Manchester City striker Erling Haaland broke the Premier League scoring record in a single season on Wednesday in his side's 3-0 win at home to
Haaland scored his 35th league goal of the campaign to beat the record held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole, after a pass from Jack Grealish put his side 2-0 ahead in the 70th minute of the game. City needed to win to go back to the top after Arsenal's 3-1 win over Chelsea on Tuesday night.
West Ham offered stern resistance in a close first half, but coach David Moyes will have been disappointed at the defending that allowed a fit-again Nathan Ake to nod City ahead in the 50th minute from a Riyad Mahrez cross.
Phil Foden added a third goal for Pep Guardiola's side with five minutes left to play after his volley from the edge of the area took a big deflection on its way to the back of the net.
Liverpool moved a step closer to ensuring at least a place in next season's Europa League, with a narrow 1-0 win at home to Fulham. Mohamed Salah's 39th-minute penalty after a foul on Darwin Nunez separated the two sides and gave Liverpool their fifth consecutive league win.
Jurgen Klopp's men are now seven points behind fourth-place Manchester United, but five points clear of sixth-place Tottenham.
