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September 30, 2012, Sunday
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ENGLISH Premier League leader Chelsea beat London rival Arsenal 2-1 with goals from Spaniards Fernando Torres and Juan Mata yesterday to maintain its unbeaten start to the season while handing Arsenal its first defeat.
Liverpool recorded its first league win at the sixth attempt with an emphatic 5-2 victory at Norwich City with Luis Suarez scoring a hat-trick after also scoring three at Carrow Road in April. Nuri Sahin and Steven Gerrard scored Liverpool's other goals.
Everton maintained its good start, coming from behind to beat Southampton 3-1 with all its three goals coming in 13 first-half minutes.
The Toffees moved into second place behind Chelsea at least until Manchester United, which started the day in second place, plays Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford in the late kickoff.
Champion Manchester City, without a win in any competition for four games, came from behind to win 2-1 at Fulham with a late goal from Edin Dzeko grabbing the three points.
Mladen Petric gave Fulham a 10th-minute lead from the penalty spot after Pablo Zabaleta fouled John Arne Riise before Sergio Aguero drew City level in the 43rd minute.
Elsewhere, Stoke City sent Swansea City to a third successive defeat with Peter Crouch scoring both in its 2-0 win, Sunderland beat 10-man Wigan Athletic 1-0 for its first win after four draws and Reading and Newcastle United drew 2-2.
Both Chelsea goals came as a result of Mata free kicks and poor Arsenal defending with Torres out-muscling Laurent Koscielny to volley the European champion ahead at the Emirates Stadium after 20 minutes for his third league goal of the season.
Roof of the net
Gervinho equalized for Arsenal three minutes before the break when he turned crisply and fired into the roof of the net for his fourth goal of the campaign.
Chelsea, which started with skipper John Terry as he mulls an appeal over a four-game ban for racist abuse, regained the lead in the 53rd when Mata's free kick eluded everyone before clipping Koscielny and flying in past 'keeper Vito Mannone.
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo told Sky Sports: "I thought we were excellent today and deservedly won the game. From the start to the end we never defended too deep, we tried to take the initiative and go forward and create chances and the game went for us today."
Disappointed Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: "We were a bit nervous at the start ... But we should never have lost this game.
"It is sad because we gave the game away at home, we conceded two soft goals on set pieces. They had three shots on target and scored two goals."
Arsenal, which started the day in fifth place after two wins and three draws in its opening league games, came close to saving a point three times but was denied by a great Petr Cech save, the woodwork and a late rash shot from substitute Olivier Giroud.
Cech made an excellent one-handed diving save to deny Lukas Podolski a headed goal after 59 minutes and Giroud, who replaced Podolski after 66 minutes, shot into the side-netting late in the game after going round Cech.
Koscielny, who had a miserable afternoon, almost made amends but saw a late header come back off the post.
Terry, who on Thursday was found guilty of using racist language towards Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand last year, was roundly booed by the home fans every time he touched the ball at first, as was former Arsenal defender Ashley Cole.
Liverpool recorded its first league win at the sixth attempt with an emphatic 5-2 victory at Norwich City with Luis Suarez scoring a hat-trick after also scoring three at Carrow Road in April. Nuri Sahin and Steven Gerrard scored Liverpool's other goals.
Everton maintained its good start, coming from behind to beat Southampton 3-1 with all its three goals coming in 13 first-half minutes.
The Toffees moved into second place behind Chelsea at least until Manchester United, which started the day in second place, plays Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford in the late kickoff.
Champion Manchester City, without a win in any competition for four games, came from behind to win 2-1 at Fulham with a late goal from Edin Dzeko grabbing the three points.
Mladen Petric gave Fulham a 10th-minute lead from the penalty spot after Pablo Zabaleta fouled John Arne Riise before Sergio Aguero drew City level in the 43rd minute.
Elsewhere, Stoke City sent Swansea City to a third successive defeat with Peter Crouch scoring both in its 2-0 win, Sunderland beat 10-man Wigan Athletic 1-0 for its first win after four draws and Reading and Newcastle United drew 2-2.
Both Chelsea goals came as a result of Mata free kicks and poor Arsenal defending with Torres out-muscling Laurent Koscielny to volley the European champion ahead at the Emirates Stadium after 20 minutes for his third league goal of the season.
Roof of the net
Gervinho equalized for Arsenal three minutes before the break when he turned crisply and fired into the roof of the net for his fourth goal of the campaign.
Chelsea, which started with skipper John Terry as he mulls an appeal over a four-game ban for racist abuse, regained the lead in the 53rd when Mata's free kick eluded everyone before clipping Koscielny and flying in past 'keeper Vito Mannone.
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo told Sky Sports: "I thought we were excellent today and deservedly won the game. From the start to the end we never defended too deep, we tried to take the initiative and go forward and create chances and the game went for us today."
Disappointed Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: "We were a bit nervous at the start ... But we should never have lost this game.
"It is sad because we gave the game away at home, we conceded two soft goals on set pieces. They had three shots on target and scored two goals."
Arsenal, which started the day in fifth place after two wins and three draws in its opening league games, came close to saving a point three times but was denied by a great Petr Cech save, the woodwork and a late rash shot from substitute Olivier Giroud.
Cech made an excellent one-handed diving save to deny Lukas Podolski a headed goal after 59 minutes and Giroud, who replaced Podolski after 66 minutes, shot into the side-netting late in the game after going round Cech.
Koscielny, who had a miserable afternoon, almost made amends but saw a late header come back off the post.
Terry, who on Thursday was found guilty of using racist language towards Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand last year, was roundly booed by the home fans every time he touched the ball at first, as was former Arsenal defender Ashley Cole.
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