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.

Willian, Oscar, Flamini and Adel Taarabat star at Dolce & Gabbana Chistmas Event

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Chelsea star Willian Borges shares a pic of himself and fellowe teammate Oscar along side Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini and QPR's Adel Tarabat at the recent Dolce and Gabana Christmas Tree Event in London.

Willian posted on his account @willianborges88 ''Dolce&Gabbana Xmas event! with @adeltaarabt23 @oscar_emboaba #Flamini

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Chelsea move excites Lioc Remy

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French striker Loic Remy has joined Chelsea FC from Queens Park Rangers in a deal worth £8.5million.

The move became imminent just after Spanish forward Fernando Torres left the Stamford Bridge on a two-year loan move to AC Milan.

In his first interview with the club website, the striker who was on loan at Newcastle last season is obviously delighted to have made this move.

''I feel very happy and very proud to have signed for Chelsea. They are one of the best clubs in the world and I can’t wait to get started, training and playing with my new team-mates, when I get back from international duty with France.''

''To be honest I wanted to play in the Champions League this season so yes, that was another of my motivations for coming here. I know that Chelsea can win the Champions League this season because there is so much quality in the squad. The first thing to aim for is winning titles.''

Remy will join the attacking options already available to Jose Mourinho as he battles with the likes of Diego Costa and Didier Drogba for a place.

Wenger relishes home victory in league opener as United lose at Old Trafford

Arsenal is the only team to record a home win on Premier League opening day as the Gunners rallied back from a goal down to beat Crystal Palace.

 

Meanwhile Arsenal's manager, Arsene Wenger agreed it was a hard-earned victory for his side after going a goal down.

 

''It was not the plan, the plan was to win the game, but because of the physicality and organisation level of Crystal Palace. It was very difficult for us.

'''Why Because we conceded a goal on the first corner they had.

 

''We lacked a bit of pace in the final third to change what we built up into dangerous situations but it was enough to win the game and win the three points.''

 

Wenger: - You could see that for the first game of the season, nobody won at home, we were the only team that won at home. So that shows you that it's difficult for everybody on the first day of the season. We got the three points we wanted, now let's focus on Besiktas.

 

In other results, Manchester United suffered a 1-2 loss to Swansea, Leicester 2-2 Everton, QPR 0-1 Hull City, Stoke 0-1 Aston Villa , West Brom 2-2 Sunderland and in the London derby it was West Ham 0-1 Tottenham

 

QPR officially unveil Rio Ferdinard, Cant wait to get kicking

England defender Rio Ferdinard has officially been unveiled by newly promoted Premier League side, Queens Park Rangers on Monday and he's obviously excited as he shared on his twitter account.

The former Manchester United veteran defender will be playing at Loftus Road for the next one year which may be his last call... with footballers, you never can tell.

All the best @rioferdy5