Chelsea cruise past Spurs, Man City hit four, Arsenal edge Southampton

Chelsea kept up the pace at the top of the Premier League
with a comprehensive win at home to Spurs, but Man City
ensured the gap would stay at six points with a crushing win at
Sunderland.
Arsenal needed a late goal to take the points at home to
Southampton, and Hull City ended their losing run by claiming
a draw at Everton.
Didier Drogba set up Eden Hazard's opener before scoring
himself as Chelsea swept aside Tottenham with a 3-0 victory
to extend their unbeaten start to the season.
Although Tottenham threatened early on, with Harry Kane
heading against the crossbar, Chelsea took control after a
Drogba-Hazard one-two created the Belgium midfielder's
goal in the 19th minute.
Tottenham gifted Chelsea another goal inside three minutes,
with goalkeeper Hugo Lloris' weak clearance allowing Hazard
and Oscar to combine to set up Drogba's fifth goal of the
season.
Easily coping without suspended top scorer Diego Costa,
Chelsea exposed the feeble Tottenham defence again in the
73rd minute when substitute striker Loic Remy sidefooted in
the third goal after brushing off Jan Vertonghen.
Manchester City ended a six-year wait for a Premier
League win at Sunderland with an impressive 4-1 victory.
The visitors, who had lost their last four games at the
Stadium of Light, fell behind in the 19th minute when Pablo
Zabaleta's attempted clearance deflected off Connor Wickham
and into the net.
But Sergio Aguero levelled two minutes later, rolling the ball
through defender Sebastian Coates' legs before unleashing a
vicious shot past goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.
City went ahead in the 39th minute when Aguero found
Stevan Jovetic, who netted from inside the area. Zabaleta
added a third in the 55th minute when he lifted the ball over
Pantilimon, before Aguero hit the fourth in the 71st.
Alexis Sanchez rescued Arsenal again by scoring in the 89th
minute to secure a 1-0 win over Southampton.
Sanchez slotted into an empty net after Aaron Ramsey
squared the ball across the goal, finally breaking down a
Southampton side who had been kept in the game by a series
of good saves by Fraser Forster.
It was the Chilean's ninth league goal of the season and kept
Arsenal in sixth place, three points behind third-place
Southampton.
Arsenal had struggled to create chances until Olivier Giroud
came on midway through the second half, and Forster made
two great one-handed saves to deny the France striker and
Danny Welbeck as the hosts pushed for a winner.
Hull City's run of defeats came to an end as an equaliser from
substitute Sone Aluko secured them a 1-1 draw at Everton.
The Toffees appeared very much in control at half-time, going
in a goal up thanks to Romelu Lukaku's 34th-minute strike
from a Kevin Mirallas cut-back.
But Hull battled back after the break and were level in the
59th minute when Aluko, only just introduced to the action, got
past Sylvain Distin and put a nice finish past Tim Howard at
his near post.
The Tigers' ex-Everton frontman Nikica Jelavic headed just
wide moments later, and the visitors then hung on doggedly for
a draw that takes them out of the relegation zone, which they
had slipped into on Tuesday night.
Steve Bruce's men are only up a place from 18th to 17th and
are clear of the drop zone on goal difference alone, but they
will surely take a considerable boost from getting this point on
the board after losing their previous four games.