Liverpool put four past Everton; Manchester City, Chelsea score wins

Only two points separate Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool at the top of the Premier League. There’s no doubting who the entertainers are with the most high-powered attack.

Liverpool hit four goals for a third consecutive game by beating Everton 4-1 on Wednesday, taking the team’s scoring tally to 43 in 14 games — the most in a major European league so far.

Jürgen Klopp’s 2020 champions remained in third, but with another 24 games to go that’s far from a concern.

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On a rare occasion when the front-runners were playing at the same time, Manchester City won 2-0 at Aston Villa to stay a point ahead of Liverpool in second and Chelsea remains a point better off at the top after having the most challenging assignment by beating Watford 2-1.

The top three pulled away from fourth place after West Ham was held 1-1 by Brighton. Leicester and Southampton also drew 2-2, while the meeting between Wolverhampton and Burnley was goalless.

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Against Gerrard’s Aston Villa, Man City’s Portugal internationals Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva scored in the first half, the latter scoring with a sensational volley from Gabriel Jesus’ cross at the end of a break. 

Ollie Watkins reduced the deficit in the 47th with a first-time finish off a corner to the near post but City held on, helped by the second-half introduction of Jack Grealish — the boyhood Villa fan and former club captain who left for a British-record fee of 100 million pounds (then $139 million) in the offseason.

The win was manager Pep Guardiola’s 150th Premier League victory with the club. He has become the fastest manager to achieve the feat.

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For Liverpool, Mohamed Salah scored twice as Jordan Henderson and Diogo Jota hit the back of the net as the Reds became the first top-flight English team to score at least twice in 18 straight matches in all competitions.

Jordan Henderson and Diogo Jota were Liverpool’s other scorers in the 239th Merseyside derby as the Reds became the first top-flight English team to score at least twice in 18 straight matches in all competitions.