Leicester 0-2 Manchester City, RESULT: Plus West Brom 0-4 Chelsea, Liverpool 3-0 Southampton and the rest of Premier League 3pm action

  • There were six 3pm matches as Premier League returns after international break
  • Manchester City maintain unbeaten start to season with 2-0 win at Leicester CIty
  • Chelsea thump struggling West Bromwich Albion 4-0 at The Hawthorns
  • Elsewhere, Liverpool 3-0 Southampton and Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton
  • Also, Bournemouth 4-0 Huddersfield Town and Burnley 2-0 Swansea City
  • Arsenal cruise to north London derby victory with 2-0 win over Tottenham  

  • Dan Ripley

    Host commentator

17:00

There have been 21 goals across seven Premier League games so far today, and there's time for more...

Manchester United now host Newcastle United in the 5.30pm kick off and you can join me for all the action on this link.

Right here though I will leave you with the league table as it stands where just THREE points separate second place and seventh. Fallout out to come on the homepage - I'll see you on the above link for the Old Trafford action.

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16:54
FULL-TIME: Burnley 2-0 Swansea City
16:54
FULL-TIME: Bournemouth 4-0 Huddersfield Town
16:53
FULL-TIME: Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton
16:51
FULL-TIME: Leicester City 0-2 Manchester City
16:50
FULL-TIME: Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
16:50
FULL-TIME: West Bromwich Albion 0-4 Chelsea
16:48
From OptaJoe
16:44
GOAL! BOURNEMOUTH 4-0 Huddersfield Town

What a scoreline down at the Vitality Stadium. Remember the hosts have just 10 men but they now have a fourth goal as Callum Wilson has bagged a hat-trick... having not scored in the top slight before today since January 3.

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16:44
Coutinho put the game beyond Southampton's reach for Liverpool
Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho celebrates after scoring their third goal against Southampton
Coutinho celebrates his goal with Brazilian compatriot Roberto Firmino
Coutinho is congratulated by manager Jurgen Klopp after being substituted
16:41
Burnley 2-0 Swansea City

No more goals at Turf Moor but Swansea's utterly miserable afternoon continues to get worse as Tammy Abraham has to be carried off on a stertcher as he is replaced by Luciano Narsingh.

16:39
Harry Arter blasts home Bournemouth's third goal against Huddersfield
Bournemouth's Harry Arter scores their third goal despite Aaron Mooy's attempts to block
Arter celebrates his strike against Huddersfield Town with 20 minutes to play
16:35
Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton

Big surprise of the half? No additional goals to the four first period strikes at Selhurst Park.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Tom Davies came on at half-time for Everton but it's Palace who are forcing the issue as Roy Hodgson sends on Christian Benteke replaces James McArthur in search of a winner.

16:29
GOAL! BOURNEMOUTH 3-0 Huddersfield

Huddersfield have had over 80 per cent of the ball against 10-man Bournemouth, but even with a man advantage they still can't find their first away goal since the opening day of the season.

Instead Bournemouth pounce to move three goals ahead as Harry Arter strikes with 20 minutes to play.

16:28
Chelsea celebrate after scoring a fourth at The Hawthorns
Chelsea's Eden Hazard (second left) celebrates scoring their fourth goal with team-mates
16:25
GOAL! LIVERPOOL 3-0 Southampton

Speaking of dead and buried teams that takes us to Anfield. Fraser Forster manages to keep out Roberto Firmino's strike but not Philippe Coutinho's follow up.

16:20
GOAL! West Bromwich Albion 0-4 CHELSEA

Any hopes of a miraculous comeback for West Brom have all been extinguished now as Eden Hazard grabs his second goal of the game. Even by the Baggies' recent poor standards this is an abysmal showing.

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16:19
Burnley 2-0 Swansea City

Swansea brought on Wilfried Bony for Jordan Ayew at half-time and it nearly pays reward for Paul Clement's side... well it at least makes the visitors more threatening as Bony gets on the end of good build up play before firing way off target.

16:15
Liverpool 2-0 Southampton

Liverpool haven't really been worried by Southampton all afternoon, and the Saints seek to try and change that as Mauricio Pellegrino sends on striker Charlie Austin for Dusan Tadic.

16:12
Leicester City 0-2 Manchester City

Leicester could quite easily have been level at the start of this half, but now find themselves rather fortunate not to be 3-0 down! Kyle Walker's cross finds Gabriel Jesus, but Schmeichel is equal to the striker's effort.

Kevin de Bruyne doubled Manchester City's lead at Leicester City after half-time
16:06
GOAL! Leicester City 0-2 MANCHESTER CITY

It's a game of fine margins. After clearing the ball off the line, Manchester City break and it results in Kevin de Bruyne lashing home an absolute rocket past Kasper Schmeichel. Brutal from the league leaders.

