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Arsenal & Chelsea Back To Winning Ways

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08:35 13 Dec 2014


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Arsenal are just two points off the top four in the Premier League this evening.

They thrashed Newcastle 4-1 at the Emirates in the late Premier League game of the day.

Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla scored a brace each for the Gunners, while Ayoze Perez netted for The Magpies.

Frenchman Giroud says they wanted to put in a good performance after their loss to Stoke last week:

 

 

Earlier, Chelsea got back to winning ways after their loss to Newcastle last week.

They beat Hull 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, thanks to goals from Eden Hazard and Diego Costa.

Tom Huddlestone was sent off for Hull in the game, too.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says it’s been a good week:

 

 

Manchester City stay just 3 points behind Chelsea, after edging past bottom side Leicester 1-nil.

Frank Lampard scored the winner.

The goal saw Lampard become the joint fourth top scorer in Premier League history.

He now has 175 goals - the same as Thierry Henry.

City manager Manuel Pellegrini was delighted to claim the win after a tough week:

 

Elsewhere, West Ham are fourth after a 1-all draw away to Sunderland.

It also ended 1-all between Crystal Palace and Stoke.

Burnley are out of the relegation zone, after a 1-nil win at home to Southampton today.

That's the Saints' fourth defeat in a row.

And West Brom beat Aston Villa by a goal to nil.

Villa played most of that game with just 10 men, after Kieran Richardson was red carded.


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