Man City hit five against Burnley, Liverpool edge Huddersfield, Cardiff got their first win of the season and Tottenham won the London derby at West Ham.
City did most of the damage in the second half against Burnley as they gave Joe Hart a busy day on his return to the Etihad, with just Sergio Aguero's opener to show for their efforts in the opening 45 minutes.
Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho scored within two minutes of each other to put the game to bed just ten minutes into the second half, before Riyad Mahrez and Leroy Sane put the finishing touches on another good day at the office for Pep Guardiola's champions.
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- Manchester City are now unbeaten in their last 34 Premier League games kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday – the longest ever such run in the competition (W30 D4).
- This was Manchester City’s 23rd Premier League victory by a 5+ goal margin – 10 of them have been under manager Pep Guardiola.
- This was just Burnley’s fourth Premier League defeat by a margin of five or more goals – half of them have been against Manchester City.
- David Silva has assisted Sergio Aguero more often than any other Manchester City player in all competitions, with the Spaniard’s assist for him today his 20th.
Mohamed Salah got back on the goal trail as Liverpool won 1-0 at Huddersfield to reaffirm their Premier League title credentials.
Salah slotted home his fourth goal of the season and first in five matches midway through the first half, but it was a far from convincing victory for Jurgen Klopp's side.
Much of that was down to Huddersfield, who matched their illustrious opponents for long periods only to still be left searching for the killer touch.
David Wagner's side hit a post through Jonathan Hogg and had an effort ruled out for offside as they set an unwanted club record of failing to score in seven straight home league games.
Liverpool were clearly not at their best as they clinched their first win in five matches in all competitions and extended their unbeaten league start to nine.
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- Liverpool have become just the fourth Premier League side to win 200 Premier League games away from home after Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
- Huddersfield have become just the second side in Premier League history to fail to score in any of their opening five home games of a season after Everton in 1998-99.
- Mohamed Salah’s opener for Liverpool was his 50th goal for English sides (48 Liverpool, 2 Chelsea), reaching this tally in just 83 games in all competitions.
- Liverpool’s Alisson has kept six clean sheets in his opening nine Premier League starts – the only goalkeeper to have kept more shutouts in his opening nine starts in the competition is Petr Cech (7).
Neil Warnock got his first Premier League win for Cardiff as the Welsh side made the most of Fulham's shocking defensive problems to climb off the foot of the table.
Josh Murphy and Bobby Reid cancelled out an early belter from Andre Schurrle before Ryan Sessegnon sent the teams in level at half time.
Cardiff had scored just four goals all season but matched that tally against Fulham's hapless rearguard as Callum Paterson and Kadeem Harris dragged them out of the relegation zone, above their opponents who have now let in 25 goals this season.
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- Cardiff have won their first Premier League game since April 2014 (vs Southampton), ending a run of 12 matches without a victory.
- Fulham have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 23 Premier League away games; the longest such run since QPR between October 2011 and November 2012 (also 23 games).
- Cardiff have scored 4+ goals in a top-flight game for the first time since September 1961 vs Chelsea (5-2).
- Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon is the first player born in or after the year 2000 to score a Premier League goal. Sessegnon is also Fulham’s youngest ever goalscorer in the Premier League (18 years 154 days).
Newcastle slipped to the bottom of the Premier League as Beram Kayal scored the only goal of the game for Brighton to grab a rare win away from home.
The Seagulls were the worst team in the division on the road last season but needed just one goal and some energetic defending to keep out Rafa Benitez's miss-firing Newcastle attack.
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- Newcastle are just the fourth team in English top-flight history to lose their first five home league games of the season.
- Brighton had just two shots on target in this match - their goal in the 29th minute and then a saved shot two minutes into second half injury time.
- Newcastle attempted 27 shots without finding the net – their most in a Premier League game without scoring since February 2014 (28 vs Sunderland).
- Brighton picked up their first away win in 18 league games, since beating Swansea in November 2017.
Erik Lamela scored the only goal of a tight derby at the London Stadium, with Tottenham being forced to hang on for grim death at the end of the game to grab all three points.
The Hammers had ten corners and four shots on target, double the amount Spurs managed, but could just not find the finishing touches as Mauricio Pochettino's side moved level with Chelsea just two points off the leaders.
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- West Ham are winless in eight Premier League London derbies since beating Chelsea in December 2017 (D5 L3).
- Tottenham Hotspur have won five consecutive top-flight London derbies for the first time since January 1961, a season in which they won the First Division.
- West Ham have earned seven points from their opening nine games of the season, their worst return at this stage since 2010-11 (six points) when they finished bottom.
- Erik Lamela has scored five goals in eight games in all competitions for Spurs this season, one more than he managed in 33 games last season.
Wolves' fine run ended in disappointing fashion as two goals in a minute from Etienne Capoue and Roberto Pereyra gave Watford the three points to move them above their opponents into seventh.
It was just a second defeat of the season and the first at home for Nuno Espirito Santo's side, who had previously conceded just once in the last five Premier League games.
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- This was Wolverhampton Wanderers’ first loss in 15 games in all competitions at Molineux since losing against Nottingham Forest in the Championship in January.
- Watford have won two of their last four away games in the Premier League (D1 L1), more than had in their previous 16 games combined (W1 D2 L13).
- Wolves have named the same starting XI in each of their opening nine games of the season, extending the Premier League record for this feat.
- Roberto Pereyra’s goal was his first away league goal for Watford since scoring against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in October 2017 – each of his previous seven goals had been at Vicarage Road.
There was not much to write home about down at the Vitality Stadium as the South Coast rivals played out a stalemate with plenty of huff and puff but little goal mouth action.
The Cherries had the best of the game but could not find a breakthrough as they remain in sixth place in the table, with the Saints down in 16th.
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- Bournemouth have lost just one of their last nine home Premier League games (W5 D3) and are unbeaten in their last six at the Vitality Stadium (W4 D2).
- Southampton have failed to score in four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since October 2004.
- In all competitions, Southampton have lost just two of their last 15 games against Bournemouth (W8 D5 L2).
- Southampton have won just two of their 10 Premier League away games under Mark Hughes (D3 L5).
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