Free-scoring Liverpool's burgeoning Premier League title challenge was given further impetus with a merciless 5-1 thrashing of 10-man Hull City at Anfield on Saturday.
Hull, who had not lost an away game all season, were overrun, forced to play for an hour with 10 men after Ahmed Elmohamady was sent off for handling a Philippe Coutinho shot on the line with James Milner tucking away the resulting penalty.
The home side, already ahead through Adam Lallana, looked poised to score every time they pressed forward with Sadio Mane making it three before the break with his 11th goal in his last 13 league games for Southampton and Liverpool.
David Meyler's unlikely 51st-minute response for Hull was short-lived, Coutinho answering instantly with a superb fourth before Milner completed the rout with his second penalty after Daniel Sturridge had been fouled by Andrew Robertson.
Sergio Aguero struck twice to lead Premier League leaders Manchester City to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Swansea.
Argentine Aguero fired City ahead after nine minutes with a neat finish but Swansea hit straight back through Spanish forward Fernando Llorente who blasted the ball home from 12 metres.
Manchester City poured forward in the second half, Raheem Sterling wasting a good opportunity before Aguero coolly converted a 65th-minute penalty following a foul on Kevin de Bruyne.
Sterling scored with a fine finish 13 minutes from time to confirm City's sixth successive league victory of the season.
Son Heung-Min surely erased all doubts about his Tottenham future as his double inspired a 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough.
South Korean winger Son was reported to be unsettled after starting only 13 league games for Tottenham last season, but his two goals in their latest success indicated the qualities that prompted them to sign him from Bayer Leverkusen 13 months ago.
Son's goals came in the opening quarter of the game as he built on his hugely impressive performance in last Sunday's game against Sunderland -- a display that was described as "incredible" by the former France international Thierry Henry.
In another match, Christian Benteke's stoppage time header earned Crystal Palace a stirring 3-2 comeback win at hapless Sunderland.
The Black Cats appeared set for their first win of the Premier League season after a double from Jermain Defoe.
But goals inside the last half an hour from Joe Ledley and James McArthur put Palace back level before Benteke popped up to steal the show and earn Palace a third successive league success.
Alan Pardew's side remained in eighth place on 10 points, with Sunderland now footing the table on one point from a possible 18.
Defoe was back for Sunderland after missing the midweek League Cup win over Queens Park Rangers with a calf strain.
Left-back Patrick van Aanholt, absent for last weekend's league defeat to Tottenham due to the results of cardiology tests, also started.
Palace were without injured defender Scott Dann and winger Wilfried Zaha.
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