing 3-1 at home to Aston Villa.
Danny Ings set Villa on their way after seven minutes, before Emi Buendia doubled the lead.
Burnley fell further behind when Ollie Watkins headed in Villa’s third. Substitute Maxwel Cornet scored a stoppage-time consolation goal for Burnley.
Chelsea saw Wolves fight back to draw 2-2 at Stamford Bridge.
Romelu Lukaku put Chelsea ahead from a 56th-minute penalty. The Belgium forward double the Blues’ lead just two minutes later.
Francisco Trincao fired in a fine 18-yard effort to drag Wolves back into the match. And there was more late drama when Conor Coady headed in an equaliser deep into stoppage time.
Brentford saw off Southampton 3-0. Pontus Jansson broke the deadlock after 13 minutes and the home side doubled their advantage seconds later through Yoane Wissa. Kristoffer Ajer scored Brentford’s third.