Arsenal ease past 10-men tottenham after a moment of madness from x-arsenal forward Adebayor who scored the first goal for tottenham was handed a red card ..Tottenham struggled to cope with the numerical disadvantage thereafter and it only took a few minutes for Per Mertesacker to equalise.
Lukas Podolski's strike, and Olivier Giroud's fifth goal in his last five games gave Arsenal a comfortable two-goal cushion by half-time.
Tottenham fared slightly better in the second half, but their only reward came through a Gareth Bale consolation after Cazorla killed the contest.
To add insult to injury Theo Walcott grabbed a deserved goal in injury time to make the score the same as the 5-2 win that Arsenal used as a springboard for their Champions League assault last season.
while Manchester City recorded a comfortable win, easing past Aston villa by 5-0.. The Barclays Premier League champions went ahead through David Silva at the Etihad Stadium,later Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez each struck twice
Norwich stun United as they continued their revival with a 1-0 win which blew the chance for united to go back on top of the Premier League table.A header on the hour by Norwich winger Anthony Pilkington -- a former United trainee -- ended up consigning Alex Ferguson's side to their third defeat of the season after only 12 matches.
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo had a miserable return to Hawthorns on Saturday as his side fell to a 2-1 Barclays Premier League defeat to West Brom...Nigerian international Peter Odemwingie headed home a cross from Shane Long whose opening goal had been cancelled out by Eden Hazard.
Elsewhere Transfer speculated Suarez proved just how valuable he is to Liverpool with two goals and an assist to help secure a 3-0 win over Wigan - only the Reds' second at home this season..The Uruguay international struck twice in nine second-half minutes and also played a part in the third which saw Jose Enrique score his first goal for the club.
Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham
Reading 2-1 Everton
West brom 2-1 Chelsea
Man city 5-0 Aston villa
Newcastle 1-2 Swansea
QPR 1-3 Southampton
Liverpool 3-0 Wigan
Norwich 1-0 Man United
EPL Table 2012-2013
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Man City | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Man Utd | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | West Brom | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Everton | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | West Ham | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Tottenham | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Fulham | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 16 |
| 10 | Swansea | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | Liverpool | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Norwich | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Wigan | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Reading | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 9 |
| 19 | Southampton | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 8 |
| 20 | QPR | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 4 |
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