The Premier League served up big games at both ends of the table on Sunday and here is all that went down across the league.
Liverpool ran riot against a resurgent Manchester United side, inflicting the Old Trafford side’s worst ever Premier League defeat.
As expected from these two historic rivals, it was a frantic start at Anfield. The tackles were flying in from the first whistle, but the football was scrappy as a result.
The Liverpool fullbacks linked up well in the opening half-hour, causing the Manchester United rearguard a host of problems, but the finishing touch was missing from Jürgen Klopp’s men.
United’s new-found resilience was on full display, as they absorbed the Liverpool pressure and clawed their way back into the game to create a few chances of their own.
The deadlock was finally broken in the dying minutes of the half, as Cody Gakpo fired a superb curling effort into the bottom corner of the net, sparking scenes of jubilation before the break at Anfield.
Liverpool doubled their lead immediately after the second half kickoff, thanks to Harvey Elliot picking out Darwin Núñez at point-blank range to tap home emphatically.
It went from bad to worse for United only three minutes later, as Gakpo capped off a scintillating Liverpool counterattack with a delightful chip over David de Gea.
The home crowd found themselves in dreamland once again, as a defensive mistake allowed Mo Salah to thrash his shot in off the crossbar, extending the Liverpool lead to four with 25 minutes still to play.
As if it could get any worse for United, Núñez headed home from a Henderson cross for Liverpool’s fifth on the night.
Salah scrambled Liverpool’s sixth home from close range, moving the Egyptian into first place on Liverpool’s all-time scoring charts.
The scintillating second half showing from Jürgen Klopp’s side was capped off by a Roberto Firmino strike, driving the final nail into Manchester United’s worst ever Premier League defeat.
🛑Johnson brace claims vital Forest point
It was honours even in a hard-fought relegation scrap at the City Ground, as Nottingham Forest fought back to claim a point off of Everton.
Everton took the lead twice in a thrilling opening half an hour at the City Ground.
The opener came from the penalty spot after Forest struggled to clear a ball into the box and Jonjo Shelvey tripped Dwight McNeil just inside the area. Demarai Gray, making his first league start under Sean Dyche, beat Keylor Navas from the spot to score his fourth league goal of the season.
It didn’t take the hosts long to respond, though, with Brennan Johnson steering an equaliser home after Jordan Pickford parried an effort from Morgan Gibbs-White.
Everton found a second goal to retake the lead on the half hour mark, with James Tarkowski and Michael Keane both nodding the ball on from a long free-kick that eventually made its way to Abdoulaye Doucouré, who headed home.
As is typical for a Sean Dyche managed team, Everton took the sting out of the game as the second half wore on, forcing Forest to force the issue in the final third.
The hosts finally reclaimed parity in the final 15 minutes, as Brennan Johnson curled a shot home into the top corner from inside the box, setting the City Ground alight and snatching a vital point for Steve Cooper’s men.