Overview
- Arsenal thrashed Leeds 4-0 at Elland Road to move seven points clear, overcoming Bukayo Saka’s late warm-up injury as Martin Zubimendi, Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel Jesus scored with a Karl Darlow own goal.
- Manchester City let a 2-0 lead slip in a 2-2 draw at Tottenham, leaving them six points behind the leaders after Dominic Solanke’s second-half brace.
- Aston Villa’s challenge faltered with a 1-0 home defeat to 10-man Brentford, decided by Dango Ouattara just before halftime after Kevin Schade’s red card.
- Manchester United’s revival under Michael Carrick continued with a 3-2 win over Fulham sealed by Benjamin Sesko in stoppage time, lifting United back into the top four.
- Liverpool beat Newcastle 4-1 with a Hugo Ekitike brace, a Florian Wirtz goal and Ibrahima Konate’s late strike, and are pursuing emergency defensive cover with Lutsharel Geertruida reported as a target as Inter’s loan interest in Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai’s lack of progress on a new deal surface.