Manchester United returned to the Premier League's top four for the first time in more than a year as Radamel Falcao's first United goal proved decisive against Everton. Angel Di Maria's calm finish gave the hosts a lead that survived to half-time as Leighton Baines saw a penalty saved. Baines picked out Steven Naismith to nod in an equaliser and Falcao cleared a Phil Jagielka header off the line. But Falcao stabbed in from Di Maria's shot to grab the winner. Everton, who have won only one of their first seven league games, could easily have taken something from the game but Bryan Oviedo, who scored the winner in the fixture last season, was denied by a tremendous stoppage-time save from David De Gea. The Spaniard also had to be alert to keep out a late Leon Osman effort but, while United will be concerned by their vulnerability under late pressure, the result and the three points were paramount. Their first back-to-back league wins under Louis van Gaal carry the Dutchman's side into the Champions League qualification places for the first time since they drew with Chelsea in predecessor David Moyes' second league match in charge. With the international break, their next game is not until 20 October when they are away to West Brom and Van Gaal will hope his new-look side can consolidate their form to ensure more comfortable afternoons at Old Trafford.

Video Goals Hilights : West Ham United 2-0 QPR - Premer League

West Ham climbed to seventh in the table as an own goal by Nedum Onuoha and Diafra Sakho's header left QPR two points from safety at the bottom.

The Hammers were ahead when Stewart Downing's corner struck the knee of Onuoha, standing on the edge of the six-yard area, and rolled in.
Charlie Austin fired wide from QPR substitute Bobby Zamora's cross before Sakho headed the second from a mis-hit cross by James Tomkins.
QPR have now won once in seven games.
 

Video Goals Hilights : Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Southampton - Premier League




Tottenham beat Southampton to end a run of four league games without a victory and give manager Mauricio Pochettino a win against his former club.

The home side went in front when Christian Eriksen latched on to a Nacer Chadli lay-off and arrowed in a shot.

Chadli almost added to the lead only for his shot to come back off the post. 

Southampton increased the urgency in search of an equaliser but saw Sadio Mane fail to convert a Ryan Bertrand cross when he shot wide from six yards.
The visitors had also gone close when midfielder Victor Wanyama had a shot excellently saved by Hugo Lloris.
The defeat ended Southampton's run of six straight wins in all competitions at the hands of the man who led them to an impressive eighth last season, although they remain in the Premier League's top four.

For Pochettino, the win not only eased the strain on him as Spurs moved up to sixth in the Premier League, but provided evidence his players are coming to terms with his coaching methods.
He had instilled a high-energy and high-pressing style of play as he impressed during his tenure at Southampton, although the Argentine had struggled to implement a similar style at White Hart Lane.
However, against Southampton there was a desire and application from the home side with signs of progress.
Tottenham went close early on when a Jan Vertonghen header was cleared off the line by Bertrand, and Erik Lamela and Eriksen had long-range efforts saved before the Spurs pressure told.

Emmanuel Adebayor cut in from the right and passed to Chadli, who laid the ball off to Eriksen to drill in a low shot from the edge of the area.
It was only the fifth goal Southampton had conceded so far this season and they would have gone 2-0 down but for the woodwork. Chadli raced clear at the end of a Spurs counter-attack but his angled shot came back off the post.
The visitors may have started the season strongly but struggled to create chances. They did go close when a low Graziano Pelle cross found Mane at the far post but his shot was deflected wide by Kyle Naughton.
The full-back was forced off later after he was caught just above the ankle by a reckless Bertrand boot as the two challenged for a tackle.
Tottenham had kept the visitors at arm's length for most of the game and, after Wanyama's shot was saved and Mane's late effort, they secured their third league win of the campaign.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: 
 
"It was an important win. It was a very tough game. Southampton have unbelievable players.
"We are still improving. I arrived three months ago. It is always difficult to put together a different philosophy in such a short time. It is important to build something for the long term.
"All the players did a great job and did their best. We deserved the three points."

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman: 
 
"It was difficult. We knew before the game that they are a strong team. The game was in the balance.
"They had good moments but in the second half little-by-little we had some dominance in the game. It is all about scoring goals and they did that better than us.
"Maybe that [Sadio Mane's miss] was the biggest chance of the game. It was great cross from Ryan Bertrand and he had to score but was unlucky. I am happy with performance today."

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal - Premier League Hilights




Chelsea cemented their position at the top of the Premier League with victory over Arsenal as Arsene Wenger's winless streak against Jose Mourinho was extended to 12 games.

The old adversaries squared up in an ugly first-half moment when Wenger shoved Mourinho in the chest in Chelsea's technical area after Gary Cahill's challenge on Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez. 

