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Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League after a 2-0 win at Fulham at the sendoff on Saturday.
There were five other games played in the send-off of 15 hours, here is how these matches ended.
Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Southampton
Southampton won 1-0 against Brighton at the AMEX stadium, which also allowed the Saints to develop and confirmed the fate of Huddersfield.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scored what turned out to be the only goal in the 53rd minute but Brighton insisted on getting a tying goal, with Anthony Knockaert among those who missed good chances.
Burnley 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Burnley strengthened his hopes of survival with a 2-0 win over Wolves at Turf Moor.
Conor Coady's personal goal in the second minute gave the Clarets a dream start and although the visitors dominated most of the second period, Dwight McNeil, 19, scored the second goal in the 77th minute.
Crystal Palace 2-0 Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield's defeat at Selhurst Park confirmed their relegation to the Premier League.
Wilfried Zaha was shot in the box by Juninho Bacuna, referee Lee Probert had no choice but to award the penalty in the 76th minute which essentially forced the visitors to relegation. The faithful Milivojevic confidently finished in the center of the ball, which allowed Hamer to dive, giving the advantage to Palace.
Zaha then gave Van Aanholt the advantage in the 88th minute and watched the back shot in a direction opposite to Ben Hamer and at the back of the net.
Fulham 0-2 Manchester City (kick off at 12:30)
The goals of Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero allowed Pep Guardiola's team to return to the top of the standings.
Silve opened the scoring in five minutes at home, stumbling on Timothy Fosu-Mensah's bad pbad.
Aguero hooked on Silva's smart indoor balloon, stabilizing before hitting Sergio Rico's advance.
Leicester City 2-0 Bournemouth
Jamie Vardy's 82nd-minute header sealed a comfortable 2-0 win over Leicester against Bournemouth.
The Morganes took the lead in the 11th minute thanks to Wes Morgan and Vardy's late intervention confirmed a third consecutive victory under new boss Brendan Rodgers.
Manchester United 2-1 Watford
The first match of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as permanent boss of Manchester United resulted in a victory at Old Trafford thanks to the goals of Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.
Abdoulaye Doucoure scored for the impressive visitors but it was United who climbed to fourth place with the win.
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