Liverpool moved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League as Mohamed Salah’s double inspired a dramatic 4-3 victory over Crystal Palace, while Manchester United stretched its winning streak to seven games as it beat Brighton 2-1 on Saturday.
Jurgen Klopp’s side was pushed hard by Palace but Salah’s predatory instincts and a woeful mistake from Eagles keeper Julian Speroni ensured Liverpool improved its unbeaten home league run to 32 games.
Liverpool’s haul of 60 points from 23 games tops the Reds’ previous best tally of 59, set at the same stage of the 1893-94 and 1987-88 campaigns.
Diogo Jota’s hat-trick piled pressure on Leicester manager Claude Puel as the Wolves midfielder’s last-gasp strike secured a thrilling 4-3 win on Saturday.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side blew a two-goal lead and then wasted a 3-2 advantage, but still finished with all three points in one of the Premier League’s games of the season at Molineux.
Jota was Wolves’ hero with his winner deep into stoppage-time, capping a dramatic finale that left Puel holding his head in disbelief at the final whistle.
Leon Goretzka scored twice to give champion Bayern Munich a 3-1 victory at Hoffenheim on Friday and cut Borussia Dortmund’s lead to three points as the Bundesliga resumed after the winter break.
The Germany midfielder scored both his goals in the first half and Robert Lewandowski added another in the 87th minute to earn the three points that lifted Bayern to 39.
The results: Premier League: Wolves 4 (Jota 4, 64, 90+3, Bennett 12) bt Leicester 3 (Gray 47, Coady 51-og, Morgan 87); Bournemouth 2 (Wilson 53, King 90+1) bt West Ham 0; Liverpool 4 (Salah 46, 75, Firmino 53, Mane 90+3) bt Crystal Palace 3 (Townsend 34, Tomkins 65, Meyer 90+5); Manchester United 2 (Pogba 27-pen, Rashford 42) bt Brighton 1 (Gross 72); Newcastle 3 (Schar 24, 63, Perez 90+3) bt Cardiff 0; Southampton 2 (Ward-Prowse 50, Digne 64-og) bt Everton 1 (Sigurdsson 90+1); Watford 0 drew with Burnley 0.
Serie A: Roma 3 (Zaniolo 15, Kolarov 34-pen, El Shaarawy 73) bt Torino 2 (Rincon 51, Ansaldi 67).
Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen 0 lost to Borussia Monchengladbach 1 (Plea 37); VfB Stuttgart 2 (Gonzalez 83, Kempf 85) lost to Mainz 05 3 (Ascacibar 22-og, Mateta 28, Hack 72); Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Haller 36, Rebic 40, Jovic 45) bt Freiburg 1 (Petersen 69); Augsburg 1 (Schmid 64) lost to Fortuna Dusseldorf 2 (Ducksch 45, Raman 89); Hanover 0 lost to Werder Bremen 1 (Rashica 32).
On Friday: La Liga: Getafe 4 (Mata 33-pen, 88, Jorge Molina 46, 55) bt Alaves 0.
Bundesliga: Hoffenheim 1 (Schulz 59) lost to Bayern Munich 3 (Goretzka 34, 45+1, Lewandowski 87).
