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Southampton's Senegal forward Sadio Mane scored the fastest Premier League hat-trick as he broke a 20-year-old record to help them lead 5-1 at home to Aston Villa by halftime on Saturday.
Here are five talking points from the weekend's Premier League action:
The champions who drew 1-1 at Portsmouth, now have two games remaining to achieve the milestone.
Five talking-points from the Premier League weekend after Manchester United extended their winning run against Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool were made to work hard for their win at Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal losing at West Ham United.
Manchester United will travel to third-tier MK Dons in the Capital One Cup second round following the draw on Wednesday, the first time they have been involved at this stage of the competition for 19 years.
Liverpool opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the English Premier League with a 1-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, while Arsenal's poor away form continued with a 1-0 defeat at West Ham United.
"It is important because he's a special player and special players are always a plus," said Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.\n
In another match in the English Premiership, Manchester United finished with nine men in a 0-1 defeat to Everton.
The 34-year-old is the second-highest scorer for the United States with 30 goals in 95 appearances.
Images from the League Cup matches played on Tuesday
Manchester City stumbled to the most unexpected defeat of the Premier League season on Saturday before neighbours Manchester United began their brave new world under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a glorious reminder of long-forgotten attacking swagger.
Santini always made it clear that Manchester City's Nicolas Anelka would not be on the list.
Manchester United have signed Dutch international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar from Premier League rivals Fulham.
Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham will be favourites to reach the FA Cup fifth round via home replays on Saturday.
The win allowed second-placed Liverpool to close the gap on league leaders Manchester City to two points.
Chelsea's Damien Duff says there is an 80 percent chance he could suffer a recurrence of the dislocated shoulder.
Arsenal will reportedly play Chelsea in a fourth-round Capital One Cup match after winning 4-3 on penalties against West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday at The Hawthorns.
Arsenal beat Fulham 2-0 at the Emirates and Manchester City beat Cardiff City 4-2 at the Etihad before Liverpool could only manage a 2-2 draw at Anfield having trailed 2-0.
Coach Zico named seven European-based players for matches against Uruguay and the US.
Liverpool needed two extra-time goals to beat NottsCounty 4-2 at Anfield on an eventful night for the Premier League clubs in the League Cup second round on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Champions Manchester United travel to Swansea City for their first Premier League match under new manager David Moyes, while Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City are at home to Newcastle United on August 17.
English champions Manchester United are suddenly in danger of finishing a season empty-handed for the second time in three years.
"We have 11 games to go and we have tricky away games," the Arsenal manager said.
The former beat Leeds United 4-1 while Manchester United got the better of Aston Villa 2-1 in the third round of the FA Cup.
The Chelsea winger sustained the injury when he landed heavily after being challenged as he shot at goal.
A 1-1 draw at Charlton Athletic sent Arsenal back to the top of the premier league.
The Manchester United midfielders have knee injuries and will miss Champions League matches against Basel and Deportivo Coruna.
Free-scoring Arsenal replaced Chelsea as Premier League leaders as goals either side of halftime by Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil helped them recover from a slow start to beat Stoke City 3-1 on Saturday.
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