MANCHESTER: Premier League leaders Manchester City turned on the style with a 3-1 win over Manchester United in their derby clash on Sunday, leaving Pep Guardiola's unbeaten side two points clear of Liverpool.
David Silva fired City ahead in the 12th minute after a Raheem Sterling cross from the left was turned back across the goal by Bernardo Silva and the Spaniard took his time before blasting home.
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Sunday's results
Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United
Arsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea 0-0 Everton
Liverpool 2-0 Fulham
Saturday's Results
Cardiff City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Huddersfield Town 1-1 West Ham United
Leicester City 0-0 Burnley
Newcastle United 2-1 AFC Bournemouth
Southampton 1-1 Watford
Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
City doubled their lead in the third minute after the interval -- Aguero bursting goalwards and playing a clever exchange with Riyad Mahrez, before thumping the ball, from a tight angle, past David de Gea.
Eighth placed United are now 12 points behind City. (Reporting by Simon Evans, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
At the Emirates, Henrikh Mkhitaryan ensured Arsenal's unbeaten run in all competitions will extend beyond three months by scoring an 86th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The substitute's inswinging cross from the left went over everyone in the box and ended up in the far corner of the net, denying Wolves what would have been the biggest win of their first season back in the top flight since 2012. They have already drawn with Manchester City at home and Manchester United away.
Ivan Cavaleiro's 13th-minute strike put Wolves ahead after capitalising on a mistake by Granit Xhaka, leaving Arsenal facing its first loss in any competition since starting the season with back-to-back defeats against City and Chelsea in the Premier League in August.
At Stamford Bridge, Everton held Chelsea to a frustrating and scoreless draw, causing the Blues to lose ground on Liverpool at the top of the table.
Chelsea needed three points after Liverpool's 2-0 win over Fulham but could not make their home advantage count against a well-organised Everton side and failed to score for only the second time in the league this season.
After a scrappy and ill-tempered first half, Chelsea improved but were unable to convert their chances.
The result saw Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri set a new record for the longest unbeaten run by a new Premier League manager after 12 games.
Yet the Italian, who joined Chelsea in the summer from Napoli, saw little reason to celebrate despite his pride at achieving the landmark.
"I am really very proud about it. I know very well that I have to say thank you to the club because they gave me a very good squad, I have to say thank you to my players first of all and finally I have to say thank you to my staff," said Sarri.
"But, of course I prefer the three points today than the record."
At Anfield, unbeaten Liverpool defeated league cellar dwellers Fulham 2-0.
Goals by Mo Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri took Liverpool from third place to the top of the Premier League for a couple of hours before the late matches, as they moved above Manchester City before the derby.
Juergen Klopp's side made hard work of it for 40 minutes, however, and could easily have fallen behind.
Just before halftime the visitors' Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic had a headed goal disallowed for offside by the closest of margins.
Liverpool immediately counter-attacked and Salah went clear to open the scoring.
Shaqiri's side-footed volley after 53 minutes doubled the lead, pushing Fulham towards a sixth successive Premier League defeat, which equals a club record.
