EPL Table: 2018 Standings After Saturday's Week 24 Results and Top Scorers

Sergio Aguero's hat-trick saw Manchester City restore their 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League after beating Newcastle United 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Arsenal put an end to their 2018 winless streak in style as they bulldozed Crystal Palace 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium, where Nacho Monreal helped inspire the Gunners' first victory of the year.

Alvaro Morata was suspended as Chelsea demolished Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 at the Amex Stadium, but Eden Hazard picked up two goals to take his league tally for the season up to eight.

Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku couldn't add to his own batch of goals at Turf Moor but did tee up Anthony Martial for a terrific 1-0 winner against Burnley, temporarily closing the gap on leaders Manchester City to nine points.

Leicester City and Stoke City each clinched 2-0 home wins against Watford and Huddersfield Town, respectively, while West Bromwich Albion and Bournemouth drew away at Everton and West Ham United.

Read on for a roundup of Saturday's Premier League results, 

Week 24 Results

Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Chelsea

Burnley 0-1 Manchester United

Everton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

Leicester City 2-0 Watford

Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace

Stoke City 2-0 Huddersfield Town

West Ham United 1-1 Bournemouth

Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United

Premier League Standings (Goal Difference)

1. Manchester City 65 (52)

2. Manchester United 53 (33)

3. Chelsea 50 (29)

4. Liverpool 47 (26)

5. Tottenham Hotspur 44 (25)

6. Arsenal 42 (14)

7. Leicester City 34 (4)

8. Burnley 34 (-2)

9. Everton 28 (-13)

10. Watford 26 (-11)

11. West Ham United 26 (-12)

12. Bournemouth 25 (-11)

13. Crystal Palace 25 (-15)

14. Huddersfield Town 24 (-22)

15. Newcastle United 23 (-10)

16. Brighton & Hove Albion 23 (-16)

17. Stoke City 23 (-25)

18. Southampton 21 (-11)

19. West Bromwich Albion 20 (-12)

20. Swansea City 17 (-21)

Visit the official Premier League website for a breakdown of the table in full.

Top Scorers

1. Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur: 20

2. Mohamed Salah, Liverpool: 18

3. Sergio Aguero, Manchester City: 15

4. Raheem Sterling, Manchester City: 14

5. Romelu Lukaku, Manchester United: 11

6. Alvaro Morata, Chelsea: 10

7. Roberto Firmino, Liverpool: 10

8. Wayne Rooney, Everton: 10

9. Jamie Vardy, Leicester City: 10

10. Alexandre Lacazette, Arsenal: 9

Aguero Exploits Magpies Flaws

Aguero was at his predatory best as City dismantled Newcastle in one-sided fashion, picking apart the Magpies in a match where the Etihad hosts should have won by more after registering 21 shots on goal, per WhoScored.com.

City accounted for more than 80 per cent of possession and took 1,015 touches to Newcastle's 393, responding to last Sunday's 4-3 defeat to Liverpool as they'd hope.

Squawka put the City frontman's man-of-the-match performance into numbers, while youngster Oleksandar Zinchenko also impressed again at left-back:

Kevin De Bruyne curled in for Aguero to open the scoring before Javier Manquillo fouled in the box to gift the Argentinian a second from the spot, and Leroy Sane embarked on a sublime run to tee up his hat-trick finish.

Jacob Murphy finished coolly one-on-one at 2-1 down, but Newcastle were ultimately the unfortunate victims of a City side looking to hit back from their first defeat of the season, downing Rafa Benitez's men in unforgiving style.

Jamie Vardy Breakthrough at Watford

After suffering from an almost inevitable drop-off in scoring last season, Jamie Vardy is on a trajectory to eclipse his 2016-17 goal tally after he netted his 10th of the Premier League campaign against Watford on Saturday.

The England international converted from the spot after Watford centre-back Molla Wague was adjudged to have committed a foul in the area, with Vardy improving a sensationally accurate record this term, per Match of the Day:

The Leicester frontman's quick feet have proved useful over long distances, but OptaJoe showed how they pose an advantage in tighter spots, too:

Riyad Mahrez settled the scoreline with a late addition near game's end, but Vardy's fourth goal in seven games gave the Foxes room to breathe heading in at half-time.

Leicester remain eight points off sixth-placed Arsenal, but Vardy's confidence in front of goal could yet see Claude Puel's men launch a late claim on European qualification.

Monreal's Moment, Lacazette Relief

Alexandre Lacazette may not have dreamed he'd end a nine-game scoring drought as a cameo in a game where Nacho Monreal contributed a man-of-the-match show in a 30-minute display, but a goal's a goal as far as he'll be concerned.

Monreal returned to his roots at left-back against Palace and lit up the Emirates with a goal and two assists in the opening 13 minutes before he was forced off with what appeared to be a hamstring complaint, per Match of the Day:

Lacazette finished off a sublimely worked team goal, set up with a lovely final touch from Mesut Ozil, ending his run of eight Premier League matches without a goal:

The former Lyon hitman now has nine league goals for the season and might have found that number would be higher had manager Arsene Wenger handed him a looser rein earlier on in his maiden England campaign.

Gunners will hope Monreal isn't absent for long and can return to keep offering such a major contribution in attack, while the north Londoners pray their French forward will be able to kick on after Saturday's strike.