Werner had already hit a post and the crossbar before he raced away from Jan Bednarek, rounded Fraser Forster and slotted into an empty net from an angle for Chelsea's third.
Not since 1942, though, have Espanyol finished above their world-renowned neighbours and, while only four teams have spent more seasons in La Liga, they have never won the competition, yet Barcelona have 26 titles.
Roma's Lorenzo Pellegrini also had a late penalty saved by Wojciech Szczesny after Matthijs de Ligt had been shown a second yellow card for handball.
Caroline Weir and Lisa Evans have recovered from injury and been named in the Scotland Women squad for their World Cup qualifier against Hungary and friendly against Sweden.
Before kick-off all the attention was on Christian Eriksen, who was taking on Tottenham for the first time since leaving the north Londoners in 2020, while also renewing acquaintances with Antonio Conte, who managed the Dane to Inter Milan’s first Serie A title in over a decade last season.
Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son have earned most of the plaudits for Tottenham's recent improvement, scoring seven and four goals respectively during the run of five wins from seven games which has reignited their top-four challenge.
Liverpool are known for running and recovering the ball in high areas but now they also have options to make combination passing moves, with Thiago (Alcantara) and (Sadio) Mane playing much more inside.
Unfortunately after 12 years as a professional footballer, I've been medically retired due to injury, McLaughlin, 30,
Gerrard will be disappointed his side could not maintain the defensive discipline that kept Liverpool at arm's length for so long. Villa also struggled to create any attacking impetus until it was too late, when they briefly threatened to snatch an unlikely point.
But Swansea refused to throw in the towel and went on the attack, with Cyrus Christie's pass in the 64th minute allowing Ntcham to rifle the ball into the top corner.
The U.S. national team midfielder (USMNT) has been in strong form of late for the Old Lady as well as for his country.
However, despite an impressive run of his own, the Hornets captain curled his effort past the far corner.
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Loaded with £200m from the enforced sale of Neymar and therefore in a weak bargaining position, Barca never hid the fact Coutinho was their number one target to become the 'new Iniesta' and the 'new Neymar' rolled into one.
It is alleged that Gareth Barry also breached intermediary regulations in relation to the ownership and/or funding of Swindon Town FC.
But when Mings crashed into his goalkeeper a minute after Lukaku came on, they knew they were going to be in a fight for the next 45 minutes.
Baltazar is the former assistant manager at Nottingham Forest and will lead the side in the new MLS Next Pro league.
Eurosport’s Spanish team suggested that the club may manage their transfer outlay by paying in instalments, while the club could also secure a bank loan.
Edin Dzeko connected with Ivan Perisic’s cross on the volley from inside the box to get his side off to a flying start, and notch his second goal of the season against his former employers.
I believe that I will be a Premier League manager and I believe I'm ready for that 100 per cent, and if that is with Everton one day in the future that'd be absolutely great.
How it happened...As well as their remarkable record over Watford, City arrived at Vicarage Road with a replenished squad and almost took the lead inside two minutes, when Aymeric Laporte - back from suspension - headed fit-again Foden's corner goalwards, but Joao Pedro hooked off the line.
Nice were docked two points, one of them suspended, after serious incidents during their game in August against Marseille, when visiting players clashed with home fans who pelted them with missiles and stormed onto the pitch.
Legia's collapse in form may bode poorly for their season, but it's done all sorts of interesting things to Group C. Leicester are now top but have the hardest final fixture, away at Napoli, with the Italians and Spartak Moscow just one point behind. Any of the four can go through; any can go out. The Europa League. It's a wonderful thing.
Like Leicester, West Ham are fully focused on Europe at the moment - this follows the first leg of their Europa League semi-final with Eintracht Frankfurt, which is absolutely massive for them.
At the end, they were still sprinting about and trying to win the ball back, so I'm happy with the effort I got from the players.
Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate could feature having missed the draw at Norwich after helping Senegal win the Africa Cup of Nations last weekend.
He was still a top quality player at 40. But is he right? I don't know if Bernardo is the best player in the world and I don't care.
Frank Lampard picked up his first win as Everton manager following a comprehensive 3-0 win over Leeds at Goodison Park.
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How the teams lined up | Match statsSPFL brings forward Premiership winter break | New dates confirmedFive games including Rangers vs Celtic added to Sky live schedule The on-loan Celtic man was fouled by Ross McCrorie and stepped up himself to rocket an unstoppable free-kick past Joe Lewis and into the top left corner of the net.
We've played well in some of the games, there's still some positivity to take from the game today, especially in the second half about how we competed against Leicester and that's what we can take against Chelsea but we have to do it from the first minute of the game. Opta facts: Home comforts for FoxesLeicester remain unbeaten in their last six Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W4 D2), having lost four on the bounce against the Eagles in the top-flight before this run.Crystal Palace conceded as many goals in the first half of this match as they did in their previous five Premier League games combined (2), losing for the first time since February, against Chelsea (unbeaten in five before today).Leicester have lost just one of their last nine Premier League games at the King Power Stadium (W6 D2), with that defeat coming against Tottenham in January.
Milan now lie two points clear of rivals Inter, also holding an advantage in the head-to-head tie-breaker employed in Serie A if sides are level on points, with just two games remaining.
How the teams lined up | Match statsWhile the winner was wildly celebrated, the cheers were perhaps even louder when Ollie Watkins' headed equaliser was chalked off for a marginal offside with the help of a second VAR review with an hour gone.
It had already been quite the week for Liverpool’s new £50 million ($67m) signing. He had played in two games, taken five separate flights and visited four different countries.
One thing we cannot do against Atletico is concede the first goal. Rangnick was frustrated that the officials did not award the foul on Elanga in the build-up to the game's only goal.
What the managers said...Reading's Paul Ince: We got off to a great start and got the early penalty, but, then, for some reason, I think I might have got it wrong from a technical point of view.
Mark was here longer than I was here and was an incredibly important member of our staff with his post-match analysis and the individual work he did with the players, Klopp said.
