Sergio Aguero celebrates
Sergio Aguero celebrates

Premier League round-up: Manchester City pull clear at the summit


Review, reports and updated odds from Saturday's action in the Premier League.

Premier League reports

Chelsea 4-2 Watford
Huddersfield 2-1 Manchester United
Manchester City 3-0 Burnley
Newcastle 1-0 Crystal Palace
Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth
Swansea 1-2 Leicester
Southampton 1-0 West Brom

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Sergio Aguero equalled Manchester City's all-time scoring record to set Pep Guardiola's side on their way to a 3-0 win over Burnley.

With Manchester United suffering a surprise 2-1 defeat at Huddersfield, the Blues extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points.

City are now as short as 1/5 with Sky Bet to win the Premier League title (from 2/5 before kick-off at the Etihad Stadium).

Aguero scored a controversial penalty on the half hour to join Eric Brook on 177 goals for the club, with Burnley furious that goalkeeper Nick Pope was adjudged to have brought down Bernardo Silva.

Sergio Aguero scores for Manchester City
Sergio Aguero scores for Manchester City

It took until the 73rd minute for Nicolas Otamendi's goal to make the game safe, with Leroy Sane converting a superb pass from Kevin De Bruyne two minutes later.

Manchester United only had themselves to blame for their first loss to Huddersfield since 1952, with Juan Mata giving the ball away on the halfway line after 28 minutes and Aaron Mooy slotting home the rebound after Tom Ince's shot was saved.

Worse was to come five minutes later when substitute Victor Lindelof failed to connect with a long clearance and Laurent Depoitre was left to collect the ball and round David de Gea to score.

Laurent Depoitre celebrates
Laurent Depoitre celebrates

Marcus Rashford pulled a goal back for Jose Mourinho's side but the Terriers defied some sustained late pressure for a famous win.

Sky Bet have pushed United out from 7/2 to 10/1 to win the title after the defeat.

Huddersfield are no longer odds-on for the drop as Sky Bet push the Terriers out to 5/4 to go down.

Bournemouth and Leicester fared better on their travels with 2-1 wins at Stoke and Swansea respectively, with Bournemouth 2-0 up after 18 minutes thanks to a superb finish from Andrew Surman and a penalty by Junior Stanislas.

Mame Biram Diouf pulled one back after 63 minutes but Stoke were unable to find an equaliser.

It was a similar story at the Liberty Stadium where an own goal from Federico Fernandez and a tap-in by Shinji Okazaki gave Leicester a two-goal lead in their first game since sacking manager Craig Shakespeare.

Shinji Okazaki scores for Leicester
Shinji Okazaki scores for Leicester

Alfie Mawson's tidy finish from a corner gave the home fans hope but the Foxes held on to claim all three points.

Those results were bad news for Crystal Palace who are now five points adrift at the foot of the table, Roy Hodgson's side going down to an 86th-minute goal from Mikel Merino in a 1-0 defeat at Newcastle.

The bottom-of-the-table Eagles are odds-on at 8/11 with Sky Bet for relegation. Newcastle are out at 14/1 for the drop.

There was a 150/1 Premier League RequestABet winner with Sky Bet thanks to 3+ corners and 20+ booking points for each team in Huddersfield v Manchester United, Manchester City v Burnley and Newcastle v Crystal Palace.

A stunning solo goal from Sofiane Boufal secured a 1-0 victory for Southampton at home to West Brom in the last Premier League game of Saturday's action.

The substitute ran fully 70 yards from inside his own half and left three defenders on their backsides - two of whom had collided with each other - before sliding the ball home for a truly memorable strike.

In the day's early kick-off, Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to score twice as Chelsea fought back from behind to win 4-2 in a six-goal thriller against Watford.

Pedro's superb strike had put the home side in front after they were wrongly awarded a corner in the 12th minute, but Abdoulaye Doucoure and Roberto Pereyra scored either side of half time for the visitors.

However, Batshuayi levelled on 71 minutes and Cesar Azpilicueta put Antonio Conte's side back in front before Batshuayi added his second in stoppage time.

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