Arsenal, inspired by Jack wilshere, reclaim first position as they beat Aston villa 2 - 1 away. There were away victories for chelsea, man city and Liverpool while Tottenham, Everton and Man utd won 2-0 at home
Adam Johnson scored a hat tricks.
The Gunner were on top gear in the first half as the outclassed Villa in a robust display of total football with flair. It took them 34 minutes to find the back of the net through Jack wilshere who slotted a cool finish after being set by Nacho Monreal. It did not take too long to double their advantage and wilshere turned provider this time with a sumptuous chip over the defence for oliver Giroud who beats his markers with a beautiful first touch before firing past Guzan in villa goal.
Villa sensed a comeback when Benteke headed home villa's only goal in the 76th minutes but they were not able to find the equalizer after much pressure as the Gunners saw off the match to reclaim top spot.
Manchester city earned another away victory at saint james' park after beating Newcastle united 2-0. Edin Dzeko slides City in front in the 8th minutes before controversy strucked when the lineman instigated the centre referee to disallow a cheik Tiote's breath-taking screamer which left Alan pardew furious. Alvaro Negredo scored deep into stoppage time to put the game beyond reach for the Magpies.
Liverpool overcame a stubborn Stoke side 5-3 with the man of the moment Luis Suarez scoring a brace.
Liverpool went ahead thanks to an own goal by captain Ryan Showcross after deflecting an Aly sissoko shot into his own net.
Luiz suarez double the red's lead before two former Liverpool players Peter Crouch and Charlie Adam restored parity back for the potters with a goal apiece, the latter a delicious screamer.
A soft penalty early in the second half won by Raheem Sterling saw Steven Gerrard slot home to regain the lead for Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge came on for Coutinho to layoff for Suarez to score a superb curler. There was still time for drammer as Walters pulled one for the potter to give them a dim hope but that hope was squash away by Daniel sturridge to seal the victory for Liverpool.
Chelsea had Edin Hazard to thank for their victory over Hull city 2-0. The belgian was a thorn on the skin of the tiger's defence through the game and it was no suprise when the fired Chelsea in front in the 56th minute before Fernando Torres score late in the game to propell the Blue to a momentarily first position.
Manchester United managed to get their first victory in 2014 with a sweet revenge over Swansea city who knocked them out days before of the FA cup.
Antonio Valencia strucked early in the second half before Denny Welbeck ensured the match was beyond reach for the swans by directing Patrice Evra's effort into the net.
Adam Johnson score the only hat trick of the week to help sunderland beat relegation knocking Fulham at the Craven Cottage. It happened to the third hat trick of this campaign in the EPL after Luiz suarez' Hat tricks against westbrom in october and against Norwich in December.
It doesn't get much tighter than the top of the
English Premier League table after a weekend that
featured a number of critical victories from the top
clubs.
So after 21 matches this is how the table looks like.
EPL League Table
Pos
Club
P
GD
Pts
1. Arsenal
21
22
48
2. Man City
21
36
47
3. Chelsea
21
21
46
4. Liverpool
21
25
42
5. Everton
21
15
41
6. Spurs
21
1
40
7. Man Utd
21
11
37
8. Newcastle
21
2
33
9. Southampton
21
4
30
10. Hull
21
-5
23
11. Aston Villa
21
-7
23
12. Stoke
21
-13
22
13. Swansea
21
-4
21
14. West Brom
21
-5
21
15. Norwich
21
-18
20
16. Fulham
21
-24
19
17. West Ham
21
-9
18
18. Cardiff
21
-19
18
19. Sunderland
21
-15
17
20. Crystal Palace
21
-18
17
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