Chelsea beat Newcastle by 3 goals to nil to go 3 points clear at the top. Newcastle vs Chelsea was a tricky match. Newcastle defended with 11 men allowing Chelsea too much possession with the hope of catching  them (Chelsea on the counter). The Newcastle tactics did work in the first half as Chelsea could not find a goal despite their overall dominance.

Chelsea continued from where they stopped in the first half. Continual bombardment of the Newcastle defence caused them to cave in. Reece James scored in the 65 and 77 minute while Jorginho scored from the penalty spot to cap a fine win for the blues. 

In other matches.

Elsewhere in the premier league, Defending champions Manchester City dropped points as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Crystal Palace.  Liverpool played a 2-2 draw with Brighton, Arsenal defeated Leicester 2-0 while Manchester United defeated Spurs by 3-0.

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Chelsea beat Norwich 7-0 at Stamford Bridge to remain top of the English Premier League. Chelsea were 2 goals up in 18 minutes through Mount and Odoi. Reece James netted the third just before half time. Ben Chilwell added a fourth early in the second half. Within the 60th and 65ft minute, Norwich conceded an own goal (Max Aarons)  and got one of their  players sent off (Ben Gibson) for 2 yellow cards. Chelsea added more misery on their opponents by capping their win with 2 more goals from Mason Mount. Mason Mount scored a hat-trick in this game.

This Chelsea victory means they will remain top of the table with at least 1 point clear at the end of match day 9.

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The star match of match day 9 is Liverpool vs Manchester United. This is an uphill task for United. They will need to get at least a point in this game or else they will end up in mid-table at the end of this round. Should Liverpool win this game, they will at least retain their second position and may even go top if Chelsea slip up against Norwich. 

Manchester City have a tricky Saturday night game against Brighton & Hove Albion. The away team is in form and City have got to be careful. 

Everton are off and on this season. They will have another chance to beat Watford at the comfort of their home. Should Everton lose,it will be a second back to back home game loss for them.

Arsenal already beat Aston Villa yesterday, it shows Arsenal is getting their form back.

Leicester City will travel to play Brentford. Brentford have been doing well since their promotion to the premier league so Leicester be warned!

See below the full fixtures and scores of the English Premier League Match Day 9

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