 A semblance of order was restored although the tension still resurfaced - but as so often, it was Mourinho who had the last word with a win that puts the Blues five points ahead of second-placed Manchester City.

Eden Hazard's first-half penalty put them on their way after he was fouled by Laurent Koscielny, while Diego Costa's ninth goal in seven games since his £32m summer move from Atletico Madrid wrapped up the win.

This never threatened to be a repeat of Chelsea's 6-0 thrashing of Arsenal in March that marred Wenger's 1,000th match in charge of the Gunners, but there was rarely a moment when his side threatened to end his dismal sequence against Mourinho as they suffered their first league loss of the season.

The home side may not have produced the flamboyant football that has featured in some of their play this season, but the old steel at the back is still in evidence and, in Costa and former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas, they have acquired a potent partnership.

Costa's goalscoring has caught the eye but the wonderful raking pass from Fabregas that set up the second goal silenced the taunts aimed from the visiting fans and was his seventh Premier League assist of the season.
It was the crowning moment of a Chelsea performance that was ruthlessly efficient and sounded an ominous note to those hoping to stop Mourinho reclaiming the Premier League title this season.

Chelsea even survived the early loss of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who was taken off before half-time and replaced by Petr Cech after taking a bang on the head in a collision with Sanchez, with the Belgian taken to hospital as a precaution. 

Courtois's problems started when he raced out to beat Sanchez to a through ball and there was an accidental clash between the pair - the young goalkeeper recovered after being flat out but was unable to complete the half, the Chelsea medical team eventually signalling to Mourinho that he need to be replaced.
If the action on the pitch took time to get going, there was no time-wasting between Mourinho and Wenger as their obvious personal animosity quickly boiled over.
Wenger took exception to Mourinho giving his view on Cahill's tackle on Sanchez, marching menacingly into the Chelsea technical area before giving his counterpart a very clear two-handed shove in the chest.
Mourinho, not surprisingly, was unimpressed and it took the intervention of fourth official Jon Moss to at least restore a small measure of calm between the pair.

 Arsenal had acquitted themselves well without putting Chelsea under serious pressure, but were unlocked by the pace and trickery of Hazard to go behind after 27 minutes. Koscielny had no other answer to the Belgian's run into the area than to stick his leg out and bring him down, with Hazard recovering his poise to score from the spot.

Chelsea, while not being at their best, had restricted Arsenal to the extent that the visiting attacking threat was non-existent, but the Gunners had a genuine grievance when Fabregas stopped Jack Wilshere's shot from the edge of the area with raised arms just after the hour, only for referee Martin Atkinson to remain unmoved.

And while Chelsea were resolute in defence, there remained the ever-present threat of Costa. He had barely been in the game but pounced to put the match out of Arsenal's reach with 12 minutes left.

Fabregas, as he has been so often this season since joining Chelsea from Barcelona in the summer, was the creator, as a long pass sent Costa beyond Arsenal's defence to lift a finish over Wojciech Szczesny. 

Video Goals Hilights : Manchester United 2-1 Everton - Premier League 2014


Manchester United 2-1 Everton PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Radamel Falcao scores first Old Trafford goal and Angel di Maria nets with Steven Naismith scoring for Toffees

Angel di Maria puts Manchester United ahead on 26 minutes at Old Trafford

Leighton Baines has penalty saved by David de Gea (45) after Tony Hibbert is fouled in the box by Luke Shaw 

Steven Naismith equalises (55) after wonderful cross from Baines 

Radamel Falcao sores his first Manchester United goal (62) 

David de Gea keeps Man Utd ahead with a wonderful last minute save

MANCHESTER UNITED XI: De Gea, Rafael, Shaw, Rojo, Blind, McNair, Mata, Valencia, Falcao, Van Persie, Di Maria

Subs: Lindegaard, Thorpe, Blackett, Fletcher, Fellaini, Januzaj, Wilson

EVERTON XI: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Stones, Baines, Barry, Besic, Pienaar, McGeady, Naismith, Lukaku

Subs: Joel, Gibson, Eto'o, Oviedo, Osman, Browning, Alcaraz

Piecing together brittle confidence is Brendan Rodgers’ priority today. Liverpool progressed to the fourth round but only after winning a nerve-wracking, 30-penalty shoot-out marathon after Boro’s Patrick Bamford had taken the match that far with a penalty equaliser in the very last seconds of extra-time.

An 109th-minute goal from Liverpool substitute Suso had looked to have booked their passage, until Bamford struck.

Then came the amazing shoot-out, which started with Bamford missing Boro’s first kick – and then Raheem Sterling also failing later for Liverpool.

