Free-scoring Manchester City have turned on the style after a difficult start to thrash Crystal Palace 5-0, taking their tally to 16 goals in their last three Premier League games.
Palace had the better of the action for much of the first half, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek twice going close to breaking the deadlock, but Leroy Sane's well- taken goal on the stroke of halftime gave City momentum going into the break.
After the interval, it was all City, and it was not long before they had their second, with Sane turning provider this time for Raheem Sterling to slot home six minutes after the interval.
Sterling then tapped home his second and City's third eight minutes later, Sergio Aguero netted 11 minutes from fulltime, and Fabian Delph's thunderbolt at the death added the finishing touch to a result which ensures City stay top of the table, on goal difference, above rivals Manchester United.
Lukaku sores again in United win
United equalled their best start to a Premier League campaign after Romelu Lukaku scored his eighth goal of the season in all competitions to give them a 1-0 win at Southampton.
Manager Jose Mourinho sent off in the last minute of stoppage time for dissent as Southampton piled the pressure in the closing stages.
Liverpool hold on at Leicester
Simon Mignolet's penalty save preserved Liverpool's 3-2 win at Leicester City.
Mohamed Salah, Philippe Coutinho and Jordan Henderson as the Reds avenged Tuesday's League Cup loss to the Foxes.
Shinji Okazaki and Jamie Vardy scored for Leicester, but Mignolet denied the latter an equaliser from the spot in the 71st minute.
Spurs survive Hammers comeback
Earlier, Tottenham secured a 3-2 victory at West Ham after surviving a late comeback and playing the last 20 minutes with 10 men.
The result never appeared in doubt as Spurs dominated early on and the pressure told as Harry Kane headed the visitors into a 34th-minute lead, before making it seven goals in six games against West Ham four minutes later.
Christian Eriksen expertly converted from the edge of the box to make it 3-0 on the hour mark, before West Ham's Javier Hernandez tapped home five minutes later to give the home fans hope.
Serge Aurier was then dismissed for a second booking, before Cheikhou Kouyate ensured a nervy finish for Spurs after netting with three minutes to go.
Spurs held on, however, for a fifth successive away win and Kane admitted to breathing a sigh of relief.
"Yeah (it was a relief), obviously when you're 3-0 up in a game and you end up going to 3-2 it's always a bit nerve-racking, especially when you're down to 10 men," he told Sky Sports.
"It is a fantastic result away from home, obviously going 3-0 up we would have liked to have seen it out a bit better, but a win is a win and we're delighted with it."
Wins for Chelsea and Everton and Watford
Socceroos midfielder Aaron Mooy's Huddersfield picked up a point in a scrappy scoreless draw with Chris Wood's Burnley while Brazilian striker Richarlison grabbed a late winner as Watford beat Swansea City 2-1.
Chelsea's record signing Alvaro Morata showed he may be worth every penny with a hat-trick in the champions' 4-0 away win over Stoke.
At Goodison Park, substitute Oumar Niasse scored twice for Everton in a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Bournemouth.
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