The Premier League title race grows ever more intriguing by the week.
Leaders Manchester City beat Wolves in the early kick-off.
It finished 1-nil at the Etihad thanks to a Raheem Sterling penalty.
Elswhere, Chelsea won 3-2 at home to Leeds.
While Steven Gerrard's return to Anfield proved a frustrating one.
His Aston Villa side went down 1-nil to Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, thanks to a Mo Salah penalty.
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Meanwhile, at the Emirates, it finished Arsenal 3, Southampton 0;
Gunners captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was dropped for that one due to "a disciplinary breach".
Manager Mikel Arteta said it's not an "easy" situation, and didn't rule out a longer ban.