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Chelsea 1-0 West Brom (FT)
Everton 3-1 Reading (FT)
Man United 4-0 Norwich (FT)
Southampton 1-2 QPR (FT)
Stoke City 0-1 West Ham (FT)
Sunderland 1-2 Fulham (FT)
Swansea 1-0 Newcastle (FT)
Chelsea v West Brom
Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cole, Ramires, Lampard, Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Ba
Subs: Turnbull, Torres, Mikel, Moses, Cahill, Terry, BertrandWest Brom: Foster, Reid, Olsson, McAuley, Ridgewell, Yacob, Mulumbu, Morrison, Dorrans, Fortune, Long
Subs: Myhill, Rosenberg, Thomas, Odemwingie, Jones, Tamas, Isaiah BrownReferee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
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Everton v Reading
Everton: Mucha, Coleman, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Mirallas, Gibson, Osman, Pienaar, Fellaini, Jelavic
Subs: Springthorpe, Heitinga, Oviedo, Naismith, Hitzlsperger, Neville, AnichebeReading: Stuart Taylor, Kelly, Mariappa, Pearce, Harte, Kebe, Leigertwood, Akpan, McAnuff, Le Fondre, Hunt
Subs: Henly, Gunter, Karacan, McCleary, Morrison, Robson-Kanu, BlackmanReferee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
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Man Utd v Norwich
Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Anderson, Carrick, Kagawa, Rooney, van Persie
Subs: Lindegaard, Da Silva, Hernandez, Nani, Young, Welbeck, CleverleyNorwich: Bunn, Martin, Bassong, Turner, Garrido, Snodgrass, Johnson, Howson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt
Subs: Camp, Whittaker, Fox, Kamara, Elliott Bennett, Becchio, Ryan BennettReferee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)
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Southampton v QPR
Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Fox, Puncheon, Ramirez, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Lambert
Subs: Kelvin Davis, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Richardson, ShawQPR: Julio Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill, Traore, Park, Granero, Mbia, Hoilett, Bothroyd, Remy
Subs: Green, Taarabt, Mackie, Onuoha, Jenas, Da Silva, TownsendReferee: Howard Webb
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Stoke v West Ham
Stoke: Begovic, Shotton, Shawcross, Wilson, Wilkinson, Walters, Whelan, Nzonzi, Kightly, Jerome, Crouch
Subs: Sorensen, Cameron, Palacios, Jones, Adam, Whitehead, SheaWest Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Reid, O’Brien, Jarvis, Joe Cole, O’Neil, Diame, Taylor, Carroll
Subs: Spiegel, Carlton Cole, Collison, Maiga, Vaz Te, Pogatetz, ChamakhReferee: Jon Moss
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Sunderland v Fulham
Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, O’Shea, Bramble, Colback, Sessegnon, N’Diaye, Larsson, Johnson, Fletcher, Graham
Subs: Westwood, Bardsley, Vaughan, Mangane, McClean, CuellarFulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Riise, Duff, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Ruiz, Berbatov
Subs: Etheridge, Petric, Frimpong, Richardson, Hughes, Rodallega, EmanuelsonReferee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
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Swansea v Newcastle
Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Monk, Davies, Hernandez, Britton, Routledge, de Guzman, Dyer, Michu
Subs: Tremmel, Bartley, Lamah, Shechter, Moore, Tiendalli, KiNewcastle: Elliot, Debuchy, Steven Taylor, Yanga-Mbiwa, Santon, Gouffran, Cabaye, Sissoko, Tiote, Gutierrez, Cisse
Subs: Alnwick, Anita, Perch, Haidara, Marveaux, Ameobi, ObertanReferee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
We’ve had a pulsating start in the match between Everton and Reading, with Nikica Jelavic missing two quickfire chances to put the Toffees ahead at Goodison. What has happened to the Croatian striker?
A clever one-two between Van Persie and Rooney sends the former through on goal.
However, Mark Bunn is off his line quickly to smother the ball before Van Persie can get to it.
For those interested in La Liga, it’s currently Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona.
Messi has just equalised, after Benzema opened the scoring.
GOALS FOR QPR AND FULHAM!
Dimitar Berbatov (who else?) has given Fulham the lead with a penalty against Sunderland (16 mins).
Meanwhile, Loic Remy, who is in the side today as Bobby Zamora is injured, has scored for QPR with a classy finish after Junior Hoilett’s assist (14 mins).
Man United have unsurprisingly been quite dominant against Norwich so far.
Norwich, though, have been disciplined defensively, meaning their opponents have found it tough to break them down thus far.
Chelsea 1-0 West Brom: Demba Ba has just boosted Chelsea’s Champions League hopes by putting them ahead against West Brom, blasting home after the ball falls to him from a corner (28 mins).
Meanwhile, Rafa Benitez shows no emotion on the bench.
Sunderland 1-2 Fulham: Two goals in quick succession. Sascha Riether scores after Ashkan Dejagah’s shot rebounds into his path (35 mins).
Craig Gardner responds almost immediately for Sunderland though (37 mins).
Rafa in!
