Erling Haaland made history as Manchester City returned to the top of the table with a 3-0 win over West Ham United on Wednesday evening at the Etihad Stadium.
Man City made three changes from their win over Fulham, as goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, Nathan Ake and Bernardo Silva were recalled while Kevin De Bruyne was still out injured.
The Citizens had a slow start, as they were restricted from having a free reign in attack by West Ham in the first 20 minutes or so but they increased their intensity after that.
As Rodri came the closest to breaking the deadlock for Pep Guardiola's charges just after the half-hour mark after going one-on-one with goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski but his low curling shot came off the bottom post.
The Hammers had a good organisation heading into the break but could not carry their concentration levels from the break, as Ake eventually broke the deadlock for City five minutes from the interval with a header from a free-kick delivery by Riyad Mahrez.
David Moyes' pushed numbers forward and were caught on a counter-attack 20 minutes before time as Haaland went clear on goal from a through ball by Jack Grealish and lifted a strike over Fabianski to double the lead for City.
The Norwegian also broke the record of the most goals in a single Premier League season and became the first player to reach 35 goals.
Phil Foden put the game to bed for the Citizens five minutes before time with a deflected strike from range that wrong-footed Fabianski.
City leapfrogged second-placed Arsenal by one point at the top of the table, with a game in hand while West Ham remained in danger of relegation in 15th spot, just four points above the drop zone.
Liverpool won their fifth league game in a row after edging Fulham 1-0 on Wednesday evening at Anfield.
The Reds altered three positions from their win over Tottenham Hotspur, as Jordan Henderson, Konstantinos Tsimikas and Darwin Nunez, who joined Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz upfront, were brought back.
Jurgen Klopp's charges were fortunate not to be a goal down within three minutes from the restart after Vinicius had a tap-in effort cleared off the line by Virgil Van Dijk after a square pass by Harry Wilson.
It was all the Reds asking questions after that and they were eventually awarded a penalty shortly before the break after Issa Diop brought down Nunez in the box.
Salah stepped up and made no mistake with a strike down to the middle to give Liverpool the lead heading to the break.
Nunez had a big chance to give the hosts a two-goal cushion shortly from the break after a through ball by Henderson but he blasted his shot wide.
Liverpool absorbed the pressure after that as the Cottagers gained momentum and Vinicius came close to snatching the equaliser 12 minutes before time with a close-range shot that was smothered by goalkeeper Alisson.
Marco Silva's men were more threatening in the dying minutes but Liverpool desperately held on
The Reds reduced the deficit behind fourth-placed Manchester United to four points in fifth spot on the table but they have played two games more than Man United while Fulham remained in tenth.
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