Manchester City 2-1 Tottenham: City remain unbeaten and two points behind Manchester United after coming back to beat Tottenham. Steven Caulker smashed Spurs ahead after 21-minutes. But the hosts battled back and were dominant throughout the second half. So it was no surprise to see Sergio Aguero level the match on 65-minutes. Not for the first time this season has Edin Dzeko come off the bench to seal the points for City and he did again here. The Bosnian finished off a superb shot from behind two minutes from time to win the match for the champions.
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool: Liverpool snatch a point at Chelsea to leave the European champions three points off the top. John Terry headed Chelsea ahead after 20-minutes but his match was cut short after he had to be stretchered off before half-time for suffering knee ligament damage via a accidental Luis Suarez challenge. There's no keeping that Uruguayan out of the headlines and it wouldn't have been anyone else to equalise for them. He headed a goal bound Jamie Carragher shot home from two yards with 17-minutes remaining.
Newcastle 0-1 West Ham: In a game with so many players and managers returning to their former clubs, it was no surprise to see one of them decide the game. After having a goal wrongly disallowed for offside last week, Kevin Nolan beat the offside trap again to tap home a wayward shot eight minutes before half-time.
Aston Villa 2-3 Manchester United: United come from behind yet again to win a match. They weren't at the races for most of the match despite having a lot of possession and would be hit with a sucker punch just before half-time when Andreas Weimann put Villa ahead in injury time. United hadn't fully recovered despite replacing Ashley Young for Javier Hernandez and another breakaway saw Christian Benteke out muscle Chris Smalling before playing the ball across goal for Weimann to net again five minutes into the second period. Eight minutes later and United one back with the inform Hernandez getting the goal. It would be 2-2 on 63-minutes when another Hernandez shot was deflected in by Ron Vlaar. The winner came three minutes from time when the Mexican scored with a free header from a Robin Van Persie free-kick.
Arsenal 3-3 Fulham: Arsenal simply didn't want to win this match after throwing away a 2-0 lead and missing an injury time penalty. Olivier Giroud opened the scoring on 11-minutes before Lukas Podolski doubled their advantage on 23-minutes. The game already looked to be comfortably won by Arsenal but Fulham pulled a goal back six minutes through the in form Dimitar Berbatov. The Bulgarian then became provider, setting up first half substitute Alex Kacaniklic to level the game five minutes before half-time. The game would ultimately be a battle of penalties as Berbatov coolly made it 3-2 from the spot on 67-minutes. Arsenal were level two minutes when Giroud also netted his second of the match. The hosts were then awarded a penalty for handball in injury time, Mikel Arteta stepped up but his effort was brilliantly saved by Mark Schwarzer to keep the teams level.
Everton 2-1 Sunderland: Everton continue to sit fourth after coming back from behind. Sunderland broke their drought in first half injury time when Adam Johnson broke the deadlock. But two goals in three minutes sealed the victory for the hosts. Marouane Fellaini scored once again to level the match on 76-minutes before Nikica Jelavic won the game with a real striker's finish.
Wigan 1-2 West Brom: The Baggies continue to overachieve this season as the also remain fifth, level on points with Everton. James Morrison gave West Brom the lead just after the half hour mark. It would be 2-0 two minutes before half-time courtesy of a Gary Caldwell own goal. Arouna Kone did pull one back a minute later but they couldn't find an equaliser.
Southampton 1-1 Swansea: Southampton remain winless after giving Swansea a point. Morgan Schneiderlin did look to give Saints the victory on 64-minutes. But a Maya Yoshida mistake allowed Nathan Dyer to take full advantage an equalise with 17-minutes remaining.
Stoke 1-0 QPR: QPR are now bottom of the table and also still without a victory after their trip to the Britannia. A Charlie Adam free-kick was all that was needed to separate the sides seven minutes into the second half.
Reading 0-0 Norwich: Reading continue to complete the bottom three and also remain without a victory. On the brighter side for the Royals, they have now only lost one in six, accumulating five draws.
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