For now, there is a new team on top of the Premier League: Liverpool, taking the top spot thanks to a comfortable home win over Cardiff, while Manchester City move to second after an away win that could have been a lot easier to achieve, beating Fulham in Craven Cottage.

A big day for everyone near the top of the table that isn’t called Arsenal, with Manchester City beating the Gunners quite decisively at the Etihad, where they are the best in the Premier League. Chelsea, beating Crystal Palace, were another team that enjoyed this result immensely despite not playing very well in their win.

A story of those going up and those going down, as Liverpool were the big winners in the race to catch up with Arsenal, beating West Ham comfortably with more goals from Luis Suarez, while both Chelsea (losing at Stoke) and Manchester City (drawing at Southampton) dropped vital points. Still, most of the news was made in the day’s first match at Old Trafford, as Manchester United lost at home again, this time 1-0 to Newcastle.

The best match of the weekend was the Merseyside derby, as Everton and Liverpool finished their match in a 3-3 draw, but that only allowed Arsenal to open a four point lead at the top of the table after a 2-0 win over Southampton, and Chelsea moving up to second place due to their 3-0 win over West Ham.

While the biggest match of the weekend hasn’t happened yet, two results meant quite a lot in what’s shaping up to be the title race: Liverpool had an easy 4-0 win over the falling apart Fulham thanks to a brace from Luis Suarez, and Chelsea dropped two points by drawing at home against West Brom thanks to Ramires diving and winning a made up penalty kick in injury time.

The big game of the week kept Arsenal at the top of the table with a five point lead after beating Liverpool 2-0, while Chelsea lost some ground with a 2-0 loss at Newcastle. Manchester City got a huge win (7-0) over Norwich, putting them back on track in the title race, and Manchester United won two matches in a row (3-1 at Fulham), also making sounds of title challengers again.

The status quo more or less remains, at least until all the matches are completed. For now, Arsenal remain at the top of the league despite remaining with 10 men for most of the second half. Liverpool, with their best performance of the season, are just behind, looking so dangerous with Luis Suarez and Daniel […]