The three points for Eddie Howe's side lifted them above Manchester City into fifth place in the Premier League and level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea, despite still having a game in hand. Leicester, meanwhile, became the first side in the top four tiers of English football to lose eight home league games in a row without finding the net, as they sit 15 points from safety with seven games remaining. The scoring started inside the opening two minutes, with Jacob Murphy scoring the first of two tap-ins after some great work down the left wing by Tino Livramento. Murphy's second came less than 10 minutes later when Fabian Schar almost scored the goal of the season, but his audacious effort from inside his own half struck the crossbar - with the Newcastle winger reacting fastest to finish the rebound. Twenty-four minutes then passed before Howe's men extended their lead further as Joelinton easily cut inside Wout Faes and forced a diving save out of Mads Hermansen, but former Foxes winger Harvey Barnes reacted first to make it 3-0 as the boos rang out around King Power Stadium. The Foxes, who passed the 12-hour mark without scoring a goal, came within inches of finding the back of the net but Patson Daka's strike hit the inside of both posts before rolling into the hands of Nick Pope. With the points in the bag for the Magpies following a rampant first period, Howe had the luxury of taking off key players Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Murphy and Alexander Isak - with the visit of Ruben Amorim's Manchester United side on Sunday very much on the mind. As the match slowed in tempo, Ruud van Nistelrooy turned to his bench and brought on 15-year-old forward Jeremy Monga - making him the second youngest player, behind Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri, to play in the Premier League. Leicester will look to avoid a 10th loss on the spin on Saturday when they take on Brighton at Amex Stadium.

City did threaten twice at Old Trafford through Omar Marmoush but the Egypt forward could not beat United goalkeeper Andre Onana on either occasion. United created a succession of half-chances. But once Alejandro Garnacho had been sent sprawling by Ruben Dias on the edge of the City box in the opening seconds, a familiar story unfolded. As on so many occasions this season, Ruben Amorim's side did not seem as though they believed they could score. The nearest they came was 13 minutes from time when substitute Joshua Zirkzee turned a Patrick Dorgu cross goalwards but Ederson was able to push the Dutchman's effort to safety. A draw keeps United anchored in the middle of the lower half of the table but City are now sweating on a Champions League spot, remaining in fifth - which would almost certainly be enough - but with Newcastle two points behind them with two games in hand. Arguably the most inspiring moment of the whole afternoon came before kick-off when United captain Bruno Fernandes accompanied seven-year-old mascot Bobby Moore from Belfast on to the pitch. The Portugal international invited Moore to Old Trafford after seeing a video of the youngster celebrating his goal in a previous Manchester derby. In the process Moore became United's first-ever wheelchair/powerchair-using mascot.

Arne Slot's side had gone ahead through Alexis Mac Allister's superb 25-yard strike but three Fulham goals in 13 minutes turned the game on its head before half-time. Ryan Sessegnon equalised with a smart first-time finish after Andreas Pereira's cross fell kindly for him in the box. Alex Iwobi put Marco Silva's side ahead nine minutes later as he collected Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson's poor cross-field ball on the edge of the box and, after his initial shot was blocked, his second flew in via a deflection off the Scotland captain. The third came when a Fulham corner was only cleared to the edge of the box, Iwobi made of a mess of his attempt to put it back into the middle but Rodrigo Muniz kept it alive. A brilliant touch around the corner put him through on goal and the Brazilian striker finished calmly under Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher. Luis Diaz pulled one back for the visitors in the 72nd minute, stabbing into the bottom corner from fellow substitute Conor Bradley's pass, but Liverpool were unable to force an equaliser. It was another substitute, Harvey Elliott, who came closest to drawing the league leaders level but his curling effort bounced back off the bar. Elliott and Federico Chiesa had half chances in stoppage time but neither unduly troubled Bernd Leno in the Fulham goal. Liverpool stay 11 points clear at the top with seven games remaining and need a maximum of 11 more points to secure a record-equalling 20th league title. Meanwhile, victory boosts Fulham's chances of European qualification as they move up to eighth, five points behind Chelsea in fourth.

Hansi Flick's side will be disappointed, though, that their dominant performance did not result in victory as their seven-match winning run in all competitions was ended by the disciplined visitors. Some brilliant one-touch football sent midfielder Gavi through in the seventh minute and the 20-year-old opened the scoring for the hosts with a composed finish from a tight angle. But Betis were level 10 minutes later as defender Natan headed home Giovani lo Celso's corner. Full-back Jules Kounde had Barca's best chance to retake the lead when his strike from close range on his weaker foot was saved by the body of Betis goalkeeper Adrian midway through the second half. A draw also ended the visitors' own four-match winning run as in-form forwards Cucho Hernandez and Manchester United loanee Antony failed to fire. Earlier on Saturday, Real Madrid were sunk by a 95th-minute Valencia winner as they lost to Los Ches for the first time since 2008. Barcelona next host Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.

The result means leaders Liverpool require only 11 points from their remaining eight games - starting with Fulham on Sunday - to guarantee themselves the title. The first half an hour was a tetchy, stop-start affair but Arsenal broke the deadlock on 34 minutes with the first shot on target of the contest as Leandro Trossard drilled home a cool finish on the counter following Raheem Sterling's pass. Goalscorer Trossard could have doubled his tally on the stroke of half-time but his toe-poked effort was scrambled away by Jordan Pickford, while Declan Rice's follow-up was blocked. Everton equalised when they were awarded a penalty a minute into the second half - Myles Lewis-Skelly bundling over Jack Harrison inside the box and Iliman Ndiaye nervelessly stroking in the spot-kick. The Toffees were rejuvenated after a poor first half showing and Abdoulaye Doucoure forced David Raya into a sharp save low down while at the other end, Rice's thunderous free-kick was batted away by England team-mate Pickford. Neither side were able to find a winning goal as Everton provided a boost to local rivals Liverpool by claiming a point.