TOP TWO CHELSEA, SOUTHAMPTON WIN AGAIN

Goals from Gary Cahill
and Diego Costa gave
Chelsea a deserved
2-1 comeback win at
Liverpool on Saturday
as they stretched their
unbeaten Premier
League run to 11
matches from the
start of the season.


Chelsea stayed four points clear at the top from
Southampton, who won 2-0 at home to Leicester
City after Shane Long came on as a 67th-minute
substitute and scored with a left-foot shot on 75
minutes and a right-foot effort five minutes later.


Chelsea have 29 points, Southampton 25 with
champions Manchester City, who are third on 20
points, playing at Queens Park Rangers in a 1730
GMT kickoff.


Elsewhere goals were in short supply as
Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 with a
67th-minute effort from substitute Juan Mata, while
Burnley beat Hull City 1-0 for their first league win
of the season thanks to Ashley Barnes's 50th-
minute header.


West Ham United drew 0-0 at Upton Park with
Aston Villa, whose run of six successive defeats
came to an end.


The most exciting match of the afternoon came at
Anfield where Emre Can scored his first goal for
Liverpool with a long-range shot after nine minutes
that took a deflection off Gary Cahill's shoulder
leaving Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois stranded.


Cahill pulled Chelsea level after 14 minutes –
awarded after the Goal Decision System proved the
ball had crossed the line even though his shot was
smothered by Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet.

Costa settled the points in the 67th minute when he
put Chelsea ahead with a low, powerful drive, but
Liverpoolthought they should have had a penalty in
the 88th minute when Cahill appeared to handle a
Steven Gerrard shot.


Their strong claims were denied though and they
lost for the third time in a week.