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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 20 AUGUST 2017 47 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Lethal United hit four again, Liverpool scrape first win MANCHESTER United contin- ued their sparkling start to the new Premier League season with a 4-0 victory at Swansea but it was a bad day for Arsenal. United dominated for long pe- riods as they justified 4/11 fa- vouritism but with 10 minutes to go they led by only a single goal - Eric Bailly poking home just be- fore half time after Paul Pogba's header had hit the underside of the bar. However, three goals in a four- minute spell late on saw them to a second successive 4-0 victory - they also beat West Ham by the same scoreline last week. Romelu Lukaku again found the target to effectively seal the points before French pair Pogba and Anthony Martial put the cherry on United's cake. New singing Jese scored the only goal of the game in the Midlands where the Gunners had an Alexandre Lacazette 'goal' ruled out by the narrowest of offside decisions and also saw home keeper Jack Butland make a host of saves. Sadio Mane cut through home frustrations at Anfield to fire Liverpool to a patchy 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, as Jurgen Klopp's men secured their first victory of the league campaign. Palace remain winless and pointless from their opening two clashes under new boss Frank de Boer. Charlie Austin's stoppage-time penalty sealed Southampton's 3-2 win over 10-man West Ham at St Mary's. Saints raced into a two-goal lead, ending their home drought at 556 minutes, as Manolo Gab- biadini and Dusan Tadic found the net. Marko Arnautovic was red- carded for an elbow on Jack Ste- phens, while former Saints de- fender Jose Fonte conceded the penalty that allowed Tadic to put the hosts 2-0 to the good. Italy striker Gabbiadini ended his own nine-match barren run, with the Saints seemingly coast- ing after two goals and with West Ham reduced to 10 men. Javier Hernandez poached two goals to level the scores however, and Saints appeared to be head- ing for a frustrating draw. But Pablo Zabaleta fouled Maya Yoshida at the death, and Austin dispatched Saints' sec- ond spot-kick of the match, to seal the spoils. Shinji Okazaki and Harry Maguire found the net for Leicester's 2-0 home win over promoted Brighton, whose wait to get off the Premier League mark continues. Okazaki handed the hosts the lead after just one minute, before former Hull defender Maguire's second-half goal wrapped up the win. Hal Robson-Kanu claimed the winning goal but was later sent off as 10-man West Brom edged home 1-0 at Burnley. Wales forward Robson-Kanu was dismissed for an elbow on Matt Lowton five minutes from time, and some 14 minutes after putting the visitors into the lead. Brazilian striker Richarlison struck his first Premier League goal as Watford ground their way past Bournemouth 2-0 at Dean Court. The summer signing from Flu- minense converted Andre Gray's cross for Watford's first goal, be- fore Etienne Capoue sealed the Hornets' win with a late 25-yard strike. Paul Pogba (l) and Anthony Martial were both on target for United at Swansea Sadio Mane put Liverpool in front