Burnley 0-1 Man Utd
Anthony Martial's second-half goal gave Manchester United a narrow 1-0 victory at Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.
United got the only goal of the game in the 54th minute, Martial's third in four games, striking in off the bar from 12 yards after good work from Romelu Lukaku.
Burnley had chances to equalise in the second half, hitting the bar from Johann Gudmundsson's free-kick, but their search for a win extends to eight in all competitions.
Manchester United recorded a fourth successive win in 2018 in all competitions with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Burnley on Saturday.
Anthony Martial scored the only goal of the game as the Reds emerged victorious at Turf Moor, keeping a fifth consecutive clean sheet in the process.
The Frenchman, who was voted Man of the Match by fans on Twitter, struck a sublime effort in the 54th-minute which flew in off the underside of the crossbar following good play in the build-up by Romelu Lukaku.
Man City 3-1 Newcastle
Sergio Aguero's hat-trick helped Manchester City beat Newcastle 3-1 at the Etihad to keep Pep Guardiola's side 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
City broke the deadlock after 34 minutes when Aguero nodded in Kevin De Bruyne's inch-perfect cross, before the Argentinian's penalty doubled the lead (63).
Jacob Murphy pulled a goal back for Newcastle four minutes later, only for that man Aguero to seal the win with his 11th hat-trick for City, and his 22nd goal of the season.
Man of the match: Sergio Aguero
As a result, City stay 12 points ahead of rivals Manchester United at the summit, while the visitors are just two points clear of the relegation zone in 15th.
City kicked off knowing United had won at Burnley to cut the gap at the top of the table to nine points, but if the home team were feeling the pressure, particularly after their first defeat of the league season to Liverpool on Sunday, then they did not show any signs of it in the first half.
Right from the start Guardiola's team went on the attack against opponents clearly intent again on playing for a draw, with the visitors playing with five at the back in their attempts to frustrate City.
For the opening half an hour of the contest, however, Rafa Benitez's plan appeared to be working, with Karl Darlow, despite City's domination of both possession and territory, not called upon to make a save.
Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace
Arsenal shrugged off the absence of Alexis Sanchez as they romped to a 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.
With Sanchez not in the squad as talks continue over a move to Manchester United, the Gunners blew Palace away with four goals in a dazzling opening 22 minutes.
Nacho Monreal, Alex Iwobi and Laurent Koscielny all finished from close range before Alexandre Lacazette fired in after a slick passing move.
Man of the match: Mesut Ozil
Palace improved in the second half but could only pull back a consolation goal in the 78th minute through Luka Milivojevic.
The win is Arsenal's first in 2018 and provides a timely boost after defeat at Bournemouth last weekend and then a week dominated by transfer speculation.
With several key players back, the Gunners made a rampant start as Monreal headed in from a corner in the sixth minute before crossing for Iwobi to make it 2-0 shortly afterwards.
Brighton 0-4 Chelsea: Eden Hazard's double sends Chelsea third
An inspired performance from Eden Hazard helped Chelsea back to winning ways in the Premier League with a comprehensive 4-0 victory against Brighton at the Amex Stadium.
Antonio Conte's side were without a win in five games in all competitions heading into the clash on the south coast, but Hazard set the Blues on their way in the third minute before Willian rounded off a sensational team goal three minutes later to give the visitors the perfect start.
Brighton's response to the early setback was good, creating a number of decent chances but Willy Caballero was on top form to deny Tomer Hemed and the crossbar kept out Davy Propper's header early after the interval.
Ezequiel Schelotto was also denied by a smart block from Caballero and the hosts were eventually made to pay for their wastefulness in front of goal as Hazard (77) added his second of the afternoon and Victor Moses (89) rounded off the scoring as Chelsea wrapped up all three points to move above Liverpool into third.
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