Premier League results: Manchester United beat Fulham while Arsenal snatch late win vs Huddersfield
United recorded their biggest victory of the 2018/19 season
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The grumbles around the stodgy form of Manchester United, who had not won in four league matches, were silenced at Old Trafford when goals from Ashley Young, Juan Mata, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford wrapped up an easy win over 10-man Fulham.
The visitors had Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa sent off in the second half, minutes after an Aboubakar Kamara goal from the penalty spot had given Claudio Ranieri's side a glimpse of an escape.
"The fans today enjoyed it. That is the Manchester United that we want to see," said a delighted Mata.
Defeat left Fulham on nine points, alongside Southampton, who offered new manager Ralph Hasenhuettl a glimpse of the task he faces with their 1-0 loss at fellow relegation contenders Cardiff City, Callum Paterson scoring the 74th-minute winner.
Arsenal could not break down stubborn Huddersfield until Lucas Torreira, who also struck in last week's derby win over Tottenham Hotspur, built on his new cult status with a magnificent 83rd-minute bicycle kick winner.
It extended Arsenal's unbeaten run in all competitions to 21 matches and moved them, provisionally, into third place on 34 points, one clear of Spurs, who were playing at Leicester City in the day's late game.
Huddersfield's defeat left them on 10 points in 18th place in the relegation zone as Burnley leapt out of the bottom three with James Tarkowski's first-half goal earning them a 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion at Turf Moor.
Most exciting match of the day came at the London Stadium where West Ham United came from an early goal down to beat Crystal Palace 3-2 with goals from Robert Snodgrass, Javier Hernandez and Felipe Anderson. Relive the action below.
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No Glenn Murray (injured) or Shane Duffy (suspended) for Brighton today as they go to Turf Moor.
Joe Hart makes his 400th league appearance in English football in the Burnley goal this afternoon.
Lucas Perez capitalised on Marko Arnautovic's injury against Cardiff to secure back-to-back victories in the league for the first time in nearly two years for West Ham. He starts again and will hope to repeat his double dose against Crystal Palace at the London Stadium.
About five minutes until kick off around the grounds.
What does this afternoon have in store?
A quick bit of final team news from Old Trafford...
2 minutes - Cardiff 0-0 Southampton
An early chance for Charlie Austin.
Matt Targett whips in a low cross and Austin can't quite find the far corner with his flick.
4 minutes - West Ham 0-0 Crystal Palace
Javier Hernandez also has a good early chance, with Wayne Hennessey reacting well to prevent the Mexican striker opening the scoring.
GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace (James McArthur, 6 minutes)
A free kick is delivered into the West Ham box and won by former Hammer James Tomkins, who flicks it on to James McArthur, lurking in space and able to jab it past Lukasz Fabianski to give Palace the early lead.
Manchester United 0-0 Fulham, 10 minutes
Ten minutes in at Old Trafford.
Diogo Dalot twice delivers into the Fulham box, but first Denis Odoi (with his head) and then Sergio Rico (with his gloves) are able to clear and claim to prevent any danger.
Jose Mourinho remonstrates in the early stages of Manchester United's game with Fulham.
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