EPL Round up: Manchester City close in on Chelsea after destroying Newcastle, United beaten and Arsenal win away

Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by Burnley at home after Jose Mourinho’s men took the lead through a deft Branislav Ivanovic in the first half.

The table toppers then had Nemanja Matic sent off in the second half, before Burnley drew level.

Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud scored to see Arsenal to a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

In other games, Swansea defeated Manchester United 2-1, Victor Moses scored from the spot to see Stoke City defeat Aston Villa 2-1 at Villa Park after coming from behind.

Hull City beat QPR 2-1 in a match which saw Joey Barton sent off and there were no goals between Sunderland and West Bromich Albion.

In the last match of the day, Manchester City destroyed Newcastle United putting five goals past Tim Krul to reduce the gap between them and league leader to five points.

Yaya Sanogo off to Crystal Palace on loan

In the quest for more playing time, Arsenal's Yaya Sanogo has moved to another English Premier League side, Crystal Palace and will be there for the rest of the season.

Twitter: Yaya Sanogo unveiled by @CPFC

Sanago has featured six times for the Gunners this season and scored his first competitive goal against Borussia Dortmund last November,

According to reports on the Gunner's website, the 21-year old French international joined Crystal Palace to gain more  first team experience.

Sanogo is Alan Pardew's first signing for the team and he's hopeful, ''Watched the game against Tottenham and I hope I can help the club have a successful 2nd half of the season.''

Louis Van Gaal not satisfied with Di Maria's ''too much'' dribbling

Manchester United manager Loius Van Gaal has lashed out at Angel Di Maria for holding on to the ball for too long rather than making a pass when necessary.

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The Red devils defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 on Saturday in a match which saw the Argentine pulled out by the manager.

"He has played in a very small space and he is a dribbler but sometimes you cannot dribble," the Dutchman said, as quoted by ESPN.

''You have to make it a pass game, and Di Maria is not a player who wants to give a pass every time he gets the ball.

''But in this case we needed that and not dribbles. Therefore he lost the ball a lot of times and that was not good for the balance of the team.

''Of course, we need to raise our level. It’s a matter of time but it’s also a matter of getting over a lot of injuries.''

Liverpool Boss opens book of Lamentation after Palace draw

Liverpool lost played a 3-3 draw against Crystal Place in London on Monday night in their penultimate end of season game.

Liverpool went ahead early enough to score thrice through Joe Allen, Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez but the table turned around when  Damien Delaney struck and two other goals from Dwight Gayle stunned the Reds as they settle for stalemate.

Manager of the side lamented his disapprove stating that the chance for his to claim the title is over.

"There is no doubt Manchester City will go on and win it," said Rodgers.

"We needed to win to keep the pressure on going into the last game and we did not do that."

"It was hugely disappointing," Rodgers told reporters after the game. "For 78 minutes, we were outstanding and did everything that we would want to do."

"It doesn't take away the pain now, because we've drawn a game we should have won. But that will be an area we look to improve on again next year, and if we do that then we'll continue to get better."

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez couldn't hide his emotions as he bowed his head and cried.

Chelsea Beaten as Sunderland end Mourinho's unbeaten Stamford Bridge Record

Records have it that Chelsea Manager Jose mourinho has had a 77-match unbeaten record at the Stamford Bridge, it suddenly came to an end after his side lost to Sunderland 1-2 in a Premier League maTh on Saturday.

Fabio Borini scored a late penalty, as Sunderland dented Chelsea’s title ambitions as they trail Liverpool on the standings.

Samuel Eto’o volleyed home from a corner kick, Sunderland had other ideas and they quickly levelled through Connor Wickham.

The Black Cats were awarded a penalty after Cesar Azpilicueta seemed to foul Jozy Altidore in the area. Borini stepped up and coolly slotted the ball home, as Gus Poyet’s men continue their fight to escape relegation.

Other results for Sat 19 Apr 2014
Chelsea 1 - 2 Sunderland
Aston Villa 0 - 0 Southampton
Cardiff 1 - 1 Stoke
Newcastle 1 - 2 Swansea
West Ham 0 - 1 Crystal Palace
Spurs 3 - 1 Fulham

Hold on Blues! Crystal Hit Chelsea

Chelsea suffered a disappointing loss to Crystal Palace no thanks to a John Terry own goal at Selhurst Park.

This is definitely a huge set back to the Blues' title Chase.

Meanwhile, in the Spanish La Liga, a Lionel Messi penalty secured three maximum points for Barcelona away to City rivals Espanyol.