EPL: Suarez fires Liverpool as Arsenal, Chelsea, City win

LONDON - Liverpool's Luis Suarez led a one-man demolition of Norwich City with four goals in a 5-1 win and Arsenal's forgotten man Nicklas Bendtner netted for the Premier League leaders as they beat Hull City 2-0 on Wednesday (Thursday, PHL time).

There was no happy reunion for Manchester United manager David Moyes against former club Everton as the Merseysiders won 1-0 at Old Trafford and Sunderland boss Gus Poyet was also left disappointed against his former club Chelsea.

Eden Hazard scored twice for Jose Mourinho's second-placed side as they edged a seven-goal tussle with Sunderland 4-3 and Aston Villa ended Southampton's unbeaten home record with a 3-2 win.

Manchester City welcomed back captain Vincent Kompany after two months out and he helped his side improve their patchy away record by beating West Bromwich Albion 3-2.

Tottenham Hotspur also grabbed three points by coming from behind to beat to beat Fulham 2-1, easing the pressure on their manager Andre Villas-Boas and inflicting a defeat on new Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen in his first game in charge.

Swansea City beat Newcastle United 3-0 and Stoke City and Cardiff played out a goalless stalemate.

Arsenal, with 34 points, stayed four points clear of Chelsea at the top of the table, with Manchester City two adrift in third and Liverpool a point further back in fourth, ahead of Everton on goal difference.

Tottenham moved up to sixth on 24 and champions Manchester United are now 12 points behind leaders Arsenal in ninth. - Reuters