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16:06
Leicester City 0-1 Manchester City

Nearly an equaliser for Leicester! Harry Maguire's strike after panic in the Manchester City box is cleared by David Silva (of all people) off the line, although it may have hit the post...

16:04
The SECOND HALVES have started - is another goal rush on the way?
Everton's Oumar Niasse celebrates scoring his side's second equaliser at Crystal Palace
16:03
Burnley heading for just one point off Manchester United
Burnley's Jack Cork scores his side's first goal of the game against his former side
Ashley Barnes soon doubled Burnley's lead as the Clarets dominated against Swansea City
16:01
Callum Wilson at the double... but Bournemouth down to 10 men
Callum Wilson of Bournemouth celebrates scoring his and side's second goal
But Simon Francis was sent off on the cusp of half-time for the home side
15:58
Gabriel Jesus broke the deadlock on the cusp of half-time for Man City
Gabriel Jesus capped off a fine Manchester City move to open the scoring at Leicester City
15:57
Marcos Alonso strikes sees Chelsea in total control at West Brom
Marcos ALonso squeezed home his effort from a tight angle to give Chelsea a 3-0 lead
15:55
Mohamed Salah is making the difference on Merseyside
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game
The forward then doubled the advantage for Liverpool shortly before half-time
15:53
Here are the half-time scores from the Premier League

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15:49
RED CARD: Simon Francis (Bournemouth)

Bournemouth may lead by two goals, but they may come under pressure before the break as Simon Francis has been dismissed following a second yellow card.

15:47
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-2 EVERTON

Julian Speroni - hang your head in shame! The Palace keeper gives the ball away after dawdling in possession, allowing Oumar Niasse to equalise on the cusp of half-time.

15:45
GOAL! Leicester City 0-1 MANCHESTER CITY

Leicester were looking good value for a point before the break but a now typical piece of stunning football from Manchester City breaks them down. A crisp move ends with Gabriel Jesus converting from inside the box.

15:41
GOAL! LIVERPOOL 2-0 Southampton

Signing of the season? Mohamed Salah is certainly on the shortlist as he doubles Liverpool's lead after racing onto a Philippe Coutinho through ball. What a combination those two make...

15:40
GOAL! BURNLEY 2-0 Swansea City

More sublime football from Sean Dyche's men, who are tearing apart Burnley as Jeff Hendrick plays in Ashley Barnes who thumps a finish past a rather helpless Fabianski.

15:40
GOAL! West Bromwich Albion 0-3 CHELSEA

You can normally rely on a Tony Pulis team to at least be organised, but the Baggies are looking a total shambles right now as Marcos Alonso converts a Cesc Fabregas free-kick from a tight angle.

15:39
Eden Hazard and Alvaro Morata fire Chelsea in front at West Brom
Alvaro Morata of Chelsea celebrates scoring the opening goal at West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea's Eden Hazard (right) doubled the Blues lead after taking the ball past Ben Foster
15:36
GOAL! CRYSTAL PALACE 2-1 Everton

The Eagles are back in front as Wilfried Zaha gets on the end of a Joel Ward cross.

15:36
Leicester City 0-0 Manchester City

Manchester City are already fortunate not to have lost one defener through Kompany, but they are a centre-back down now.

Jon Stones limps off with what looks like a hamstring injury as he is replaced by reliable old Eliaquim Mangala.

15:31
GOAL! LIVERPOOL 1-0 Southampton

The goals are flying in! Mohamed Salah getting on the act after collecting a Georginio Wijnaldum pass before curling in a beauty from outside the box.

15:31
GOAL! BOURNEMOUTH 2-0 Huddersfield Town

It's a second goal for Callum Wilson, although he looks slightly offside when collecting an Andrew Surman free-kick before slotting past Jonas Lossl.

15:29
GOAL! BURNLEY 1-0 Swansea City

Lovely football from Burnley who work the ball out wide via Jack Cork who then attacks the penalty box to turn home Robbie Brady's cross.

15:27
GOAL! BOURNEMOUTH 1-0 Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield were on top but it's Bournemouth who have the lead. Callum WIlson scores his first Premier League goal since January after heading home Jordon Ibe's corner at the near post.

15:27
From former Premier League referee and Sportsmail's Graham Poll

'Vincent Kompany should have been sent off in third minute when bringing Jamie Vardy down to deny an obvious goal scoring opportunity.  Referee Graham Scott decided just to award a yellow card.

'Also Everton’s Oumar Niasse looked to have dived under pressure from Scott Dann to earn a penalty for Everton.'

Referee Graham Scott shows Manchester City's Vincent Kompany a yellow card after bringing down Jamie Vardy
15:23
GOAL! West Bromwich Albion 0-2 CHELSEA

The pressure really is piling on Tony Pulis now. It's a role reversal as Morata's flick plays in Eden Hazard who runs in on goal before doubling the champions' lead.

