Another weekend of Premier League action, another weekend of shocks. Saturday saw three of the preseason favourites for the title in action—...
Another weekend of Premier League action, another weekend of shocks.
Saturday saw three of the preseason favourites for the title in action—and none of them managed to come away from their respective fixtures with all three points. Chelsea and Manchester City found it tough going in away fixtures with Stoke City and Southampton, respectively, while Manchester United's troubles under David Moyes continued in the weekend's early kick-off against Newcastle.
Here's a short review and highlight of the top matches
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Cabaye’s strikes condemns Moyes to back to back home defeats
Manchester United suffered a second home defeat of the week as they were stunned 1-0 by Newcastle United to further damage their Premier League title hopes.
Yohan Cabaye grabbed the crucial goal just after the hour mark as the Magpies claimed their first win at Old Trafford since 1972 to move four points clear of the ninth-placed Red Devils.
Assaidi Wonder Goal Stun Chelsea
Chelsea missed the chance to make up some ground on leaders Arsenal as they suffered a 3-2 defeat to Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.
Andre Schurrle scored in each half for the Blues while Peter Crouch, Stephen Ireland and substitute Oussama Assaidi netted one apiece for the Potters, who lost Charlie Adam to a first-half injury.
The loss saw Jose Mourinho's side drop to third behind Liverpool, level on 30 points with the Reds and four behind the Gunners
Reds climb to second after 3 own goals from Hammers
Liverpool fired four goals past 10-man West Ham as they moved up two places following a match that saw three own goals scored in the 4-1 scoreline.
Guy Demel was unfortunate to gift the Reds the lead just before the break before Mamadou Sakho and Luis Suarez netted either side of Martin Skrtel's blunder which pulled one back for the Hammers.
Joey O'Brien then sent the ball into his own net to complete the scoring in the match which saw Kevin Nolan sent off after 82 minutes.
Osvaldo wonder goal secure point for Saints
Pablo Osvaldo cancelled out Sergio Aguero's opener to end Manchester City's four-match winning run as Manuel Pellegrini's side were held to a 1-1 draw against Southampton at St Mary's and dropped down to fourth.
