Four-goal United join City at top

Antonio Valencia’s early thunderbolt put Manchester United en route to a 4-0 Premier League victory over Everton on Sunday, but they needed a flurry of late goals to finally subdue their unfortunate visitors.

Valencia belted home Nemanja Matic’s crossfield pass after four minutes, but Everton responded well with United’s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney, returning to Old Trafford for the first time since leaving

After Sunday’s early game, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his players showed the right mentality and spirit in the 0-0 draw with champions Chelsea in light of their 4-0 thrashing by Liverpool.

Wenger — whose side came away with a point from Stamford Bridge for the first time in six visits — added that the Gunners could even have won it.

Arguably, they should at least have got on the scoreboard but their record signing Alexandre Lacazette missed an open goal in the first half.

“It was about mentality and a response from our last away game,” said Wenger. “The battle was total. We are not in a transfer period and on the day we played Liverpool that affected us. We are all human beings.”

Chelsea coach Antonio Conte had ordered his players not to lose their discipline against Arsenal. David Luiz, it seems, did not get the message.

The Brazilian defender was shown a straight red card for a wild tackle on Sead Kolasinac in the tense final minutes of the draw.