Manchester United dropped two points against Burnley, while Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham won comfortably at home…
Liverpool 5-0 Swansea
Roberto Firmino netted twice in front of the Kop as Liverpool thrashed struggling Swansea 5-0 at Anfield. Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in tremendous fashion early on, but the Reds were unable to build on their lead for the remainder of the first half.
The floodgates opened after the interval, though, as Firmino’s brace, Alexander-Arnold’s first Premier League goal and a strike from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain secured the Reds’ 10th victory of the season in style.
Bournemouth 3-3 West Ham
Bournemouth’s winless run stretched to eight Premier League games, but Callum Wilson rescued a point for Eddie Howe’s men in dramatic fashion.
The visitors to the Vitality Stadium drew first blood through James Collins, but goals from Dan Gosling and Nathan Ake turned the Cherries’ 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead. Two Marko Arnautovic efforts in the closing stages looked to have won the match for West Ham, before Wilson popped up in the third minute of stoppage time.
Chelsea 2-0 Brighton
Alvaro Morata scored his 10th Premier League goal of the season as Chelsea eased to victory over Brighton. The Spaniard opened the scoring early in the second half, heading home a cross from compatriot Cesar Azpilicueta, before Marcos Alonso glanced Cesc Fabregas’ corner past Mat Ryan to double the hosts’ advantage.
Chelsea held on comfortably in the final 30 minutes, with this triumph moving the defending champions to within a point of Manchester United in second
Man United 2-2 Burnley
Jesse Lingard’s second-half brace spared Manchester United’s blushes at Old Trafford. Ashley Barnes and Steven Defour had given the Clarets a two-goal lead at the break, but the homegrown mdifielder struck twice to draw the Red Devils level.
This was still a case of two points dropped for Jose Mourinho’s men, however, with Manchester City afforded the chance to move 15 points clear at the top of the table on Wednesday.
Tottenham 5-2 Southampton
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick for the second game on the bounce as Tottenham eased past Southampton at Wembley. The England international’s treble also saw him break Alan Shearer’s Premier League goals record in a calendar year, with Kane’s 2017 tally now standing at 39.
Dele Alli and Son Heung-min were also on the scoresheet for Mauricio Pochettino’s men, with goals from Sofiane Boufal and Dusan Tadic not enough for Southampton to avoid their ninth defeat of the season.
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