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Manchester City 3:1 Arsenal
Manchester City powered on at the top of the Premier League with a convincing 3-1 win over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero (left) celebrates scoring his side's second goal. Picture:

Kevin De Bruyne scored City's 50th goal of the season during a dominant first-half display before Sergio Aguero added a penalty.
Substitute Alexandre Lacazette pulled one back for the visitors but Gabriel Jesus wrapped up City's club record-extending 15th successive win after 74 minutes.
Arsenal may have had grievances over two of City's goals but the hosts were full value for their victory, which was also their ninth in succession in the Premier League.
The Gunners were actually confident and composed but their deployment of Francis Coquelin in the centre of a back five - a rare start for the Frenchman - indicated an uneasiness with City's attack.
Their concerns were justified, with City rapid and dangerous on the counter-attack. Aguero, who entered the field to a guard of a honour in recognition of becoming the club's record goalscorer in midweek, went close after two minutes.
The chance came after Raheem Sterling broke from deep and De Bruyne found Aguero but the Argentinian blasted narrowly wide.
Aguero also played in Leroy Sane but Sterling was unable to turn in his cross.
The opener came with 19 minutes gone after Petr Cech pushed away a snap-shot from De Bruyne. Sane retrieved the loose ball and De Bruyne played a one-two with Fernandinho before driving in a low shot from distance.
David Silva was the next to get behind the Arsenal defence but his pull-back evaded everybody before Sterling was wasteful from another good opening. Cech also had to react quickly when Laurent Koscielny turned a Kyle Walker cross towards his own goal.
Arsenal, who had been limited to long-range half-chances, finally threatened in the closing minute of the first half but Ederson beat away an effort from Aaron Ramsey.
City finally earned greater reward for their superiority early in the second half, although Arsenal complained after Sterling was adjudged to have been bundled over by Nacho Monreal. Aguero clipped in the spot-kick off the post.
The contest was not over, however. Arsenal started to show some teeth and had the ball in the net after Ederson spilled the ball and was pushed over the line by Ramsey. A foul was given but it was a warning the Londoners did not intend to roll over.
Ramsey forced Ederson to save again and Arsenal sent on record signing Lacazette. It proved an inspired move as the Frenchman reduced the deficit by lashing home a low shot following good work by Alex Iwobi and Ramsey.
City upped their tempo in response. Jesus, sent on for Aguero, was denied by Cech at point-blank range and the Arsenal goalkeeper also saved from De Bruyne.
The pressure paid off as De Bruyne slipped in Silva and his pull-back was turned home by Jesus.

 

Chelsea 1:0 Manchester United
Alvaro Morata gave Manchester United a taste of what could have been by heading Antonio Conte's Chelsea to a much-needed victory as Jose Mourinho endured another frustrating Stamford Bridge return.

Manchester United's Antonio Valencia and Chelsea's Marcos Alonso battle for the ball. Picture: PA

