Weekend in pictures: Rampant Red devils, Arsenal oust Blues and Crolla loses to Linares

Paul Pogba completed Man Utd’s scoring in a 4-1 win over Claudio Ranieri’s Foxes, earning himself the Man of the Match award and provided the star with a chance to pull out his famous dab celebration. Meanwhile, Wayne Rooney was dropped to the bench.

Arsenal’s Theo Walcott scored his side’s second on their way to a 3-0 triumph over Chelsea. This snapped the Stamford Bridge outfit’s nine league game unbeaten run in this fixture.

Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero bagged a brace on his return to the side, helping Guardiola’s Sky Blues to a 10th straight win in all competitions. The Etihad outfit currently sit four points ahead of second placed Tottenham.

All smiles at Anfield as Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool thrashed Hull City 5-1. The Reds have now won four on the bounce in all competitions.

Southampton added to West Ham United’s new stadium blues with yet another home loss. Saints won 3-0 and have now collected maximum points from four consecutive games, while Slaven Bilic’s Hammers have already lost three home fixtures at the Olympic Stadium.

Venezuelan lightweight Jorge Linares unified the division in an incredible fight against Anthony Crolla at the Manchester Arena. The bout went down to points, with every judge siding with the sharp punching South American. A rematch is already in the works.

Brave Anna sprang a 25/1 surprise when beating stable companion Roly Poly by a short-head in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket. Red-hot favourite Lady Aurelia looked the most likely winner when blazing the trail in a clear lead, but weakened badly inside the final furlong leaving the Aidan O’Brien trained duo to fight out the finish.

The Last Lion showed tremendous guts to make all and fend off the challenge of Blue Point in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. This Mark Johnston trained colt, who was having his 10th start of the season, found plenty when challenged inside the final furlong to beat the heavily punted 11/10 favourite by 3/4 of a length.

Spark Plug showed a tremendous turn of foot to come from off the pace and land the ultra-competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket by 2 1/4 lengths. Brian Meehan’s charge, who was sent off a well-backed 12/1 shot, overcame trouble in-running to win the 31-runner contest in emphatic fashion and record his first success in over a year.