The Barclays premier league resumed after the international break. Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the table to four points after a 2-0 home win over Southampton.
Arsene Wenger's men started the match brightly by creating some chances. Ramsey's back heel effort came off the foot of the post after Santi Carzola had hit the outside of the post with a nice effort.
Olivier Giroud broke the deadlock in the 27th minute. Boruc failed to clear the ball and chose to dribble the French man. Giroud pounced on the ball and made it 1-0.
After the restart, Southampton failed to get an equaliser before Giroud converted a late penalty to seal the win for his team.
Newcastle United defeated Norwich City by 2-1 at the Saint James park. Everton were forced to a 3-3 draw in the Merseyside derby that was played at the Goodison Park.
West Ham United succumbed to a 3-0 home defeat against Chelsea. Lampard scored a brace while Oscar also got his name on the scorers' sheet.
Manchester City crushed Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad stadium on Sunday. The match ended 6-0 in favour of Manuel Pellegrini's men. Sergio Aguero and Jesus Navas scored a brace each while Alvaro Negredo also grabbed a goal.
Cardiff City and Manchester United settled for a 2-2 draw in a game where Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra scored for the visitors. United were leading 2-1 until an injury time free kick was nodded in by a Korean who scored his first goal for Cardiff.
Arsenal are on top of the table with 28 points, followed by second placed Liverpool on 24, Chelsea is third due to their less number of goals. Manchester City have moved up to 4th place on 22 points and a superior goal difference ahead of Southampton.
Manchester United slipped to sixth position, but they are one point better than Newcastle United.
Luis Suarez, Sergio Aguero,Daniel Sturridge and Olivier Giroud are the top scorers with 9 goals each.
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