Lukako ends his fast at United and Citi digs the gap

LONDON (Reuters) – Romello Lucaco ended a 78-day run without scoring for Manchester United when he allowed his team to draw a 2-2 draw at home against Southampton after two superb goals in the Premier League Saturday .

Manchester City beat United Bournemouth 3-1 to continue their unbeaten run to five points.

Crystal Palace won 2-0 at Burnley, ending eight games without a win, while Leicester City, West Ham United and Brighton & Hove won the Albion.

The only draw took place Saturday at St Marys Stadium, where Southampton striker Stuart Armstrong took a shot at David from Chia 13 minutes later. United's goalkeeper was again shaken by a superb free kick by Cedric Soares, who set the corner.

After missing a 2-0 lead against Fulham last week, Southampton repeated it in Saturday's game and United quickly tied through Lucaco after a pbad from Marcus Rushford.

The goal was the first for the Belgian striker with United in all competitions since mid-September, over a period of 981 minutes.

Andier Herrera equalized just before the end of the first period to bring United back into the match, but the match ended in a draw, a result that will not please the coaches of both teams.

Jose Mourinho is now 16 points behind leaders Citi, who played without Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruin and Riaz Mehrez at FA Stadium but returned to Bournemouth 16 minutes later thanks to Bernardo Silva.

But the visitors made a draw just before halftime thanks to a header from English striker Klum Wilson.

The hopes of a surprise surprise were shattered when the defending champions scored again with Rahim Sterling and Elkay Gendogan to extend the gap with Liverpool, second, before their home match against Everton on Sunday.

Huddersfield looked poised for a 58-second home win against Brighton with a header from Mathias Jorgensen, who scored the fastest goal of the season.

But Huddersfield lost Steve Mony half an hour after being sent off for a violent offense and Brighton took advantage of his power play to score thanks to Shane Duffy and Florin Andoni.

* Mr. Palace

He beat Huddersfield by defeating Burnley at Silverhurst Stadium to reduce pressure on manager Roy Hodgson.

James McCarthy and Andrews Townsend, with a goal in each half, were the first two goals of the opening game of the season. Burnley remained in the relegation zone after falling back to 18th place after Cardiff City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 to 1 on Friday.

Leicester won its first league win since September with a 2-0 win over Watford.

Jamie Fardi opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 12th minute, before James Madison shook the goal with a superb shot and Leicester moved to eighth.

West Ham striker Javier Hernandez scored two goals and Felipe Anderson added another goal: beat London 3-0 at Newcastle United and stop Rafael Benitez's progress in recent weeks.