English Premier League: Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd and Arsenal all win midweek matches

CHELSEA

Eden Hazard scored from a header to help Chelsea to a 1-0 win over West Ham and maintain their four-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.

The Belgian winger got his head on a cross from Ramires to hand Jose Mourinho's men the lead in the first half and continue his fine goal-scoring efforts away from home.

Hazard continued to shine in an exciting game after the break and hit the post after linking up brilliantly with Diego Costa, before Ramires' header was brilliantly denied by goalkeeper Adrian's feet and James Tomkins cleared the ball off the line in the final minute.

MANCHESTER CITY

Manchester City kept up the pressure on Chelsea at the top with a 2-0 win over Leicester.

City struggled to break through in the first-half, but just before the break they broke the deadlock as Aleksandar Kolarov's cross caused havoc in the box and found David Silva. The Spaniard's shot was blocked, but he netted the rebound to score his 10th goal of the season.

City were denied throughout the game by the heroics of veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, but James Milner struck with two minutes remaining to seal the win.


MANCHESTER UNITED

Manchester United struggled to break down Newcastle but took a 1-0 win from St James' Park.

United had the better of the first half but Emmanuel Riviere could have had a penalty after tumbling after a challenge from Chris Smalling in the box and then watched a shot well saved by David De Gea.

After half-time, Tim Krul came to the rescue for Newcastle with a wonderful double save: first from Marouane Fellaini and then from Ashley Young's rebound. Jonas Gutierrez then returned to first-team action for the first time since October 2013, after recovering from testicular cancer, but was booked two minutes after arriving.

United looked like they might be headed for a draw, but Ashley Young popped up in the final minute to hand his side all three points.

ARSENAL

Arsenal beat QPR 2-1 thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez.

In a dull first half, the Gunners could not break through and new signing Gabriel was taken off injured, with Laurent Koscielny replacing him. However, they came out better in the second and Sanchez's fine run and pass found Kieran Gibbs who found Giroud to net his 13th goal of the season.

Sanchez then got himself on the scoresheet in the 69th minute but Charlie Austin got one back for the home side with a thunderous shot from outside the area with 10 minutes to go.