20th October, 2012
English Premier League results after Saturday’s 1400 GMT matches:
Fulham 1 (Baird 84) Aston Villa 0
Liverpool 1 (Sterling 29) Reading 0
Manchester Utd 4 (Rooney 27, 65, Van Persie 44, Welbeck 46) Stoke 2 (Rooney 11-og, Kightly 58)
Swansea 2 (Hernandez 65, Michu 67) Wigan 1 (Boyce 69)
Tottenham 2 (Gallas 47, Defoe 54) Chelsea 4 (Cahill 17, Mata 66, 69, Sturridge 90)
West Bromwich 1 (Long 67) Manchester City 2 (Dzeko 80, 90)
West Ham 4 (Noble 46, 72-pen, Nolan 48, Maiga 87) Southampton 1 (Lallana 63)
Playing now:
Norwich v Arsenal
The League table as at 20 October 2012: Club(played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Chelsea 8 7 1 0 19 6 22
Manchester Utd 8 6 0 2 21 11 18
Manchester City 8 5 3 0 17 9 18
Everton 7 4 2 1 14 8 14
Tottenham 8 4 2 2 15 12 14
West Bromwich 8 4 2 2 12 9 14
West Ham 8 4 2 2 12 9 14
Fulham 8 4 1 3 16 11 13
Arsenal 7 3 3 1 13 5 12
Swansea 8 3 2 3 14 12 11
Liverpool 8 2 3 3 10 12 9
Newcastle 7 2 3 2 8 11 9
Stoke 8 1 5 2 8 9 8
Sunderland 6 1 4 1 5 7 7
Wigan 8 1 2 5 8 15 5
Aston Villa 8 1 2 5 6 13 5
Southampton 8 1 1 6 13 24 4
Reading 7 0 3 4 8 14 3
Norwich 7 0 3 4 5 17 3
QPR 7 0 2 5 6 16 2