The Premier League leaders, Manchester City, on Sunday extended their winning streak to 15 in all competitions by beating Arsenal 3-1.
City grabbed the lead in the 19th minute through a low drive from Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyn.
Manchester City’s advantage was doubled soon after the interval when record scorer Sergio Aguero slotted home a penalty after Raheem Sterling was barged over by Nacho Monreal.
Arsenal threw on striker Alexandre Lacazette in the 56th minute and he fired the gunners back into the game with a clinical diagonal finish, after being set up by Aaron Ramsey.
But City restored their two goal lead when David Silva, in what replays suggested was an offside position, collected a pass from Fernandinho and slipped the ball to substitute Gabriel Jesus for a simple tap-in.
In the game that followed, Chelsea claimed superiority over Manchester United in the English Premier League (EPL) on Sunday as Alvaro Morata scored his first goal since September to win the game.
Morata cleverly nodded the ball into the net in the 55th minute to register his eighth goal for the club for Chelsea’s third consecutive league win.
David de Gea kept out further efforts from Morata and Eden Hazard as Chelsea looked to add to their lead.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford blew away several goal scoring chances before substitute Marouane Fellaini’s close-range strike was saved by Thibaut Courtois.
The loss now placed Man-U eight points behind leaders Manchester City.
Chelsea remained on the fourth place after the win, while Tottenham Hotspurs ran away with a lone goal victory over Crystal Palace to occupy the third place.
Liverpool are now fifth on the log after Saturday’s 4-1 bashing of West Ham United.
Arsenal occupy the sixth place.
Elsewhere, Everton came from 2-0 to beat Watford 3-2 to earn their first win in five matches.
Watford threw away the chance of winning the day after they blew a two-goal lead and Tom Cleverley missed an injury-time penalty for the visitors.
