EPL Table: 2016 Premier League Standings After Sunday's Week 9 Matches

Manchester City regained top spot in the Premier League despite stretching their run without a win to five matches in all competitions, after being held to a draw at home by Southampton. Later, Chelsea destroyed Jose Mourinho's Manchester United to move into the top four.

City drew 1-1 with Southampton at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, after Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench to cancel out Nathan Redmond's opener.

Redmond had scored after profiting from a mistake by Citizens centre-back John Stones. Iheanacho's goal secured the point to take City back above Arsenal and Liverpool on goal difference, while the Saints stay eighth.

Later in the day, Chelsea laid down a marker in the title race by hammering Manchester United 4-0 to ruin Jose Mourinho's return to Stamford Bridge. The Blues scored four to go fourth, while United remain rooted in seventh.

Here are the scores from Sunday's matches:

Home	Score	Away
Manchester City	1-1	Southampton
Chelsea	4-0	Manchester United

Here's what those results mean for the standings:

Position	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal Difference	Points
1	Manchester City	9	6	2	1	11	20
2	Arsenal	9	6	2	1	10	20
3	Liverpool	9	6	2	1	9	19
4	Chelsea	9	6	1	2	10	19
5	Tottenham Hotspur	9	5	4	0	9	19
6	Everton	9	4	3	2	5	15
7	Manchester United	8	4	2	2	5	14
8	Southampton	9	3	4	2	3	13
9	Watford	9	3	3	3	0	12
10	Bournemouth	9	3	3	3	0	12
11	Crystal Palace	9	3	2	4	0	11
12	Leicester City	9	3	2	4	-4	11
13	West Bromwich Albion	9	2	4	3	0	10
14	Burnley	9	3	1	5	-5	10
15	West Ham United	9	3	1	5	-7	10
16	Stoke City	9	2	3	4	-7	9
17	Middlesbrough	9	1	4	4	-4	7
18	Hull City	9	2	1	6	-14	7
19	Swansea City	9	1	2	6	-7	5
20	Sunderland	9	0	2	7	-10	2

Recap

Chelsea wasted no time making it a painful day for their former manager. The United chief saw Pedro score after just 30 seconds, and Gary Cahill had made it two just shy of 21 minutes.

It was a worthy lead for a Chelsea squad utterly dominant in the first half.

The Blues were marauding and intelligent going forward, but their attacking raids were underpinned by owning the midfield. In particular, N'Golo Kante was running the show, per Squawka:

Kante even got on the scoresheet, netting Chelsea's fourth, but only after the irrepressible Eden Hazard had made it 3-0 in the second half. The lopsided margin of defeat marked a new career low for Mourinho:

It's a rarity for a Mourinho-managed team to concede four goals in England's top flight, according to BBC's Match of the Day:

A heavy defeat doesn't happen often for Mourinho, but as WhoScored.com pointed out, he's not been used to winning too often recently:

United are far from out of the title race, just six points off the pace thanks to City's stalemate. Yet there's clearly plenty of work to be done before Mourinho can field a team better suited to his pragmatic, counter-attacking philosophy.

In Manchester, Stones made his blunder at a time when City were typically bossing possession. He appeared to play his pass back toward goalkeeper Claudio Bravo without looking. His casual assumption proved fatal as Redmond raced clear and finished coolly.

From then on, the Saints were functional and disciplined off the ball, while clever and efficient on it. Manager Claude Puel's men kept a compact shape, a central block that forced City to pass sideways and slow the pace of the game.

Their stubborn structure was best revealed by this telling statistic from BBC's Match of the Day:

City were laboured, so Guardiola introduced Iheanacho for the second half. The super sub did what he usually does, namely find the net, this time by cleverly turning in Leroy Sane's scruffy cross to finally break Southampton's resolve.

Coming up with crucial goals has become a forte for Iheanacho. He's become efficient with his chances:

City pushed for the winner, but they weren't getting enough from their main players. In particular, striker Sergio Aguero was kept quiet.

Saints centre-backs Virgil van Dijk and Jose Fonte were denying the Argentinian goal-getter space. It meant City's No. 10 hadn't been much of a factor ahead of the final 20 minutes, according to Squawka:

Ultimately, Southampton preserved the point without too much fuss.

City have returned to the summit, but Guardiola knows there's still plenty of room for improvement. The manager was obviously making that case to his team afterwards, according to BBC reporter Steve Bower:

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45 mins after end of game at Etihad stadium Man city players still locked in the dressing room @BBCMOTD

— Steve Bower (@SteveBowercomm) October 23, 2016"

City are at least in a commanding position while they try to improve on the fly. Yet Guardiola will have to be wary of Chelsea after what the Blues showed at the Bridge.

As for Mourinho and United, the balance between defence and attack has eluded them in big matches so far this season. It's a potentially fatal problem in this title race.