Liverpool sit at the top of the Premier League after a win against bottom-of-table Cardiff City.
Luis Suarez celebrated his new contract by sending Liverpool to the top of the Premier League thanks to two goals in another virtuoso display in a 3-1 home win over Cardiff City, sitting at the bottom of the table.
Manchester City moved up to second on Saturday despite a bizarre Vincent Kompany own goal in a 4-2 victory at lowly Fulham while champions Manchester United, in seventh, overcame West Ham United 3-1 through Danny Welbeck, Adnan Januzaj and Ashley Young.
Suarez expertly volleyed in the opener before setting up Raheem Sterling for the second after a superb ball from the resurgent Jordan Henderson.
It was soon 3-0 as the 26-year-old Suarez netted his 19th league goal of the season on the stroke of halftime with a curling shot from the edge of the box following more Henderson magic with a back-heel.
Liverpool hammered Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 away last weekend and could have had more against Cardiff with Suarez almost completing a hat-trick when he clipped the post.
The easy win over sixth from bottom Cardiff, and their beleaguered manager Malky Mackay, sent Liverpool a point clear at the top with 36 from 17 games.
Arsenal (35 points), who are third, can take back first position by winning at home to fourth-placed Chelsea (33) on Monday (20:00 GMT).
Suarez, again captain in the continued absence of the injured Steven Gerrard, penned a long-term deal on Friday as Liverpool try to build on a strong start and finally challenge for the title again after years of woe.
Facing one of the in-form players in world football was not what Mackay wanted at the end of a week when media reports said he had been asked to resign or be sacked by Malaysian owner Vincent Tan despite gaining promotion last season.
Cardiff fans should have been enjoying the trip to famous Anfield in their debut Premier League season but instead held up "Tan Out" banners and booed the controversial sunglasses-wearing tycoon who has also recently switched the club kit from the traditional blue to red.
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