Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa

Arsenal cruised to an emphatic 5-0 victory over Aston Villa at the Emirates with a victory that makes it three straight Premier League wins for the first time this season. Mesut Ozil and Theo Walcott were back in the starting line-up after long absences and set up an important victory, which sees Arsene Wenger's men climb above rivals Tottenham and into fifth position. The German World Cup winner, making his first league start in four months,...

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Southampton 0-1 Swansea City

A late goal from Jonjo Shelvey was enough to give Swansea victory over Southampton at St Mary's as Ronald Koeman's side slumped to a surprise 1-0 defeat. The midfielder settled a low-key affair in the 83rd minute when he took aim from 25 yards and arrowed a shot into the top right-hand corner, before Southampton lost Ryan Bertrand to a straight red card in the closing stages for a dangerous challenge on Modou Barrow, who had to be carried from...

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Chelsea 1-1 Manchester City

Champions Manchester City failed to make inroads into Chelsea 's five-point lead as the Premier League's top two shared an absorbing 1-1 draw. Jose Mourinho continued his tempestuous relationship with the media by shunning a pre-match interview with Sky Sports – apparently angered by both a £25,000 fine for comments about referees and Diego Costa's retrospective ban for a stamp on Emre Can during the League Cup semi-final second leg this week....

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Eibar 1-3 Atletico Madrid: Griezmann and Mandzukic goals gave Atletico Madrid a confident victory over Eibar.

Antoine Griezmann and Mario Mandzukic were in sparkling form as Atletico Madrid bounced back from Copa del Rey elimination to beat Eibar 3-1 at a sodden Ipurua. Diego Simeone's men crashed out of the Copa after a 3-2 home defeat by Barcelona on Wednesday and they were greeted with torrential rain in the Basque Country – initially plunging the game into doubt - but the Liga champions produced an instant response as they cruised in testing circumstances....

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Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad: Benzema brace gave Real Madrid a comeback win at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Karim Benzema starred in the absence of the suspended Cristiano Ronaldo by scoring twice in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday. Ronaldo received a two-match ban after lashing out at Cordoba's Edimar in Real's last league outing, but the leaders marched without the Portugal forward at Santiago Bernabeu. Sociedad, who beat Carlo Ancelotti's side 4-2 at the Anoeta in September, were out to record their first away win over Real...

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Sunderland 2-0 Burnley: Defoe scored his first goal for his new club Sunderland.

Jermain Defoe scored his first goal for Sunderland as Gus Poyet's side cruised to a comfortable 2-0 home victory over fellow Premier League strugglers Burnley. The former Tottenham man arrived from MLS outfit Toronto earlier this month, and marked his third appearance in all competitions with a simple close-range finish shortly after the half-hour mark. Sunderland were already one ahead by that stage, as both Burnley centre-halves Jason Shackell...

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Liverpool 2-0 West Ham: Sturridge gave Liverpool a welcome back gift with his goal

Daniel Sturridge was on target in his first Premier League appearance since August as he rounded off the scoring in Saturday's 2-0 win over West Ham at Anfield. Sturridge has been plagued with groin and thigh injuries so far this term, but came off the bench to add to Raheem Sterling's opener after the forward had given Liverpool the lead shortly after the break. The mood was positive around Anfield prior to the fixture due to Sturridge being...

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Manchester United 3-1 Leicester City: Falcao and Van Persie goals keep Manchester united in third position in EPL

Manchester United avenged their humiliating defeat to Leicester City earlier in the season by recording a 3-1 victory over the Premier League's basement club. Louis van Gaal's side were beaten 5-3 at the King Power Stadium in September, but they never looked in danger of suffering a similar fate at Old Trafford on Saturday. Robin van Persie opened the scoring with his first goal in five matches in all competitions - a well-taken 27th-minute...

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Stoke City 3-1 QPR: Jonathan Walters' hat-trick gave stoke city a confident win.

Jonathan Walters' hat-trick secured the win for Mark Hughes' side as the visitors capitulated to an 11th consecutive top-flight defeat away from home this term. Mistakes from Karl Henry and Eduardo Vargas gifted Stoke goals in the opening 45 minutes, with Walters converting twice before Niko Kranjcar pulled a goal back. An injury to captain Ryan Shawcross blighted the first half for the hosts and they struggled to find their momentum after...

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Crystal Palace 0–1 Everton:

Everton picked up all three points after a hard-battled 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. Roberto Martinez's visitors made a flying start during a frenetic first half, with Lukaku sliding in to put them ahead in just the second minute. Phil Jagielka did well to maintain that advantage when he cleared Dwight Gayle's clever chip just two minutes later, but despite plenty of opportunities, the hosts were unable to level before half-time. Palace, without...

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West Brom 0-3 Tottenham

Tottenham served notice of their Champions League ambitions with a commanding 3-0 victory at West Brom . Christian Eriksen's midweek brace against Sheffield United fired the London club into the League Cup final and the Denmark playmaker netted a sixth-minute free- kick at The Hawthorns to register his ninth Premier League goal of the season. Kane has endured a relative fallow spell in his breakthrough campaign over recent weeks but the striker...

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Hull City 0-3 Newcastle

John Carver marked his appointment as Newcastle United head coach with a win as goals from Remy Cabella, Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Gouffran earned a 3-0 victory at struggling Hull City. Carver was confirmed as Newcastle boss until the end of the season in midweek - having taken the reins following Alan Pardew's departure earlier in January - and celebrated his first victory at the fifth attempt to keep Hull in the Premier League's relegation zone....

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