<p>Christian Pulisic hit the first hat-trick of his career as Chelsea crushed Burnley 4-2 on Saturday while Manchester City overcame a sluggish start to beat Aston Villa and increase the pressure on Liverpool.</p>.<p>In the early kick-off, a frustrated Pep Guardiola watched his side recover from a tepid first half to defeat Villa 3-0 and close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to three points.</p>.<p>US international Pulisic scored his first goals for Frank Lampard's Chelsea, who have now won four straight Premier League games, while Marco Silva is under pressure after another Everton defeat.</p>.<p>Pulisic, who had not previously scored for Chelsea and has struggled to win a starting berth, emphatically staked his claim with a hat-trick at Turf Moor.</p>.<p>The 21-year-old capitalised on some indecision from Burnley to drive into the penalty area and steer a low left-footed shot into the corner of Nick Pope's net midway through the first period.</p>.<p>The former Borussia Dortmund winger doubled his tally for the Blues with a second goal just before half-time, benefiting from a big deflection off Ben Mee, and grabbed his third with a second-half header.</p>.<p>Willian added a fourth for rampant Chelsea in the 58th minute to take the score to 4-0 and despite late goals for Jay Rodriguez and Dwight McNeil, the visitors avoided further shocks to win 4-2.</p>.<p>Earlier, City boss Guardiola was frustrated with the way his players struggled to establish any momentum in the first half against Villa despite an ultimately comfortable win at the Etihad Stadium.</p>.<p>"Of course, respect and credit for Aston Villa. The first half we played football but we don't play in the way we should play," Guardiola said, after second-half goals from Raheem Sterling, David Silva and Ilkay Gundogan.</p>.<p>"We were better in the second half. I don't know if it was because of the early goal.</p>.<p>"In the second we play in the way we normally do but we have to try and play 90 minutes. We played just 45."</p>.<p>City's second successive league win means Liverpool are under pressure to beat Tottenham at Anfield in Sunday's clash between last season's Champions League finalists.</p>.<p>At the Amex Stadium, Everton blew a 2-1 lead over Brighton in the final 10 minutes to leave boss Silva fighting to save his job.</p>.<p>Silva's side recovered from conceding the first goal to lead but Brighton's Neal Maupay scored an 80th-minute penalty after Michael Keane was controversially ruled by VAR to have fouled Aaron Connolly.</p>.<p>And Everton defender Lucas Digne added to Silva's woes when his stoppage-time own goal from Leandro Trossard's cross left Everton two points above the relegation zone after their fifth defeat in their past six league games.</p>.<p>"We have to be more mature to control the last 10 minutes," Silva told the BBC. "It's a tough moment for us. We have to stick together."</p>.<p>Watford remains bottom of the table after a 0-0 draw against Bournemouth.</p>.<p>Lys Mousset, who scored the winner against Arsenal last week, finished a memorable week on a high note with the equaliser in Sheffield United's 1-1 draw at West Ham.</p>.<p>Saturday's action could not eclipse Leicester's incredible 9-0 thrashing of Southampton at St Mary's 24 hours earlier.</p>.<p>Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers believes there is even better to come from Leicester after they equalled the biggest margin of victory in the Premier League era.</p>.<p>Leicester are third after hat-tricks from Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy secured the biggest away win in English top-flight history.</p>.<p>"I think we'll get better, we will improve. Of course, the result and performance is perfect," Rodgers said.</p>.<p>"We have young players who are only going to gain even more confidence. We will get better. We certainly won't just be content with what we're doing."</p>.<p>Aside from the Liverpool-Spurs clash on Sunday, Newcastle host Wolves, Arsenal take on Crystal Palace at home and Manchester United travel to Norwich.</p>
<p>Christian Pulisic hit the first hat-trick of his career as Chelsea crushed Burnley 4-2 on Saturday while Manchester City overcame a sluggish start to beat Aston Villa and increase the pressure on Liverpool.</p>.<p>In the early kick-off, a frustrated Pep Guardiola watched his side recover from a tepid first half to defeat Villa 3-0 and close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to three points.</p>.<p>US international Pulisic scored his first goals for Frank Lampard's Chelsea, who have now won four straight Premier League games, while Marco Silva is under pressure after another Everton defeat.</p>.<p>Pulisic, who had not previously scored for Chelsea and has struggled to win a starting berth, emphatically staked his claim with a hat-trick at Turf Moor.</p>.<p>The 21-year-old capitalised on some indecision from Burnley to drive into the penalty area and steer a low left-footed shot into the corner of Nick Pope's net midway through the first period.</p>.<p>The former Borussia Dortmund winger doubled his tally for the Blues with a second goal just before half-time, benefiting from a big deflection off Ben Mee, and grabbed his third with a second-half header.</p>.<p>Willian added a fourth for rampant Chelsea in the 58th minute to take the score to 4-0 and despite late goals for Jay Rodriguez and Dwight McNeil, the visitors avoided further shocks to win 4-2.</p>.<p>Earlier, City boss Guardiola was frustrated with the way his players struggled to establish any momentum in the first half against Villa despite an ultimately comfortable win at the Etihad Stadium.</p>.<p>"Of course, respect and credit for Aston Villa. The first half we played football but we don't play in the way we should play," Guardiola said, after second-half goals from Raheem Sterling, David Silva and Ilkay Gundogan.</p>.<p>"We were better in the second half. I don't know if it was because of the early goal.</p>.<p>"In the second we play in the way we normally do but we have to try and play 90 minutes. We played just 45."</p>.<p>City's second successive league win means Liverpool are under pressure to beat Tottenham at Anfield in Sunday's clash between last season's Champions League finalists.</p>.<p>At the Amex Stadium, Everton blew a 2-1 lead over Brighton in the final 10 minutes to leave boss Silva fighting to save his job.</p>.<p>Silva's side recovered from conceding the first goal to lead but Brighton's Neal Maupay scored an 80th-minute penalty after Michael Keane was controversially ruled by VAR to have fouled Aaron Connolly.</p>.<p>And Everton defender Lucas Digne added to Silva's woes when his stoppage-time own goal from Leandro Trossard's cross left Everton two points above the relegation zone after their fifth defeat in their past six league games.</p>.<p>"We have to be more mature to control the last 10 minutes," Silva told the BBC. "It's a tough moment for us. We have to stick together."</p>.<p>Watford remains bottom of the table after a 0-0 draw against Bournemouth.</p>.<p>Lys Mousset, who scored the winner against Arsenal last week, finished a memorable week on a high note with the equaliser in Sheffield United's 1-1 draw at West Ham.</p>.<p>Saturday's action could not eclipse Leicester's incredible 9-0 thrashing of Southampton at St Mary's 24 hours earlier.</p>.<p>Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers believes there is even better to come from Leicester after they equalled the biggest margin of victory in the Premier League era.</p>.<p>Leicester are third after hat-tricks from Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy secured the biggest away win in English top-flight history.</p>.<p>"I think we'll get better, we will improve. Of course, the result and performance is perfect," Rodgers said.</p>.<p>"We have young players who are only going to gain even more confidence. We will get better. We certainly won't just be content with what we're doing."</p>.<p>Aside from the Liverpool-Spurs clash on Sunday, Newcastle host Wolves, Arsenal take on Crystal Palace at home and Manchester United travel to Norwich.</p>