Chelsea go clear

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Chelsea beat Gunners; Falcao fires

Chelsea moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 win over London rivals Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.

The influential Eden Hazard set Chelsea on their way to victory when he won and converted a penalty in the first half.

Diego Costa made the game safe with a second goal 12 minutes from time after being set up by former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas to maintain Chelsea's unbeaten start to the season and condemn Arsenal to their first Premier League defeat of the campaign.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger shoved Jose Mourinho as their long-running feud turned physical during the first half.

Wenger refused to take a backwards step in the 20th minute after leaving his technical area following Gary Cahill's tackle from behind on Alexis Sanchez.
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Radamel Falcao scored his first goal in English football as Manchester United beat Everton 2-1 to record back-to-back victories for the first time under Louis van Gaal.

For most of the match, it looked as though Falcao was anything but a world-class striker as he missed four good chances to find the net, but he finally tucked a top poacher's effort away in the 62nd minute to hand United a valuable three points at Old Trafford.

United dominated from start to finish and they deservedly took the lead through Di Maria, who curled a tidy finish past Tim Howard in the first half.

Everton were allowed back into the game when Luke Shaw lost Steven Naismith and the Scot responded by heading past David de Gea.

Despite being second best in every department, Everton will feel they should have taken a point from this game.

De Gea kept United in it with two fine late saves from Leon Osman and Bryan Oviedo, and earlier in the game Everton missed a penalty.

Leighton Baines, who had scored 14 penalties from 14 attempts before Sunday, saw his spot-kick saved by De Gea after Shaw had clumsily hacked down Tony Hibbert.

Mauricio Pochettino got the better of Southampton successor Ronald Koeman as Tottenham claimed a 1-0 victory to end their four-match wait for a Premier League win.

All eyes were on Pochettino at White Hart Lane, where he was taking on his former club for the first time since ending a successful 18-month stint at St Mary's to take the reins in north London.

Saints have confounded the naysayers by flourishing despite a host of key players following Pochettino out of the club, although a seventh straight win in all competitions was beyond Koeman's side as a 20-yard strike from Christian Eriksen secured Spurs a 1-0 win.

It was a timely shot in the arm for Spurs ahead of the international break, having failed to win their last four top-flight matches and lost their previous two league games at White Hart Lane.