Swansea City 1-1 Crystal Palace

Mile Jedinak's first-half penalty secured a 1-1
draw for Crystal Palace as they battled back to earn
a share of the spoils at Swansea City on Saturday.
A strike from the spot earned a Premier League
point for the Londoners at the Liberty Stadium last
season, and history repeated itself this time around
Wilfried Bony gave the home side an excellent start
inside quarter of an hour, turning his man to
fire home, before Jedinak equalised with a
powerful spot-kick for his fifth goal of the campaign
after Jonjo Shelvey had brought down Marouane
Chamakh.
Shelvey nearly made amends for his error after the
break, only to volley straight at goalkeeper Julian
Speroni.
However, a spirited second-half performance from
Palace ensured they held on for a point, although
Neil Warnock's men have now gone four away
games without a win.

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Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Leicester City: Austin goal decides Loftus Road thriller

Charlie Austin gave QPR a vital victory as they edged out Leicester City 3-2 at
Loftus Road to move off the foot of the Premier League table.
In-form forward Austin was on hand to force home the winner with a close-
range header in the 73rd minute, with his seventh league goal of the season
ensuring Leicester are now bottom.
Austin's goal came just six minutes after Jeffrey Schlupp had pulled Leicester
level, and lifted QPR above both their opponents and Burnley.
Esteban Cambiasso's second goal in Leicester colours had given Nigel
Pearson's men the lead four minutes into a fast-paced first half, but QPR
turned it around to go in ahead at the interval.

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Hertha Berlin 0-1 Bayern Munich

Teed up by Thomas Muller, the Dutchman curled in
from 20 yards out with 21 minutes gone and Pep
Guardiola's men survived a few late scares to clai
all three points
Arjen Robben 's curled, first-half effort edged
Bayern Munich to a 1-0 victory at Hertha Berlin on
Saturday.
Bayern have fond recent memories of the
Olympiastadion, having sealed the Bundesliga title
there last March before beating Borussia Dortmun
in the DFB-Pokal final three months later, and Pep
Guardiola's team looked very much at home right
from the off on Saturday.

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West Brom 0-1 Arsenal

Danny Welbeck struck as Arsenal's resurgent end
to November was consolidated with a hard-fought
1-0 win at West Brom in the Premier League.
Consecutive defeats domestically - following a 3-3
draw with Anderlecht in the UEFA Champions
League, which saw Arsenal throw away a three-
goal lead - had seen Arsene Wenger's ability to
guide the London club to further silverware this
season questioned.
However, a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in
midweek proved Arsenal's capabilities against
European opposition and the grit displayed at The
Hawthorns will have enthused Wenger.

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Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Nice

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's spot kick early in the first half
was enough for Paris Saint-Germain to defeat Nice
1-0 on Saturday and, in the process, reduce the
gap between them and table-toppers Marseille
back to one point.
Marcelo Bielsa's side had gone four points clear
with a 2-0 win at home to Nantes on Friday, but the
champions responded in fine fashion at the Parc
des Princes.
PSG totally dominated the first half, though
Ibrahimovic's penalty was all they had to show as
Nice goalkeeper Mouez Hassen routinely denied
their star front line.

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Liverpool 1-0 Stoke City: Glen Johnson secures vital win for Rodgers

Glen Johnson's late goal ended Liverpool's four-
match Premier League winless run and ensured a
dramatic 1-0 win over Stoke City.
Brendan Rodgers' men had not won since October
but Johnson - the subject of criticism for some
below-par showings this term - was the hero as he
bravely headed home with five minutes remaining
on Saturday.
Rickie Lambert's looping header crashed back off
underside the crossbar, with Johnson stooping to
nod home the winner at the Kop end to spark
delirious celebrations inside Anfield.

