Manchester City Leroy Sane (center) celebrates with teammates after scoring their third goal.PHOTO: AFP
Manchester City drove a ruthless winning run to eight games by beating West Ham 4-0 on Saturday, while Tottenham ended the undefeated start of Chelsea until the season ended with a stylish 3-1 win over Saturday.
With Chelsea stumbling, second place Liverpool remain the most likely challengers for the title of the city after a 3-0 victory over Watford, leaving them two points behind the leaders.
Manchester United is 14 points behind the leaders while Paul Pogba was taken away by Jose Mourinho as they failed to break Crystal Palace into a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford.
Everton jumped United with a 1-0 win over Cardiff to a sixth place, while Claudio Ranieri won his first game which was responsible for Fulham in a 3-2 thriller over fellow fighters Southampton.
City has now won 12 of their last 13 games with the only points that have fallen into a meritorious 0-0 draw in Liverpool last month.
Pep Guardiola's men had scored 13 goals during their three previous visits to the London Stadium and had another three goals for resting in another dominant display.
"If you see the result that was 0-4, especially after the international break, it's okay," Guardiola said. "You see Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester United that they are struggling."
David Silva and Raheem Sterling continued to score in the first 20 minutes.
The roles were reversed 11 minutes before the break of City & # 39; s flying winger, when Sane this time with great calmness showed Sterling & # 39; s pass and Sane completed the rout in the injury time.
– & # 39; Dream & # 39; free kick – At Wembley, Tottenham Chelsea went into the fight when goals from Dele Alli, Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min put them in third place over their rivals in London.
Mauricio Pochettino's side was on fire from the outset and Alli retreated from Christian Eriksen's free kick in the eighth minute.
While Chelsea looked lethargic, Kane struck in the sixteenth minute of long-distance shot Tottenham's second.
Chelsea failed to turn the tide when their unbeaten twelfth game ceased on a crash when Son danced through the defense of the visitors to score an excellent third in the 54th minute.
Substitute Olivier Giroud got one back in the 85th minute, but it was no consolation for Maurizio Sarri's men, who came to fourth place.
Liverpool lags behind City & # 39; s jacket tails, while Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino strike Vicarage Road in the last fifteen minutes.
"The first goal was brilliant football and Trent's free kick (Alexander-Arnold) was a dream, it was a good game against a good match," said Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Klopp & # 39; s front three clicked 23 minutes after Firmino fed Sadio Mane and his relapse was thrown home by Salah for his ninth goal of the season.
Alexander-Arnold then took his first for the campaign at club level with a sumptuous free kick after opening his account for England in the international break.
And despite the fact that Captain Jordan Henderson was broadcast, Liverpool added a third one minute after time via Firmino.
How United wished they had the same firepower, because after a fierce start they faded again and Palace held out for only a second point in seven Premier League matches.
Pogba and Romelu Lukaku were fit enough to start after missing the international task for France and Belgium due to an injury, but failed to ignite the hosts and Pogba was even withdrawn for Alexis Sanchez in the search for a winner who never came.
"We did not have enough aggression or intensity," complained Mourinho. "We have given the opponent the time to have the ball and have not squeezed enough, we have given them moments to breathe and relax." We have not pressed enough. "
Ranieri could not stop Fulham leaking goals in his first game in charge of Craven Cottage, but achieved a first victory in 10 league games, while Aleksandar Mitrovic scored twice to make a thriller of five goals.
Leicester showed great resilience after a few difficult weeks outside the field to fight back from a goal and a man down for a 1-1 draw in Brighton thanks to Jamie Vardy's penalty after James Maddison got to see two yellow cards within 28 minutes .AFP.
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