Man City hit Bournemouth for six, Man Utd stop the rot with Fulham win

Manchester City roared back to the top of the Premier League with a 6-1 thrashing of Bournemouth after Manchester United steadied the ship with a last-gasp win at Fulham on Saturday.

Young Belgian winger Jeremy Doku was outstanding for champions City, opening the scoring and creating two more goals as struggling Bournemouth were hammered at The Etihad.

Pep Guardiola's team have 27 points after 11 matches, one more than Tottenham Hotspur who host Chelsea on Monday.

Arsenal could join City on 27 points if they win at Newcastle United in Saturday's late kick off.

At the bottom, Sheffield United earned their first win since being promoted as they edged Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 with a last-gasp penalty but Burnley suffered a sixth successive home defeat as they went down 2-0 to Crystal Palace.

Doku's goal in the 30th minute opened the floodgates for Guardiola's treble winners who scored three goals in seven minutes to all but put the game away.

He then assisted on two more goals while Bernardo Silva fired a brace for the rampant hosts.

"What surprised me the most is how clever he is when he has to take a decision, it's really good," Guardiola said of Doku.

"He applies feedback immediately, he understands the game really well. I don't want to change how he is, every game he has played he has played well especially here at home."

United have suffered their worst start to a season since 1962 with eight defeats from 15 matches in all competitions leaving manager Erik Ten Hag under intense pressure.

His side were lacklustre at times against Fulham in the day's early kickoff and needed some fine goalkeeping by Andre Onana to keep on level terms in the second half.

But with 90 minutes on the clock captain Bruno Fernandes fired a winner