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Everton 2-1 West Ham:Osman the hero on 400th appearance as Toffees burst Hammers bubble

Leon Osman marked his 400th appearance for Everton with the
winning goal in a 2-1 victory over West Ham on Saturday.
The midfielder finished off a flowing move with 17 minutes
remaining at Goodison Park, tapping home from close range
after a superb low cross from Samuel Eto'o.
Romelu Lukaku had broken the deadlock midway through the
first half with a poacher's finish, latching onto a deflection to ne
his fifth league goal of the season.
Mauro Zarate levelled for West Ham after the break, five minute
after coming on, albeit with the aid of a deflection.
However, in a frantic end the hosts grabbed the winner, with
Osman netting his first league goal of the season to lift Everton
into eighth place.
Defeat ends West Ham's five-match unbeaten run in the league,
and sees them drop out of the top four.
Roberto Martinez made four changes to Everton's starting line-
up, with Tony Hibbert, Osman, Kevin Mirallas and Steven
Naismith all starting, but James McCarthy retained his place
despite having withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad
that played Scotland and the United States after suffering a
hamstring injury.
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Leicester 0-0 Sunderland:Leicester City's win less run stretched to seven matches as they were held to a goalless draw by Sunderland.

Leicester City's winless run stretched to seven matches as they
were held to a goalless draw by Sunderland.
Kasper Schmeichel saved well to deny Steven Fletcher and Ada
Johnson in the first half as the Black Cats dominated
proceedings.
But Gus Poyet had Costel Pantillimon to thank for his side
claiming a point as the former Manchester City goalkeeper twice
denied Matthew James after the break.
In a bid to end Leicester's barren run in front of goal, Nigel
Pearson named an attack-minded XI, with Riyad Mahrez and
Paul Konchesky coming in after the 2-0 loss at Southampton
before the international break.
Mahrez was the focal point in the hosts' lively start and he
orchestrated the first meaningful opening in the 13th minute
with an intricate throughball that picked out Jeffrey Schlupp,
whose shot from a tight angle hit the side-netting.
Sunderland were initially guilty of sloppy errors but they soon
grew into the game and Fletcher - passed fit after missing
Scotland's friendly defeat to England on Tuesday with a knock -
was denied by a smart stop from Schmeichel when clean
through against the Leicester goalkeeper.
Schmeichel was called into action again just before the half-
hour mark when he got down well to keep out Johnson's low
and dipping strike from 30 yards that would have found the
bottom corner but for the shot-stopper's intervention.
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Paderborn 2-2 Borussia Dortmund: Reus injured as BVB collapse

