In the "Premier League of England, seven matches of the 16th round were played on Saturday. The championship leader, London's "Chelsea" team, achieved a convincing victory at home against the footballers of "Hull City". Jose Mourinho's pupils defeated the "lions" with a score of 2-0. In the 7th minute, Eden Hazard put the "blues" ahead, and Diego Costa sealed the deal in the 68th minute. It is worth mentioning that from the 60th minute, "Hull City" played with ten men. In other matches, "Manchester City" had a tough time away against "Leicester City". Frank Lampard scored the only winning goal in the 40th minute. "Southampton" had another setback away. They suffered a 1-0 defeat against the "Burnley" team, experiencing their fourth consecutive loss. "Chelsea" remains a strong leader of the "Premier" league, but "Southampton" drops to fifth place. In the evening match, an intriguing battle took place between London's "Arsenal" and "Newcastle" footballers. The "Gunners" easily defeated the "Magpies" with a score of 4-1. In just the 15th minute, Olivier Giroud put "Arsenal" ahead, and in the second half, Santi Cazorla extended the lead. In the 58th minute, O. Giroud scored again. However, in the 63rd minute, Ayoze Perez reduced the deficit, but at the end of the match, a penalty was awarded to "Newcastle", which was successfully converted by S. Cazorla, who celebrated his 30th birthday today. Results: "Burnley" 1 - 0 "Southampton" 73' [1 - 0] L. Barnes 60' D. Tadic ("Southampton") missed a penalty kick "Chelsea" 2 - 0 "Hull City" 7' [1 - 0] E. Hazard 68' [2 - 0] D. Costa 60' T. Huddlestone ("Hull City") sent off "Crystal Palace" 1 - 1 "Stoke City" 11' [1 - 0] J. McArthur 13' [1 - 1] P. Crouch "Leicester City" 0 - 1 "Manchester City" 40' [0 - 1] F. Lampard "Sunderland" 1 - 1 "West Ham" 22' [1 - 0] J. Gomez (penalty) 29' [1 - 1] S. Downing "West Brom" 1 - 0 "Aston Villa" 72' [1 - 0] C. Gardner 22' K. Richardson ("Aston Villa") sent off "Arsenal" 4 - 1 "Newcastle" 15' [1 - 0] O. Giroud 54' [2 - 0] S. Cazorla 58' [3 - 0] O. Giroud 63' [3 - 1] A. Perez 88' [4 - 1] S. Cazorla (penalty)
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