United held; City back on track -
(October 29 2016)
A review of Saturday's action in the Premier League as Man City and Arsenal won well but Man United and Tottenham were held to draws.
Manchester City triumphed 4-0 at West Brom to make a swift return to the Premier League summit on Saturday after Arsenal had briefly taken over top spot with a 4-1 romp at Sunderland.
Sergio Aguero opened the scoring from a tight angle on 19 minutes after being slipped in by Ilkay Gundogan, with the second a brilliant strike into the top corner nine minutes later.
The Argentina forward was involved in the third goal after the interval, too, teeing up Gundogan, and the German sealed the rout with his second goal in the final minute to emphatically end manager Pep Guardiola's six-game winless run.
Olivier Giroud's first goals of the season had earlier handed Arsenal victory and Sunderland a share of an unwanted Premier League record in the lunchtime kick-off on Wearside.
The France forward struck twice within five minutes of being introduced as a 69th-minute substitute to kill off hopes of a Black Cats' fightback after Jermain Defoe's penalty had cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's first-half opener.
Sanchez helped himself to a second - the last three goals came inside a chaotic seven-minute period - to leave Sunderland with only two points from their first 10 league games, matching Manchester City's low in 1995-96.
Tottenham and Leicester battled out a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane, Ahmed Musa securing a point for the champions with a close-range tap-in from Jamie Vardy's pass soon after the restart.
Vincent Janssen's penalty - awarded shortly before half-time after he was adjudged to have been fouled by Robert Huth - had opened the scoring for Spurs, who also hit the woodwork through Dele Alli and Jan Vertonghen.
Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands after complaining at half-time of Manchester United's goalless draw against Burnley at Old Trafford.
United's cause was not helped by the dismissal of midfielder Ander Herrera for a second bookable offence midway through the second half, or the fine form of Clarets goalkeeper Tom Heaton.
A goal in each half from Gaston Ramirez and Stewart Downing earned Middlesbrough a 2-0 success against Bournemouth at the Riverside.
Watford nicked a valuable 1-0 win with a late goal against Hull, Daryl Janmaat's cross deflected in by Hull defender Michael Dawson seven minutes from time at Vicarage Road.