West Ham 1-1 Stoke: It was a game noted more for its hopeful punts in the air than its actual football but the point is enough to keep West Ham seventh, level on points with Arsenal. Jonathan Walters had given Stoke an early lead on 13-minutes but Joey O'Brien rescued the point three minutes into the second half.
Fulham 1-3 Sunderland: Sunderland have now found their mojo again with their second win of the season as they beat ten man Fulham at Craven Cottage. The game was arguably lost just after the half hour mark when Brede Hangeland for a horror challenge with Lee Cattermole. Sunderland didn't take advantage until five minutes into the second half when Steven Fletcher once again scored. Mladen Petric did equalise for Fulham on 62-minutes but parity lasted for only three minutes as Carlos Cuellar scored his first goal for Sunderland. The win was confirmed with 20-minutes left courtesy of Stephane Sessegnon scoring his first of the season.
Norwich 1-0 Manchester United: Norwich complete another famous scalp at Carrow Road, overcoming an extremely disappointing United team. The winning goal came on the hour mark with former United academy player, Anthony Pilkington, scoring a great looping header from a very tight angle. United now slip a point behind City into second place.
Manchester City 5-0 Aston Villa: The Champions thump Villa to move back to the top of the table and now also have a better goal difference. David Silva gave City the lead two minutes before half-time which proved as a sucker punch. City were then given a penalty for a phantom handball nine minutes into the second half, Sergio Aguero would convert it to double their lead. There was another penalty for City on 65-minutes for another handball, which there was this time, but it was Carlos Tevez who took this one but the outcome was still the same. Two minutes later and it was 4-0 when Aguero scored his second goal of the match before Tevez rounded the rout off with 16-minutes left to play.
West Brom 2-1 Chelsea: West Brom continue their unbelievable season and remain in fourth place, succumbing Chelsea to another defeat and leaving them four points behind City and, remarkably, a point ahead of West Brom. The deadlock was broken after ten minutes courtesy of Shane Long. Eden Hazard equalised six minutes before half-time with a deflected header from short range. The winner came five minutes into the second half when Peter Odemwingie headed the ball down and through Petr Cech's legs.
Reading 2-1 Everton: Reading finally win their first game of the season and in front of their home fans. It was in fact Everton who took the lead after just ten minutes through Steven Naismith. Adam Le Fondre had become something of a super sub but was given a start today. That paid off and then some as he equalised for Reading six minutes into the second half. Reading were then awarded a penalty 11-minutes before the end and Le Fondre was on hand to convert to spot kick and move Reading out of the bottom three.
Liverpool 3-0 Wigan: Liverpool return to some of their best but still remain in the bottom half of the table. Who else but Luis Suarez would break the deadlock just two minutes into the second half. The Uruguayan would score his tenth goal in the league this season to double their advantage on 58-minutes. The win was secured when Jose Enrique scored his first Liverpool goal, only his second in England, on 65-minutes.
QPR 1-3 Southampton: Southampton earn their first away points of the season as QPR remain winless. Rickie Lambert put the Saints ahead on 23-minutes before Jason Puncheon curled a great goal into the bottom corner in first half injury time. Junior Hoilett headed QPR back into the game four minutes into the second half but if wasn't for Julio Cesar, they would have been out of it a long time ago. An Anton Ferdinand own goal, seven minutes from time, was enough to see off QPR.
Newcastle 1-2 Swansea: Swansea climb to tenth with Newcastle 12th after a good away win for the Welsh outfit. Michu broke the deadlock with his eighth goal of the season two minutes before the hour mark. Jonathan De Guzman scored his first Premiership goal three minutes from time to all but secure the points for Swansea. Demba Ba did score his eighth goal of the season in injury time but it was too little too late for Newcastle.
Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham: For the second season running, Arsenal come from behind to beat their London neighbours 5-2. Tottenham did start the better and took the lead after just ten minutes when Emmanuel Adebayor once again scored against his former club. Adebayor then went from hero to zero eight minutes when he went in two footed in a challenge on the halfway and had to be sent off. It didn't take Arsenal long to take advantage and Per Mertesacker headed Arsenal level on 24-minutes. Lukas Podolski made it 2-1 three minutes before half-time and Tottenham were then hit with a sucker punch as Olivier Giroud made it 3-1 in injury time. Santi Cazorla added a fourth on the hour mark before Gareth Bale pulled one back 19-minutes from the end. The famous fifth came from Theo Walcott in second half injury time.
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