Chelsea were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at Southampton as they failed to find a late winner at St Mary’s on Sunday. Saido Mane had open...
Chelsea were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at Southampton as they failed to find a late winner at St Mary’s on Sunday.
Saido Mane had opened the scoring for Saints but Eden Hazard found an equaliser just before half-time and a Chelsea winner looked inevitable as they enjoyed total domination after the interval.
But despite Morgan Schneiderlin’s late sending-off, Ronald Koeman’s side held firm to claim a share of the points and underline their recent return to form after overcoming a run of five defeats in all competitions.
Manchester City stumbled at home against Burnley as Arsenal moved into fifth place in the Premier League with a thrilling derby win over West Ham.
City looked to be in cruise control when they led 2-0 at half-time, knowing Chelsea had already failed to win, with David Silva firing them into the lead on 23 and Fernandinho smashing home a second 10 minutes later.
But they were undone by a superb second-half fightback by Sean Dyche's side, who got back into the game two minutes after the break when George Boyd glanced the ball home, seemingly from an offside position.
The Clarets continued to press and could have equalised a couple of times before Ashley Barnes sensationally lashed the ball into the top corner nine minutes from time.
Arsenal moved above West Ham into fifth place thanks to a 2-1 win at Upton Park in an exciting game that was not without its share of controversy.
The Hammers had an early Alex Song goal chalked off for offside and they found themselves 2-0 down by half-time, Santi Cazorla scoring from the penalty spot after being brought down by Winston Reid and Danny Welbeck adding to their advantage.
Cheikhou Kouyate headed West Ham back into the game early in the second half but it was Arsenal who finished the stronger and could have sealed a more comprehensive victory but for fine saves from Adrian to deny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez.
Mame Biram Diouf scored twice for Stoke City as they moved into the top half with a 2-0 win over struggling West Brom to pile the pressure on Baggies manager Alan Irvine.
Diouf fired through Ben Foster's legs to open the scoring on 51 and then benefitted from a slice of luck to make it 2-0 on 66, Marko Arnautovic's cross-shot hitting both of his legs before nestling in the back of the net.
Bottom side Leicester City closed the gap on the rest of the table with a 1-0 win over Hull City, their first victory since the memorable 5-3 win over Manchester United on September 21.
Riyad Mahrez scored the only goal of the game on 32 minutes when he cut in from the wing and curled a shot past Allan McGregor - they now sit three points adrift of Burnley and Crystal Palace after holding on with 10 men following the late dismissal of Paul Konchesky. Hull had Stephen Quinn dismissed in the closing seconds.
Palace picked up a valuable point in their first game under caretaker manager Keith Millen when they held QPR 0-0 at Loftus Road.
There were also no goals at Villa Park where Aston Villa and Sunderland played out a 0-0 draw, the home side playing most of the second half with 10 men after Fabian Delph was sent off for a foul on Jordi Gomez.
Gomez hit the post late on for Sunderland as Gus Poyet's men pressed for victory but Villa were able to hold on to stay a point above their opponent in 13th place.
Newcastle beat Everton 3-2 at St James’ Park thanks to goals from Papiss Cisse, Ayoze Perez and Jack Colback, giving Alan Pardew’s side a first win in three games.
Everton were ahead after five minutes thanks to Aroune Kone’s near-post finish, but there was controversy just before Newcastle’s equaliser at St James’ Park.
Cisse reacted to tussling inside the area by elbowing Seamus Coleman in the face, but with the referee Craig Pawson failing to see the incident, the striker converted from eight yards moments later to bring the hosts level.