Manchester City climbed into the Premier League's top four on Saturday, easing past Fulham 2-0 as fans returned to the English top-flight for the first time in nine months. Pep Guardiola's team have had a patchy start to the season but are now just three points behind leaders Tottenham after a dominant display at the Etihad. Earlier, Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his 11th Premier League goal of the season to rescue a point for Everton in a 1-1 draw against struggling Burnley. There were no fans at either match but West Ham welcomed 2,000 supporters to the London Stadium for the evening visit of Manchester United, with the same number due at Chelsea's match against Leeds.

City, who had won just four of their opening nine matches, are showing ominous signs they are returning to their best form after building on their 5-0 mauling of Burnley last week. They made a superb start at the Etihad, with Raheem Sterling putting them ahead inside five minutes to end his recent goal drought. The England forward, who had already had one shot saved by Alphonse Areola, raced through on goal from a measured Kevin De Bruyne pass and calmly side-footed into the far corner. De Bruyne, in Guardiola's 700th game as a manager, doubled the lead from the penalty spot after Sterling was brought down by Joachim Andersen. The Belgian rattled the bar early in the second half as City continued to dominate but they could not add to their lead.