Manchester United see off Cardiff to start Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era with a win
Latest reaction from the Premier League fixture at the Cardiff City Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign as Manchester United caretaker manager began with a convincing 5-1 win at former club Cardiff.
The 45-year-old took over earlier this week after Jose Mourinho was sacked on Tuesday following United's poor start to the Premier League season and saw his side stroll past the Bluebirds with plenty to spare.
The Cardiff City Stadium result is the first time United have scored five goals in the Premier League since Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge, and it keeps Solskjaer's side in sixth place.
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Around the six grounds, the second-halves are beginning to get underway.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham, 46 minutes
One man who will be particularly keen for a goal today is Aleksandar Mitrovic, back at Newcastle with Fulham.
Mitrovic is played in behind by Callum Chambers but can't beat Martin Dubravka with an effort that may have been an attempted cross.
0-0 at St James' Park.
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Leicester (Jamie Vardy, 51 minutes)
Back in the team, back with a goal.
Jamie Vardy and James Maddison combine and the former makes no mistake with a good finish past Kepa Arrizabalaga.
PENALTY TO CRYSTAL PALACE!
Kyle Walker is adjudged to have caught Max Meyer with his sliding challenge and Andre Marriner points to the spot...
GOAL! Manchester City 1-3 Crystal Palace (Luka Milivojevic, 52 minutes)
My word.
Ederson guess the right way but Luka Milivojevic's penalty is plenty firm enough to beat him.
Manchester City are heading towards a first home defeat of the season...
West Ham 0-1 Watford, 52 minutes
Off the woodwork!
Robert Snodgrass curls in a corner that Michail Antonio gets his head to. Antonio is rather adept in that facet and it is a nicely directed header that seems set for the back of the net, but just fades into the heart of the post and rebounds away.
West Ham close to a leveller, but it remains 1-0 to the visitors.
Huddersfield 0-2 Southampton, 55 minutes
How's that not gone in?
Alex McCarthy doesn't know a huge amount about it, but he's just made a tremendous save.
Zanka's header from close range hits the Southampton goalkeeper and then cannons off the post.
GOAL! Huddersfield 1-2 Southampton (Philip Billing, 58 minutes)
There's Huddersfield's goal!
Alex McCarthy should do far better with Philip Billing's swerving strike from distance, but the goalkeeper fails to keep out the Dane's effort.
Hope for Huddersfield.
Chelsea 0-1 Leicester, 61 minutes
Few would have foreseen both Chelsea and Manchester City to be trailing at this stage, but both find themselves behind.
Maurizio Sarri makes a double change - Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Olivier Giroud come on for Mateo Kovacic and Willian. Can they turn things around for Sarri's side?
West Ham 0-1 Watford, 67 minutes
Huge chance for West Ham!
Felipe Anderson shimmies and shakes his way past the Watford defence and squares to Javier Hernandez, but the Mexican makes a meal of his attempted finish, completely failing to make contact with the ball.
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