Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s record goalscorer in the Premier League, with Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo also scoring twice and Roberto Firmino adding the finishing touch with the seventh.
In the first race of the 2023 Formula One season, defending champion Max Verstappen picked up where he left off with a comfortable win and crossed the checkered flag at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Arsenal came from behind to end a nearly four-year wait for a trophy with a 3-1 win over London rivals Chelsea and lifted the Continental Cup.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best images from the weekend’s sporting action.
Salah scored twice in Liverpool’s demolition of Manchester United at Anfield (Peter Byrne/PA)Manchester United failed to prevent seventh goal at Anfield (Peter Byrne/PA)Fernando Alonso was third in Bahrain at the age of 41, Max Verstappen won and teammate Sergio Perez second (Ariel Schalit/AP).Arsenal beat Chelsea 3-1 at Selhurst Park in the Continental Cup final (John Walton/PA)Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson defended her European 800m indoor title in style as she ran off the field to claim gold (Francisco Seco/AP)Thomas Partey, wearing a Rest Well Christian Atsu t-shirt, scored Arsenal’s first goal in a thrilling last-second 3-2 comeback win over Bournemouth (John Walton/PA).Kylian Mbappe became Paris St Germain’s all-time top scorer with his 201st goal in Saturday’s 4-2 Ligue 1 win over Nantes (Franck Fife/Pool Photo/AP).Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva scored as Manchester City continued their pursuit of Premier League leaders Arsenal with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Newcastle (Martin Rickett/PA).Brennan Johnson’s double twice helped Nottingham Forest to a crucial point in their 2-2 draw with Everton (Tim Goode/PA).West Ham’s winless run from home lasted 11 games after a 4-0 defeat at Brighton (Zac Goodwin / PA).In Scotland, Rangers showed both the good and bad sides of their personality in a 3-1 win over Kilmarnock (Steve Welsh/PA).Daniil Medvedev defeated defending champion Andrey Rublev in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final to win the third consecutive title (Kamran Jebreili/AP)Sale Sharks reduced the gap at the top of the Gallagher Premiership table to six points by beating Saracens 35-24 (Nigel French/PA).
