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| SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2014 | |||||
| Status | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| FT | Liverpool | 5-1 | Arsenal | Anfield (44,701) | |
| FT | Aston Villa | 0-2 | West Ham United | Villa Park (36,261) | |
| FT | Chelsea | 3-0 | Newcastle United | Stamford Bridge (41,387) | |
| FT | Crystal Palace | 3-1 | West Bromwich Albion | Selhurst Park (24,501) | |
| FT | Norwich City | 0-0 | Manchester City | Carrow Road (26,832) | |
| FT | Southampton | 2-2 | Stoke City | The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium (27,987) | |
| FT | Sunderland | 0-2 | Hull City | Stadium of Light (42,810) | |
| FT | Swansea City | 3-0 | Cardiff City | Liberty Stadium (20,402) | |
Liverpool produced one of the most stunning opening 20 minutes seen at Anfield - and arguably one of the best ever - to blow away Arsenal 5-1 and give their own title hopes a shot in the arm.
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Premier League round-up
Eden Hazard's hat-trick fired Chelsea to the Barclays Premier League summit as Jose Mourinho's troops took full advantage of costly slip-ups by Arsenal and Manchester City.
With erstwhile leaders Arsenal sinking to a miserable 5-1 loss at Liverpool in the lunchtime kick-off and City held 0-0 at Norwich, Chelsea moved a point clear at the top of the pile courtesy of a comfortable 3-0 win over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge.
Hazard, this week dubbed the best young player in the world by his manager, went a long way to living up to that billing as he swept home a fine opener from the edge of the box on 27 minutes
The Belgian made it two on 34 minutes, converting smartly after a superb one-two in the area with Samuel Eto'o. The former Lille playmaker celebrated his treble in the second half, converting from the spot after Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa brought down Eto'o.
While Chelsea appear to be hitting their straps in the title race, the opposite is true of Manuel Pellegrini's City.
After Monday's damaging 1-0 defeat at home to Chelsea, City were expected to get back to their free-scoring ways at Carrow Road but came up short as Chris Hughton's hosts earned a notable shut-out.
City's woes were nothing compared to those of Arsenal, however, who shipped four goals in the opening 20 minutes against a rampant Liverpool.
Martin Skrtel hit a brace inside the opening 10 minutes for Brendan Rodgers' men, while Raheem Sterling also claimed a brace of his own either side of Daniel Sturridge's strike as Liverpool hit five against the Gunners in the league for the first time since 1964.
Skrtel scored Liverpool's opener in their rout against Arsenal
Away from the title battle, the action was just as heated at the foot of the table with Crystal Palace, West Ham and Hull each claiming key wins in their fight to beat the drop.
Tom Ince was among the goals for Palace as they best West Bromwich Albion 3-1, while Kevin Nolan scored twice as West Ham won 2-0 at Aston Villa.
Ireland's Shane Long scored again as Hull wrapped up a double over Sunderland with a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light, while Southampton and Stoke played out a 2-2 draw at St Mary's Stadium.
Two in two games for Hull's Shane Long
In the late game, Swansea beat Cardiff 3-0 in their first game under the leadership of Garry Monk.
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