Premier League Review - Chelsea stay top, United go top four

David de Gra was outstanding for United on Sunday

Chelsea win again and Manchester United hold on despite some intense late pressure from Everton. Alex Johnson rounds up the weekend in the Premier League.

Chelsea remain top of the Premier League pile and unbeaten after a routine 2-0 victory over Arsenal.

Goals from Eden Hazard and Diego Costa - his ninth in seven league games - were enough for a win that never looked in doubt once Hazard had scored from the penalty spot. In truth Arsenal never seriously threatened Chelsea's back-line. The nippy skill of Hazard and the clinical finishing from Costa was the difference between the teams, while Chelsea fans will have loved seeing former Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas's fantastic pass to set up Costa for his goal.

Much of the column inches emanating from this game will probably centre on the touchline bust-up between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, with the Frenchman shoving Mourinho during an incident of handbags during the first half. But that shouldn't detract from a professional performance from Chelsea, who sit five points clear at the top while Arsenal languish down in eighth place.

Manchester City were pushed all the way at Villa Park but managed two late goals to break Aston Villa hearts and secure a 2-0 victory. Villa stuck to a game plan and City found Paul Lambert's side very hard to break down. Once they finally made the breakthrough thanks to Yaya Toure in the 82nd minute then the game was all over, before Sergio Aguero sealed the three points six minutes later. Villa fans welcomed back Christian Benteke after six months on the sidelines and the return of the Belgian striker will be a big boost as they look to get back to winning ways following a run that has seen them play all of last season's top four in a row.

Manchester United scraped to a 2-1 win over Everton at Old Trafford, but had to be thankful to David De Gea for a penalty stop and some fabulous saves late on. Angel Di Maria got the opener and Radamel Falcao's first United goal ultimately won them all three points. Everton will feel hard done by as Leighton Baines missed a penalty towards the end of the first half before they got themselves level and then Bryan Oviedo was close to securing a point in stoppage time, only to be thwarted by De Gea. For United they are into the top four for the first time in over a year, while Everton's woes continue as they have won only one of seven in the league so far.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino got one over his former club as his new employers beat Southampton 1-0 at White Hart Lane. The North London side had struggled so far, but ended a run of four league games without a win - and were indeed good value for the victory. A Christian Eriksen goal after 40 minutes proved the winner, but Spurs could have had more and Nacer Chadli was unlucky to see a strike come out off the inside of the post. Southampton pressed as the game went on and should have equalised, but only Sadio Mane will know how he managed to miss from only six yards out with the goal at his mercy. Southampton still sit in third place but their run of four straight league wins is now over.

It was a rollercoaster afternoon for under-fire Newcastle manager Alan Pardew at Swansea, as Papiss Cisse's two goals earned his team an unlikely point in a 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea were in control for the majority of the game and had Newcastle chasing shadows. Wilfried Bony put them ahead early on as they dominated the first half, but Cisse snatched an equaliser against the run of play just before half-time. After Wayne Routledge had put Swansea ahead again after the break, it looked like it was going to be plain sailing. Swansea had chances to extend their lead, but ultimately failed to hang on. Cisse popped up with 15 minutes to go to flick in a Sammy Ameobi cross and leave Swansea ultimately frustrated as they should see this as two points dropped. The result leaves Swansea fifth and Newcastle still in the bottom three.

Liverpool returned to winning ways with a 2-1 win over West Brom, but it was far from convincing at Anfield and the Baggies did cause them a lot of problems. Adam Lallana scored his first Liverpool goal, before Saido Berahino equalised from the spot, although the award of a penalty was harsh after Dejan Lovren appeared to bring down the West Brom forward outside the box. Jordan Henderson struck the winner though to wrap up Liverpool's first win since the end of August, but there are still big question marks against Brendan Rodgers's side.

Hull had struggled in recent weeks and hadn't won since the opening day. But that came to an end as they beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to end Neil Warnock's unbeaten run as the Eagles' manager. Goals from Mohamed Diame - his third in four games since joining Hull - and Nikica Jelavic won Hull all three points to see them climb up to mid-table.

Burnley scored an injury-time goal to draw 2-2 with Leicester. The game ended the Claret's long goal drought and lifted them off the bottom of the Premier League table. Ross Wallace's 90th minute free-kick will stick in Nigel Pearson's throat as his Leicester side looked good for long periods and were moments away from another win. The fighting spirit shown by Burley will have pleased Sean Dyche and it was a good point on the road for them.

Sunderland won their first league game of the season as they beat Stoke 3-1 at the Stadium of Light. Goals had been hard to come by for Gus Poyet's side but, after Charlie Adam had cancelled out Connor Wickham's opener, Steven Fletcher scored twice to secure a vital three points. Sunderland rise to 13th after the victory, while Stoke are 16th.

West Ham are up to seventh in the table after they won 2-0 against QPR. In reality it was very comfortable for Sam Allardyce's side, who look a much-improved team from last season. They have great options up front and look good going forward. An own goal from Nedum Onuoha and a Diafra Sakho strike were enough for three points that lifted them to seventh. Harry Redknapp sees his QPR side sitting bottom of the table and struggling for goals.