Borussia Dortmund surrendered a two-goal lead after seeing
Marco Reus succumb to injury yet again as they drew 2-2 at
Paderborn on Saturday.
Dortmund took a deserved early lead through Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang's tap-in before Reus slotted home on the stroke of
half-time as the visitors looked on course for a second
successive league win.
But Lukas Rupp gave the hosts hope midway through the secon
half with a terrific individual strike, and they were further
buoyed when Reus' afternoon ended following a strong
challenge from Marvin Bakalorz, who was arguably lucky to only
be given a yellow card.
That injury noticeably rocked Jurgen Klopp's men, who had a
Kevin Grosskreutz effort ruled out for offside when Dortmund
led 2-1.
And Paderborn took full advantage of the reprieve to earn a
share of spoils, levelling eight minutes from time through Mahir
Saglik's header.
It was certainly an eventful afternoon for the visitors and Reus,
with head coach Klopp admitting earlier in the week that the
German international could be tempted by a move away from
Dortmund.
The 25-year-old nearly gave Dortmund the best possible start
within just two minutes, with goalkeeper Lukas Kruse having to
be alert to smother after a cutting throughball from Henrikh
Mkhitaryan.
That early chance set the tone for the game as the visitors
enjoyed the best of the opening exchanges.
And they were rewarded after 12 minutes when Erik Durm
found some space on the left and picked out Aubameyang with
an inch-perfect cross that he finished with a simple tap-in from
close range.
Paderborn kept battling, though, and nearly drew themselves
level seven minutes later when Suleyman Koc burst into the box
to force a good save from Roman Weidenfeller after latching on
to Bakalorz's incisive pass.
But Dortmund continued to look the better side, with
Aubameyang twice firing wide after 25 minutes before
Mkhitaryan saw an effort ruled out for offside.
Koc curled a free-kick wide for the hosts five minutes before the
break, but Dortmund ended the half two goals to the good
courtesy of Reus, who was on hand to finish a fine move that
saw the defence split open by Aubameyang's deft first-touch
pass.
Reus nearly doubled his tally just after the restart, but his angled
drive was well saved by Kruse, who was also at full stretch to
deny Aubameyang 10 minutes later.
Dortmund's failure to notch a third was punished on the hour,
when Rupp shook off the attentions of Neven Subotic and
Grosskreutz to burst into the area and slot home.
Things got worse for the visitors seven minutes later when a
cynical challenge from Bakalorz forced Reus off with a
suspected ankle injury.
Grosskreutz should have sealed the win 17 minutes from time,
but the substitute could only fire wide after breaking free of the
home defence and he then had another effort controversially
ruled out for offside 10 minutes from time.
And Paderborn made Dortmund pay courtesy of Saglik's header
ensuring an eventful end to the first competitive meeting
between the two sides.
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Chelsea 2-0 West Brom:Diego Costa was on target yet again as Chelsea beat 10-man West Brom 2-0 to go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Chelsea maintained their unbeaten start to the season and
moved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with
a 2-0 win over ten-man West Brom.
With second-placed Southampton not playing until
Monday night, Jose Mourinho's men took the opportunity
to extend their lead at the summit as they coasted to
victory against the Baggies at Stamford Bridge.
Diego Costa was afforded too much space in the box to fire
home his 11th goal of the season with just over ten minutes on
the clock, before Eden Hazard capitalised on more lax defending
to add a second inside 25 minutes.
West Brom's afternoon went from bad to worse just a few
minutes later as they were reduced to ten men, with Claudio
Yacob's two-footed lunge towards Costa deemed worthy of a
straight red card despite the defender appearing to make
contact with the ball.
It was a case of damage limitation for the visitors from that
moment on and they did well to stop Chelsea from adding to
their tally in the second half, although the home side appeared
happy to keep possession and see the game out.
Chelsea remain eight points ahead of third-placed Manchester
City, who came from behind to beat Swansea 2-1 at the Etihad
Stadium.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini warned his side they could not
afford to lose any more games in 2014 on the eve of the clash
with the Welsh club.
His players did not appear to get the message, though, as
Wilfried Bony celebrated signing a new contract earlier this
week by giving Swansea a shock lead inside ten minutes.
But City fought back to level through Stevan Jovetic on 19
minutes, before Yaya Toure clinched a much-needed victory for
the champions with a well-taken strike midway through the
second half.
Newcastle's remarkable run continues, meanwhile, as they
secured a fifth successive victory by beating QPR 1-0.
The Magpies couldn't buy a win at the start of the season and
supporters loudly called for manager Alan Pardew's dismissal.
But Pardew has overseen a remarkable turnaround in recent
weeks, and they are now up to fourth in the Premier League as
Moussa Sissoko's strike 12 minutes from time earned them all
three points against QPR.
The Hoops are now propping up the table, as Burnley beat Stoke
2-1 at the Britannia Stadium to move off the bottom.
The newly-promoted Clarets had failed to win any of their
opening ten games of the season but it is now back-to-back
victories for Sean Dyche's side.
Danny Ings' quick fire double early in the first half earned them
the win, with Jonathan Walters' strike proving a mere
consolation for the hosts.
Burnley are now level on points with 17th-placed Leicester, who
remain without a victory since September after being held to a
goalless draw at home to Sunderland.
And finally, West Ham's five-match unbeaten run was brought
to an end by Everton at Goodison Park.
Mauro Zarate had cancelled out Romelu Lukaku's fifth goal of
the season to level for the Hammers but Leon Osman marked
his 400th Everton appearance with the winning goal for the
home side.
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Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United: Rooney's strike seal the victory for manchester united