All eyes were on the touchline as the combustible managers faced off, with Manchester City's latest win leaving United eight points off the Premier League summit as pressure mounted on Conte just months after leading the Blues to the title.
The Italian twice got the better of Mourinho at Stamford Bridge last season and made it a hat-trick in a tense encounter on Sunday, with Morata's fine header giving Chelsea a deserved 1-0 win against second-placed United.
It looked like the Spain international would instead be wearing red until Mourinho completed a summer move for Romelu Lukaku, whose goalless streak stretched to a seventh match as the Chelsea striker brought his scoreless run to a timely halt.
Having seen an early Phil Jones own goal ruled out because of his foul, Morata capitalised on lacklustre United defending to superbly head home Cesar Azpilicueta's cross in the 55th minute.
It was no less than Chelsea deserved as they pressed the issue against an increasingly ramshackle United, although Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini went close to snatching a fortuitous point as the clock wound down.
Chelsea rode their luck at the end of a match that looked to have got off to a dream start as Marcos Alonso's threatening cross was smashed into his own goal by Jones - only for Morata's foul to see it ruled out.
N'Golo Kante and Tiemoue Bakayoko had attempts of varying quality as the home side pushed for the lead, but it was far from one-way traffic thanks to a surprisingly open early approach from Mourinho's men.
Unmarked Rashford should have done better with a close-range header and a little more precision would have meant former Chelsea striker Lukaku beat Thibaut Courtois.
Instead the Chelsea goalkeeper was able to tip wide before opposite number David De Gea watched Cesc Fabregas direct into the side-netting after initially stopping Eden Hazard.
Like last season, Mourinho made sure the Belgium attacking midfielder had little room for manoeuvre - and a challenge on him from Antonio Valencia led to fury from Conte, who was spoken to by referee Anthony Taylor.
Jones and Herrera were booked in quick succession for fouls on Hazard as the theme continued after the restart as Chelsea began the second period as they ended the first.
Morata had seen penalty claims ignored and Andreas Christensen missed the target as the opening period came to a close, while Hazard wasted a chance to stick it his former manager in the 53rd minute.
In the end it was the man who looked set to join United over the summer that broke the deadlock.
Morata somehow managed to find plenty of space and met Azpilicueta's floated cross with a superb header that sent the Stamford Bridge faithful wild.
Rashford and Herrera attempted to draw parity before substitute Marouane Fellaini, looking rusty on his return from injury, sloppily gave away possession as Bakayoko went close.
De Gea saved from Hazard as the sides traded punches in the closing stages as United threw caution to the wind in search of a leveller.
Rashford hit a half volley just wide of Courtois' goal as the visitors pushed and the Chelsea goalkeeper had to be at his best to deny international team-mate Fellaini.
The Belgium midfielder saw penalty claims against Gary Cahill ignored as the ball came back into the box, with Rashford seeing a stoppage-time free-kick deflect just over.

So Crystal Palace can beat Tottenham at Wembley, insists Hodgson

Roy Hodgson is adamant Crystal Palace do not need convincing they can succeed against Tottenham, despite having just witnessed them outclassing European champions Real Madrid.
While bottom of the Premier League table with the division's worst defensive record - something which owed much to a lack of confidence - they have improved since Hodgson's appointment and he insists they are not overwhelmed by the challenge Spurs present.
In Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Hugo Lloris and Christian Eriksen, they possess some of Europe's finest players whose self-belief contributed to Wednesday's defeat of Real, which Hodgson was at Wembley to witness.
Real also last season became the first ever team to retain the Champions League title, and Palace are without injured record signing Christian Benteke, but Hodgson said: "I don't need to convince them.
"There is no doubt Tottenham were great. They might be at different ends of the table, but (my squad) are still proud of their abilities.
"It just happens to be a game where we are going to be put to a bigger test than maybe we were before because Spurs have some exceptional players.
"They won't go into the game thinking they are chanceless; there's no way that is going to happen. If it turns out that they are too good for us like Manchester City and Manchester United we will hold our hands up.
"But we won't go onto that field thinking they are too good for us to play against. We will go thinking we are going to beat these, and let's see what happens.
"If players allow themselves to listen to all the noise on social media and from TV pundits they will be affected. But the bottom line is that when we cross that line on Sunday there is nothing to stop our players doing all the things they're capable of."

Today's fixture represents Hodgson's first in a competitive capacity at the national stadium since his resignation from the England job, and he has already spoken of the threat posed by Alli and Kane.
The former scored twice in the defeat of Real, and not only does the 70-year-old already believe him to be one of Europe's leading midfielders, but that there remains more to come.
"I was talking to Alex Ferguson and he said this guy can be one of the best midfielders in Europe," said Hodgson, who again has Mamadou Sakho and James McArthur in contention but considers Patrick van Aanholt a doubt.
"I don't like to put pressure on the young man but there's no doubt he's at the top. If you talk about the top midfielders in Europe he would be in the reckoning, and he's still only 21, hasn't got 200 games behind him, hasn't got 50 caps. The more he goes on is when we'll see him get really better.

