MANCHESTER CITY 3-1 SOUTHAMPTON.

Cote d’Ivoire’s duo of Yaya Toure and Winfred Bony featured as Manchester City whipped Southampton 3-1 to take over the helm of the Baclays premier league on Saturday at Etihad Stadium.

On the receiving end with the Saints were Harambe stars skipper Victor Wanyama and Senagalise forward Sadio Mane.

No African player found the back of the net on either side.

CRYSTAL PALACE 5-1 NEWCASTLE.

DR Congo International Yanick Bolasie netted twice as Palace put fives past Newcastle.

Senagalise striker Papiss Cisse opened the scoring in the 10th minute for the Magpies before the host came from behind to score five goals.

ASTON VILLA 2-3 WATFORD.

Watford’s 46-year jinx at Villa park was finally halted on Saturday after their 3-2 win over Aston Villa.

Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo scored first for the visitors as Aston Villa’s late strike by Black Star striker Jordan Ayew could not prevent Watford from celebrating their maiden win at Villa Park after 46 years.

LEICESTER CITY 1-1 MANCHESTER UNITED.

Leicister City shared spoils with Manchester City as Jimie Vardy broke Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s after scoring in his eleventh goal consecutively.

Algerian Attacker Riyad Mahrez put in a 90 minute shift.

TOTENHAM HOTSPURS 0-0 CHELSEA.

Title holders Chelsea walked out of white hatelane with a valuable point after playing Spurs to a barren draw.

African sons: Baba Rahman (Ghana),John Obi Mikel (Nigeria) and Papy Djilobodji (Senegal) were left out for Chelsea.

LIVERPOOL 1-0 SWANSEA.

Andre Ayew could not help Swansea from sinking away to liverpool on sunday.James Milner scored the solitary goal from the spot.

James Sibeleki

African football writer, covering the game across the continent. Covered the U-20 Africa Cup of the Nations, in Zambia.