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MatchDay 21 Saturday, January 11, 2014 |
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Time
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Home
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Away
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TV
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Attendance
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12:45 |
Hull
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0-2 |
Chelsea |
BT1 |
24,924 |
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15:00 |
Cardiff |
0-2 |
West Ham |
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27,750 |
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15:00 |
Everton |
2-0 |
Norwich
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36,827 |
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15:00 |
Fulham
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1-4 |
Sunderland
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25,564 |
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15:00 |
Southampton
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1-0 |
West Brom |
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28,610 |
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15:00 |
Tottenham |
2-0 |
C.Palace
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36,102 |
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17:30 |
Man Utd |
2-0 |
Swansea |
Sky1
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75,035 |
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MatchDay 21 Sunday, January 12, 2014 |
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14:05 |
Newcastle
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0-2 |
Man City |
Sky1
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49,423 |
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16:10 |
Stoke |
3-5 |
Liverpool |
Sky1
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27,160 |
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MatchDay 21 Monday, January 13, 2014 |
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20:00 |
Aston Villa |
1-2 |
Arsenal
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Sky1
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36,097 |
Premier League MatchDay 21 saw three table toppers Chelsea on Saturday,
Manchester City on Sunday and finally Arsenal on Monday.
Saturday kicked off with goals from Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres that sent
Chelsea top of the Premier League, albeit it for an afternoon, as they cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory over
Hull at the KC Stadium.
West Ham eased some of the pressure off manager Sam Allardyce after they edged out
Cardiff 2-0. The Hammers had conceded 11 goals in their last two outings so were also happy to keep a clean sheet. With Andy Carroll making a first appearance of the season as a substitute this was a good day for Allardyce with co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan in attendance
Everton were comfortable 2-0 winners over
Norwich. Gareth Barry superbly gave them the lead 23 minutes in after firing in his effort from 20 yards out, with the fine strike being his 50th in the Premier League. Everton boss Roberto Martinez may have concerns about how his side's concentration wandered towards the end but victory wrapped up a fine day for the Toffees.
| Premiership table
- after 13th Jan 2014 |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Arsenal |
21 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
18 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
23 |
13 |
22 |
48 |
| 2 |
Man City |
21 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
21 |
17 |
36 |
47 |
| 3 |
Chelsea |
21 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
11 |
21 |
46 |
| 4 |
Liverpool |
21 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
27 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
24 |
20 |
25 |
42 |
| 5 |
Everton |
21 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
21 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
15 |
41 |
| 6 |
Tottenham |
21 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
13 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
12 |
1 |
40 |
| 7 |
Man Utd |
21 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
14 |
11 |
37 |
| 8 |
Newcastle |
21 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
15 |
2 |
33 |
| 9 |
Southampton |
21 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
11 |
4 |
30 |
| 10 |
Hull |
21 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
19 |
-5 |
23 |
| 11 |
Aston Villa |
21 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
16 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
11 |
-7 |
23 |
| 12 |
Stoke |
21 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
14 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
23 |
-13 |
22 |
| 13 |
Swansea |
21 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
18 |
17 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
13 |
-4 |
21 |
| 14 |
West Brom |
21 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
12 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
16 |
-5 |
21 |
| 15 |
Norwich |
21 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
-18 |
20 |
| 16 |
Fulham |
21 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
14 |
22 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
24 |
-24 |
19 |
| 17 |
West Ham |
21 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
16 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
14 |
-9 |
18 |
| 18 |
Cardiff |
21 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
17 |
-19 |
18 |
| 19 |
Sunderland |
21 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
17 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
17 |
-15 |
17 |
| 20 |
C. Palace |
21 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
17 |
-18 |
17 |
Sunderland are no longer occupying bottom spot after they collected a 4-1 win at
Fulham thanks to Adam Johnson's hat trick. The 11-cap England midfielder laid on Sunderland's other goal as Gus Poyet's men drove to a comprehensive win at Craven Cottage.
Southampton's man-of-the-season so far Adam Lallana struck the only goal of the game as the Saints defeated
West Brom 1-0. Lallana converted from close range in the second half from Gaston Ramirez's neat flick over Jonas Olsson in the West Brom defence.
Christian Eriksen and Jermain Defoe ensured Tim Sherwood's good start to full-time life in the
Tottenham hot seat continued as Spurs saw off
Crystal Palace 2-0 at White Hart Lane. Spurs boss Sherwood spent a large part of the first half yelling at his players, who could not string a series of passes together. The home crowd started getting on their team's back too.
