BMW PGA R3 Leaderboard: Tyrrell Hatton, Viktor Hovland in touch with leaders

Alex Noren and Adrien Saddier upstaged the headline acts at the BMW PGA Championship in an entertaining third round at Wentworth.

Overnight leader Hideki Matsuyama and playing partner Justin Rose were among the stars to endure much frustration on day three, but there are a few European Ryder Cup stars still in touch at the top.

The evergreen Noren, winner of the British Masters last month, birdied 16 and 17 and then eagled the last to cap a superb 66 that lifted him alongside Saddier on 15-under par.

"It's been a wonderful three days, a lot of fun out there," said the 2017 champion, who spent four months on the sidelines earlier this year due to a serious hamstring tear.

Saddier won in Italy in June but has endured a number of near-misses due to poor final rounds this season, and he will look to buck that trend on Sunday.

The Frenchman birdied three of the last four holes to card a 65 which briefly earned him the outright clubhouse lead.

The biggest threat to the leading pair is almost-certain to be 2020 winner Tyrrell Hatton, who vaulted 19 places up the leaderboard after making six birdies in a back-nine 31.

Hatton's 64 lifted him to 13-under par and one shot ahead of his Ryder Cup team-mate Viktor Hovland, who was the only player in the final grouping to shoot under par on Saturday.

"It was a good day's work," said a modest Hatton. "Got off to a little bit of a slow start, but the last 10 holes were great. Gave myself plenty of opportunities, and it's always nice to see putts going in."

Hovland raced into the early lead when he birdied three of the first four holes, but he bogeyed 8 and 9 and then made a mess of the 12th, running up a double-bogey 7.

But the Norwegian steadied himself and picked up a birdie at the last to get back to 12-under, while first-round leader Ludvig Aberg was one of many high-ranked players to struggle on day three.

The big Swede did birdie 18 to limit the damage to a 73, and he sits at 10-under alongside major champions Matt Fitzpatrick and Patrick Reed.

But overnight leader Matsuyama will have to come from seven shots behind if he is to celebrate his Wentworth debut with a win.

The former Masters champion fired a disappointing 76 to slip to 8-under, with Rose one further back after he was also 4-over for his third round.

Rory McIlroy raised hopes of making a big third-round move with two early birdies, but his momentum stalled with a bogey at the 6th and he then doubled the 9th.

He hit back with three birdies over the next four holes, but he carded his second double-bogey 7 of the week at the 17th before closing on 5-under, 10 shots off the lead.

Shane Lowry (68), Jon Rahm (69) and Rose are also probably too far behind to challenge from 7-under, while Bob MacIntyre will have Sunday off after becoming a victim of the extra 54-hole cut.