Chelsea 2-1 QPR
Chelsea maintained a four-point lead at the top of the table, edging Queens Park Rangers in a hotly contested game.
Oscar bundled from the right of the box a tremendous effort to place the Blues in the ascendancy from a Cesc Fabregas assist. The strike was the Brazilian’s third in his last six games.
Chalie Austin dinked a lovely backheel into the Chelsea goal to restore parity after goalkeeper Thibaut Coutois puched half-clear a cross.
Jose Mourinho’s side pressed home for the winner and were rewarded when Eduardo Vargas impeded Eden Hazard in the penalty area. The Belgian midfielder stepped up to convert from 12 yards.
Hull 0-1 Southampton
Victor Wanyama’s cracking third-minute strike away at Hull City kept the Saints four points within reach of leaders Chelsea.
Hull’s third-choice goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic’s poor clearance landed at the feet of the Kenyan, who smacked an audacious effort straight into the top corner from some 40 yards.
Arsenal 3-0 Burnley
Alexis Sanchez scored twice as Arsenal recorded a second straight win for the first time this season to shoot into Top four.
The Chilean broke the deadlock in the 70th minute with a close-range header. Calum Chambers doubled their lead two minutes later as Burley’s resilience collapsed, slamming home from a rebound of Danny Welbeck’s shot, his first senior goal for the Gunners.
Sanchez completed his brace from Kieran Gibbs’ cross to leave Burnley, who are yet without a win so far, rooted to the bottom of the table.
Stoke 2-2 West Ham
The Britannia Stadium was hushed by an impressive Stewart Downing performance as Stoke City let a 2-0 lead early in the second-half slip to secure just a point after 90 minutes.
Downing created the Hammers’ first for Enner Valencia and lashed home the equaliser himself to extend West Ham’s unbeaten run to four matches.
Nigeria international Victor Moses grabbed the opener following a dominant display by the hosts- his first goal for Stokes. Senegalese Mame Biram Diouf though he had sealed victory when he headed home his side’s second after a sloppy West Ham defence, but Downing had some tricks up his sleeve.
Everton 0-0 Swansea City
Swansea held on fo a point at Goodison Park despite finishing with ten men.
The Welsh visitors finished the contest with ten men after forward Jonjo Shelvey received his second booking on 72 minutes, when he hauled down Ross Barkley midway inside their own half.
