Southend manager Phil Brown
at Britannia Stadium for 5 live Sport

"A massive win. Stoke had a foothold in the game in the first half but after the interval Man City showed their class. They scored four and it could have been more."

Palace close to a second as Brede Hangeland sees a header deflected onto the roof of the net. Can the Eagles get a winner now?

Guy Mowbray
BBC Match of the Day commentator at the Britannia Stadium

"It was a bit of a breeze in the end for Manchester City, but there was plenty of incident along the way."

Former Scotland midfielder Stuart McCall
5 live Sport

"I thought Everton had rode their luck for the day, but despite the fact they dug in as a team Chelsea have enjoyed all the play and deserve their goal."

Good performance by Manchester City.

Branislav Ivanovic was heavily involved in that melee which saw Gareth Barry dismissed. He certainly had a bear hug on an Everton player.

The game is petering out now, and Stoke take the opportunity to give a debut to 17-year-old Oliver Shenton. His appearance comes in the same week of the funeral of his mother, Mandy, who sadly died of cancer.

What a few minutes at Stamford Bridge! Nemanja Matic thought he had scored, it was ruled out, Gareth Barry was dismissed in the melee afterwards and then Willian squeezes in a deflected effort. Chelsea look like keeping a seven-point lead at the top.

Jose Fonte has a dig from range and his shot is turned round the post by Jussi Jaaskelainen.

Former Tottenham striker Clive Allen
at Stamford Bridge for 5 live Sport

"Gareth Barry's trip was obviously intentional and he's been sent off. There then followed so much heaving and shoving.

"And absolutely incredible scenes straight after. The hallmark of champions is winning games ugly and when you don't play well. I don't see 10 man Everton responding to this."

United almost get a fourth but Tom Heaton saves Angel Di Maria's shot before the follow up from Adnan Januzaj is cleared off the line by Jason Shackell.

Brown Ideye and Saido Berahino combine again for West Brom and this time it is the latter who fires home from 12 yards from his strike partner's cut-back. The new partnership appears to be blossoming.

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Chelsea do find a way through! And it's deflected again! Willian meets Tim Howard's punch out with great technique to strike the ball on the half volley and it deflects into the corner.

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Southampton are throwing the kitchen sink at West Ham now, but Graziano Pelle can't get a shot away and is crowded out in the penalty area. Maya Yoshida then heads over.

There's a right old melee in the aftermath of that goal being disallowed and in the dust-up Gareth Barry is shown a second yellow card. I didn't see exactly what he did but he's off.

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Christopher Mears: I'm surprised that the club have sacked him. I thought they would have kept him at least until the end of the season. But it makes the chairman a scapegoat because he refuses to put 'real' money into club as he still wants to sell to a buyer.

Colin Carberry: Randy Lerner's utter ineptitude comes to the surface again. Most sensible people knew a year ago that Lambert was totally out of his depth, but Lerner signed him on a lucrative new long-term contract. Now Villa will have to pay him millions in compensation, just like McLeish before him. If Villa had spent half as much on players as they have on compensation, they'd be in the top half of the table, rather than fighting relegation season after season.

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Alan Pardew goes big! A huge celebration on the sidelines as substitute Fraizer Campbell pokes in an equaliser for Crystal Palace. He reaches well to meet a cross from the right and toes it into the net.

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