Newcastle roared into a three-goal lead and then held off a late comeback to beat West Ham 3-2 at the London Stadium.

Liverpool and Manchester City are taking it in turns to blink in the title race but Jurgen Klopp’s side face slipping back down to second place tomorrow night after taking their eyes off the ball altogether against West Ham.

West Ham 1 Manchester City 4: With a century of goals and a host of records set to tumble before the curtain falls on their title-winning campaign, Manchester City’s season continues to set new standards, which manager Pep Guardiola believes will mark them out as the best team in Premier League history.

Champions Manchester City turned on the style to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 16 points with a 5-0 demolition of Swansea.

Son Heung-min and Pedro Obiang each scored a stunner as Tottenham were held by West Ham to a draw at Wembley.

Mauricio Pochettino has refused to complain about Tottenham’s “difficult” task of playing two Premier League games in the space of 48 hours.

West Ham 0 - Arsenal 0: Arsenal missed an excellent chance to get back into the Premier League top four as they made it three games without a win for the first time since last April.

Man City 2 West Ham 1: David Silva may have lost some of the headline space hoovered up by the likes of Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne this season but in the 83rd minute of this largely uninspiring victory, he showed why he is arguably still the man who makes Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City tick.

David Silva volleyed a late winner as Premier League leaders Manchester City came from behind beat stubborn West Ham 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium.

Everton 4 West Ham 0: Wayne Rooney has waited 15 long years to score his first Everton hat-trick. He could hardly have dreamed of completing it in a more outrageous fashion.

West Ham secured their first point under David Moyes as Cheikhou Kouyate's header earned a draw with Leicester.

Slaven Bilic is expected to learn whether he will remain as West Ham manager later today as David Moyes confirmed his interest in the position.

With the international break and the phoney wars of the transfer window now thankfully behind us, FPL managers can focus on the season ‘proper’.

West Ham United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0: Manuel Lanzini all but killed off Tottenham’s lingering title hopes with the goal that ended their nine-game winning streak in the league and ensured West Ham’s own top-flight survival.

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Eden Hazard and Diego Costa were on target as clinical Chelsea swatted aside West Ham 2-1 to take a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he does not know when striker Daniel Sturridge will be fit to return.

Reigning PFA Players’ Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez has committed his future to Leicester by signing a new deal with the Premier League champions.

West Ham 3 Manchester United 2: A night that began with the Manchester United players sheltering on the floor of the team bus as the vehicle was attacked by bottles and other missiles on its way to the Boleyn Ground ended with Louis Van Gaal’s side crestfallen at having lost control of the race to finish fourth.

Jamie Vardy has been one of the players of the season, but Danny Simpson is confident his absence will not derail Leicester’s title bid.

Boss Claudio Ranieri dismissed any concerns Leicester have given Tottenham hope in the title race after their controversial 2-2 draw with West Ham.

Leicester City 2 West Ham United 2

Jordan Ayew was sent off in disgrace as Aston Villa were shoved a step closer to relegation.

Aston Villa 1 West Ham 1: Manager Slaven Bilic hailed James Collins after the defender celebrated a new deal to help earn West Ham a point at Aston Villa.

Manchester City had no problems as they romped to a 4-1 win over struggling Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium to close the gap on leaders Leicester, who lost 1-0 at Liverpool.

Southampton defender Nathaniel Clyne yesterday underwent a medical on Merseyside ahead of his £12.5m (€17.4m) move to Liverpool.

Newcastle United 2 West Ham United 0: As a survivor of testicular cancer, Jonas Gutierrez is used to winning battles far more important than those against mere relegation.

Leicester and Hull were the significant winners in the Barclays Premier League relegation battle, with respective wins at Burnley and Crystal Palace.

Christian Benteke scored his eighth goal in six games to hand Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood a winning return to Tottenham.

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho scored a late winner to inflict defeat on new Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat in his first match in charge and finally bring some cheer back to Upton Park.

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Alan Pardew returned to Upton Park and saw his Crystal Palace side put West Ham to the sword to increase the pressure on Sam Allardyce.

Tottenham Hotspur 2 West Ham United  2: Sam Allardyce believes referee Jonathan Moss was not brave enough to apply the rules of the game and has called for an official timekeeper after Harry Kane netted a dramatic injury-time equaliser for Tottenham.

Harry Kane again provided the heroics for Tottenham as he equalised with the final kick of the game to prevent West Ham collecting a third successive win at White Hart Lane.

West Ham gave their European ambitions a timely boost as a superb second-half display saw the Hammers thrash struggling Hull 3-0 at Upton Park.

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Everton 1 West Ham 1

West Ham 1 West Brom 1

Frank Lampard marked the extension of his Manchester City stay by grabbing the winner in a 3-2 victory over Sunderland which turned up the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea's evening clash with Tottenham.

West Ham 3 Swansea 1

West Ham United 1 Newcastle 0

West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0

Diafra Sakho’s seventh goal in as many Barclays Premier League starts gave West Ham a 2-1 victory over champions Manchester City at Upton Park.

Burnley 1 West Ham 3

An exquisite lob from Diafra Sakho earned West Ham just a second Premier League win of the season as Liverpool were outplayed in a 3-1 result at Upton Park.

West Ham have announced the signing of Barcelona midfielder Alex Song on a season-long loan.

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.