Premier League round-up: Gameweek 7

This weekend saw 31 Premier League goals scored. Manchester City got the weekends action underway on Saturday afternoon in a fixture which last season saw them dominate Sunderland but fail to find the net.
 

Sunderland would score very late on and give City a title scare. It wasn’t to be this time though as Aleksandr Kolarov scored another free kick before assisting Sergio Aguero before James Milner rounded up a 3-0 win for City.
This set the tone for Title rivals Chelsea who hosted Norwich at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea replied in great style. Going behind after 11 minutes to Grant Holts first of the season for Norwich, Fernando Torres equalised minutes later, only for Chelsea to dominate and win the match 4-1 with Frank Lampard, Eden Hazard and free scoring defender Branislav Ivanovic adding to their tally. Ivanovic now has 3 for the season, and for a defender that’s not bad at all!
The other 3pm kick offs on Saturday saw Swansea battle back from 0-2 down at Home to Reading to draw 2-2. Michu continuing his impressive scoring tally to start the comeback for Swansea. West Brom continued their good start to the season with a 3-2 win over struggling Q.P.R. Esteban Granero, Zoltan Gera and Youssouf Mulumbu amongst the goalscorers in a high scoring entertaining game at the hawthorns. In the last of the 3pm kick offs, Wigan held high flying Everton to a 2-2 draw but were ahead until Leighton Baines tucked away an 89^th minute penalty. Nikita Jelavic equalised in the 11^th minute seconds after Arouna Kone had put Wigan infront, Franco di Santo made it 2-1 to Wigan and that’s how it would remain for the best part of the game.
The late kick off saw Arsenal travel to Upton Park where they made hard work of beating West Ham 1-3. Diame giving West Ham a 21^st minute lead which they held until Olivier Giroud scored a poachers goal before half time. Arsenal left it late to round up the victory, Theo Walcott scoring before the 80^th minute and Santi Cazorla rounding up the scoring 5 minutes later.
With Arsenal, City and Chelsea all collecting wins, the pressure was on Manchester United to overcome last season’s 3-0 demise to Newcastle and take all 3 points but it was Southampton and Fulham who got the football underway on Sunday, playing out a 2-2 draw which the Saints manager may see as 2points lost rather than 1 gained. José Fonte scored in the opening and closing moments of the game to rescue a point after Southampton conceded and own goal and Kieran Richardson thought he had won the game for Fulham in the 88^th minute.
The 2 midday games saw Liverpool and Stoke battle it out in a violent 0-0 draw with Luis Suarez at the central of accusations of diving and play acting and Stoke receiving 5 yellow cards whilst Tottenham beat Aston Villa 2-0, with Brad Friedels surprise exclusion after 310 consecutive Premier League Appearance the highlight. Hugo Lloris received his Premier League debut and was mostly a spectator with Aston Villa showing poor quality of football.
The big game of the afternoon saw Manchester United overcome their 3-0 defeat gloom to turn the result around and easily brush aside a lacklustre Newcastle side. Wayne Rooney put in an excellent performance whilst Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra and Tom Cleverely were all surprise inclusions on the scoresheet.
The weekends result see Chelsea sit 4points ahead of Manchester United in 2^nd whilst Manchester City sit 3^rd on goal difference, 1 point ahead of Everton, Tottenham and West Brom. Q.P.R currently occupy bottom of the table, 1 point adrift of Norwich and Reading.http://full-timewhistle.com/2012/10/08/premier-league-round-up-gameweek-7/