City, Liverpool win; Man Utd held
Manchester City and Liverpool sealed dominant wins against Cardiff City and Southampton respectively while a toothless Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw with Wolves in Premier League matches.
Sergio Aguero marked his 300th appearance for City with a familiar landmark goal to set the resurgent Premier League champions on their way to a magnificent 5-0.
Aguero helped City rebound in emphatic fashion after their worst performance of the season in the home Champions League defeat by Lyon as a typical sharp, close-range finish from Bernardo Silva's pass saw him notch his 205th goal for the club.
Aguero's close-range strike just after the half-hour opened the floodgates with Silva heading home three minutes later and Ilkay Gundogan firing home a glorious third before the break to guarantee Cardiff's winless league start continued.
City, then able to stroll as they extended their unbeaten league run to 12 matches, celebrated further when record signing Riyad Mahrez joined the party with two superb second-half goals, his first for the club.
One of their main contenders for the title this season, Liverpool, maintained their perfect start to the season with a sixth straight win in as many games.
Bolstered by a thrilling last-minute win against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League in midweek, the Reds surged into the game and found a goal just 10 minutes in as Southampton defender Wesley Hoedt bundled into his own net.
Liverpool centre back Joel Matip doubled the lead in the 21st minute before Mohamed Salah silenced his critics with a goal on the stroke of half-time.
At Old Trafford, Fred scored the opening goal in the 18th minute after a sublime lay-off from Paul Pogba, who bagged two goals against Young Boys in the Champions League.
However, Manchester United failed to get a foothold on proceedings and Wolves, who had held Manchester City to a draw earlier in the season, found the equaliser through Portuguese midfielder Joao Moutinho in the 53rd minute.
Elsewhere there was a big win for Burnley, who put four unanswered goals past Bournemouth while Leicester City secured a 3-1 win against Huddersfield.