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15:23
Burnley 0-0 Swansea City

Not a great day for goalkeepers so far but Lukasz Fabianski tries to change that as the Swansea keeper somehow manages to keep out a downward header from Ashley Barnes. Not really much more the striker could have done with that.

15:17
GOAL! West Bromwich Albion 0-1 CHELSEA

Not a good day for parrying away shots it seems. Ben Foster saves well from Eden Hazard but he can only divert the ball towards Alvaro Morata who tucks home the afters.

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15:16
Everton's Leighton Baines makes Crystal Palace pay the penalty
Leighton Baines celebrates after equalising from the penalty spot for Everton
15:15
Bournemouth 0-0 Huddersfield Town

Rajiv van la Parra scored a cracker and he is nearly at it again, forcing Asmir Begovic into a superb save as the Terriers start the better team down on the south coast.

15:08
From OptaJoe - Palace's goal officially timed at 51 seconds
Crystal Palace's James McArthur scores the opening goal after just 51 seconds
15:06
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 EVERTON

The big calls are being made at Selhurst Park though. Scott Dann brings down Oumar Niasse and from the penalty spot Leighton Baines converts the equaliser.

15:05
PENALTY (Everton)
15:05
Leicester City 0-0 Manchester City

It's all happening in the early stages. Manchester City are incredibly fortunate to still have 11 men. Vincent Kompany clearly denies Jamie Vardy a clear goal scoring chance by bringing him down, but he somehow evades a red card.

15:02
GOAL! CRYSTAL PALACE 1-0 Everton

The games are underway... and it's a goal! Ruben Loftus-Cheek sees his shot parried by Jordan Pickford before James McArthur taps home the rebound after just 48 seconds!

15:00

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14:57
Out come the players across the country...

And following Arsenal's victory against Tottenham, here is how the Premier League table looks among the top seven. Was tempted to make it just a focus on the top six but it's just plain rude to leave out Burnley right now, who could still end the day just one point off second spot.

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14:49

ROB DRAPER: Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and maybe even Arsene Wenger seemed to have tired somewhat of the storyline. The narrative arc had perhaps become tiresome to them so they decided to inject a plot twist, something wholly unexpected.

Since the heights of that win over Real Madrid had indicated Spurs as not just London’s but Europe’s coming team, Arsenal have bided their time. Tottenham’s rise has brought Arsenal’s stagnation into sharper focus and, in truth,a victory here does nothing to change that long-term prognosis.

Read more here

14:46
West Brom make two changes in search of first win since August

Under pressure boss Tony Pulis recalls Matty Phillips and Salomon Rondon as Allan Nyom and Hal Robson-Kanu make way.

Chelsea are unchanged from the side that defeated Manchester United 1-0 as David Luiz returns to the bench having been left out of the squad at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea defender David Luiz looks on from The Hawthorns ahead of returning to the squad
14:42
Jurgen Klopp makes four changes from side that thumped West Ham

Despite winning 4-1 at the London Stadium before the international break, Jurgen Klopp recalls Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Philippe Coutinho and Jordan Henderson as Joe Gomez, Joel Matip, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Emre Can drop out.

Southampton make two changes to the side beaten 1-0 by Burnley as Wesley Hoedt and and Shane Long replace Maya Yoshida and Manolo Gabbiadini.

Liverpool's Sadio Mane (centre left) and Philippe Coutinho warm up with team-mates at Anfield
14:33
Martin Craine makes first Premier League start for 10 years

Huddersfield Town are turning back the clock by handing a start to Craine who along with Danny Williams comes into the Terriers team that defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 as Chris Schindler and Jonathan Hogg drop out.

Bournemouth are unchanged from the side that won 1-0 at Newcastle United.

Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner (left) looks on after arriving at the Vitality Stadium
14:28
Wayne Rooney dropped as Everton make three changes

Despite coming from 2-0 down to beat Watford 3-2 last time out, David Unsworth makes three changes to the Toffees as Aaron Lennon, Ademola Lookman and Morgan Schneiderlin all return in place of Wayne Rooney, Tom Davies and Beni Baningime.

Crystal Palace make one change from their 1-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur as Timothy Fosu-Mensah is replaced by James McArthur.

Wayne Rooney drops out of the Everton XI to face Crystal Palace as he arrives at Selhurst Park
14:21
Sean Dyche makes one alteration chasing a third straight victory

Burnley make one change following their 1-0 victory at Southampton as Sean Dyche considers Chris Wood's midweek exploits with New Zealand by replacing the striker with Ashley Barnes.

Swansea City see the return of Renato Sanches along with Martin Olsson as Ki Sung-yueng and Tom Carroll drop out the side that lost 1-0 at home to Brighton last time out.

