Wayne Rooney trying to win the ball

Another weekend of great and thrilling EPL games. The league leaders Manchester United came away with a 1-1 draw with Spurs and should feel lucky to have gotten a point after being totally dominated in the 2nd half.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring, netting his 18th goal of the campaign, giving United the only dividing factor between these two teams in a half that was evenly played. Spurs were unfortunate not to pick up all 3 points after their 2nd half performance, even though it took a late goal by Clint Dempsey to tie the contest. The draw reduces United’s lead at the top to 5 points and gives Spurs a huge moral victory and keeps their champions league hopes alive.

Manchester City maintain their form going on to win without really exerting themselves, extending their streak to 6 wins in 7. The task for Fulham became even tougher after City scored in the 1st 10 mins. City made light work of a poor Fulham team as the only thing that kept the score line at 2 goals was City’s poor finishing.

In the Chelsea – Arsenal London derby, Chelsea came away 2-1 winners after going up 2-0 in the 1st 15 minutes. In a fixture that was once a major date on the English calendar, the game now carries far less importance as Arsenal’s standing as a EPL power has dropped substantially. The game and result were a testament to that fact. Arsenal were thoroughly 2nd best and the result did not reflect the Chelsea dominance. At no point were Chelsea in any serious danger of losing as Arsenal where clearly out of their depth. Theo Walcott pulled a goal back for the gunners, but it was all too little to late, as the result signifies Arsenal are a team trying to break into the top 4.

Mata celebrates his goal with Oscar as Chelsea managed to keep their win to the end against Arsenal

In the midlands derby West Brom and Aston Villa played a thrilling match of two completely different halves. Villa were up 2-0 at halftime, but then in a complete roll reversal West Brom were the best team
by far in the 2nd half and were unfortunate not to take all three points, as they came close on multiple occasion. The result leaves Villa still floundering just outside the relegation zone, but in deep trouble.

Liverpool won 5-0 in their finest display of the season with Luis Suarez again being the main protagonist.
Suarez terrorized Struggling Norwich from the first to the last whistle, scoring his 7th goal in 3 games against Norwich. In a game where Liverpool got the goals to reward their performance. The result continues Norwich recent run of poor results and has them sliding in the wrong direction.

Newcastle’s woes continue as they were beaten by fellow relegation strugglers Reading. Newcastle went up 1-0 on a sensational free kick from striker Cabaye, before a resurgent Reading launched a stunning turnaround to pull back two goals in 6 minutes to Win the game. The results give Reading back to back wins and increased hope of staying up, while for Newcastle the pressure heats up.

QPR continue to fight for their premiership survival under Harry Redknapp. This week they picked up a 1-1 draw against West Ham in a dramatic London derby, extending their run to 5 games undefeated . The result was totally flattering as QPR were totally outplayed and keeper Julio Ceasar saved the day with some fantastic saves. The point does not move them off the bottom, but it’s a positive.