What a weekend in the Prem!

Now I'm going to review the games from this weekend, new territory, woo! I'll start with Arsenal because I'm ecstatic that they actually managed to win, despite it being against the bottom team; when QPR finished with 10 men and with the aid of an offside goal. Arsenal still struggled to hold on with Jamie Mackie nearly popping up at the end with a barnstorming run but to be denied by Vito Mannone. Arsenal didn't attack convincingly, with Olivier Giroud and Cazorla among others missing a host of chances and Julio Cesar having his best game in a QPR jersey so far, but the result is what matters for Arsenal, especially with a mammoth game coming up next weekend against rivals Man United. Gooners will be hoping Arsenal can gather even more momentum with a win in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday in what will be a tough away game against Premiership rivals Reading. Another talking point was Stephane M'bia's red card, what was the fool thinking?!

Onto probably everyone's biggest talking point of this weekend, Stoke City vs Sunderland. No, I joke, Chelsea vs Man United which is probably the biggest clash of the season so far and it didn't disappoint anyone with a game that had nearly everything, red cards.. not one, but two. Dodgy refereeing, an offside goal, a comeback and an own goal! Chelsea went 2 - 0 down through a David Luiz o.g and a Robin Van Persie goal (surprise, surprise) but fought back through Juan Mata's goal just before half-time gave Chelsea some hope going into the second half, Ramires made it all square just after half-time with a towering header. But that's as good as it got for Chelsea as 10 minutes later Branislav Ivanovic was sent off when he clipped Ashley Young who was racing through the middle, then five minutes later Fernando Torres was shown a second yellow card for simulation despite replays showing contact from Jonny Evans, even though Torres should maybe have seen red for his first booking alone. Man United took full advantage of 9-man Chelsea (and the linesman's dodgy eyesight) as substitute Javier Hernandez tapped in the eventual winner. Chelsea shouldn't feel too downhearted though because they are still top of the league (only by a point, but hey, still top right?)

Everton and Liverpool played out a typically fiery Merseyside derby in the earlier kick-off as Liverpool went 2 - 0 up, Leighton Baines got an unfortunate own goal after Luis Suarez fired the ball across the box which ricocheted in off the England full-back, Suarez then decided to heighten tensions further by doing a mock dive celebration in front of Everton manager David Moyes who made mid-week comments about the Uruguayan front-mans play-acting. Suarez was the hero for Liverpool again as the striker bagged a goal of his own after 20 minutes after he connected with a Steven Gerrard free-kick. Liverpool couldn't hold onto their priceless two-goal lead as Everton fought back with goals Leon Osman and Gary Naismith ensuring a pulsating first-half. The matched stayed 2 - 2 but Liverpool and Suarez were denied another goal in the last minute, it is unsure whether it was denied for a foul by Sebastien Coates on Phil Jagielka or whether Suarez was deemed offside, if it was the latter it was a wrong call because the Liverpool striker was level with the last man before stabbing home what could have been the winner. The main talking point from a Liverpool game again is Suarez, the man is an undoubted footballing talent but his simulation & history of unfair play is held against him in many quarters, which is a huge shame because he is now the footballing version of the boy who cried wolf.

Tottenham got their first win over Southampton at St. Mary's in six attempts with former Saint Gareth Bale coming back to haunt his former club. Bale gave Spurs the lead in the 15th minute with Clint Dempsey grabbing his second league goal for Spurs six minutes before the break. Jay Rodriguez gave Southampton a glimmer of hope in the 66th minute and Spurs had to survive a late Southampton onslaught but they held on to collect three good points from Southampton who have been leaking goals for fun in the Premiership so far this season, conceding the most goals with 26 so far already. Tottenham managed to move into the top four with the victory.

Newcastle secured a late, late win over West Brom at St. James' Park, Demba Ba opened the scoring with a 34th minute volley which was his 7th goal of the season, but that was cancelled out in the 55th minute by on-loan striker Romelu Lukaku for the Baggies with a good header after racing onto Zoltan Gera's cross. Papiss Cisse & Gabriel Obertan joined the fray as a response to the equalizer and Sammy Ameobi came on for the injured Ba. It was Ameobi who's shot was heading wide of goal in the 93rd minute, the ball deflected off Cisse, whose touch took it away from the stranded Ben Foster and into the net for Cisse to claim his first Premiership goal of the season and for the first time for Newcastle, Ba and Cisse have scored in the same match.

The stand-out game of Saturday was Reading vs Fulham, with both sides sharing six goals equally, Reading took the lead through an amazing Mikele Leigertwood strike (yeah, you heard me.) in the 26th minute. Fulham responded in the second half with substitute Bryan Ruiz turning well on the edge of the box and firing an unstoppable shot into the top corner, Fulham then took the lead 16 minutes later through full-back turned goal-scoring midfielder Chris Baird, who then injured himself two seconds later after colliding with the advertising boards. Reading equalized in the 85th minute when Garath McCleary pounced onto Jason Roberts loose touch in the Fulham box, Fulham then took the lead again three minutes later when Dimitar Berbatov was allowed the space and time to finesse (RB/R1 for those who don't know) the ball into the bottom corner to give Fulham what should have been the winner. The Londoners must have been wondering what they needed to do to win the game when in the 90th minute Hal Robson-Kanu poked home a close-range finish to give the game a stunning finale.

Champions Man City struggled to overcome Swansea at the Etihad, the match itself was a rather drab affair with both sides struggling to really make anything in the first-half. City started the second half with gusto, maybe Roberto Mancini gave them a bit of a hairdryer talking at half-time. They were rewarded for their good start when Gael Clichy laid the ball to Carlos Tevez who drilled the ball into the bottom corner from all of 30 yards. Swansea never gave up and gave a good account of themselves and 12 minutes of stoppage time were given due to injuries to Michel Vorm & Micah Richards, but Swansea couldn't get an equalizer and the match finished 1 - 0 to City, after Chelsea's loss to Man United City are now just a point off top, on 22 points with rivals Manchester United.

Wigan surprised a few pundits and fans alike by beating in-form Londoners West Ham. Ivan Ramis gave the Latics an 8th minute lead with a spectacular volley from the edge of the box from a Jean Beausejour corner. James McArthur doubled the hosts advantage with a half-volley two minutes after the restart after Jussi Jaaskelainen shanked a routine clearance to concede possession. James Tomkins hit the bar late on with a deflected volley but then gave West Ham hope in the 92nd minute with a solid header but it was only a consolation goal as Wigan held on to claim all three points.

Aston Villa and Norwich played out a 1 - 1 draw in the early Saturday kick-off, Christian Benteke justified his inclusion with a fine touch and finish in the 27th minute. There were three Bennett's on the pitch and Aston Villa's left-back Joe was sent off for a second bookable offence after he upended namesake Elliott. Chris Hughton's side finally found an equalizer in the 79th minute when summer signing Michael Turner headed in a Wes Hoolahan cross to deny former Canaries manager Paul Lambert a win over his former club.

Stoke and Sunderland played out one of the most boring matches I've ever witnessed at the Britannia, the draw specialists justified their tags with a bit of a bore draw.