Bamford atoned later on to incredibly make it 11-11, Suso converted for 14-13 and when Albert Adomah blasted wide Liverpool just sneaked through.

If Rodgers had hoped to witness likened by Robbie Fowler last season to a young Steven Gerrard, will remember the evening when he scored from 30 yards, to become the second youngest goalscorer in the club’s history after Michael Owen.

Yet fairy tales are not normally associated with the third round of this competition and Liverpool’s persistent failure to keep clean sheets allowed Middlesbrough’s Adam Reach to head an equaliser shortly after an hour.

When Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was first mapping out his teams in advance for this, the fourth game of five matches inside two weeks, he is unlikely to have had Rossiter’s name pencilled in.

Yet injuries meant opportunity knocked for the youngster and a boost to morale ahead of Saturday’s Merseyside derby, his side, bereft of leaders and lacking incision, instead continued to make life difficult for themselves.
This was another poor performance, characterised by the host’s shaky foundations, which raised more questions than supplied answers about the direction in which Liverpool are heading.

Liverpool debutant Jordan Rossiter, just 17 and he wasted little time in seizing the moment. Middlesbrough had conceded just three goals in their previous five matches, but were at sixes and sevens in dealing with Lucas’s clipped pass which Raheem Sterling chased down.

Keeper Jamal Blackman and Kenneth Omeruo, both on loan from Chelsea, contrived to get in each other’s way, giving Rickie Lambert, captain on his full debut, a chance that was saved.

When the ball bounced back off Blackman, it was not simply Rossiter’s alertness to the chance which caught the eye but his technique to calmly thread a shot, first-time, through a crowded penalty area and into the net from 30 yards.

Boro responded and Grant Leadbitter’s corner was cleared by Rossiter but only as far as Lee Tomlin, who thundered a right-foot volley from 22 yards that forced a diving Thomas Mignolet to push it away.
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MANCHESTER - Frank Lampard scored against former club Chelsea to earn 10-man Manchester City a 1-1 draw with Jose Mourinho's side at Eastlands on Sunday.

Substitute Andre Schurrle put visitors Chelsea ahead shortly after City's Pablo Zabaleta was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Premier League leaders Chelsea looked set to pull off a fifth straight league win in as many games this season to move eight points clear of the champions.

But Lampard, on loan from New York City after ending his 12-year stint at Chelsea, turned in from James Milner's cross five minutes from time -- not long after coming off the bench.

The result left Chelsea three points clear of second-placed Southampton.

Much like their 1-0 win at Eastlands in February, Chelsea were prepared to soak up City's pressure and hope they took their chance when it came.

And when Schurrle fired them ahead in the 71st minute, it was Chelsea's first shot on target.

But Lampard, who was substituted at half-time in his first City appearance in the 2-2 draw at Arsenal last weekend, made a crucial contribution.

After losing to Bayern Munich in the Champions League in midweek, City were determined to make the early running, with Edin Dzeko planting a header wide of goal from Aleskandar Kolarov's cross.

David Silva also picked out Yaya Toure at the near post with a corner but the Ivorian's header lacked the power to trouble Thibaut Courtois.

Much had been made in the build-up of the contest between Chelsea's Spain striker Diego Costa and City captain Vincent Kompany.

Their first battle did not disappoint with central defender Kompany just managing to shrug off the forward and earn a free-kick in a memorable tussle.

Chelsea were content to let City have the ball and when Aleksandar Kolarov's cross was blocked to the edge of the area, Fernandinho sliced wide from a good position.

Sergio Aguero drove over on the half-volley after Chelsea failed to clear Silva's cross, but the hosts were being limited to half-chances.

Chelsea finally showed some threat when Cesc Fabregas clipped in a free-kick from the right.

Gary Cahill won the ball in the air and the visitors had sustained appeals for a penalty against Yaya Toure.

They also went close with another set-piece as Cahill again got his head to the ball but Fernandinho's touch took the ball away from Costa, who was waiting to turn in at the far post.

City continued to dominate after the break and had a penalty appeal themselves, when Toure ran around Branislav Ivanovic and went down under the Serbian's challenge in the area.

City debutant Eliaquim Mangala laid off for Fernandinho and the Brazilian midfielder thumped wide from the edge of the area.

Chelsea eventually struggled with the pressure and when Aguero's shot was blocked by Courtois, Ramires pulled off a fine interception to deny Dzeko.

But Manuel Pellegrini's side were reduced to 10 men midway through the second half when Zabaleta caught Costa and was shown a second yellow card.

Chelsea responded almost immediately and a flowing move saw them cut through the hosts' defence before Costa fed the ball right for Hazard to cross for Schurrle to tap in at the far post.

