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The sporting weekend in pictures

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Liverpool went top of the Premier League table as Chelsea ended Manchester City’s unbeaten run.

Liverpool went top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win at Bournemouth thanks mainly to a hat-trick from prolific forward Mohamed Salah.

The Reds stayed at the summit following Chelsea’s 2-0 home win over Manchester City which ended Pep Guardiola’s side’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season.

Here we look at some of the weekend’s best action in pictures.

Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah kept the match ball after his hat-trick in Liverpool’s 4-0 win at Bournemouth (Mark Pain/PA)
David Luiz
David Luiz scored Chelsea’s second goal in the 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge which ended Manchester City’s unbeaten run in the Premier League (Adam Davy/PA)
Bath Rugby v Leinster
Leinster carved out a narrow win at Bath in the European Champions Cup (David Davies/PA)
Arsenal v Huddersfield Town – Premier League – Emirates Stadium
Lucas Torreira netted a late winner as Arsenal beat Huddersfield 1-0 (Isabel Infantes/PA)
Manchester United v Fulham – Premier League – Old Trafford
A rare sight at Old Trafford as Romelu Lukaku was able to celebrate scoring as his side thrashed Fulham (Barrington Coombs/PA)
Celtic v Kilmarnock – Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership – Celtic Park
Ryan Christie scored as Celtic beat Kilmarnock to leapfrog their opponents to the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership table (Jane Barlow/PA)
DeAndre Yedlin
Newcastle’s DeAndre Yedlin was sent off by referee Mike Dean as Wolves won 2-1 at St James’ Park (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Australia India Cricket
India’s Ravi Ashwin took a fine catch to dismiss Australia’s Usman Khawaja as the tourists closed in on victory during the first Test in Adelaide (James Elsby/AP)
Dundee v Rangers – Scottish Premiership – Dens Park
Kenny Miller did what he does best as he scored for Dundee in his side’s 1-1 draw against his former club Rangers (Jane Barlow/PA)
Saracens v Cardiff Blues – Heineken European Champions Cup – Pool Three – Allianz Park
Sean Maitland touched down for Saracens in the European Champions Cup victory over Cardiff Blues (Adam Davy/PA)
Betway UK Championships – Day Thirteen – York Barbican
Ronnie O’Sullivan has not had the happiest of times during the UK Championships in York after Barry Hearn criticised the player’s talk of a breakaway competition (Richard Sellers/PA)
Ronnie O'Sullivan
But things worked out fine for O’Sullivan as he beat Mark Allen 10-6 in the final to secure a record-breaking seventh UK title (Richard Sellers/PA)
Boca Juniors v River Plate
Dario Benedetto of Boca Juniors scored his side’s first goal against River Plate as the Copa Libertadores final was played outside South America for the first time in Madrid (Manu Fernandez/AP)
Gonzalo Martinez
Gonzalo Martinez of River Plate scored his side’s final goal as they came back to win 3-1 after extra-time. The game had been moved after River fans had attacked the Boca team bus (Manu Fernandez/AP)
Kenyan Drak
Miami Dolphins running back Kenyan Drake scored a late touchdown to earn his side a 34-33 win and stop the New England Patriots clinching a 10th successive AFC East title (Lynne Sladky/AP)
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6Newcastle UnitedNewcastle321551269521750
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16Everton33108153448-1430
17Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest3479184260-1826
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19Burnley3458213769-3223
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