Salah hat-trick sends Liverpool top

LONDON, Dec 09 (AFP): Mohamed Salah's hat-trick fired Liverpool to the top of the Premier League with an impressive 4-0 win at Bournemouth, while Manchester United also finally hit some free-scoring form with a 4-1 win over Fulham at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Arsenal extended their unbeaten run to 21 games, but left it late to beat Huddersfield 1-0 thanks to Lucas Torreira's overhead kick seven minutes from time.

Champions Manchester City can reclaim top spot with victory at Chelsea later, but Liverpool took full advantage of kicking off first on the south coast to start a big week in the best possible fashion by moving a point ahead of their title rivals.

Salah had been rested from the start for Wednesday's 3-1 win at Burnley that kept Jurgen Klopp's men on City's coat-tails.