Manchester City a step closer to historic quadruple

● Manchester City swept back to the top of the table with a stylish 2-0 win at Fulham, while Huddersfield equalled the record for the earliest Premier League relegation after a 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace yesterday.

Amid drama at the top and bottom, Manchester United celebrated Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first match as permanent manager with a 2-1 win over Watford to go fourth.

Bernardo Silva’s fifth-minute strike from the edge of the area was followed by Sergio Aguero’s cool finish as City wrapped up the points in the first 27 minutes.

City lead Liverpool by a point with seven games left for both sides, but Jurgen Klopp’s men can regain pole with victory over thirdplaced Tottenham at Anfield today.

Pep Guardiola’s side remain on course for an unprecedented quadruple of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup, which they retained last month.

A potential 14 games now stand between them and history.

Huddersfield are only the second club to be relegated from the Premier League in March after Derby went down with 11 points in 2008.

Already destined for the drop, Jan Siewert’s side had their fate sealed due to their result and wins for Burnley and Southampton.

Luka Milivojevic’s 76th-minute penalty put Huddersfield behind after a foul on Palace winger Wilfried Zaha.

Patrick van Aanholt’s 88th-minute strike pushed the bedraggled Terriers back to the Championship.

At Old Trafford, Solskjaer received a rapturous reception from the crowd when he strolled down the touchline before kick-off, days after agreeing a three-year contract following his successful spell as interim boss.

After Watford dominated the early stages, Solskjaer was applauding a lethal United counterattack to open the scoring through Marcus Rashford in the 28th minute.

Luke Shaw unfurled a superb pass from deep in his own half and Rashford sprinted clear to clip a deft finish over Watford keeper Ben Foster for his 13th goal of the season.

Anthony Martial ensured United got the points when he bundled home in the 72nd minute despite Watford’s appeals for offside.

It is the first time since the 1995-96 season that United have had four players score 10 or more goals in a Premier League campaign as Martial joined Rashford, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba in double figures.

Abdoulaye Doucoure scored for Watford in the 90th minute.

At Turf Moor, Burnley moved five points clear of the relegation zone with a 2-0 victory over Wolves.

Southampton also took a step towards beating the drop with a 1-0 win over southcoast rivals Brighton.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg chipped in from Nathan Redmond’s pass in the 53rd minute to leave the Saints five points clear of third bottom Cardiff, who face Chelsea today.

Leicester beat Bournemouth 2-0.