SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 16 Liverpool, Man City cruise, Man Utd held London, United Kingdom English Premier League iverpool and Manches- Fulham 1 1 Watford ter City’s shootout for Burnley 4 0 Bournemouth the Premier League title L Cardiff 0 5 Manchester City intensified yesterday with com- fortable wins over Southampton Crystal Palace 0 0 Newcastle and Cardiff, while Manchester Fulham 1 1 Watford United were held 1-1 by Wolves on the day Alex Ferguson re - Leicester 3 1 Huddersfield turned to Old Trafford. Liverpool 3 0 Southampton Jurgen Klopp could afford Manchester United 1 1 Wolves the luxury of handing Xherdan Shaqiri his first Liverpool start Brighton 0 1 Tottenham (at closing) for a 3-0 victory at Anfield and Playing Sunday Wesley Hoedt turned the Swiss international’s deflected shot in West Ham v Chelsea (1230 GMT), for the opener before Joel Matip Arsenal v Everton (1500 GMT) and Mohamed Salah’s first goal in four games sealed Liverpool’s seventh straight win in all com- English Championship petitions. Aston Villa 1 2 Sheffield Wednesday City edged ahead of Chel - Derby 3 1 Brentford sea, who travel to West Ham on Sunday, into second, two Ipswich 0 0 Bolton points behind the leaders, as Leeds 1 2 Birmingham they bounced back from a shock Champions League defeat to Middlesbrough 0 0 Swansea Lyon in midweek by thrashing Nottingham Forest 1 0 Rotherham Cardiff 5-0 in the Welsh capital. Reading 3 0 Hull United, though, are now eight points off the top as a run of Sheffield Utd 3 2 Preston three straight wins to avert Stoke 2 3 Blackburn an early season crisis came to an end against an impressive West Brom 2 0 Millwall Wolves while Ferguson watched QPR 0 0 Norwich (at closing) on for the first time since under- going emergency surgery on a Italian Serie A brain haemorrhage in May. arma 2 0 Cagliari Shaqiri stars Fiorentina 3 0 SPAL (at closing), Liverpool’s new-found strength in depth was in evidence as Dan- Sampdoria v Inter Milan (1830) iel Sturridge netted on his first Today start of the season against Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, and Torino v Napoli (1030), Bologna v AS Roma, Chievo v Udinese, Lazio those coming into the side made v Genoa (1300), AC Milan v Atalanta (1600), Frosinone v Juventus a big impact again as Klopp (1830) made three changes. The hosts were handed a Spain La Liga huge helping hand early on Liverpool’s Senegalese striker Sadio Mane (L) and Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah gesture during the by Saints thanks to a comical English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield in Liverpool Rayo Vallecano 1 5 Alaves own goal by Hoedt as he failed Celta Vigo 3 3 Real Valladolid to sort his feet out as Shaqiri’s deflected drive trickled across couldn’t inspire United to vic- chance of a Cardiff side still Eibar 1 0 Leganes the area. tory despite Fred’s first goal for waiting for their first win back Getafe 0 2 Atletico Madrid (at closing), Matip was another to be mak- the club opening the scoring 18 in the top flight also embar - Real Madrid v Espanyol (1845) ing his first start of the cam - minutes in. rassing the Premier League paign and powered home Trent Wolves have thoroughly im- champions. Playing Sunday Alexander-Arnold’s corner be- pressed on their return to the Sergio Aguero celebrated Levante v Sevilla (1000), Villarreal v Valencia (1415), Real Betis v fore Salah won the foot race to signing a new contract till 2021 Athletic Bilbao (1800), Barcelona v Girona (1845) force the ball over the line after on Friday by firing home the a Shaqiri free-kick opener in sodden conditions came back off before Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Scottish Premiership the bar. Gundogan made it 3-0 before Aberdeen 1 0 Motherwell Liverpool’s half-time. afternoon Club record signing Riyad Dundee 0 3 Hibernian was soured, Mahrez then came off the bench Hamilton 3 0 St Mirren though, by a to score his first two City goals. Hearts 0 0 Livingston rib injury to Elsewhere, Burnley moved Virgil van Dijk that forced the out of the bottom three in Playing Sunday world’s most expensive defend- comprehensive fashion by Kilmarnock v Celtic, Rangers v St Johnstone er off early in the second period thrashing Bournemouth *Scores as of closing ahead of a demanding run of top flight and only a se- 4-0 for their first league fixtures. ries of fine saves by David win of the season. Klopp’s men face Chelsea and de Gea meant they went in Leicester came from be- City in their next two league behind at the break. hind to beat Huddersfield 3-1 games, with a Champions However, even the Span- to ease the pressure on Claude League trip to Napoli in be - ish number one was helpless Puel. tween. when Joao Moutinho curled Newcastle remain in the rele- into the top corner eight gation zone despite holding out Wolves blight Ferguson minutes into the second half. for a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace welcome for just their second point of the Ferguson was given a standing City cruise season. ovation before kick-off at Old Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was And Aleksandar Mitrovic Trafford as he took his seat ac- City’s Algerian back on the touchline after hav- moved level with Eden Hazard companied by his wife Cathy in midfielder ing to watch his side’s defeat on as the league’s top scorer with Riyad Mahrez the United directors’ box. Wednesday from the stands as five goals in six games as the celebrates Serbian’s equaliser earned a 1-1 However, the presence of the after scoring he served a one-match ban. Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson waves to the crowd club’s most successful manager his second goal However, there was little draw with Watford.