Manchester City demolished Newcastle and closed the gap at the top of the Premier League to five points after Chelsea were held to a draw by Burnley on Saturday.
Manchester City put in a wonderful performance to hammer Newcastle 5-0.
City came out of the blocks quickly as Sergio Aguero netted a penalty inside 30 seconds after a foul by Vurnon Anita. Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko then scored before half an hour had expired.
After the break, Aguero and Silva scored within a few minutes of each other to end the scoring at 5-0 and send Newcastle back home humiliated.
Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at home by relegation battlers Burnley as Nemanja Matic was sent off in controversial circumstances.
Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea the early lead, turning the ball home at the near post after brilliant work from Eden Hazard -- and they might have extended their advantage but for referee Martin Atkinson rejecting two penalty appeals.
Chelsea suffered a setback with 20 minutes to play when Matic was shown a red card for shoving Ashley Barnes in reaction to a dangerous tackle from the striker, who escaped punishment.
Burnley found themselves level on 81 minutes as Ben Mee rose to head home a corner at the far post and, while Sean Dyche's men continued to press for a winner against the 10 men, they came away with a hugely valuable point.
Swansea City came from behind as they beat Manchester United 2-1 for the second time this season.
United went ahead on 28 minutes minutes when Ander Herrera drilled the ball into the corner to round off a fine team move, but the advantage was swiftly cancelled out when Ki Sung-Yeung latched on to Jonjo Shelvey's ball into the box and placed his finish beyond David De Gea.
Swansea then took the lead on 73 minutes when Shelvey's long-range strike took a decisive deflection off Bafetimbi Gomis, leaving De Gea unable to react in time, and United could not find an equaliser.
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 2-1 as they made it five wins in six games in the Premier League to move ahead of United and into third place.
Arsenal had taken the lead through Santi Cazorla's eighth-minute penalty after Pape Souare had fouled Danny Welbeck, and Olivier Giroud increased their advantage just before the break when he turned the ball in from close range after Julian Speroni had failed to deal with a Danny Welbeck shot.
Glenn Murray pulled a goal back deep into injury time, but the Eagles could not deny Arsenal a victory that took them into third place in the table.
Aston Villa suffered a late 2-1 defeat to Stoke City as Tim Sherwood took charge of the Midlands side for the first time.
Villa had been on a miserable run of form under Sherwood's predecessor Paul Lambert, having not won a Premier League game since beating fellow strugglers Leicester on Dec. 7 and lost their last five in a row.
They had registered just two goals in those 10 games, but Sherwood saw them go ahead 20 minutes into his reign as loanee Scott Sinclair headed home. However, Villa could not hold on until the break, with Mame Biram Diouf responding with a header.
There was to be further disappointment in injury time when Victor Moses was fouled by Ron Vlaar in the area and converted the penalty.
Hull City snatched a late 2-1 winner as Queens Park Rangers suffered yet another away defeat.
QPR had lost every one of their away games this season until last weekend's 2-0 victory at Sunderland, and it had appeared Chris Ramsey was set to claim another point on the road after Charlie Austin cancelled out Nickica Jelavic's opener.
However, January signing Dame N'Doye headed home in the 89th minute to give Hull three points and ease their relegation concerns.
Sunderland were held to a goalless draw at home to West Bromwich Albion.
The Black Cats' Adam Johnson saw a goal controversially ruled out for offside just before the break -- but otherwise Gus Poyet's men were unable to find a way through.