PL wrap: Pep’s City sets new standard; Man Utd tops Spurs (video)

Only one of the Top Six failed to claim maximum points on Saturday, with Tottenham losing its battle for second place with Manchester United.

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That 1-0 decision, won by Anthony Martial and Romelu Lukaku, kicked off the 7-match Premier League slate, with three more to come by the time Newcastle and Burnley square off Monday.

West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Manchester City -- RECAP

Don’t let the score line fool you: Man City had this one in the bag for all but a minute, that moment coming when Jay Rodriguez took advantage of a lax Ederson move. Matty Phillips also scored for West Brom, but Fernandinho had a goal and an assist while Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling scored to keep Man City five points clear of the pack.

And it’s also a bit of history for City:

28 - @ManCity have made the best ever start to a @premierleague season after 10 games, collecting 28 points (W9 D1) with a GD of +29. Slick. pic.twitter.com/L0am2wglzo

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 28, 2017

Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur -- RECAP

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Anthony Martial’s second half goal was the difference as Manchester United missed Paul Pogba nearly as much as Tottenham missed Harry Kane. Here’s hoping both are back come Jan. 31 at Wembley Stadium.

Watford 0-1 Stoke City -- RECAP

It’s a badly needed win for Darren Fletcher and Stoke, who scored off a well-designed corner kick that recalled a Paul Scholes goal or two.

Bournemouth 0-1 Chelsea -- RECAP

Eden Hazard beat old teammate Asmir Begovic hard and to the near post to keep the Blues in the Top Four.

Crystal Palace 2-2 West Ham United -- RECAP

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Slaven Bilic’s Irons looked destined to cruise on goals from Javier Hernandez and Andre Ayew, but Palace converted a penalty kick and then Wilfried Zaha took advantage of a mindless late move from Michail Antonio as the Eagles claimed their fourth point of the season.

Arsenal 2-1 Swansea City -- RECAP

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Arsenal is looking dangerous again, in control for most of the match despite allowing a Sam Clucas goal on Swansea’s lone first half touch inside the Gunners’ 18. Sead Kolasinac and Aaron Ramsey scored for the Gunners, who are fifth but level with fourth place Chelsea on points.

Liverpool 3-0 Huddersfield Town -- RECAP

Town goalkeeper Jonas Lossl stopped a Mohamed Salah penalty kick in the first half, but that only slowed the roll of Jurgen Klopp’s Reds in a highly-publicized battle with his best man: ex-Mainz teammate David Wagner. Georginio Wijnaldum, Daniel Sturridge, and Roberto Firmino scoring for Liverpool.

STANDINGS

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Home	Away	PTS
Manchester City	10	9	1	0	35	6	29	4-1-0	5-0-0	28
Manchester United	10	7	2	1	23	4	19	5-0-0	2-2-1	23
Tottenham Hotspur	10	6	2	2	19	7	12	2-2-1	4-0-1	20
Chelsea	10	6	1	3	18	10	8	2-1-2	4-0-1	19
Arsenal	10	6	1	3	19	13	6	5-0-0	1-1-3	19
Liverpool	10	4	4	2	17	16	1	3-2-0	1-2-2	16
Watford	10	4	3	3	15	18	-3	1-2-2	3-1-1	15
Newcastle United	9	4	2	3	10	8	2	3-1-1	1-1-2	14
Burnley	9	3	4	2	8	9	-1	1-2-1	2-2-1	13
Southampton	9	3	3	3	8	9	-1	2-2-2	1-1-1	12
Huddersfield Town	10	3	3	4	7	13	-6	2-2-1	1-1-3	12
Brighton & Hove Albion	9	3	2	4	9	10	-1	2-1-1	1-1-3	11
Stoke City	10	3	2	5	11	20	-9	2-1-2	1-1-3	11
West Bromwich Albion	10	2	4	4	9	13	-4	1-3-1	1-1-3	10
Leicester City	9	2	3	4	12	14	-2	1-1-2	1-2-2	9
West Ham United	10	2	3	5	10	19	-9	2-0-2	0-3-3	9
Swansea City	10	2	2	6	7	12	-5	1-0-4	1-2-2	8
Everton	9	2	2	5	7	18	-11	2-0-3	0-2-2	8
Bournemouth	10	2	1	7	6	14	-8	1-1-3	1-0-4	7
Crystal Palace	10	1	1	8	4	21	-17	1-1-3	0-0-5	4

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