Raheem Sterling struck a deflected injury-time winner to give Manchester City victory after a hard-fought contest at Bournemouth - only to then be sent off for his celebrations.

Relegation battlers Hull suffered a shock 2-0 home defeat against bottom club Sunderland as the fight to stay in the Premier League took another dramatic twist.

Chelsea 3 Bournemouth 1: Antonio Conte believes his team were title underdogs at the start of the season, damaged by a divisive and explosive year under Jose Mourinho in which they finished 10th and their manager was sacked, but it is pretty clear now that Chelsea will face the Special One at Old Trafford next weekend as champions-elect.

Liverpool 2 Bournemouth 2: Divock Origi provided the proof that Liverpool can prosper in attack without Sadio Mane. The problem for manager Jurgen Klopp is that his team remain so vulnerable defensively.

Last week’s truncated set of fixtures left some Fantasy Premier League managers delighted. Others... not so much.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic knows what’s coming. “I respect every decision,” he said on Saturday, when asked about the prospect of retrospective punishment for elbowing Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings in the face.

Sergio Aguero offered a reminder of his value to Manchester City by providing the winning goal as they moved up to second in the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Bournemouth.

Pep Guardiola refused to rule out the prospect of Manchester City catching Chelsea after they moved up to second and within eight points of the Premier League leaders with a 2-0 win at Bournemouth.

Sergio Aguero offered a reminder of his value to Manchester City by providing the winning goal as they moved up to second in the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Bournemouth.

David Moyes admitted he had almost forgotten what a Premier League win felt like after finally breaking his duck as Sunderland boss.

Chelsea recorded a Premier League win today as West Ham and Sunderland continue to struggle towards the bottom of the table.

Cesc Fabregas conjured all of Chelsea's goals in a commanding performance to mask the Blues' defensive frailties in a 4-1 Premier League win at Bournemouth.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has warned Daniel Sturridge that he is not undroppable despite the England striker's impressive display against Bournemouth.

Aston Villa slumped to the brink of relegation from the top flight for the first time in 29 years following a 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth.

Chelsea were plunged into crisis once more as Bournemouth claimed the biggest scalp of their Barclays Premier League campaign with a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

Holland came from behind to beat Kazakhstan 3-1 at the Amsterdam ArenA and get their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign up and running.

Norway 0 Italy 2

New captain Wayne Rooney rescued Roy Hodgson from embarrassment as a record-low crowd watched England stumble past Norway in a dull and uninspiring friendly at Wembley.

Both Millwall and Blackburn remain in this season’s FA Cup after grinding out a mediocre goalless draw in their quarter-final clash at the New Den this afternoon.

Galatasaray 1 Manchester United 0

Galatasaray 1 Manchester United 0

Many might have come to worship at the shrine of Man U but, on a balmy evening when a packed Turner’s Cross was looking its best, the majority would surely have left at the end imbued with much admiration for Tommy Dunne, his players and what Cork City football club as a whole are doing for the game of football on Leeside.

Household names may be few and far between for the Manchester United XI that take on Cork City at Turner’s Cross this evening but United reserves manager Warren Joyce believes several of those on show can make the leap up to the Red Devils’ first team.

Manchester United were without several senior players including Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs as they flew out to Marseille for tomorrow’s Champions League match.

Alex Ferguson has dismissed the notion of Manchester United going on a concerted January spending spree.

ALEX FERGUSON wants a Carling Cup last 16 meeting with son Darren, manager of Coca-Cola Championship side Peterborough.

At a time when English clubs’ recruitment of overseas youngsters is attracting the disapproving attention of FIFA, one of Manchester United’s true home-grown talents sent their 10 men into the Carling Cup fourth round.