As far as Sundays go, this was a pretty special one. Five Premiership games, including an historic Manchester derby and a shock in London all took place today.
Man Utd 1-6 Man City: Scores like this only come once in a blue moon and City fans will be over the moon that it came today. The match actually started like the FA Cup semi-final with United looking more threatening in possession, but without testing Joe Hart. City came back and their first real chance was converted when Milner pulled a cross back to Balotelli who calmly placed it into the bottom corner after 22 minutes, creating fireworks of a different kind. City managed to hold out until half-time and the second half saw United with a bigger mountain to climb; Jonny Evans allowed Balotelli in front of him and the Irishman decided to haul him down and received a straight red for last man just two minutes after the restart. From there, United lost their heads and lost complete control. City got their crucial second on the hour with Balotelli tapping home after Silva and Milner ripped the defence apart. This began a catastrophic decline in the defending of United as City went wild. Another passing move was this time rounded off by Aguero nine minutes later. United then gave themselves a half-hearted chance by making it 3-1 when Fletcher found the top corner after linking up with Hernandez with eight minutes remaining. But any hopes of a comeback were vanished when City scored their fourth; poor defending from a corner allowed Lescott to pull the ball for Dzeko to tap home from less than four yards. But City weren't finished and a counter attack allowed David Silva to slot between De Gea's legs in injury time, the rout was complete two minutes later when Dzeko scored his second when Silva put the Bosnia international through. Maybe even more worryingly for United, they now haven't won their last three league games as City remain unbeaten.
QPR 1-0 Chelsea: The other shock came at Loftus Road and QPR secured the surprise result so far this season of the newly promoted teams. The lone goal after ten minutes when Helguson was shoved over by Luiz to concede a penalty, Helguson stepped up and converted the penalty despite Cech getting a hand to it. It got worse for Chelsea when Bosingwa was sent off for bringing Wright-Phillips down as last man after 33 minutes. Any chances of survival with ten men was tarnished when Drogba went in two footed on Taarabt and took Chelsea to nine men with four minutes still to play in the first half. Somehow QPR failed to extend their lead over the nine men and Chelsea even had chances to equalise but QPR take all three points.
Fulham 1-3 Everton: It took Everton just three minutes to break the deadlock when Drenthe screamed a shot into the bottom corner. But it didn't put Fulham out of it and they equalised with Bryan Ruiz scoring his first for the club after 68 minutes with a delightful chip over Tim Howard. Everton then retook the lead in injury time after countless of great Fulham chances; Saha beat substitute Hughes all ends up before poking it past Schwarzer. The points were then wrapped up when Rodwell stroked the ball home from the edge of the box after a free-kick was rebounded to him.
Arsenal 3-1 Stoke: Whisper it quietly but Arsenal have now won six of their last seven matches with this victory over Stoke in their 100th game at the Emirates. Arsenal took the lead after 27 minutes when Gervinho was chipped in by Wilshere and the Ivorian slotted home. But there could have been a surprise on the cards when Stoke equalised seven minutes later after a free-kick was poorly defended and Crouch tapped home from short range. Arsenal required their talisman to get them out of trouble and Van Persie came off the bench to answer the call. The Dutchman made it 2-1 after placing home a Gervinho pull back with seventeen minutes left. Van Persie then secured the points with the same combination producing the same outcome.
Blackburn 1-2 Tottenham: Blackburn remain with only one win to their name this season after yet another defeat. The visitors took the lead after fifteen minutes when Walker pulled the ball back to Van Der Vaart and Dutchman broke the deadlock for the fourth game in a row. Blackburn equalised after 28 minutes with Formica hitting a volley past Friedel. But Van Der Vaart was on hand to steal the points for Spurs with a splendid curler just eight minutes into the second half.
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