Monday Night football returned this week as Arsenal hosted Newcastle and there was also the small matter of a rearranged Merseyside derby for a Tuesday helping. The Emirates were treated to yet another game full of drama as Arsenal move to within a point of rivals Tottenham. It was actually Newcastle who took the lead though, Hatem Ben Arfa smashing the ball past Wojiech Szczesny at his near post after 14-minutes. But the hosts went straight up the other end and Theo Walcott played Robin Van Persie through and the Dutchman made it 28 goals in his last 30 games. The winning goal came in the 95th minute; Thomas Vermaelen heading Arsenal to victory. This means that the Gunners are the first team to come from behind to win four consecutive games.
With Liverpool being involved the Carling Cup final last month, the Merseyside derby had to be postponed until today. David Moyes made six changes to the side that beat Tottenham on his 10th anniversary, it was a move that ultimately didn't pay off and he later hinted he was favouring the FA Cup at the weekend than the derby itself. The opening goal came 11-minutes before half-time when a blocked shot fell into the path of Steven Gerrard, who carefully placed the ball into the top corner. Gerrard was then on target again to cut all of Everton's second half momentum just six minutes after restart. The Liverpool captain then played Luis Suarez through on goal in injury time but the Uruguayan unselfishly laid the ball back across the goal for Gerrard to tap home his hat-trick, moving the Reds five points ahead of Everton.
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