Man City restore their 3 point lead at the top while Arsenal fall off the pace thanks to the brilliant Swans

It was yet another very busy weekend in the English Premier League.

On Saturday, the 14^th January, 2012, Aston Villa were away to Everton, Blackburn visited Fulham while Chelsea welcomed Sunderland at The Bridge. Liverpool were at home to Stoke while Manchester United entertained Bolton at Old Trafford. Tottenham welcomed Wolves at White Hart lane while West Brom were at home to Norwich City.

The results were as varied and unpredictable as always in the Barclays Premier League.

Manchester United moved level on points with their city rivals Manchester City on 48 points after beating Bolton 3 – 0. There was nothing un expected with this result as Bolton has been in the relegation zone since the season begun. Paul Scholes scored the opener on his return from retirement.

Aston Villa were held to a one all draw by Everton while Blackburn beat Fulham by three goals to one. Chelsea beat Sunderland by a solitary goal to move to forty points. Frank Lampard scored his eleventh goal of the season to guarantee Chelsea all the three points and enable them a firm grip on the fourth place. Tottenham missed the chance to move level on points with Man U and Man City after they were held to a one all draw by Wolves

EPL Results @14 Jan 2012

·  Aston Villa   1-1 Everton

·  Blackburn     3-1 Fulham

·  Chelsea        1-0 Sunderland

·  Liverpool      0-0 Stoke

·  Man Utd      3-0 Bolton

·  Tottenham    1-1 Wolves

·  West Brom   1-2 Norwich

Arsenal were away on Sunday the 15^th to Swansea City while Newcastle were at home to

QPR.

Arsenal drifted further away from the top four when they were beaten by three goals to two by Swansea City. It was the first time since 1982 for the Gunner to be beaten by the Swans. Arsenal really missed the services of midfiel maestro Mikel Arteta and Swansea ruled the midfield with possession for long periods. The Gunners took an early lead with a well-taken Robin van Persie goal but Swansea equalized from the spot. Scott Sinclair converted a penalty after Aaron Ramsey's foul before Nathan Dyer clipped the Swans in front.

The Welsh captain was very poor with the ball and lost possession several times and in one of those incidences, Swansea went ahead in the second half when he lost the ball and Dyer slammed home to make it 2 – 1. Theo Walcott dinked over Michel Vorm to level but, less than a minute later, Danny Graham slotted home the winner.

Wenger cried wolf over the penalty decision but blamed the poor defending for Arsenal’s loss. Swansea played great passing football and deserved all the three points.

Newcastle United beat QPR – Queens Park Ranger to move to sixth position and level with on points with fifth placed Arsenal.

EPL Results @ 15 Jan 2012

·  Newcastle    1-0  QPR

·  Swansea       3-2  Arsenal

Man City were away on Monday night to Wigan.

Edin Dzeko heads home for Man City

Wigan played a great game to try and move from the bottom of the table but conceded a solitary goal and remained at the bottom of the league with just fifteen points from twenty one games.

Edin Dzeko's header saw Manchester City beat Wigan to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to three points over Manchester United. The Bosnian leapt to deftly flick home David Silva's free-kick from the left midway through the first half.

Joe Hart denied James McArthur and James McCarthy who had good chances.

Man City now has fifty one points from twenty one games and anyone who had doubts of them being serious contenders for the premier league title should ....well ...... think again!