Manchester United suffered a torrid second-half spell to succumb to defeat against Leicester City in Saturday s headline Premier League clash.
Failure at the King Power Stadium places further questions over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s tenure ahead of a daunting schedule but neighbours Manchester City did not experience similar problems as the defending champions cruised to yet another victory over Burnley.
City s fellow title contenders Chelsea made London derby history as they battled past Brentford after Liverpool s fearsome front three had comfortably dispatched Claudio Ranieri s new Watford side.
In the other fixtures, Wolves shocked Aston Villa to overturn a two-goal deficit and Norwich City fought for a goalless draw against Brighton and Hove Albion, while Southampton registered their first win over a depleted Leeds United.
Using Opta data, Stats Perform takes a look at the pick of the fixtures from the day.
0 Norwich remain the only side yet to take the lead in a Premier League match this season. The Canaries haven’t led in any of their last 12 games in the competition, with only Manchester City ever having a longer such run (15 between April and October 1995). Rooted.
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Watford 0-5 Liverpool: Mane hits century as Salah continues scoring run
Roberto Firmino became the first Brazilian to score more than one hat-trick in the Premier League as Ranieri fell to defeat by the biggest margin of any manager in their first home game with a new club in the competition.
Firmino s first two goals followed Mane s opener as the Senegal international hit his 100th Premier League goal, without scoring a penalty, with only Les Ferdinand (149) and Emile Heskey (110) previously achieving such a feat.
Mohamed Salah played an exquisite pass for Mane s landmark goal but the Egypt forward also found the net as he danced through Watford s defence to become the joint-top scoring African – level with Didier Drogba (104) – in the history of the competition.
His left-footed curler also made him the first Liverpool player since Daniel Sturridge in 2014 to score in eight consecutive games in all competitions as Jurgen Klopp s side became the first top-flight side to ever score three-plus goals in seven consecutive away games across all competitions.
35y 285d James Milner is the oldest player to assist a goal for Liverpool in the Premier League since Gary McAllister in October 2001 (36y 299d v Leicester). Timeless.
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Leicester City 4-2 Manchester United: Foxes end Red Devils record away run
Mason Greenwood edged United ahead with his fifth strike from outside the box in 21 Premier League goals – only David Beckham and Nani have managed a higher share of goals for the club from in such a fashion of those to score 20 times.
However, just 54 seconds split Marcus Rashford s equaliser for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side to make it 2-2 and Jamie Vardy putting the hosts 3-2 to the good.
Patson Daka then became the first Zambian scorer in the Premier League, with 105 different nations now having a goalscorer, as Leicester won three consecutive games in all competitions against the Red Devils for the first time since 1901.
Not only did the Foxes, who have conceded in seven straight top-flight games under Brendan Rodgers, make history they also ended the visitors record run as 30 games without a loss on the road came to an abrupt end.
1 This was Manchester United’s first away league defeat in 30 games (since a 2-0 loss at Liverpool in January 2020), and the first time the Red Devils have conceded four goals in an away league game since April 2019 (0-4 vs Everton). Burst.
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Brentford 0-1 Chelsea: Blues make history in the capital against unlucky Brentford
Ben Chilwell s third goal in three games – as many as in his last 33 appearances in the league – inspired Chelsea to a record-breaking seventh consecutive away win in London derbies.
Thomas Tuchel s men have conceded just three goals this term – the fewest they have conceded at this stage since 2010-11 (two) – as the Blues won their 15th game against new top-flight opposition in 16 attempts.
Meanwhile, Brentford – who were stifled by Edouard Mendy s 20th clean sheet in 38 games – remain winless in seven matches against Chelsea, losing each of their last three by an aggregate scoreline of 9-0.
20 Chelsea goalkeeper Édouard Mendy kept his 20th Premier League clean sheet in this game (38th start) – only Petr Cech (26), Pepe Reina (32), Alisson (36) and Roy Carroll (37) have needed fewer starts to reach 20 shut outs in the competition’s history. Saviour.
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Manchester City 2-0 Burnley: Guardiola s men maintain dominance over the Clarets
City cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory at Etihad Stadium, meaning they now boast a 32-1 aggregate scoreline over Burnley in their last nine games across all competitions.
Pep Guardiola s side have now kept clean sheets in six of their eight league games this term – more than any other side – as Kevin de Bruyne netted for consecutive top-flight games for the first time since July 2020.
The Clarets, who are on the longest winless run in England s top four tiers (11), are Bernardo Silva s favourite opponent, the Portugal international directly involved in seven goals in eight games.
