Manchester City moved back to second in the Premier League after a stylish 3-0 win over Everton at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Raheem Sterling put City ahead, a minute before the break, side-footing home after a magnificent ball, struck with the outside of his foot, by full back Joao Cancelo.

Rodri made it 2-0 with a thundering long-distance strike that whistled past Everton keeper Jordan Pickford.

Sterling missed a great chance to end the contest but mis-controlled the ball in front of goal after a low cross from Riyad Mahrez. Cole Palmer, the 19-year-old making his first Premier League start, had set Mahrez through for that opportunity and his blocked shot was pounced on by Bernardo Silva who calmly slotted home the third.

Chelsea lead the table on 29 points, with City three points behind and Liverpool one further back in third.

Everton are without a win in six games and are 11th on 15 points.

Row at Anfield

An ugly first-half altercation between Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp and his Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta fired up the home fans and players at Anfield on Saturday before a four-goal salvo — from Sadio Mane, Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and Takumi Minamino — sent the Londoners packing.

After a quiet first half an hour, Liverpool striker Sadio Mane’s aerial challenge on Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu saw the away side’s normally controlled Spanish manager rise in outrage.

That incensed the often passionate Klopp, who strode angrily towards Arteta as the fourth official came between them.

Both men raised their hands and shouted at each other as assistants restrained them. They even carried on chuntering in each other’s direction after referee Michael Oliver brandished yellow cards to both men.

The incident raised the noise levels at a packed Anfield and appeared to galvanise Liverpool, who stepped up their intensity levels and went on to score four goals with no reply in a sixth successive home Premier League defeat of Arsenal.

Klopp said he was incensed by the Arsenal bench’s targeting of Mane and compared it to the treatment of his striker by Atletico Madrid in this month’s Champions League game.

“It was absolutely no foul from Sadio. But the Arsenal bench was up like it was nearly a red card or whatever,” the German said.

Klopp acknowledged, however, that he let his passions get the better of him. “The ref did really well in that situation and I deserved the yellow card,” he said.

Arteta would not be drawn afterwards, saying such incidents were part of the blood-and-thunder of football.