Arsenal Sink Man Utd, Liverpool Drop Points

Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United
Manchester United suffered their first defeat under Ruben Amorim after going down 2-0 to Arsenal on Wednesday evening.

Changes for the host saw recalls for Gabriel Martinelli, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Jakub Kiwior, while suspension ruled out Lisandro Martinez and Kobbie Mainoo on the side of United.

Manchester City 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Manchester City got back to winning ways following a barren run of form and thumped Nottingham Forest 3-0 to go fourth on the table.

Kevin De Bruyne returned to make his first start for City since September, with Jack Grealish, Josko Gvardiol and Jeremy Doku also starting from Sunday’s loss to Liverpool.

De Bruyne’s importance came through eight minutes in when he made a decoy run in-behind to set-up Bernardo Silva to tap in from an impossible angle to miss.

The reigning champions took full flight on the half-hour mark as De Bruyne on this occasion found time and space to grab hold of Doku’s layoff and fired in from 15-yards out.

City’s dominance continued and made the points safe when a turnover high-up saw Erling Haaland cutback for Doku to step clear for a smart pin-point finish.

Newcastle United 3-3 Liverpool
Table-topping Liverpool’s winning streak in all competitions ended with a thrilling 3-3 draw against Newcastle United.

Alexander Isak hit the host ahead five minutes past the half-hour mark through a tremendous effort into the top corner amidst the pressure from Virgil Van Dijk.

Jones got the high-flying visitors on level terms five minutes in the second half when he raced in the area to finish off Mohamed Salah’s cutback.

The Magpies didn’t take long to regain cushion as Anthony Gordon picked up a timeous forward pass by Sandro Tonali and tucked in with ease.

Salah’s fine form continued and got the Reds in front for the first time with a smart first-time finish in the bottom-corner from Alexander-Arnold’s pass.

Newcastle dug deep in the hope of rescuing a point and were rewarded at the death when Fabian Schar slide in at the far post to tuck in Bruno Guimaraes’s free-kick and secured a stalemate.

Southampton 1-5 Chelsea
Chelsea cemented second position on the table with a 5-1 drubbing of relegation-troubled Southampton, who finished with ten players.

Axel Disasi got the ball rolling on seven minutes with a well-taken header from a few yards after meeting a corner by Enzo Fernandez.

The Saints hit back in quick succession when Joe Aribo stepped inside of a challenge to get goal-side and applied a stern finish past Jorgensen.

Chelsea didn’t lie down and regain the lead minuets later after Christopher Nkunku combined with a clever first-time pass from Noni Madueke for a simple strike.

Madueke got on board too just past the half-hour mark when he fed off a precision pass from Joao Felix in the box and curled beyond a sprawling Joe Lumley.

Situation for the host boiled over just five minutes to halftime after Jack Stephens got his marching orders following violent conduct on Marc Cucurella.

This just strengthened the visitors, who grabbed a fourth goal moments into the second half as Cole Palmer finished off a loose ball to bag his ninth goal of the season.

Jadon Sancho opened his account for the Blues minutes to go when he fired in a forward pass from Malo Gusto with Lumley well-beaten.