Manchester United halted their three-match losing streak against
Swansea as second-half goals from Antonio Valencia and Danny Welbeck eased the pressure on beleaguered manager David Moyes. Swansea had won at at Old Trafford, for the first time in last weekend's FA Cup tie, however the Welsh side were unable to repeat their heroics as United rediscovered the form that earned them six straight wins before that awful start to 2014.
Edin Dzeko and Alvaro Negredo scored as
Manchester City moved to the top of the Barclays Premier League with a controversial 2-0 victory in the encounter at
Newcastle. The Bosnian striker set the visitors on their way to a 10th successive win over the Magpies with an early finish and Negredo struck in added time as City extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 15 games. However, the home side were hugely aggrieved to see a 34th-minute Cheick Tiote equaliser ruled out by referee Mike Jones for offside.
Strikers Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge rekindled their deadly partnership to help
Liverpool record their first league victory at
Stoke in more than 29 years. However, the 5-3 scoreline by no means tells the whole story as it was a stuttering performance interspersed with moments of predatory brilliance which saw the Reds squander a 2-0 lead.
But with two goals from Suarez taking his tally to 22 in 16 league games and Sturridge scoring his 12th of the season Brendan Rodgers' side had enough firepower to see off their hosts.
Quickfire goals from Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud sent
Arsenal back to the top of the Barclays Premier League with a 2-1 win at
Aston Villa. The closing stages were scrappy and frantic - amid which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made his long-awaited Arsenal comeback. Arsenal's record of having not lost at Villa Park since 1998 was maintained but Villa's finish, despite a run of just one win in seven games, will offer encouragement.
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12:45 Hull (0) 0 Chelsea (0) 2 ~ BTSports 1
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Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres struck as Chelsea overcame Hull City 2-0 at the KC Stadium to go top of the Premier League.
Chelsea made the vital breakthrough on 56 minutes when David Luiz and Ashley Cole played in Hazard, who cut inside from the left and drilled a powerful finish into the bottom corner.
Torres then put the result beyond any doubt on 87 minutes when he had enough pace to jockey Alex Bruce out of position as he bore down on goal before finishing crisply past Allan McGregor.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first Premier League match as Cardiff manager ended in defeat as West Ham posted a 2-0 win in south Wales, despite being reduced to 10 men with 20 minutes to go.
Hull (4-5-1): McGregor 7; Chester 6 (Fryatt 77), Bruce 5, Davies 6, Figueroa 5; Elmohamady 5, Livermore 6, Huddlestone 6, Meyler 6 (Koren 67, 6), Boyd 6 (Quinn 83); Sagbo 5
Subs not used: Harper, Rosenior, Graham, Faye.
Booked: Livermore, Figueroa.
Chelsea (4-5-1): Cech 6; Azpiliucueta 5, Cahill 6, Terry 6, Cole 6; Willian 7 (Schurrle 87), Ramires 6 (Essien 89), Luiz 7, Oscar 6 (Mikel 79), Hazard 8; Torres 6
Subs not used: Schwarzer, Mata, Eto'o, Bertrand
Scorers: Hazard 56, Torres 87
Booked: Cahill.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg 6.
Attendance: 24,924
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15:00 Cardiff (0) 0 West Ham (1) 2 |
West Ham lost Guy Demel to injury after just 10 minutes when the full-back was caught in the face by team-mate Roger Johnson and was then taken to hospital to be assessed.
Cardiff thought they had taken the lead just after the half-hour mark when Kim Bo-kyung's deflected shot came back off the bar, but did not bounce over the line before Fraizer Campbell was penalised for bundling West Ham keeper Adrian over the line.
The visitors then took the lead three minutes before half-time when Matt Jarvis played in a first-time cross from the right and Carlton Cole finished past David Marshall.
The Hammers' cause suffered a blow on 72 minutes when fit-again defender James Tomkins was shown a second yellow card after catching Campbell. But Mark Noble drilled home an injury-time second to make the game safe for West Ham, who move out of the relegation zone and drop their opponents into the bottom three.
Cardiff: Marshall 6, Theophile-Catherine 5, John 6, Whittingham 5, Caulker 6, Hudson 5 (Cornelius 78), Noone 6, Medel 6 (Wolff Eikrem 65, 6), Campbell 6, Kim 6, Odemwingie 6 (Bellamy 46, 7)
Subs not used: Turner, Gunnarsson, McNaughton, Lewis
Booked: Medel
West Ham: Adrian 7, Demel 6 (McCartney 17, 5), Rat 6, Taylor 6, Johnson 5, Tomkins 5, Downing 7, Noble 7, C Cole 7 (Carroll 72 , 6), Collison 6 (Diarra 75, 6), Jarvis 7
Subs not used: Maiga, DIame, Jaaskelainen, Cole
Scorers: Cole 42, Noble 90
Booked: McCartney, Johnson, Tomkins, Diarra
Red card: Tomkins
Referee: Lee Mason 7
Attendance: 27,750
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15:00 Everton (1) 2 Norwich (0) 0
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Everton moved back up to fourth spot in the standings after posting a comfortable 2-0 success over Norwich City at Goodison Park.
