Chris Wood scored a hat-trick as Nottingham Forest returned to winning ways with a magnificent 7-0 rout of Brighton & Hove Albion at the City Ground. Nuno Espirito Santo 's team showed no signs of being rocked by their 5-0 defeat at AFC Bournemouth last weekend, going two better against Fabian Hurzeler 's error-prone side.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scored twice in a 2-0 win at Bournemouth that put them nine points clear atop the Premier League while Nottingham Forest's Chris Wood went one better with a hat-trick in a 7-0 rout of Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

Mohamed Salah scored twice to take Liverpool nine points clear at the top of the Premier League by beating Bournemouth 2-0 on Saturday, while third-placed Nottingham Forest smashed Brighton 7-0.- Forest land a punch - Forest moved level on points with the Gunners thanks to a scintillating performance that blew Brighton away at the City Ground.

EPL table-toppers Liverpool face a tricky task in their quest for the title on Saturday as they travel to the south coast to face top-four chasing Bournemouth.  Having relegation candidates Ipswich 2-0 last weekend,