English Premiership: Chelsea 1-0 Stoke | Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd

Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City

A 1-0 accomplishment over Stoke City meant that Chelsea keeps its position at the top of the Premier League. It wasn't until 85th minute that Ashley Cole scored a close range goal.Ashley Cole said: "It was a battle. Stoke are always physical and make it hard for us to play our football." "They defend deep with ten men but for our goal it was a great move and I took a chance to get into the box. It is mentally good to get a lead in the table and last season we didn't have a good time in the Premier League too often."

Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United

Manchester United managed to move up within a point of Chelsea in the Premier League thanks to Robin van Persie and Rafael Pereira da Silva. Jonjo Shelvey was sent off for Liverpool, but all was not lost as Steven Gerrard scored with a great volley just moments after half time.Rafael soon equalised and Van Persie scored shortly after.