Arsenal is coming into the English Premier League schedule on Saturday morning first on the Barclays table, but things behind them are starting to take shape after action on Saturday, with Liverpool moving into second position with Chelsea losing and Manchester City was also pushed down and now the Gunners will play against Everton from Emirates Stadium as they try to increase their lead.
Arsenal remains at the top of the EPL table with 11 wins in 14 matches this season and behind Manchester City is Everton and that makes the match on Sunday a good matchup of clubs and it could be one of the best of the weekend. Manchester United had another tough result and Arsenal comes into the day after getting a 2-0 victory against Hull City on Saturday and in that match the team got a quick goal from Nicklas Bendtner two minutes in and one from Mesut Ozil and for Liverpool, Luis Suarez continued his hot streak, scoring his fifth goal in just two games by adding one on Saturday.
Everton is looking for another solid result after getting a 1-0 victory against Manchester United on Wednesday and that was a great performance and there was one goal in the 86th minute from Bryan Oviedo and now the team will try and do it again. The match will be the top one of the day and comes after Aston Villa and Fulham plays and on Saturday there were some exciting games, including Manchester United falling to Newcastle and Liverpool easily took down West Ham United and Southampton drew with Manchester City. Chelsea lost a tough match to Stoke City with the winning goal coming in the 90th minute and that was a very exciting match, while Tottenham won 2-1 in the late match over Sunderland.
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Everton have not won at the north London club since Andrei Kanchelskis scored the winner in a 2-1 triumph in January 1996 and the odds are again stacked against the visitors this weekend.
More from the EPL for the league table and from Reuters.com: Everton manager Roberto Martinez side-stepped questions over travelling fans' critical chants about former boss David Moyes and instead praised them for their support ahead of another tough away game at Premier League leaders Arsenal on Sunday. The fans were in full flow at Old Trafford on Wednesday, loudly barracking David Moyes as the high-flying Toffees dealt his champions Manchester United a stinging 1-0 defeat. Jose Mourinho hailed Chelsea's best awayday of the season after a thrilling 4-3 victory at bottom club Sunderland on Wednesday and the manager will hope for a repeat effort at Stoke City on Saturday.
Belgian winger Eden Hazard gave a scintillating performance, scoring twice for the 2012 European champions and also laying on a goal for vice-captain Frank Lampard. City were shambolic in defense as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at the south coast club but Manuel Pellegrini's team have been electric up front in recent weeks and could be meeting Southampton at just the right time.
Mauricio Pochettino's side lost 3-1 at Chelsea on Saturday before going down 3-2 at home to Aston Villa four days later. British media on Friday reported an alleged conversation between Moyes and an Everton fan after the match in which the former Goodison Park idol branded the away supporters' reaction to him 'a disgrace' - a claim Moyes has denied.
Asked whether he was disappointed to hear chants against his predecessor, who spent 11 years at Everton before replacing Alex Ferguson at United this season, Martinez merely said he felt "privileged and honored to have the away fans that we have. Moyes was given a guard of honor when he left Everton, where he kept the club punching well above their limited budget, but angered fans when he said he would have let key players Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines go to United if Ferguson had come asking.
Moyes has had a hard debut season at United, who are now ninth and 12 points adrift of Arsenal, and he was terse with reporters when asked whether he had been stung by Wednesday night.
"The Everton supporters gave their team a great support and great backing," said the Scot, whose side host in-form Newcastle United on Saturday.
Everton had not won for 21 years at United, with Wednesday's success prompting jokes that Moyes had finally seen them triumph at Old Trafford. The club, fifth and level on points with fourth-placed Liverpool after losing just once all season, last tasted victory at Arsenal in 1996 but Martinez said confidence was high.
(Reuters)
