Manchester United made it three in three
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| Paul Pogba scored a brace against Bournemouth |
Manchester United made it three wins in the last three Premier League matches as the Old Trafford side defeated Bournemouth 4-1 at home.
Paul Pogba was in fine form yet again scoring a brace and providing one other assist. Marcus Rashford and Romelu Lukaku also got on the score sheet as Eric Bailly received his marching order. United are now on 35 points, still sixth position, three points in within Arsenal who are fifth but eight points behind fourth Chelsea.
Paul Pogba scored a brace in consecutive matches for Manchester United since Wayne Rooney for the club in December 2012.
Manchester United have kept a fewer clean sheet than any other Premier League team this season, level with Fulham who also have two.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the third manager of the club to win his first three league matches after Matt Busby and Solskjaer's predecessor Jose Mourinho.
Marcus Rashford has now provided six assists in 17 Premier League games this season, as many as he had in his previous 77 Premier League games.
Manchester City moved back to second after beating Southampton 3-1 at the St Mary's stadium thanks to goals from David Silva, Sergio Aguero and an own goal from Ward-Prowse. City moved to 47 points, seven points behind table leaders Liverpool.
Manchester City recorded their fifth consecutive Premier League wins over Southampton for the first time.
City have failed to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 matches in all competitions.
Sergio Aguero has now scored 50 goals in the Premier League under Pep Guardiola, at least 16 more than any other player under the former Barcelona man.
N'Golo Kante sends Chelsea two points within Tottenham as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace away by 1-0. Chelsea are still fourth, now with 43 points, five points above fifth Arsenal. Crystal Palace however have 19 points in 14th position.
Crystal Palace failed to have a shot on target in this match.
Chelsea have won seven away Premier League games this season, only Tottenham and Liverpool have more with nine and eight respectively.
Kante now has three Premier League goals this season, the highest return in a single season.
Results in full...
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
Burnley 2-0 West Ham
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
Manchester United 4-1 AFC Bournemouth

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