NEW DELHI:

Cody Gakpo

's brace propelled Premier League leaders

Liverpool

to a resounding 4-1 victory over

Ipswich

, extending their lead at the summit to six points.
Arsenal

, despite Myles Lewis-Skelly's controversial red card, managed to secure a hard-fought 1-0 win against Wolves. Meanwhile, reigning champions

Manchester City

bounced back from Abdukodir Khusanov's debut mishap to claim a crucial 3-1 triumph over top-four rivals

Chelsea

.
At Anfield, Liverpool cruised to their second consecutive league win, thanks to a first-half goal blitz.
Dominik Szoboszlai opened the scoring in the 11th minute, with Mohamed Salah doubling the lead in the 35th minute, netting his 23rd goal across all competitions and his 100th Premier League strike at Anfield.

Gakpo then added a brace before halftime, capitalizing on Christian Walton's parry in the 44th minute and heading home in the 66th minute from Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross.

Jacob Greaves's stoppage-time effort provided little consolation for third-bottom Ipswich.
Arsenal's victory at Wolves was marred by controversy as Lewis-Skelly received a contentious red card for tripping Matt Doherty in the 43rd minute. Wolves also went down to ten men when Joao Gomes received his second booking in the 70th minute.
Riccardo Calafiori's 74th-minute half-volley secured all three points for Arsenal, keeping the pressure on Liverpool.
At the Etihad Stadium, Uzbekistan defender Khusanov's miscued header gifted Chelsea an early lead through Noni Madueke.
However, City responded with goals from Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland, and Phil Foden to secure a 3-1 victory, propelling them into fourth place, one point above sixth-placed Chelsea.

Dango Ouattara's hat-trick inspired Bournemouth to a resounding 5-0 triumph over third-placed Nottingham Forest, denting Forest's top-four aspirations.
Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo were also on the scoresheet as Bournemouth extended their unbeaten run to 11 league games and climbed to seventh place.
Alexander Isak continued his impressive form, scoring twice as fifth-placed Newcastle overcame Southampton 3-1. Jan Bednarek had given Southampton the lead, but

Sandro Tonali

's strike complemented Isak's brace to secure the victory for Newcastle.
In another match,

Everton

boss David Moyes celebrated his 700th Premier League game as a manager with a 1-0 win over Brighton, courtesy of Iliman Ndiaye's 42nd-minute penalty.