Summary

  • Man Utd move up to 4th, Arsenal drop to 8th

  • Giroud smashes home in injury time

  • Rooney clips in second on counter-attack

  • Gibbs deflects Valencia shot into his own net

  • Keeper Szczesny taken off in second half

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance, Marc Higginson and Michael Emons

  1. FULL-TIME

    Easy, easy win for Chelsea.

  2. Swansea are awarded a free-kick on the edge of the City box. I'll leave that one hanging...

  3. INJURY TIME

    FIVE MINUTES added on at St James' Park - where Papiss Cisse sees an effort cleared...

  4. Get forward, bellows Leicester manager Nigel Pearson from the touchline. That reminds me, I really need to transfer Leo Ulloa out of my fantasy football team...

  5. INJURY TIME

    Final few moments at the Britannia - Stoke piling men into the box!

  6. Manchester City are strangely pouring forward for more goals. A dangerous game against Swansea who have five or six forward options on the pitch now.

  7. Dion Dublin
    BBC Final Score

    "It has been forwards against defence at times. When West Brom have had the ball Chelsea have been in their face and not letting them have any time on the ball."

  8. Charlie Adam screams a shot right down the middle, still Stoke keep pressing. Late goals?

  9. David Pleat
    Former Tottenham manager on BBC Radio 5 live:

    "Chelsea have taken their foot off the gas. The impetus has gone but they know this game is won. But they could have had six or seven goals this afternoon. It has been complete domination from the home side."

  10. Sam Allardyce reactsPA

    West Ham are throwing men forward to try to rescue a point, but that is leaving them horribly exposed at the back. Catch 22 for Big Sam's boys now. Draw 2-2 or lose 3-1?

  11. Derby are leading the way in the Championship after midfielder Craig Bryson made it 2-1 at Watford. Ipswich are refusing to go quietly at Bournemouth and they have levelled for the second time, Daryl Murphy for the Portman Road side. Derby have been pegged back by Watford, Jordan Rhodes has levelled for Blackburn against Leeds while Brighton now lead 3-2 at Norwich. Blackpool took the lead against Bolton but, as is the way things are going for them this season, it was short-lived and it's 1-1 now.

    In League One, leaders Bristol City have less than 10 minutes to avoid a second successive league defeat as they trail 1-0 to Preston.

    Shrewsbury have blown a 2-0 lead at Exeter in League Two which means that Wycombe, leading 3-1 at Cheltenham, currently sit top of League Two.

  12. In the City midfield, Yaya Toure is ambling about like a 70-year-old who has spent the afternoon traipsing round the shops. The moment the ball comes to him, he looks more athletic that Usain Bolt. Deceptive.

  13. No signs of a QPR fightback as of yet. They've been very quiet going forward all day.

    QPR captain Richard Dunne eyes the ballGetty Images

  14. Jesus Navas is denied from close range by the Swansea goalkeeper. The visitors are still in this. But only just.

  15. Join the debate at #bbcfootball

    Eddie: Literally can't work out #mufc's formation today. It's either a woeful back four or a dodgy back 5. Neither can be promising.

    Jono: Both Man U and Arsenal's defence look awful. 6-6 anyone?

    Peter Collins: I fear for De Gea this evening. With an injured hand he really doesn't need that defence in front of him!

  16. SUBSTITUTION

    Into the final 10 minutes. Diego Costa goes off, on comes Didier Drogba. Just what a tiring Joleon Lescott will want to see...

  17. Vote result

    BBC Final Score

    The results are in from the vote on Final Score and 59.3% of you think Chelsea's Diego Costa will finish as the Premier League's top scorer this season.

    Full results can be found at the top of the page.

    Thanks for voting.

    Diego Costa celebrates for ChelseaGetty Images

  18. Text us on 81111

    Jordan from Birmingham: James' comment [see 16:32] is the best I've seen in ages, the fixation with the 'bigger' teams even when the lesser ones are doing well is astonishing. I've heard more about David Moyes than second-placed Southampton this week.

  19. Join the debate at #bbcfootball

    Harry Eadie: Man Utd winning the game of the worst possible makeshift defence, truly worried for this game

    Josh Hammond: How are Fellaini and Valencia starting ahead of Mata?! Can't believe he's not being used from kick off

    Steve Jeffery: What does Herrera have to do to get a game? Him instead of RVP with Rooney up top is much more potent

  20. GREAT SAVE!

    An important save from Tim Howard keeps Everton ahead. The USA keeper denied James Collins at close range after Matt Jarvis' low ball into the area. All set for a big finale at Goodison Park.