Chelsea 3 Newcastle 1: Eden Hazard maintaining his fitness and form is clearly key to Chelsea hanging on to the coattails of what passes for a title race this season. Getting him to stay at Chelsea long-term is central to any future success the London side might challenge for.

Paul Pogba returned from injury to inspire Manchester United to a 4-1 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford.

Sean Dyche celebrated his fifth anniversary as Burnley manager with a 1-0 victory over Newcastle that moved them up to seventh.

Simon Mignolet has urged Liverpool to use the prospect of a mouth-watering clash with Manchester United to belatedly kick-start their season.

Tomer Hemed's hooked strike denied Newcastle the chance to move fourth in the Premier League as Brighton prevailed 1-0 at the Amex Stadium.

Defeats for West Ham and Crystal Palace have put pressure on Slaven Bilic and Frank De Boer at the bottom of the Premier League.

Arsenal will face a traditionally tough trip to Stoke this evening but in Sead Kolasinac, manager Arsene Wenger believes he has the perfect man to deal with the situation.

Striker Joselu has completed his move to Newcastle from Stoke after manager Rafael Benitez finally received some good news on the transfer front.

Southampton have moved into the top six of the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 win at Swansea.

Leicester 3 Stoke 0

Stoke 3 Norwich 1: Norwich proved instrumental in their own downfall as they succumbed to a 3-1 Barclays Premier League defeat at Stoke.

Norwich proved instrumental in their own downfall as they succumbed to defeat at Stoke.

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Xherdan Shaqiri delivered one of the goals of the season and Romelu Lukaku continued his remarkable scoring record at Goodison Park but ultimately a controversial penalty in injury time was the deciding factor as Stoke finally triumphed in a seven-goal epic.

Stoke 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0: Stoke eased into the Capital One Cup semi-finals last night as goals from Ibrahim Afellay and substitute Phil Bardsley secured a comfortable 2-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday.

Sitting in the autumnal sunshine at the Arsenal on Saturday, soaking up some rays, while watching a supremely dominant display against Stoke, with the Gunners spraying the ball around in such a pleasing-on-the-eye fashion, it’s hard to imagine a more pleasurable way of passing a Saturday afternoon.

Tottenham 2  Stoke 2          

Chelsea have reportedly reached an agreement with Monaco to sign striker Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan.

YAYA TOURE struck twice as Manchester City enhanced their hopes of Champions League progress with a convincing win at Villarreal last night.

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was keen to share his success with his team-mates after breaking the Primera Division single-season scoring record.