Arsenal march on, Liverpool snap losing streak, Wolves' misery continues, Diallo saves Man Utd

LONDON :Arsenal maintained a searing pace at the top of the Premier League with a straightforward 2-0 win at Burnley, while Liverpool snapped a dreadful four-match losing run with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa to climb provisionally to third.

The misery continued for Wolverhampton Wanderers at the bottom as they suffered yet another defeat on Saturday.

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal moved seven points clear of the pack ahead of the rest of the weekend's action with first-half goals by Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice taking Arsenal to 25 points from their opening 10 games of the season.

Ten-man Wolves were hammered 3-0 at Fulham and prop up the table with only two points as the pressure intensifies on their manager Vitor Pereira.

Manchester United needed a stunning late volley from Amad Diallo to earn a 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest who at least avoided a fifth successive league defeat.

Crystal Palace beat Brentford 2-0 while Brighton & Hove Albion were 3-0 winners at home to Leeds United, and Chelsea edged Tottenham Hotspur 1-0.

Arsenal have now gone seven games in all competitions without conceding a goal and were never seriously troubled at promoted Burnley as they produced another clinical display.

Nine of Arsenal's 16 Premier League goals in their first nine games arrived via a set piece and they were at it again at Turf Moor with yet another corner routine paying off.

Rice swung over a corner in the 14th minute and Gabriel knocked it back across the area for Gyokeres to tap in his first league goal since September.

Arsenal's second in the 35th minute was only their sixth league goal from open play this season - Rice heading in from Leandro Trossard's cross after a fast counter-attack.

"The first half was exceptional, we scored two