Everton 1-0 Reading: Fellaini has just made a lot of Fantasy Football players happy by giving Everton the lead (42 mins).
Man United 1-0 Norwich: Van Persie controls Valencia whipped in cross, and Shinji Kagawa is on hand to finish (45 mins).
United haven’t been at their best today, so Norwich will be particularly disappointed at having conceded.
There’s been more late goals.
Stoke 0-1 West Ham: West Ham are looking good to secure a rare away win, with Jack Collison handing them the lead (45 mins).
Southampton 1-1 Queens Park Rangers: Gaston Ramirez beats the offside trap and finishes well to leave it level at the break (45 mins).
It’s now half-time in all the Premier League games.
It’s also Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona.
(Chelsea fans show banners regarding Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez in the stands before kick-off – Adam Davy/PA Wire/Press Association Images)
Great ball from Kagawa finds Rooney, but Bunn produces an unorthodox but well-timed sliding tackle on the England international.
Shortly before, Vidic made a good interception to prevent Snodgrass from connecting with a dangerous cross.
Everton 2-0 Reading: Pienaar looks to have made the game safe for the Toffees.
A victory would keep their feint hopes of Champions League qualification alive.
Chelsea fans are now beginning to chant “Jose Mourinho”.
Would Roman Abramovich have him back though?
Robin van Persie has been replaced by Dabnny Welbeck after 65 minutes.
United fans will be relieved he managed to get through today’s game relatively unscathed, with their vital Champions League game on the horizon.
Everton 3-0 Reading: Game, set and match. Kevin Mirallas has killed off any hopes of a Reading fightback (66 mins).
Sunderland 2-2 Fulham: Great comeback from the Black Cats. Stephane Sessegnon scores after an Adam Johnson cross is deflected into his path (70 mins).
Man United 2-0 Norwich: Kagawa has just gotten his and United’s second with a clever finish.
Even on auto-pilot, they can comfortably beat most Premier League sides.
Controversial…
Everton 3-1 Reading: Hal Robson-Kanu has got what looks to be a consolation goal for Reading (84 mins).
Swansea 1-0 Newcastle: Luke Moore mishits it into the net. They all count, I suppose (85 mins).
Man United 3-0 Norwich: Shinji Kagawa slots home his hat-trick after being set up by Rooney (86 mins).
Man United 4-0 Norwich: It’s becoming a rout.
Wayne Rooney beats his marker easily, and curls his shot into the top corner (89 mins).
In non-Premier League news…
It’s now full-time in every game bar Southampton-QPR, with the latter leading through a late Jay Bothroyd g0al.
And the full-time whistle has blown at Southampton, with QPR earning a priceless three points.
Perhaps boozy trips aren’t such a bad idea after all.
Is it just me or has the standard of the league dropped this season?
Its just you
How high was your standards to begin with?
That depends on what team you support. If its Liverpool and you struggle to beat anyone in the top ten, then I’d go with it being a great strong league. I’m a United fan, wouldn’t say the standard has dropped. Some teams have lost strength but have been replaced by others. Not as exciting this season though
Another Liverpool reference from another united “fan”
I’m not putting pool down, they’ve had a poor season which could be pointed at the mid table teams becoming stronger. This is all I mean. Sorry, I forgot that anyone who enjoys watching United play knows nothing about such things
Not gona comment on what team I support,just saying it would be good to see 5or6 teams competing for the title every year in reality it’s only 2 at most 3 all comes down to €€€€.should be a cap on the money teams can pay on wages and buying players to even things out
Liverpools standards have dropped a lot no doubt, in fact i would say this year all teams have not played well, exceptions WBA and Swansea…. Pool cannot finish, Man U too long cannot defend but have just enough fire power to score more than other team…. Arsenal no bottle, Man C, well always hard to defend title, Chelsea, well their fans deserve what they get, money does not buy happiness and Gareth Bale, sorry Spurs…. One man team…. I am sure a lot of fans of those teams will talk about positives, but I have found this season very odd…. Very frustrated Pool fan… Great football at times, but never convincing….
@ Alan Murphy
19…Soon to be 20!!
And then 21! :))))))))))))))))
Ah now…. Beware, Everton are on the way up, till Man Utd buy best players, maybe moyes too :)
The standard has dropped…the worst Manchester United team in 20 years is going to win the league and by some distance.
Moyes is a great manager, has done great things at everton. But I just can’t see him at united, it would bre interesting to see how he’d cope. Hopefully baines would come with him
Worst United team in 20 years?!! Go do one!
When United won the treble in 99 they won the league with 79 points. With 10 games to go this year they have 71… That is after massive investment from City, Chelsea and Liverpool in those 13 years, all of whom have spent more than Manchester United on top players!! In fact all of those teams mentioned have outspent United in the last 25 years…. Or are you suggesting that the standard of player has dropped worldwide? Because if you are, you need to be locked up for your safety and the safety of those around you.
P.S. I am not stating that this Utd team is better than that of ’99 at the moment, should they go on and win the treble (they won’t) they’d have to be considered every bit as good, if not better given the stats.