Manchester United weathered a storm to secure a 2-1 victory
that leaves Arsenal 15 points adrift of Premier League leaders
Chelsea.
The hosts dominated for most of the opening hour at Emirates
Stadium but found United goalkeeper David de Gea in excellent
form.
The same could not be said for De Gea's Arsenal counterpart,
Wojciech Szczesny, whose failure to deal with a ball into the box
led directly to Kieran Gibbs' 56th-minute own goal on the end o
Antonio Valencia's drilled cross, before the Pole was then forced
off injured.
United then made light of high-profile defensive absentees by
closing out their first competitive away win of the Louis van Gaa
era, a triumph sealed by Wayne Rooney on the counter-attack
five minutes from time.
It could have been three late on when Angel di Maria missed
with a one-on-one breakaway opportunity, before Olivier
Giroud gave Arsenal something to cheer with a superb finish on
his return to the side after a fractured tibia.
There were, though, injuries to Jack Wilshere and Szczesny as
Arsenal's miserable record against United was extended to only
one win in 15 attempts - and the gap to Premier League leaders
Chelsea was extended even further.
Danny Welbeck shook off a hamstring problem to lead the
Arsenal attack against his former club, while Arsene Wenger
preferred Mikel Arteta to Mathieu Flamini in midfield.
Van Gaal's latest response to United's defensive injury crisis was
to name Tyler Blackett and Paddy McNair in a re-shaped back
three.
McNair produced an important early block to deny Welbeck an
the England international headed over in the ninth minute as
Arsenal began in the ascendancy.
Wilshere and Welbeck were then able to test United goalkeeper
De Gea as his new-look defence allowed too much room on the
edge of the penalty area.
In the 15th minute, De Gea atoned for a terrible clearance by
keeping out Wilshere's resulting one-on-one opportunity when
the midfielder should have left him with no chance.
Left wing-back Luke Shaw's departure with an ankle problem
further increased United's defensive uncertainty and the alert D
Gea had to race from his goalmouth to deny Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlain.
Wilshere was fortunate to remain on the field after thrusting his
head towards Marouane Fellaini in a 29th-minute clash – a
reflection on his frustration at Arsenal losing their early control
of the match.
Di Maria was central to United's improvement, flashing a
speculative strike narrowly wide and then setting up Rooney,
only for Arsenal full-back Calum Chambers to make a vital 38th-
minute block.
An excellent pass with the outside of his foot from Oxlade-
Chamberlain sent Welbeck racing into the United box from the
left-hand side early in the second half, but De Gea was equal to
the task once more.
A misunderstanding between McNair and Fellaini had Wilshere
racing through on the United goal again soon afterwards, but a
challenge involving both United players resulted in ankle
damage and an early end to the Arsenal man's afternoon.
To compound Wenger's worries, his team fell behind in the 56t
minute.
Poland international Szczesny failed to deal with a cross from
Shaw's replacement, Ashley Young. In doing so he knocked
Gibbs to the floor and the defender put the ball through his
own net when Valencia drove a cross back into the area.
Szczesny injured himself in the process to bring about an
unplanned Premier League debut for substitute goalkeeper
Damian Martinez.
In-form forward Alexis Sanchez placed a header into De Gea's
hands as Arsenal sought a response and Santi Cazorla, on for
Wilshere, had a rasping effort saved.
Arsenal committed increasing numbers forward late on,
meaning Rooney was able to race onto Di Maria's pass before
lifting the ball beyond Martinez, and his team up to fourth in the
table.
Di Maria then passed up a glorious chance to add a third on the
break and Giroud, back in the side after his fractured leg,
smashed a powerful shot into the top corner to make United
sweat midway through an elongated nine minutes of stoppage
time, but there was to be no comeback.
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