See Sam Allardyce coy on Everton rumours

Former England manager Sam Allardyce was keeping his cards close to his chest when asked about returning to club management with Everton.
The 63-year-old has been linked to the vacant Goodison Park hot seat - following Ronald Koeman's sacking last month - along with Burnley boss Sean Dyche, whose side recorded a 1-0 victory at Southampton yesterday.
Under-23s coach David Unsworth has been placed in charge temporarily, but has lost his first three matches.
Since he took over Everton have exited the Carabao Cup at Chelsea, crashed out of the Europa League with two group games left after a 3-0 defeat at Lyon and lost against Leicester in the Premier League to leave the club stuck in the bottom three.
Ahead of today's clash with Watford, Unsworth conceded the game was "huge" for him.
Allardyce, who has been out of work since leaving England after just one match in charge, has built a reputation on saving troubled teams and earlier this week admitted he would consider an approach from the Toffees to become their new boss.

Speaking on Match of the Day, host Gary Lineker asked Allardyce: "He's (Sean Dyche) been linked with Everton. Is it time an English manager was perhaps given the chance at one of the bigger clubs?"
Allardyce replied: "It's always time an English manager was given the chance, as far as I'm concerned Gary, or a British manager - there's no doubt about that. And there's not enough of us given the chance."
When asked if he would consider going back into management and whether Everton would tempt him, Allardyce added: "I'm not doing anything at the moment, I'm enjoying myself here.

Everton move out of relegation zone and win over Watford

Everton 3: 2 Watford
Everton came from two goals down to secure a dramatic 3-2 home victory over Watford and move out of the Premier League relegation zone, with ex-Toffees midfielder Tom Cleverley missing a last-gasp chance to level for the visitors from the penalty spot.

Watford's Christian Kabasele (right) scores his side's second goal of the game. Picture: PA

Everton looked set for a sixth successive defeat in all competitions, and fourth under caretaker manager David Unsworth, when Christian Kabasele's 64th-minute header put the visitors 2-0 up, adding to Richarlison's strike in the first minute of the second half.
But Oumar Niasse pulled a goal back three minutes later, substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed home an equaliser with 16 minutes to go and Leighton Baines subsequently converted a penalty in stoppage time to complete the turnaround. Cleverley then had the opportunity to make it 3-3 at the death but sent his spot-kick off-target.
What was Everton's first win in nine matches saw them rise from 19th to 15th in the table and brought a much-needed dose of positivity ahead of the international break, in which the club's hierarchy are expected to make a decision on the permanent successor to the sacked Ronald Koeman.
What becomes of Unsworth, who would like the job full-time, remains to be seen but what is certain is that he will have taken great satisfaction from this, the first home match he has overseen since taking temporary charge, which was watched from the stands by major shareholder Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright.
The first chance of a game that started poorly but ended up as a thriller fell to Everton in the 22nd minute.
The ball went from Tom Davies and via Niasse and Wayne Rooney to Baines, and the full-back's shot was well saved by Heurelho Gomes.
Davies then sent a hugely ambitious strike from distance off-target, before Andre Gray failed to make use of Kiko Femenia's low delivery to him in front of Everton's goal, completely miscuing his attempted shot.
There was little more in the way of attacking action until just before the interval, when Richarlison sped forward having been fed by Gray and got around Jordan Pickford only to shoot wide, and Abdoulaye Doucoure hit an effort straight at the goalkeeper moments later.
Richarlison then made amends for his miss less than a minute after the interval. Watford sprung a counter-attack and Gray sent a pass to Richarlison, who went around Pickford again and this time finished in very tidy fashion.
As Everton pushed for a swift equaliser, Gylfi Sigurdsson's shot was parried by Gomes and the goalkeeper then tipped away Rooney's cross under pressure from Niasse. Gomes was hurt in the incident and after receiving treatment on-field, came off with a bandage around his head, with Orestis Karnezis coming on to replace him.
Everton fans were then left stunned as Watford doubled their lead when Kabasele connected with Jose Holebas' corner.
But they soon had something to cheer as Niasse latched on to Ademola Lookman's lofted pass, got the ball past the outrushing Karnezis and bundled it over the line.
Lookman's fellow substitute Calvert-Lewin then brought things all-square, nodding in at the far post from Baines' corner.
And Unsworth's third substitute, Aaron Lennon, was subsequently involved in the build-up to what proved the winner, with the winger being brought down by Holebas in the box and referee Graham Scott pointing to the spot.
Baines converted the resulting penalty confidently and a wild roar erupted around Goodison Park.