City beats United in Manchester derby to stay at top of Premier League

Premier League champions Manchester City kept two points ahead of Sunday's summit with a dominant 3-1 win in the derby against Manchester United.

Liverpool, having beaten Fulham 2-0 at Anfield, will enter the international division in second place after receiving a favor from neighbors Everton, who prevented Chelsea from drawing 0-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Meanwhile, Arsenal had to come from behind to extend his undefeated run to 16 games in all competitions with a 1-1 draw at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Man City has 32 points in 12 games, while Liverpool has 30 and Chelsea 28, all three teams maintaining their record of the season without defeat.

From the start, City was on top against a United team that missed the injured Paul Pogba.

David Silva scored the first goal after 12 minutes and Sergio Aguero added a second after halftime.

Jose Mourinho's players have barely threatened that substitute Romelu Lukaku wins a penalty that Anthony Martial converted just before the hour of play.

Despite City's control of the game, substitute player Ilkay Gundogan took a third late goal to ensure United's spectacular comeback was no longer a 3-2 win in the same game last season.

United remains eighth and 12 points behind leaders.

There was controversy in Anfield after Liverpool took the advantage against Fulham in trouble just before halftime.

The Londoners felt that Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic should not have been declared offside as he was heading home and that goalkeeper Alisson got the free kick that followed when the balloon was moving.

Less than 15 seconds later after a lightning break from Liverpool, he was in goal on the other end, set up by Mo Salah.

Xherdan Shaqiri scored a nice second goal, after which the heart seems to come out of a Fulham team that remains at the bottom of the table with only one win in 12 games.

"In this country, you normally can not disrespect the referee and it's a problem because it's a lack of respect for my team, myself and Fulham's supporters. "said Slavisa Jokanovic, his manager.

Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri set a record in the Premier League era with his first 12 games unbeaten, but he expected more than a scoreless draw in the home game against Everton.

His team did not score for the second time in the league this season against a well-organized Everton, who remained ninth in the table.

"Of course, I prefer the three points today to the record," he said.

In the other match on Sunday, Arsenal fell behind Wolves with a first-half goal from Portuguese international Ivan Cavaleiro and conceded only four minutes earlier thanks to Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

The draw leaves Arsenal, fifth on 24 points, three points behind his neighbor Tottenham Hotspur, fourth, who beat Crystal Palace on Saturday.