This weekend will be remembered as a big one in 2014 with six sides scoring three or more and a bizarre London derby at the Bridge.
Saturday lunchtime saw Chelsea host Arsenal with the Gunners looking to avoid what has become a tradition away to their title rivals being humiliated, but the trend continued as Chelsea strolled to a 6-0 win.
Eto'o put them 1-0 up inside five minutes with Schurrle making it two just minutes later but what happened next became the talking point of the weekend as Oxlade-Chamberlain hand-balled in the area and strangely Andre Marriner sent off Gibbs instead before later apologising.
Hazard converted from the spot and Oscar made it 4-0 at the halfway point with the Brazilian adding his second just after the hour and January signing Salah completing the rout in the 71st minute.
Liverpool travelled to Cardiff looking to keep up with Chelsea and came out on top after a stunning nine-goal thriller with Mutch putting the hosts in front after only nine minutes. Suarez levelled for Liverpool but Campbell restored the lead for the Cardiff who were looking to move out of the bottom three but Liverpool levelled again through Skrtel to send the sides in at 2-2 at the break.
Liverpool then took control with two goals just before the hour with Skrtel and Suarez both claiming their second goals and the game looked over when Sturridge made it 3-5 with fifteen minutes to go but Mutch made it a trio of braces as he got his second in the 88th minute with Suarez ending hopes of a comeback by completing his hatrick in the final minute.
Everton kept up their hopes of a European place with a 3-2 win at home to Swansea with a Baines penalty setting them off, Bony levelled in the 33rd minute to send them in level at halftime.
Everton regained the lead with two goals in five minutes just before the hour through Lukaku and Barkley and though Williams struck late on for the Swans it was not enough as the Toffees held on to close up on fifth place Tottenham.
The curse of the former player came back to West Brom as they fell to a 2-0 defeat away to Hull who took the lead through Rosenior in the 31st minute with former Baggies hero Long adding a vital second seven minutes later which was enough to move them clear of the drop zone.
Fulham's woes continued as they were demolished 5-0 away to Man City who were only 1-0 up at halftime after a 26th minute penalty from Toure but when Amorebieta was dismissed in the 53rd minute, the game changed with Toure converting his second penalty before completing his hat-trick five minutes after the hour mark.
Fernandinho struck a stunning effort with six minutes to go and Demichelis shrugged off his bad reputation to convert a fifth with two minutes to go to cap off a terrible trip for the league's bottom side.
Norwich improved their hopes of survival with a 2-0 win at home to fellow strugglers Sunderland with goals from Snodgrass and Tettey in the 20th and 32nd minutes enough for the win with Sunderland's day getting worse in the final minute when Alonso was sent off.
Newcastle left it late to secure a win at home to Crystal Palace with Cisse scoring the vital goal in the final minutes for a 1-0 win while in the evening kick-off, Man United kept up hopes of a top five finish with a 2-0 win away to West Ham with Rooney starting them off with a superb lob over Adrian from the halfway line akin to the famous Beckham strike from 1996 in the eighth minute before adding a second in the 33rd minute that proved enough to keep the Hammers close to the bottom three.
Super Sunday featured to remarkable comebacks beginning with the lunchtime kick-off between Tottenham and Southampton, the visitors raced into a 2-0 lead with strikes from Rodriguez and Lallana in the 19th and 28th minutes but Eriksen pulled one back three minutes later before levelling just seconds into the second half.
The win was secured in the final minute when Sigurdsson made it 3-2 and means his side still have hopes of a Champions League place while Stoke came from 1-0 down to win 4-1 away to Aston Villa displacing their hosts in doing so.
Benteke put Villa ahead in the fifth minute but that was the last joy the home fans had as Stoke scored twice in four minutes to swing the momentum with Odemwingie levelling in the 22nd minute and former Villan Crouch giving his side the lead in the 26th minute. N'Zonzi made it three just before the break and the win was completed when Cameron struck in the final minute
Saturday lunchtime saw Chelsea host Arsenal with the Gunners looking to avoid what has become a tradition away to their title rivals being humiliated, but the trend continued as Chelsea strolled to a 6-0 win.
Eto'o put them 1-0 up inside five minutes with Schurrle making it two just minutes later but what happened next became the talking point of the weekend as Oxlade-Chamberlain hand-balled in the area and strangely Andre Marriner sent off Gibbs instead before later apologising.
Hazard converted from the spot and Oscar made it 4-0 at the halfway point with the Brazilian adding his second just after the hour and January signing Salah completing the rout in the 71st minute.
Liverpool travelled to Cardiff looking to keep up with Chelsea and came out on top after a stunning nine-goal thriller with Mutch putting the hosts in front after only nine minutes. Suarez levelled for Liverpool but Campbell restored the lead for the Cardiff who were looking to move out of the bottom three but Liverpool levelled again through Skrtel to send the sides in at 2-2 at the break.
Liverpool then took control with two goals just before the hour with Skrtel and Suarez both claiming their second goals and the game looked over when Sturridge made it 3-5 with fifteen minutes to go but Mutch made it a trio of braces as he got his second in the 88th minute with Suarez ending hopes of a comeback by completing his hatrick in the final minute.
Everton kept up their hopes of a European place with a 3-2 win at home to Swansea with a Baines penalty setting them off, Bony levelled in the 33rd minute to send them in level at halftime.
Everton regained the lead with two goals in five minutes just before the hour through Lukaku and Barkley and though Williams struck late on for the Swans it was not enough as the Toffees held on to close up on fifth place Tottenham.
The curse of the former player came back to West Brom as they fell to a 2-0 defeat away to Hull who took the lead through Rosenior in the 31st minute with former Baggies hero Long adding a vital second seven minutes later which was enough to move them clear of the drop zone.
Fulham's woes continued as they were demolished 5-0 away to Man City who were only 1-0 up at halftime after a 26th minute penalty from Toure but when Amorebieta was dismissed in the 53rd minute, the game changed with Toure converting his second penalty before completing his hat-trick five minutes after the hour mark.
Fernandinho struck a stunning effort with six minutes to go and Demichelis shrugged off his bad reputation to convert a fifth with two minutes to go to cap off a terrible trip for the league's bottom side.
Norwich improved their hopes of survival with a 2-0 win at home to fellow strugglers Sunderland with goals from Snodgrass and Tettey in the 20th and 32nd minutes enough for the win with Sunderland's day getting worse in the final minute when Alonso was sent off.
Newcastle left it late to secure a win at home to Crystal Palace with Cisse scoring the vital goal in the final minutes for a 1-0 win while in the evening kick-off, Man United kept up hopes of a top five finish with a 2-0 win away to West Ham with Rooney starting them off with a superb lob over Adrian from the halfway line akin to the famous Beckham strike from 1996 in the eighth minute before adding a second in the 33rd minute that proved enough to keep the Hammers close to the bottom three.
Super Sunday featured to remarkable comebacks beginning with the lunchtime kick-off between Tottenham and Southampton, the visitors raced into a 2-0 lead with strikes from Rodriguez and Lallana in the 19th and 28th minutes but Eriksen pulled one back three minutes later before levelling just seconds into the second half.
The win was secured in the final minute when Sigurdsson made it 3-2 and means his side still have hopes of a Champions League place while Stoke came from 1-0 down to win 4-1 away to Aston Villa displacing their hosts in doing so.
Benteke put Villa ahead in the fifth minute but that was the last joy the home fans had as Stoke scored twice in four minutes to swing the momentum with Odemwingie levelling in the 22nd minute and former Villan Crouch giving his side the lead in the 26th minute. N'Zonzi made it three just before the break and the win was completed when Cameron struck in the final minute
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