Five of the top six in the Premiership table took maximum points this weekend, with Manchester United going top and Manchester City unable to keep pace as they scraped by with a draw on Sunday.

The title race was once again thrown wide open, as Chelsea’s lead at the top was cut to a single point over Manchester United after falling 2-4 to Manchester City on Saturday. Arsenal took maximum points from Stoke City to move within three points of the top as well.

With Arsenal dropping games against Manchester United and Chelsea in the past week, the Premiership’s top two have opened a seven point gap on the Gunners in the title race. Chelsea’s 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday ensured they stayed top of the table, two points ahead of United.

It was another busy winter transfer window this year, with managers attempting to tweak and fine-tune their teams in time for the second half of the season. There weren’t any blockbuster moves, but the deals could have a huge impact on the way the Premier League table plays out for the rest of the [...]

The clash between second and third placed Arsenal and Manchester United provided the only truly surprising result of the weekend, as the Red Devils completely silenced the home crowd at the Emirates. The rest of the fixture list went according to plan for the most part, as Chelsea stayed top of the table and the push for fourth place continued.

Manchester United center-back Rio Ferdinand has been issued a four-match ban for violent conduct by the FA after he swung an arm at Hull forward Craig Fagan in last weekend’s Premier League match.
Ferdinand appealed the charge, but the FA rejected the appeal as “frivolous” and tacked on an extra match to what would have been [...]

It has now been reported by Fanatik and Sky Sports in England that Mexican international player Giovani dos Santos will now head to Galatasaray on a loan.  The player had been playing for Tottenham Hotspur.  Dos Santos played for Barcelona when current Galatasaray head coach Frank Rijkaard was at the helm there.  He had failed [...]

This week in the Premier League, Bolton ring in the new year by sacking Gary Megson, Liverpool lose Glen Johnson to injury, and Roman Pavlyuchenko feels “mocked” by Harry Redknapp.

Being the holiday season, the most appropriate way to approach this recap would be constructing a naughty and nice list. For example, Manchester City sacking Mark Hughes: most definitely naughty. However, City scoring five without conceding: very nice indeed. Now, on to the list.

The advantage fell to the visitors in this Sunday’s Premier League derbies as Chelsea, Liverpool and Birmingham City all won away from home in their respective matches. After Saturday’s results, the wins mean Chelsea stays top of the table, Arsenal falls to fourth behind Tottenham and Liverpool moves onto the brink of the top four.