Calvin Bassey beats Ola Aina to the ball and heads home the winner in Fulham's 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest
Omar Marmoush scored a first-half hattrick for Manchester City, English Premier League (EPL) champions, in their 3-0 league win over Newcastle United at the Etihad on Saturday.
The Egyptian striker, who joined City in January, provided the spark against Newcastle United with a 13-minute hattrick as Pep Guardiola’s side reminded the league of their credentials despite the absence of Kevin de Bruyne, who was on the bench.
Mamoush began the demolition job on Newcastle in the 19th minute when he ran onto a long punt forward from goalkeeper Ederson Moraes before delivering a perfect lob over the onrushing visitors’ goalkeeper for 1-0.
He netted the second with a deflected strike in the 23rd minute for 2-0. The 26-year-old scored his third goal in the 33rd minute when he smashed home Savinho’s pass from 12 yards to score the first hattrick of his professional career.
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The Cairo-born forward went off to applause from the home fans and substituted for James McAtee, who added more gloss to the scoreline. The youngster pounced on Erling Haaland’s flick to volley into the net on 84 minutes and complete the rout.
City remain in fourth position on the EPL table with 44 points from 25 matches, 13 points behind Liverpool, the runaway league leaders. Newcastle United, however, dropped down to seventh.
In other matches, Calvin Bassey scored the winner as Fulham defeated high-flying Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Crave Cottage.
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The Nigerian defender nodded the ball into the net from a corner kick in the 62nd minute to claim all three points for Fulham.
Substitute Mikel Merino scored two late goals to hand injury-ravaged Arsenal a 2-0 win away to Leicester City, all three points putting the Gunners to within four points of Liverpool.
In other matches, substitute Mikel Merino scored two late goals to hand injury-ravaged Arsenal a 2-0 win away to Leicester City, all three points putting the Gunners to within four points of Liverpool.
Bournemouth climbed to fifth on the table with a 3-1 victory away at Southampton, EPL basement club.
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RESULTS
Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal
Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle United
Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 0-0 Ipswich Town
West Ham United 0-1 Brentford
Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth
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