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.