The Toffees took the lead midway through the first half when Romelu Lukaku laid the ball off to Gareth Barry and the midfielder was allowed to stride forward before arrowing a rising 25-yard shot beyond John Ruddy.
Norwich keeper Ruddy was again left grasping at air for Everton's second goal on 59 minutes when Kevin Mirallas curled a 25-yard free-kick up and over the wall.
Everton (4-2-3-1): Howard 6, Coleman 7, Stones 7, Jagielka 7, Baines 7: McCarthy 7, Barry 8: Mirallas 7, Osman 6 (Heitinga 69mins 6), Pienaar 7 (Naismith 71mins 6): Lukaku 7.
Subs not used: Robles (GK), Hibbert, Oviedo, Naismith, Gueye, Vellios
Scorers: Barry 23, Mirallas 59
Booked: Stones
Norwich (4-4-2): Ruddy 6, Whittaker 6, Bennett 6, Bassong 5, Olsson 6: Snodgrass 6, Fer 6, Johnson 6, Garrido 5 (Redmond 66mins 7): Hooper 5, van Wolfswinkel 6 (Murphy 88mins).
Subs not used: Bunn (GK), Martin, Hoolahan, Elmander, Fox
Booked: Bennett, Bassong
Referee: Kevin Friend
Attendance: 36,827
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15:00 Fulham (0) 1 Sunderland (2) 4
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Adam Johnson scored the first hat-trick of his career as Sunderland moved up a spot to 19th after thrashing fellow strugglers Fulham 4-1 at Craven Cottage.
Sunderland went ahead on 29 minutes when Johnson curled a left-footed free-kick over the wall towards the top corner, but David Stockdale was unable to keep it out after getting both hands to the ball.
The Black Cats increased their advantage four minutes before the break when Johnson's low free-kick into the box teed up Ki Sung-yueng and the South Korean's shot took a deflection off Philippe Senderos on its way past Stockdale.
Fulham pulled a goal back seven minutes after half-time when Damien Duff whipped in a corner and Steve Sidwell stooped to head home after his run was not tracked.
But Sunderland reasserted on 69 minutes following a superb counter-attack as Ki and Jozy Altidore exchanged passes before the on-loan Swansea man's incisive pass set up Johnson to finish through Stockdale's legs.
Johnson completed his hat-trick five minutes from time when he sent Stockdale the wrong way from the penalty spot after Senderos brought down substitute Altidore with a half-hearted challenge.
Fulham (4-2-3-1): Stockdale 5; Riether 6, Senderos 5, Amorebieta 5, Riise 5; Parker 6, Sidwell 6; Duff 6 (Dejagah 68, 5), Taarabt 5 (Kasami 63, 5), Dempsey 5 (Bent 79); Berbatov 5
Subs not used: Kacaniklic, Richardson, Hughes, Etheridge
Booked: Sidwell, Riise, Parker
Scorers: Sidwell 52
Sunderland (4-1-4-1): Mannone 7; Bardsley 7, O'Shea 7, Brown 7, Alonso 6; Cattermole 7; Borini 7 (Larsson 75, 6), Ki 8, Colback 7, Johnson 9 (Celustka 87); Fletcher 6 (Altidore 66, 6)
Subs not used: Gardner, Pickford, Giaccherini, Ji
Scorers: Johnson 28, Ki 41, Johnson 68, Johnson pen 85
Booked: Bardsley, Colback, Johnson
Referee: Mike Dean 6
Attendance: 25,564
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15:00 Southampton (0) 1 West Brom (0) 0 |
New West Brom manager Pepe Mel watched from the stands as Adam Lallana's goal secured Southampton a 1-0 win at St Mary's.
Southampton made the breakthrough on 66 minutes when Gaston Ramirez dinked a pass into the path of Adam Lallana and the England international controlled the ball brilliantly before slotting a low right-footed shot past Ben Foster.
Southampton: Boruc 7; Clyne 6, Fonte 7, Lovren 7, Shaw 7; Cork 5 (RamÃrez 62 6), Schneiderlin 6; S Davis 5, Lallana 7 (Ward-Prowse 84), Rodriguez 6 (Do Prado 90); Lambert 6.
