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Top-four race

The race for third and fourth place behind Arsenal and City is heating up, too, with Newcastle, Manchester United and Tottenham all winning.

Newcastle came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 thanks to an own-goal by David Raya and a strike by Alexander Isak, while Manchester United overwhelmed Everton 2-0 at Old Trafford.

Scott McTominay and Anthony Martial scored United's goals in a match that ended with a big injury concern as Marcus Rashford hobbled off with a suspected groin problem.

Newcastle, in third, and Man United, in fourth, are tied for points and have three more than Tottenham, which beat Brighton 2-1 courtesy of Harry Kane's winner. It was his 23rd goal of the season.

Both team managers — Tottenham's Cristian Stellini and Brighton's Roberto De Zerbi — were issued red cards for a touchline scuffle by the time Kane ran onto a cutback from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and scored with a fierce drive in the 79th.

Tottenham has played one more game than Newcastle and Man United.

Lampard's return

It wasn't the return to Chelsea that Frank Lampard would have hoped.

His second spell as the team's manager started with a 1-0 loss at Wolverhampton in a match that probably meant more to the host, which is among the many clubs involved in a scrap to avoid relegation. Matheus Nunes scored with a rasping, first-time strike into the far corner.

While the win pushed Wolves four points clear of the bottom three, Chelsea moves on to a competition that will define the end to its season — the Champions League.

Chelsea visits Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday, with Lampard giving N'Golo Kante the weekend off to ensure he is fit after a long injury.

Lampard, a former Chelsea player and manager, has been appointed interim coach until the end of the season after the firing of Graham Potter and is still learning about his expensively assembled team that is languishing in 11th place.

"There has been a lot of change and that's not an excuse but things need to improve," Lampard said, "and I think that performance summed it up."