Manchester City move to top, Chelsea and Newcastle continue to rise, Tottenham respond with a win

Manchester City continued their imperious home form by easing to a 4-0 win over Southampton while Chelsea and Newcastle United enjoyed comfortable victories and Tottenham Hotspur responded well after a difficult week to win at Brighton & Hove Albion. City, who had trounced Manchester United 6-3 last week, barely had to break stride against Southampton, with Joao Cancelo, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez netting before Erling Haaland struck the fourth goal to stretch his scoring streak to 10 straight matches in all competitions. City have won all five of their Premier League games at the Etihad Stadium, scoring 24 goals in the process. Southampton are 16th on seven points and coach Ralph Hasenhuettl faced questions about his future following reports he is on the brink of losing his job.

"It is not my decision to make. As long as I'm here we will still fight," he said. The victory took champions City top of the table with 23 points after nine matches and cranked up the pressure on early title rivals Arsenal, who host Liverpool on Sunday with the chance to reclaim the lead. Tottenham rose to third on 20 points after a Harry Kane header earned them a gritty 1-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion after a chastening seven days in which they were beaten 3-1 by rivals Arsenal, drew 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League and their fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone died.

Spurs players wore t-shirts before the game saying 'Always in our hearts, Gian Piero' in honour to Ventrone, who passed away on Thursday aged 61 after being diagnosed with leukaemia. "It's been a difficult week to say the least and it was nice to get a win today. It was a scrappy goal but I’m really proud of the boys," said Kane, who stooped to meet a cross