Subs not used: Kelvin Davis, Yoshida, Do Prado, Hooiveld, Gallagher.
Booked: Lovren
Scorers: Lallana 66
West Brom: Foster 5; Reid 5, McAuley 7 (Gera 81), Olsson 6, Ridgewell 5; Amalfitano 5 (Vydra 86), Morrison 5, Mulumbu 5, Brunt 5; Anelka 3 (Berahino 77), Long 5.
Subs not used: Yacob, Sinclair, Myhill, Lugano.
Booked: Olsson, Long
Referee: Howard Webb
Attendance: 28,610
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15:00 Tottenham (0) 2 Crystal Palace (0) 0 |
Crystal Palace slipped to the foot of the table after suffering a 2-0 defeat at the hands of London rivals Tottenham at White Hart Lane as Jermain Defoe scored just a day after it was confirmed he will be joining Toronto FC.
Palace wasted a golden chance to take the lead on eight minutes when Mousa Dembele's clumsy challenge brought down Marouane Chamakh in the box, but Jason Puncheon's penalty was woeful as he fired high and wide into the stands.
Nabil Benteleb's curler came back off the post for Spurs before the hosts took the lead on 50 minutes when Emmanuel Adebayor flicked on a long ball and Christian Eriksen took a touch before crashing a shot past Julian Speroni.
Spurs went further ahead on 73 minutes when Aaron Lennon fed Defoe and, after the ball bounced kindly in the box, the substitute lifted his shot over Speroni.
Tottenham: Lloris 6; Walker 5 (Naughton 48, 5), Dawson 7, Chiriches 7, Rose 5; Lennon 6, Bentaleb 7, Dembele 7, Eriksen 7 (Chadli 76); Adebayor 6, Soldado 5 (Defoe 58, 7)
Subs not used: Friedel, Holtby, Capoue, Fryers.
Scorers: Eriksen 49, Defoe 72
Booked: Naughton
Crystal Palace: Speroni 5; Mariappa 6, Gabbidon 5, Delaney 6, Parr 5; Bolasie 6 (Williams 69), Jedinak 7, Ward 6, Puncheon 5 (Guediora 82); Chamakh 6, Jerome 6 (Gayle 69).
Subs not used: Price, O'Keefe, Moxey, Bannan
Booked: Mariappa, Jedinak
Referee: Michael Oliver - 6
Attendance: 36,102
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17:30 Manchester United (0) 2 Swansea (0) 0 ~ SkySports1
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Manchester United avenged last week's FA Cup third-round defeat by Swansea City with a 2-0 Premier League victory over Michael Laudrup's side at Old Trafford.
Adnan Januzaj struck the crossbar for United with an early free-kick, but it was Swansea who controlled possession in the first half without posing a major threat.
However, United scored the decisive first goal barely a minute into the second half when Antonio Valencia fired home the loose ball after Gerhard Tremmel had pushed out Shinji Kagawa's shot.
The second goal arrived on 59 minutes when Patrice Evra bundled the ball into the box and Danny Welbeck flicked a shot beyond Tremmel.
Man Utd:De Gea 6; Rafael 7, Smalling 6, Vidic 6, Evra 7 (Buttner 79, 6); Fletcher 6, Carrick 6; Valencia 7, Januzaj 8, Kagawa 7; Welbeck 6 (Hernandez 86).
Subs: Giggs, Lindegaard, Cleverley, Zaha, Lingard.
Scorers: Valencia 47, Welbeck 59
Swansea:Tremmel 5; Rangel 5, Amat 6, Williams 7, Davies 6; Britton 7, Canas 6 (Flores 17, 6); Shelvey 6 (Vazquez 63, 6), Pozuelo 5, Routledge 6; Bony 6.
Subs: Taylor, Cornell, Richards, Lucas, Donnelly.
Booked: Rangel, Bony
Referee: Chris Foy 7
Attendance: 75035
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14:05 Newcastle (0) 0 Manchester City (1) 2 ~ SkySports1
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Edin Dzeko and Alvaro Negredo scored as Manchester City moved to the top of the Barclays Premier League with a controversial 2-0 victory in the first Super Sunday encounter at Newcastle.
The Bosnian striker set the visitors on their way to a 10th successive win over the Magpies with an early finish and Negredo struck in added time as City extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 15 games.
However, the home side were hugely aggrieved to see a 34th-minute Cheick Tiote equaliser ruled out by referee Mike Jones for offside.
