LONDON (AP) -- The most unpredictable Premier League season in years provided more surprises Saturday when Chelsea gave up a 90th-minute winner at Stoke and beleaguered defending champion Manchester United lost to Newcastle for its second home defeat in four days.
With Manchester City held to a 1-1 draw at Southampton, Liverpool
was able to capitalize. It routed West Ham 4-1 to go to second place,
with Luis Suarez following his spectacular four-goal game by scoring
again at Anfield.
Arsenal kept its four-point lead going into Sunday's game against Everton.
Chelsea's 3-2 loss at Stoke, sealed by Oussama Assaidi's late strike,
saw Jose Mourinho's club drop to third place on goal difference behind
Liverpool.
United's flimsy
hopes of retaining the title took another step back with a 1-0 loss to
Newcastle at Old Trafford. The champions are in ninth place - 12 points
behind Arsenal - and manager David Moyes is under increasing scrutiny in
his first season as Alex Ferguson's successor.
Also, Sunderland
stayed bottom after squandering a lead to lose 2-1 at home to
sixth-place Tottenham, Crystal Palace beat Cardiff 2-0 for a third win
in four matches and Norwich won 2-0 at West Bromwich Albion.
There
was a minute's applause before each Premier League game in honor of
former South Africa president Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at 95
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