Liverpool have taken a huge step towards winning the Premier League for the first time after beating champions Manchester City 3-1 at Anfield.
Goals from Fabinho, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane moved Liverpool eight points clear of Leicester City and Chelsea, with champions City now nine points back in fourth.
Fabinho opened the scoring with a venomous strike in the sixth minute, seconds after City had a penalty claimed turned down by a VAR review for an obvious handball by Trent Alexander Arnold.
Salah then doubled the lead with a header in the 13th minute, despite suspicions of offside, with officials not opting to refer the goal to VAR.
Mane made it 3-0 with another header early in the second half before Bernardo Silva scored a late consolation for City.
Liverpool, have not won an English top-flight title since 1989-90 - two years before the formation of the Premier League.
Elsewhere, Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers climbed into the top half of the table with home wins on Sunday.
United beat Brighton 3-1 and Wolves held off Aston Villa 2-1 in a local derby.
The wins leave the sides level on 16 points, with United above Wolves in seventh on goal difference.
Two early goals at Old Trafford started United on the way to their fifth win in six games in all competitions.
Andreas Pereira put them in front with a shot that deflected off Dale Stephens in the 17th minute, and Davy Propper's own goal made it 2-0 two minutes later.
Lewis Dunk's goal gave Brighton hope in the 64th minute, but United's Marcus Rashford struck moments later to end any further threat.
Brighton drop two spots to 11th after their second straight loss.
Wolves scored in each half at Molineux to make it seven league games unbeaten, their longest top-flight run since 1974
A well-executed set piece put the hosts in front as Joao Moutinho squared a free-kick across the top of the area which Ruben Neves shot into the far corner in the 41st minute.
Raul Jimenez struck a second for Wolves six minutes from time, and it proved vital as Villa's Trezeguet scored a stoppage-time consolation.
Villa's third straight league defeat keeps them in 17th place, three points above the drop.
Reuters
