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With Manchester City romping away with the title race, United had to win at the Hawthorns to have any chance of reeling in their local rivals.

Pep Guardiola`s side looked set to drop points after Oriol Romeu cancelled out Kevin De Bruyne`s opener, only for Sterling to give City a 19th straight win in all competitions and a club-record 12th successive win in the league.

Antonio Conte`s Chelsea were five minutes away from suffering a major blow to their hopes of defending the title after falling behind to Mohamed Salah`s opener at Anfield.

Sergio Aguero was left waiting to become Manchester City`s outright all-time leading goal-scorer as his side remained five points clear at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday.

Everton boss Koeman was on the brink of another damaging defeat after Anthony Knockaert put Brighton ahead eight minutes from full-time at the Amex Stadium.

Tottenham finally won for the first time at Wembley in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Bournemouth. Swansea climbed out of the relegation zone as Tammy Abraham's brace sealed a 2-0 win against Huddersfield. At Anfield, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was left infuriated by United boss Jose Mourinho's ultra-cautious game-plan.

The second successive goalless draw between the teams at Anfield preserved United`s seven-point advantage over Liverpool in the table. Despite his side having previously matched leaders Manchester City stride for stride, United manager Jose Mourinho resorted to familiar spoiling tactics that meant his team registered just one shot on target.

With United`s rivals Manchester City having clinched a dominant 6-0 victory over Watford 24 hours earlier there was an expectation from United fans for Jose Mourinho`s side to keep pace with the Premier League leaders.

It was City`s 12th goal of a memorable week that also included a 5-0 thrashing of Liverpool and a 4-0 win at Feyenoord.

City are unbeaten in 12 Premier League games, their best run under Guardiola, while Argentina striker Aguero is now the outright leading non-European goalscorer in Premier League history with 124 goals.

Liverpool moved back one point above Manchester City into third place in the Premier League.

At the other end of the table, Swansea City took a big step towards safety by winning 2-0 at relegated Sunderland.

Pep Guardiola`s side also moved four points clear of fifth placed Manchester United as the battle to finish in the top four heats up.

But whether Spurs will ever hunt down relentless Chelsea is another matter, with just four games left and Chelsea still four points clear, and with an easier run-in.

Leaders Chelsea travel to Everton on Sunday looking to preserve their four-point lead over second-place Tottenham Hotspur, who host Arsenal in the last north London derby at White Hart Lane.

United extended their unbeaten record to 21 league games and climbed to fifth place in the table, four points below fourth-place Manchester City, who have played a game more.

Tottenham Hotspur had cut Chelsea`s lead to four points by crushing Watford 4-0, but Antonio Conte`s men responded to take another step towards the title.

Premier League leaders Chelsea moved 10 points clear at the top even as defending champions Leicester run into series trouble following defeat at Swansea on Sunday.

With three points, Arsenal climbed to third place in the league table with 50 points.

Mkhitaryan scored one goal and made another in a 3-0 victory at relegation-threatened champions Leicester City that took United to within two points of the top four.