The visitors began to look even more of a threat on the counter-attack and when Schurrle found Costa the striker's low effort was deflected on to the post.

As City attempted to claw their way back, Silva drifted in from the right and his low effort flew just past Courtois's post.

But just as Chelsea looked set to cruise to victory, Lampard got on the end of Milner's cross to score his first City goal.

Lampard then came close to snatching the win when his low effort was blocked in the area by John Terry, before Didier Drogba thumped well over with a free-kick at the other end.

Alexis Sanchez scored Arsenal's second goal against Manchester City on Saturday 

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has lashed out at referee Mark Clattenburg, claiming he got three key decisions wrong in their 2-2 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday.

City came away from north London with a point, but Pellegrini believes that neither Jack Wilshere nor Alexis Sanchez's strikes should have been allowed, while he also thinks Wilshere should have been penalised after he felt the England international handled in the box.

"I think it was a great game, two very good teams which try to play, both teams are very creative," Pellegrini said. "Today both goals by Arsenal were very clear fouls, the first one, two or three continuous fouls and the second one Welbeck on Vincent.

"Wilshere had two hands in front of the linesman and it is a clear penalty, so in that case I must be very happy with the draw. We have more possession and more chances than Arsenal."

Clattenburg was the referee when City lost in controversial circumstances against Liverpool last season, when Pellegrini felt Martin Skrtel handled for Liverpool's second goal.

"I think we have very difficult decisions, today was unbelievable," Pellegrini added. "He [Clattenburg] had a very bad day today in the same way he had a bad day against Liverpool last year."

Wilshere disagreed with Pellegrini's assessment, feeling there was little he could have done to avoid the ball coming in contact with his hand.

"The ball just bounced up and hit my hand," he said. "It is tough for referees and on another day he might give it but he didn't."

Arsene Wenger was upset at what he labelled 'systematic fouls' on his players but admitted the pace of the contest made it a hard game to officiate.

"It was a game of top quality between two very good teams played at a tremendous pace, especially in the first half,'' he said. "Both managers were frustrated. I heard that Pellegrini was not happy with some decisions from the referee, all of them maybe.

"In the first half they stopped us going out on the break by systematically fouling. The yellow card came a bit too late in my opinion to be satisfied and stop that systematic fouling. It was not an easy game to referee.

"There were situations were there was a fight for the ball, they made a foul then we made a foul and the guy who came out with the ball has been allowed to go.

"I don't think it has been a vicious game, it was just a committed one where players went for the ball with their full commitment.''

VIDEO ARSENAL 2-2 MANCHESTER CITY, PREMIER LEAGUE

Louis Van Gaal's new-look Manchester United kick-started their season with an emphatic 4-0 win against Queens Park Rangers at Old Trafford.

Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera opened their accounts at the club before Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata completed the scoring, while new signings Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind also started with Radamel Falcao and Luke Shaw on the bench.

Van Gaal's decision to ditch his floundering 3-5-2 system for a flat back four and a midfield diamond.was vindicated as United turned in their best display under the Dutchman by quite some margin, delivering him his first competitive win at the club.

Match Analysis

• Man of the match:There were plenty of impressive performances for Manchester United but Angel Di Mariastood out after scoring the first, helping to set up the second and assisting Juan Mata for the fourth on his home debut. Real Madrid are likely to be kicking themselves.
• Villain: A collective award goes to QPR, who looked beaten as soon as Di Maria broke the deadlock in the 24th minute. Yes, United were impressive, but Harry Redknapp's side hardly put up a fight.
• Key moment: It could have been a different story hadMatt Phillips not squandered a golden chance to equalise when QPR were just 1-0 down. After David De Gea misjudged an attempted clearance, Phillips had just Jonny Evans between himself and an empty net but managed to shoot straight at the defender with a tame effort.
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Di Maria opened the scoring after 24 minutes with a curling free-kick from the right into the box that evaded everybody, including QPR goalkeeper Rob Green, and bounced into the net.

Herrera was next to get in on the act. Di Maria again played a big part, picking up the ball in his own half and bursting down the left before playing an incisive pass into Wayne Rooney, whose initial shot was blocked before he teed up Herrera to drill low into the bottom left corner.

Herrera then returned the favour for Rooney, finding him on the edge of the box with the United captain effectively ending the contest a minute before half-time by firing into the bottom corner.

United grabbed their fourth just before the hour, Di Maria's cross-shot finding Mata who collected the ball and lifted it over Green.

Falcao then replaced Mata with 66 minutes gone and had a chance to score a debut goal when Green spilled the ball into his path, but he could only fire straight at the QPR goalkeeper.

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