MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Manchester City continued their dominant home form with an easy -0 win over Southampton to go top of the Premier League, while Chelsea and Newcastle United also enjoyed comfortable wins to signal their aim to finish in the top four. Read full story MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Manchester City continued their impressive home form with an easy -0 win over Southampton to go top of the Premier League, while Chelsea and Newcastle United also enjoyed comfortable wins to signal their aim for the top flight. . . four finishes. City, who beat Manchester United 6-3 last week, barely needed to pull away against Southampton as Joao Cancelo, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez scored before Erling Haaland scored a fourth to extend their run of points to 10 consecutive matches. . City have won all five of their Premier League games at the Etihad Stadium, scoring 2 goals in the process. The win lifted champions City to the top of the table with 23 points from nine games and piled the pressure on early title contenders Arsenal, who host Liverpool on Sunday and have a chance to reclaim the lead. Chelsea continued to show signs of improvement under manager Graham Potter with a 3-0 win at home to Wolves, who have been without a manager since the sacking of Bruno Lage last week. Former Chelsea striker Diego Costa made his first away start but Potter's side were dominant and secured a third straight win thanks to goals from Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Armando Broja to move up to fourth in the table with 16 points. . Newcastle moved up to fifth with a 5-1 home win over Brentford a year and a day after their Saudi-backed takeover. Bruno Guimaraes, a £ 0m arrival from Olympique Lyonnais and one of the club's biggest signings since the takeover, scored in each half on a memorable afternoon for the club as the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) bought into the relegation zone. from the club's previous owner Mike Ashley for £300 million ($333 million). Bournemouth beat Leicester City 2-1, scoring twice in five second-half spells to hand Brendan Rodgers' side a fifth successive away defeat. Patson Daka gave Leicester a 10th-minute lead but Philip Billing and Ryan Christie scored in the second half to continue Bournemouth's excellent record under caretaker manager Gary O'Neil, who have won two games and drawn three since Scott Parker took charge. The result has put new pressure on Leicester manager Rodgers, whose side are 19th in the table with just four points. ($1 = £0.9022) (Reporting by Richard Martin; Editing by Toby Davis)
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