Wilfried Bony of Swansea City arrives at Turf Moor as he returns to the Swans' bench
14:16
Gabriel Jesus replaces Sergio Aguero in attack for Manchester City

Manchester City make two changes as they look to continue their unbeaten start to the season at Leicester City.

Gabriel Jesus and Vincent Kompany come into the side as Nicolas Otamendi and Sergio Aguero drop out from the side that saw off Arsenal 3-1.

Claude Puel makes one alteration to the Leicester City team that drew 2-2 at Stoke City as Marc Albrighton comes in for Shinji Okazaki.

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy arrives at the King Power Stadium before the game
14:09
Here are the full line-ups from The Hawthorns

West Brom: Foster, McAuley, Hegazi, Evans, Phillips, Krychowiak, Barry, Livermore, Gibbs, Rondon, Rodriguez.
Subs: Nyom, Robson-Kanu, Yacob, Brunt, Myhill, McClean, Burke.

Chelsea: Courtois, Christensen, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Kante, Zappacosta, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Alonso, Morata, Hazard.
Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Drinkwater, Pedro, Willian, Luiz, Ampadu.

Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)

14:08
Here are the full line-ups from Anfield

Liverpool: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Klavan, Lovren, Moreno, Coutinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Subs: Karius, Milner, Gomez, Sturridge, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Can, Solanke.

Southampton: Forster, Cedric, Hoedt, van Dijk, Bertrand, Davis, Romeu, Tadic, Boufal, Redmond, Long.
Subs: Yoshida, Austin, McCarthy, Ward-Prowse, Gabbiadini, Hojbjerg, Targett.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

14:07
Here are the full line-ups from the Vitality Stadium

Bournemouth: Begovic, Francis, Steve Cook, Ake, Daniels, Ibe, Surman, Arter, Pugh, King, Callum Wilson.
Subs: Boruc, Gosling, Afobe, Adam Smith, Lewis Cook, Fraser, Mousset.

Huddersfield: Lossl, Hadergjonaj, Jorgensen, Cranie, Malone, Williams, Mooy, Kachunga, Ince, Van La Parra, Depoitre.
Subs: Smith, Whitehead, Sabiri, Coleman, Lowe, Quaner, Mounie.

Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

14:06
Here are the full line-ups from Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Sakho, Schlupp, Loftus-Cheek, Cabaye, Milivojevic, McArthur, Townsend, Zaha.
Subs: Tomkins, Hennessey, Benteke, Souare, Fosu-Mensah, Sako, Puncheon.

Everton: Pickford, Kenny, Keane, Jagielka, Baines, Schneiderlin, Gueye, Lennon, Sigurdsson, Lookman, Niasse.
Subs: Williams, Sandro, Rooney, Martina, Davies, Calvert-Lewin, Robles.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

14:05
Here are the full line-ups at the Turf Moor

Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Ward, Gudmundsson, Defour, Cork, Brady, Hendrick, Barnes.
Subs: Taylor, Vokes, Westwood, Wells, Lindegaard, Long, Arfield.

Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Fer, Sanches, Clucas, Dyer, Abraham, Ayew.
Subs: Bony, Ki, Van der Hoorn, Narsingh, Nordfeldt, Carroll, Routledge.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

14:04
Here are the full line-ups from the King Power Stadium

Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, Mahrez, Iborra, Ndidi, Albrighton, Gray, Vardy.
Subs: Chilwell, Iheanacho, King, Hamer, Dragovic, Slimani, Okazaki.

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Kompany, Delph, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sane.
Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Gundogan, Aguero, Mangala, Bernardo Silva, Toure.

Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

13:59
Here are the full Premier League fixtures for this weekend

And the team news for the 3pm games is on the way next...

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13:48
Chelsea have arrived at The Hawthorns...

It's the scene of where Chelsea clinched the Premier League crown last season, but more of the focus is arguably on the other dugout at The Hawthorns today with Tony Pulis admitting he is under serious pressure with West Brom having not won since August

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte steps off the team bus after arriving at West Bromwich Albion
13:38

Something the 3pm game don't have though is a certain north London derby that kicked off at lunch time.

That's out of our focus here but the good news is James Dutton is covering all the action between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur on this link.

13:34
The Premier League is back with a bang!

And following the international break we dive straight into the action with quality and quantity among the 3pm drama that features six games including the champions Chelsea and runaway leaders Manchester City.

Good afternoon all welcome to Sportsmail's live coverage of all the 3pm games.

A Manchester City superfan stands outside the King Power Stadium ahead of the 3pm games

Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are all in action during Saturday's 3pm kick offs as the Premier League returns following the international break. 

Pep Guardiola's title-chasing City travel to Leicester, the Reds host Southampton and Antonio Conte's men visit The Hawthorns to face a struggling West Brom side.

Elsewhere, there are three other Saturday afternoon matches including Crystal Palace's crunch home clash with relegation rivals Everton


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