Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City: The goalless draw sees City fall a point behind United at the top with Chelsea five points behind the leaders and even behind West Brom. it was Rafa Benitez's first game in charge since the controversial sacking of Roberto Di Matteo and the fans made sure everyone knew who they preferred. It's not a good start for the former Liverpool boss and he needs to win the fans over rather quickly to avoid turmoil at the club.
Tottenham 3-1 West Ham: Tottenham go level on points with Arsenal after this London derby. Jermain Defoe put Spurs ahead just before half-time. Gareth Bale made it 2-0 13-minutes into the second half before Defoe wrapped it up with his second on 64-minutes. Andy Carroll got the consolation for the Hammers eight minutes before the end.
Southampton 2-0 Newcastle: Southampton move out of the relegation zone by a point courtesy of this home win. Adam Lallana scored the opening goal 11-minutes before half-time before Gaston Ramirez doubled their advantage on the hour mark. Newcastle have now slipped down into a battle they shouldn't be involved in, just four points above the drop.
Swansea 0-0 Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers' return to the Liberty ended pretty well as Liverpool keep a clean sheet and manage to take a point. Liverpool do still sit in the bottom half of the table though as Swansea move a point ahead into ninth.
Manchester United 3-1 QPR: United celebrate their unveiling of the new Sir Alex Ferguson statue with another comeback victory, this time over QPR with new manager, Harry Redknapp in attendance. United haven't lost three games on the spin since 2001 but it was more than on the cards when Jamie Mackie scored his first goal since that famous one against Manchester City on the last day of the season. It came as a result of an undefended short corner where Kieron Dyer's low cross was parried to Mackie who was a yard out seven minutes after half-time. United levelled on the 64th minute when a corner was headed goal bound before Jonny Evans nipped in a headed home from underneath the crossbar to mark his 100th league game. Another header from a corner put United 2-1 ahead four minutes later with Darren Fletcher rising on his first Premiership start since his illness. The points were then wrapped up with 18-minutes to play when substitute Anderson played the ball through to fellow substitute, Javier Hernandez, for the Mexican to slot home. United go top with Manchester City playing Chelsea tomorrow, QPR are still winless but Harry Redknapp definitely provides a light at the end of the tunnel.
Sunderland 2-4 West Brom: West Brom continue their unbelievable start to the season, remaining four points behind United in third place. The visitors were ahead on the half hour mark when Zoltan Gera found a great shot into the top corner despite Simon Mignolet getting a hand to it. Mignolet suffered a howler when he slid out to collect the ball, but he never got two hands on it and Shane Long took it from him before rolling the ball over the line just before half-time. Sunderland pulled one back on 73-minutes through a deflected Craig Gardner free-kick. Liam Ridgewell was then adjudged to have been fouled by Adam Johnson in the box, but there was actually no contact, and West Brom were awarded the penalty nine minutes from time, Romelu Lukaku placed it into the bottom corner. Sunderland set up a tense final few minutes when Stephane Sessegnon smashed a parried corner into the roof of the net three minutes from the end. But the points were once again guaranteed when Marc-Antoine Fortune curled a shot into the bottom corner after Lukaku had sprung a counter attack. Sunderland have rubbished rumours that Martin O'Neill has handed in his resignation and state he is still in charge at the Stadium of Light.
Wigan 3-2 Reading: Wigan now move four points clear of the relegation courtesy of a Jordi Gomez perfect hat-trick. It was actually Sean Morrison who headed Reading ahead ten minutes before half-time, his first senior goal for the Royals. The equaliser came 13-minutes into the second half when Gomez finished off a Franco Di Santo cross at the second attempt. Gomez then made it 2-1 with a great diving header from a Jean Beausejour cross ten minutes later. Ali Al-Habsi then made a huge error when Hal Robson-Kanu saw his shot loop into the air, the keeper tried to turn it over the bar but he ended up hitting it before the ball went into the net off of his back with ten minutes. But Al-Habsi's blushes were saved in injury time when Arouna Kone squared the ball to Gomez to complete his hat-trick.
Everton 1-1 Norwich: Norwich secure another famous point at Goodison Park. Steven Naismith opened the scoring with his third goal on his third start after 12-minutes. Norwich then stole a point from the jaws of defeat in stoppage time when Sebastien Bassong headed in off the crossbar from a dubious free-kick, his first goal for Norwich.
Stoke 1-0 Fulham: Stoke go level on points with Fulham in this mid-table battle after victory at the Britannia. The only goal of the game came from Charlie Adam with a good shot on the turn from six yards on 26-minutes.
Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal: Villa end their trio of hellish games with a well deserved point against Arsenal. The Gunners didn't look too interested for much of the game and only one shot on target reflects this. Villa have a case for taking all three points and they came closest to a winner when a Brett Holman shot was turned onto the bar by Wojiech Szczesny. Villa do remain in the bottom three though by a point.
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