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Refreshed Manchester United beat struggling Stoke City on night when talk was rife of Alexis Sanchez move to Old Trafford

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MAN UNITED 3, STOKE CITY 0

Jose Mourinho spoke about the mid-season break in Dubai as a time for Manchester United to “refresh and refocus”.

And that certainly looked the case as the Reds brushed past relegation-threatened Stoke City at Old Trafford.

Goals from Antonio Valencia, Anthony Martial and Romelu Lukaku cut Manchester City’s advantage at the top of the table from 15 to 12 points.

And with Alexis Sanchez’ imminent arrival from Arsenal, United’s manager will have extra firepower to call upon as they attempt to make further inroads into City’s seemingly unassailable lead.

Manchester City no longer invincibles after first league defeat of season at Liverpool

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LIVERPOOL 4, MAN CITY 3

Manchester City won’t be invincibles after suffering their first Premier League defeat of the season at Liverpool.

But Pep Guardiola’s side almost pulled off a remarkable recovery as, 4-1 down with six minutes left, they appeared down and out.

Late goals from substitute Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan set up a pulsating finish in which Sergio Aguero so nearly scored an equaliser at the death on the ground where they have won only once since 1981.

This was City’s first domestic defeat since April when they lost at Chelsea while for Liverpool they are now unbeaten in 18 games in all competitions, their best run since Jurgen Klopp took charge.

Seven is lucky number for Rotherham United, but not for Oldham Athletic

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OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, ROTHERHAM UNITED 1 Oldham Athletic were held at home by Rotherham United in a Sky Bet League One clash involving teams with contrasting fortunes. Lowly Latics are now without a win in seven league games while the Millers extended their unbeaten run to the same number of matches. But with only three […]

Marko Arnautovic destroys Huddersfield Town as West Ham apply clinical finishing

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HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1, WEST HAM 4

Marko Arnautovic was the West Ham hero as Huddersfield Town wilted in the second half after matching the Hammers during a first half filled with endeavour if not shots on target.

The Austrian first won the ball that Mark Noble opened the scoring with, before scoring seconds into the second half and laying on both of Manuel Lanzini’s goals shortly afterwards.

Joe Lolley was responsible for West Ham’s opening goal but atoned for the error with a great equaliser before the visitors overwhelmed them in the second half to secure West Ham manager David Moyes his 200th win in the Premier League.

Defeat at the hands of West Ham left Town closer to the drop zone in 13th place on 24 points – just 4 points from Stoke in 18th, with their opponents leapfrogging them into 11th on 25 points.