The Ivory Coast international blasted home from distance, but after speaking to assistant Stephen Child, Jones ruled out the goal - to the fury of Newcastle boss Alan Pardew, who later became involved in an angry touchline spat with opposite number Manuel Pellegrini.
Newcastle United (4-2-3-1): Krul 6; Yanga-Mbiwa 6 (Haidara 83), Williamson 7, S.Taylor 6, Santon 7; Anita 6 (Cisse 73, 6), Tiote 8; Sissoko 6, Cabaye 7, Gouffran 7 (Ben Arfa 83); Remy 5.
Subs not used: Gosling, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Elliot. Booked: Sissoko, Cabaye, Tiote, Yanga-Mbiwa.
Booked: Yanga-Mbiwa, Tiote, Sissoko, Cabaye
Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Hart 8; Zabaleta 7, Kompany 7, Demichelis 6, Kolarov 7; Yaya Toure 6 (Garcia 60, 6), Fernandinho 6; Nasri 6 (Milner 79), Silva 7; Negredo 7, Dzeko 6 (Navas 52, 6).
Subs not used: Richards, Lescott, Clichy, Pantilimon. Booked: Fernandinho, Zabaleta.
Booked: Zabaleta, Fernandinho
Scorers: Dzeko 8, Negredo 90
Referee: Mike Jones 5
Attendance: 49,423
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16:10 Stoke (2) 3 Liverpool (2) 5 ~ SkySports1
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Strikers Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge rekindled their deadly partnership to help Liverpool record their first league victory at Stoke in more than 29 years.
However, the 5-3 scoreline by no means tells the whole story as it was a stuttering performance interspersed with moments of predatory brilliance which saw the Reds squander a 2-0 lead after a Ryan Shawcross and neat Suarez finish had seen them making a blistering start.
Stoke hit back through former Reds Peter Crouch and Charlie Adam before Steven Gerrard converted a penalty to restore the away side's lead.
Another from Suarez, taking his tally to 22 in 16 league games, made it 4-2 before Jonathan Walters gave the home fans hope with five minutes to play.
But Sturridge came off the bench and rounded off the win with his 12th of the season on his first appearance since November 23 because of an ankle sprain.
Stoke City: (4-2-3-1) Butland 6, Cameron 6, Shawcross 5, Wilson 4, Pieters 4; Nzonzi 6, (Ireland 81) Whelan 6; Walters 6, Adam 8, Arnautovic 7; Crouch 7.
Subs not used: Sorensen, Muniesa, Pennant, Palacios, Etherington, Shotton.
Scorers:Crouch 39 Adam 44, Walters 84
Booked: Shawcross
Liverpool: (4-3-3) Mignolet 6, Johnson 6, Toure 6, Skrtel 7, Cissokho 5; Leiva 6, Gerrard 6, Henderson 6; Sterling 7, Suarez 8, Coutinho 6. (Sturridge 66, 8)
Subs not used: Ward, Alberto, Aspas, Moses, Ibe, Kelly.
Scorers:Shawcross og 5, Suarez 32, Suarez 71, Gerrard 51, Sturridge 87
Booked: Cissokho
Referee: Anthony Taylor - 6
Attendance: 27,160
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20:00 Aston Villa (0) 1 Arsenal (2) 2 ~ SkySports1 |
Quickfire goals from Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud sent Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Aston Villa.
Wilshere put Arsenal ahead in the 34th minute at Villa Park and then provided the pass for Giroud to double the lead just a minute later.
Villa rallied late on and pulled one back with Christian Benteke's first goal in four months, but they could not force an equaliser.
Arsenal's record of having not lost at Villa Park since 1998 was maintained but Villa's finish, despite a run of just one win in seven games, will offer encouragement.
Aston Villa: Guzan 6, Vlaar 6, Baker 5, (Bacuna 21, 5) Clark 5; Lowton 5, El Ahmadi 5, (Weimann 73, 6) Westwood 5, Delph 6, Luna 5; Benteke 5, Agbonlahor 5.
Subs not used: Helenius, Albrighton, Steer, Sylla, Tonev.
Booked: El Ahmadi, Agbonlahor
Scorers:Benteke 76
Arsenal: Szczesny 6, Sagna 6, Mertesacker 6, Koscielny 6, Monreal 6; (Gibbs 66, 6) Flamini 7, Wilshere 8; Gnabry 6, (Rosicky 69, 6) (Oxlade-Chamberlain 86) Ozil 6, Cazorla 7; Giroud 7.
Subs not used:Podolski, Fabianski, Jenkinson, Park.
Booked: Monreal, Wilshere
Scorers:Wilshere 34, Giroud 35
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Attendance: 36,097