Liverpool back in groove, Chelsea thrash West Ham

LONDON : Liverpool returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Bournemouth that sent Arne Slot's side top of the table for 24 hours on Saturday.

Winger Luis Diaz scored twice and Darwin Nunez netted his first league goal of the season as Liverpool avoided any repeat of last week's home defeat by Nottingham Forest.

Slot's side have 12 points, the same as Manchester City who take on Arsenal (10) at The Etihad on Sunday.

Aston Villa completed a superb week when they hit back from a goal down to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 and also move to 12 points from their opening five games.

Chelsea showed further signs of improvement as they cruised to a 3-0 win at West Ham United but Newcastle United, who could have gone top, suffered their first defeat of the season, going down 3-1 away to Fulham.

Southampton and Everton both secured their first points of the season with 1-1 draws against Ipswich Town and Leicester City respectively.

Brentford scored inside the opening minute for the second successive week but lost 3-1 at Tottenham Hotspur, for whom Dominic Solanke scored his first goal.

Manchester United drew 0-0 at Crystal Palace in the late game.

Slot's honeymoon period was brought to an end by Nottingham Forest last week but Liverpool have responded impressively, winning 3-1 away to Milan in the Champions League and then overpowering Bournemouth at Anfield, scoring three goals in 12 minutes

"After the big win against AC Milan I was curious to see how we would react today - and it was a much, much better reaction than we had against Nottingham Forest," Dutchman Slot said.

"Bournemouth kept on going, kept on going and kept on going. It was tougher than the result might look like."

Villa returned to Europe's top