Huddersfield Daily Examiner

CITY STILL

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MANCHESTER CITY powered on at the top of the Premier League with a convincing 3-1 win over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.

Kevin De Bruyne scored City’s 50th goal of the season during a dominant first-half display before Sergio Aguero added a penalty.

Substitute Alexandre Lacazette pulled one back for the visitors but Gabriel Jesus wrapped up City’s club record-extending 15th successive win after 74 minutes.

Arsenal may have had grievances over two of City’s goals but the hosts were full value for their victory, which was also their ninth in succession in the Premier League.

Son Heung-min spared Tottenham’s blushes as his secondhalf winner sealed a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

After blowing away Real Madrid in the Champions League, Spurs were almost brought crashing down to earth by a resilient Palace side at Wembley.

But Wilfried Zaha spurned a golden chance to give the Eagles the lead and it proved a costly miss as Son’s fourth goal of the season sealed victory for Mauricio Pochettino’s side.

Alvaro Morata gave Manchester United a taste of what could have been by heading Antonio Conte’s Chelsea to a muchneeded victory as Jose Mourinho endured another frustratin­g Stamford Bridge return.

All eyes were on the touchline as the combustibl­e managers faced off, and the Italian twice got the better of Mourinho at Stamford Bridge last season and made it a hat trick in a tense encounter, with Morata’s fine header giving Chelsea a deserved 1-0 win.

A late Leighton Baines penalty handed Everton a 3-2 home win over Watford, after the visitors had led 2-0.

Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool back to sixth in the table with a fine goal brace in the Reds’ 4-1 Premier League win at West Ham on Saturday.

The Egypt striker started and finished the rout at the London Stadium, where Liverpool also had Joel Matip and Alex OxladeCham­berlain on target.

Manuel Lanzini found the net for West Ham, but the struggling

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