LONDON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Manchester City ended their miserable run of form with a 3-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest in a midweek round of Premier League matches.

Kevin de Bruyne was back in the City starting 11 and scored his side's second goal in the 31st minute after Bernardo Silva had calmed nerves for the home fans with an eighth-minute opening goal.

Jeremy Doku made it 3-0 in the 57th minute in a win that was much easier than many would have expected against a tough-to-beat rival.

League leader Liverpool was held to a thrilling 3-2 draw away to Newcastle United in a match the home side equalized in the last minute after twice leading.

Alexander Isak put Newcastle ahead, only for Curtis Jones to equalize. Anthony Gordon scored again for the home side after 62 minutes, but a brace from Mohamed Salah after 68 and 83 minutes looked as if it was going to give Liverpool three points until defender Fabian Schar denied Liverpool two points in the last minute.

Arsenal remains second after second-half goals from Jurrien Timber and William Saliba gave them a 2-0 win at home to Manchester United in a result that shows the new United coach.

Chelsea's excellent run continued, and they had their visit to bottom-of-the-table Southampton wrapped up by the 40th minute as they led 3-1 against a rival reduced to 10 men by Jack Stephens' 39th-minute sending-off.

Axel Disasi flicked home a near-post corner in the eighth minute to put Chelsea ahead, and although Southampton was level just three minutes later through Joe Aribo's smart finish, their joy lasted just the five minutes it took for Christopher Nkunku to score a simple finish after Southampton gave the ball away in midfield.

Noni Mandueke curled in Chelsea's third in the 34th minute, and the game was all but over after the VAR deemed Stephens had to walk after a bad challenge on Marc Cucurella.

Cole Palmer scored Chelsea's fourth with 15 minutes left to play, and Jadon Sancho made it 5-1 in the closing minutes.

Aston Villa was also on the fast track to victory as they took advantage of Brentford's poor away form to storm into a 3-0 lead after 34 minutes with goals from Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins and Matty Cash.

Martin Damsgaard pulled a point back for the visitors in the second half, but there was no way back for Brentford.

Everton won a relegation 6-pointer at home to Wolverhampton with a much-improved display that saw Ashley Young and Orel Mangala put them 2-0 ahead by the 33rd minute, before Wolves defender Craig Dawson netted two own goals, deflecting the ball into his own goal on both occasions.

On Tuesday, Crystal Palace won 1-0 away to Ipswich, while Ruud van Nistelrooy had a winning start as Leicester City coach as his side beat West Ham 3-1, leaving West Ham coach Julen Lopetegui in danger of the sack before the weekend.