As the International break looms this weekend, the teams knew it was paramount to go into the break on a high and for some it was a low when a high would have been a certainty.
Aston Villa went into the home game against Cardiff having not scored in seven hours and struck lucky with two goals in eight minutes on the way to a 2-0 win with the goals coming from a superb free-kick from Bacuna and a header from Kozak.
Chelsea needed a controversial injury time penalty from Hazard to spare their blushes as they went from 1-0 up to 2-1 down in the space of eight minutes, they took the lead through Eto'o on halfway with the Baggies levelling and taking the lead through Long and Sessegnon before the 70th minute but when Ramires looked to go down easy, Chelsea got a penalty and Hazard hit the equaliser.
Crystal Palace and Everton drew 0-0 while Merseyside rivals Liverpool thrashed Fulham 4-0, the first coming thanks to Fulham defender Amorebieta with Skrtel adding a quick second and a double from Suarez completing the rout and putting them only two points behind table toppers Arsenal.
Southampton joined Liverpool in closing the gap to Arsenal with a 4-1 demolition of Hull with the newly England call-ups getting in on the action as Lambert and Lallana added to an early opener from Schneiderlin with Lambert hitting his 33rd penalty to keep up his perfect record, Sagbo pulled one back for Hull but Davis confirmed the win late on.
Norwich faced West Ham in the late kick-off and despite going behind to a 32nd minute opener from Morrison came back to win 3-1 with a equalising penalty from Hooper soon joined by a Snodgrass strike and a last minute sealer from Fer.
Super Sunday saw a hat-trick of games and shockingly three surprise results as Tottenham, Man City and Arsenal all lost to their lower positioned opponents, Tottenham started the afternoon with a 1-0 home defeat to Newcastle who ruined a good week for the home side with a 12th minute winner courtesy of Loic Remy.
Sunderland made it three wins in a week and a fourth consective defeat of Man City with a 21st minute winner from Bardsley for a 1-0 win even more important as they had kept a first clean sheet of the season against a City side who had scored 12 in two games (Norwich/CSKA).
Manchester United got the better of Arsenal to end the Gunners unbeaten run and propelled themselves up the table thanks to a winning goal headed in by Robin Van Persie in the 27th minute.
The game of the day ironically was the only one not televised as Swansea and Stoke shared the points in a six-goal thriller, Stoke took a 2-0 lead with strikes from Walters and Ireland who put them in control going into the break but a Bony brace either side of a Dyer goal put Swansea 3-2 up with four minutes remaining but Stoke salvaged a draw through a last-gasp penalty from Charlie Adam.
So an exciting weekend at both ends of the table with some real shocks going into the international break but the top three could be very different come 5pm on the 23rd as Liverpool meet city rivals Everton in the Merseyside Derby and could top the table while 1st plays 3rd as Arsenal host Southampton.
Aston Villa went into the home game against Cardiff having not scored in seven hours and struck lucky with two goals in eight minutes on the way to a 2-0 win with the goals coming from a superb free-kick from Bacuna and a header from Kozak.
Chelsea needed a controversial injury time penalty from Hazard to spare their blushes as they went from 1-0 up to 2-1 down in the space of eight minutes, they took the lead through Eto'o on halfway with the Baggies levelling and taking the lead through Long and Sessegnon before the 70th minute but when Ramires looked to go down easy, Chelsea got a penalty and Hazard hit the equaliser.
Crystal Palace and Everton drew 0-0 while Merseyside rivals Liverpool thrashed Fulham 4-0, the first coming thanks to Fulham defender Amorebieta with Skrtel adding a quick second and a double from Suarez completing the rout and putting them only two points behind table toppers Arsenal.
Southampton joined Liverpool in closing the gap to Arsenal with a 4-1 demolition of Hull with the newly England call-ups getting in on the action as Lambert and Lallana added to an early opener from Schneiderlin with Lambert hitting his 33rd penalty to keep up his perfect record, Sagbo pulled one back for Hull but Davis confirmed the win late on.
Norwich faced West Ham in the late kick-off and despite going behind to a 32nd minute opener from Morrison came back to win 3-1 with a equalising penalty from Hooper soon joined by a Snodgrass strike and a last minute sealer from Fer.
Super Sunday saw a hat-trick of games and shockingly three surprise results as Tottenham, Man City and Arsenal all lost to their lower positioned opponents, Tottenham started the afternoon with a 1-0 home defeat to Newcastle who ruined a good week for the home side with a 12th minute winner courtesy of Loic Remy.
Sunderland made it three wins in a week and a fourth consective defeat of Man City with a 21st minute winner from Bardsley for a 1-0 win even more important as they had kept a first clean sheet of the season against a City side who had scored 12 in two games (Norwich/CSKA).
Manchester United got the better of Arsenal to end the Gunners unbeaten run and propelled themselves up the table thanks to a winning goal headed in by Robin Van Persie in the 27th minute.
The game of the day ironically was the only one not televised as Swansea and Stoke shared the points in a six-goal thriller, Stoke took a 2-0 lead with strikes from Walters and Ireland who put them in control going into the break but a Bony brace either side of a Dyer goal put Swansea 3-2 up with four minutes remaining but Stoke salvaged a draw through a last-gasp penalty from Charlie Adam.
So an exciting weekend at both ends of the table with some real shocks going into the international break but the top three could be very different come 5pm on the 23rd as Liverpool meet city rivals Everton in the Merseyside Derby and could top the table while 1st plays 3rd as Arsenal host Southampton.
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