A packed weekend saw thirty goals scored which is even more shocking when seven teams failed to score as the Premier League edges towards a packed Christmas programme.
Saturday's early kick-off saw a nine goal thriller between Man City and Arsenal with the league leaders stunned by a 6-3 defeat, City took the lead through the in-form Aguero after 14 minutes but Arsenal levelled via Walcott on the half-hour with the lead soon regained for the home side by Negredo five minutes before the break. Fernandinho made it 3-1 in the 50th minute with Walcott hitting his second for 3-2, before Silva made it four for City in the 66th minute. Arsenal pushed to reduce the deficit but Fernandinho's second made it an unreachable 5-2 and despite Mertesacker pulling one back, Toure scored from the penalty spot for a 6-3 win.
Cardiff defeated West Brom 1-0 thanks to a Whittingham strike after 65 minutes which saw the West Brom manager sacked on Sunday following a bad run of results while Chelsea won a hard fought game against fellow Londoners, Crystal Palace with Torres giving them a 16th minute lead with Chamakh levelling for the visitors with his second goal in a week but Ramires' strike after 35 minutes was enough for Chelsea to hold on for the win and close in on Arsenal at the top with the two meeting next Monday night.
Everton moved into the top four with a resounding 4-1 home win against Fulham with Osman's opener after 18 minutes the only goal in a tight first hour until Berbatov equalised with a penalty in the 67th minute and started an exciting last twenty minutes that saw Coleman regain the lead for the Toffees with Barry and Mirallas sealing the win late on.
Newcastle and Southampton drew 1-1 with Gouffran giving the Magpies a half- time lead with a 27th minute opener which was cancelled out by Rodriguez continuing his scoring run with a 65th minute equaliser in a game that will be remembered for Moussa Sissoko accidentally flooring referee Mike Jones after being pushed by Hooiveld.
West Ham and Sunderland drew 0-0 as both looked to move away from the bottom of the table but neither could take an advantage and the story was the same in the late kick-off where Hull and Stoke drew 0-0.
Sunday's non-televised game saw Norwich and Swansea draw 1-1 with Dyer giving the Swans the lead before going off with a nasty injury and Hooper continuing his good form with an equaliser for the Canaries on half-time.
Super Sunday lived up to expectation as Man United defeated Aston Villa 3-0 in an exciting game which saw a quick double from Welbeck put the visitors in control with Cleverley sealing the win in the 52nd minute. However, that served as an appetiser for what was to come in the final game of the weekend as Liverpool put down a massive marker of their label of title contenders with a 5-0 crushing of Tottenham who failed to register a single shot on target as they suffered their worst defeat for 16 years.
Outstanding performances from Henderson and Sterling saw them hit Liverpool's second and fifth sandwiching a Suarez double as he moved to 17 league goals with the pick of the goals coming from Jon Flanagan with a superb volley for his first goal in Liverpool red and the team's third on the day in a result that saw them go second in the table only two points off Arsenal and in contrast, see Tottenham sack Andre Villas Boas for a poor run of results despite him winning 54% of his games in charge of the London club in the league.
Saturday's early kick-off saw a nine goal thriller between Man City and Arsenal with the league leaders stunned by a 6-3 defeat, City took the lead through the in-form Aguero after 14 minutes but Arsenal levelled via Walcott on the half-hour with the lead soon regained for the home side by Negredo five minutes before the break. Fernandinho made it 3-1 in the 50th minute with Walcott hitting his second for 3-2, before Silva made it four for City in the 66th minute. Arsenal pushed to reduce the deficit but Fernandinho's second made it an unreachable 5-2 and despite Mertesacker pulling one back, Toure scored from the penalty spot for a 6-3 win.
Cardiff defeated West Brom 1-0 thanks to a Whittingham strike after 65 minutes which saw the West Brom manager sacked on Sunday following a bad run of results while Chelsea won a hard fought game against fellow Londoners, Crystal Palace with Torres giving them a 16th minute lead with Chamakh levelling for the visitors with his second goal in a week but Ramires' strike after 35 minutes was enough for Chelsea to hold on for the win and close in on Arsenal at the top with the two meeting next Monday night.
Everton moved into the top four with a resounding 4-1 home win against Fulham with Osman's opener after 18 minutes the only goal in a tight first hour until Berbatov equalised with a penalty in the 67th minute and started an exciting last twenty minutes that saw Coleman regain the lead for the Toffees with Barry and Mirallas sealing the win late on.
Newcastle and Southampton drew 1-1 with Gouffran giving the Magpies a half- time lead with a 27th minute opener which was cancelled out by Rodriguez continuing his scoring run with a 65th minute equaliser in a game that will be remembered for Moussa Sissoko accidentally flooring referee Mike Jones after being pushed by Hooiveld.
West Ham and Sunderland drew 0-0 as both looked to move away from the bottom of the table but neither could take an advantage and the story was the same in the late kick-off where Hull and Stoke drew 0-0.
Sunday's non-televised game saw Norwich and Swansea draw 1-1 with Dyer giving the Swans the lead before going off with a nasty injury and Hooper continuing his good form with an equaliser for the Canaries on half-time.
Super Sunday lived up to expectation as Man United defeated Aston Villa 3-0 in an exciting game which saw a quick double from Welbeck put the visitors in control with Cleverley sealing the win in the 52nd minute. However, that served as an appetiser for what was to come in the final game of the weekend as Liverpool put down a massive marker of their label of title contenders with a 5-0 crushing of Tottenham who failed to register a single shot on target as they suffered their worst defeat for 16 years.
Outstanding performances from Henderson and Sterling saw them hit Liverpool's second and fifth sandwiching a Suarez double as he moved to 17 league goals with the pick of the goals coming from Jon Flanagan with a superb volley for his first goal in Liverpool red and the team's third on the day in a result that saw them go second in the table only two points off Arsenal and in contrast, see Tottenham sack Andre Villas Boas for a poor run of results despite him winning 54% of his games in charge of the London club in the league.
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