(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Hull City 1 Arsenal 4
Leicester City 3 Burnley 0
M City 4 Bournemouth 0
W Bromwich 4 West Ham 2
Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Kelechi Iheanacho shone as Manchester City crushed Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday to provisionally go five points clear in the Premier League.
League debutant Ilkay Gundogan also found the net for Pep Guardiola's City, who have made their best ever start to a season with eight consecutive wins in all competitions.
Full debutant Islam Slimani scored twice as champions Leicester City won 3-0 at home to Burnley and there were also wins for Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion.
At the Etihad Stadium, Guardiola made four changes to the team that had outclassed Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League, with Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy, Nolito and Iheanacho coming in.
Jack Wilshere, on loan from Arsenal, made his first Bournemouth start, but it was to prove an afternoon to forget for the England international.
He gave away the free-kick that led to City's 15th-minute opener, De Bruyne cleverly stroking the set-piece beneath the jumping wall and into the bottom corner.
The Belgian was involved in the hosts' second goal 10 minutes later, moving Nolito's pass on to Sterling, who unselfishly teed up Iheanacho - deputising for the suspended Sergio Aguero - to score.
Sterling added a third early in the second half, squeezing a shot over the line after Iheanacho had returned the favour, before De Bruyne set up Gundogan for City's fourth.
The only disappointment for Guardiola was the late dismissal of Nolito for leaning his head towards Adam Smith.
Everton can trim City's lead back to two points if they win at home to Middlesbrough in Saturday's late game.
Liverpool and Chelsea also trail City by five points following the Merseyside club's impressive 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge on Friday.
Arsenal are also on 10 points after winning 4-1 at Hull City to register a third consecutive league win for the first time since last December.
Alexis Sanchez claimed his first goal of the afternoon when Alex Iwobi's shot flicked off him and into the net in the 17th minute.
After Theo Walcott had chipped in to make it 2-0, Robert Snodgrass reduced the arrears with a 79th-minute penalty following a foul on Hull debutant Dieumerci Mbokani by visiting goalkeeper Petr Cech.
But Sanchez made the game safe six minutes later by lashing home after Hull goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic had saved from Walcott and substitute Granit Xhaka added a stunning late goal from long range.
Leicester are three points back in ninth place after Slimani put paid to Burnley at the King Power Stadium.
Algeria international Slimani was making his league debut after his 28 million pounds ($36.4 million, 32.6 million euros) transfer from Sporting Lisbon.
He scored a pair of headers either side of half-time, nodding in a Christian Fuchs free-kick in first-half stoppage time and then heading home from strike partner Jamie Vardy's flick.
Ben Mee's own goal from Riyad Mahrez's cross completed the scoring in the 78th minute.
In the day's remaining game, West Brom withstood a late West Ham United fightback to claim an entertaining 4-2 win at The Hawthorns.
Nacer Chadli scored twice and helped create goals for Salomon Rondon and James McClean as the hosts raced into a 4-0 lead by the 56th minute.
West Ham replied through a header from Michail Antonio - his fifth goal in four games - and a Manuel Lanzini penalty, but West Brom saw out the rest of the game in relative serenity.
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