PREMIERSHIP REVIEW OF SUNDAY'S GAMES
Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0
Man City 2 Newcastle 1
Liverpool 1 Blackpool 2
Have we any sympathy? NOT A JOT!
If you go to Newcastle when the Mancs and Liverpool are shown on the video screens in the Crows Nest, Sam Jacks, Three Bulls, etc, they get full of Geordie Gloryseekers latching onto something that obviously Newcastle Utd cannot give them ... success.
"I've supported them since I was three - my granddad was born next to Anfield - why should I support Newcastle cos they're shite!"
Yes ... we've heard it all ... over and over again. But expect the red shirts to be sailing down the Tyne this week, discarded by their owners, as Liverpool face a relegation battle.
Suddenly the alleged Scouse 'granddads' will be forgotten.
Blackpool piled the misery on struggling Liverpool with a famous 2-1 win at Anfield to leave the Reds rooted in the bottom three.
Charlie Adam fired Blackpool in front from the penalty spot after Glen Johnson had brought down Luke Varney inside the box.
Varney added a second on the stroke of half-time to leave Liverpool leaving the field at the break to a chorus of boos.
Sotirios Kyrgiakos pulled a goal back on 53 minutes when he headed home Steven Gerrard's free-kick, but despite some late pressure Blackpool held on for a deserved three points.
To add to Liverpool's problems Fernando Torres lasted less than ten minutes after appearing to injure his groin.
Chelsea moved four points clear at the top of the table after a goal in each half from Didier Drogba and Alex earned them a vital 2-0 victory over London rivals Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
Drogba backheeled Ashley Cole's low cross into the net at the near post five minutes before the break for his 13th goal against Arsene Wenger's side in 11 starts.
Defender Alex then settled the contest with a powerful 30-yard free-kick in the 85th minute to hand the Gunners their second successive league defeat.