Chelsea extended their lead atop the table with an easy win at Swansea, while Manchester United and Liverpool also won in the Premier League on Saturday.
Chelsea cruised to a 5-0 win over Swansea City, scoring four times in the first half to send out a statement of intent in the race for the Premier League title.
The league leaders went ahead inside the first minute when Oscar thumped home, before Diego Costa doubled their advantage on 20 minutes after some sublime build-up play around the edge of the area.
Two goals in the space of two minutes effectively ended the game as a contest before half-time, with Costa grabbing his second following a defensive error before teeing up Oscar to make it 4-0.
Andre Schurrle was then left with a simple finish to extend the advantage in the 79th minute after Eden Hazard and Branislav Ivanovic exchanged passes.
Manchester United snatched a hard-fought 2-0 win at Queens Park Rangers thanks to second-half strikes from Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson.
United fans were left chanting for Louis van Gaal to adopt a 4-4-2 formation after a poor performance in the first half, in which David de Gea was forced to make a string of saves, with Radamel Falcao passing up the best chance at the other end.
QPR could consider themselves unfortunate to fall behind just before the hour mark, with Fellaini flicking up an Antonio Valencia pass before blasting past Rob Green.
Falcao was then denied a golden chance to double the lead when Clint Hill got a touch to a low cross, but ultimately it made little difference as substitute Wilson made it 2-0 deep into injury time.
Liverpool recorded a fourth win in five matches as they saw off strugglers Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park.
Fabio Borini opened the scoring on 24 minutes, diverting the ball home from Jordan Henderson's cross.
Villa applied the pressure as they searched for an equaliser, but Liverpool doubled their lead on 79 minutes as substitute Rickie Lambert controlled a pass from Raheem Sterling before firing a fine shot past Brad Guzan.
Eljero Elia scored twice to fire Southampton back into third place with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Newcastle.
The Dutchman, on loan from Werder Bremen, scored his first goal for the club with 14 minutes gone and then after Yoan Gouffran had cancelled out his strike with a fortuitous 29th-minute equaliser, restored the visitors' lead 17 minutes into the second half.
Both goals came against the run of play as Newcastle, who have now played four games under caretaker manager John Carver and won none of them, dominated possession for long periods but lacked the cutting edge.
Christian Eriksen stole the headlines as Tottenham Hotspur beat Sunderland 2-1 on Jermain Defoe's return to White Hart Lane.
Jan Vertonghen gave Spurs an early lead, showing quick feet before lifting a deflected shot into the top corner, but Sunderland hit back through a superb Seb Larsson free kick with a little over half an hour played.
Defoe was substituted on 75 minutes, and it looked as though the match would end all square until Eriksen popped up to snatch a winner on 88 minutes.
For the second weekend running Dwight Gayle and Jason Puncheon rescued Crystal Palace as they came back to beat Burnley 3-2.
The pair both scored in the come-from-behind win over Tottenham seven days ago and repeated the feat at Turf Moor as the Eagles recovered from being 2-0 down after 16 minutes to seal a 3-2 success.
Burnley appeared to be coasting after Ben Mee and Danny Ings struck in quick succession, but they were pegged back before Gayle's second three minutes from time extended Alan Pardew's winning run since he took over at Selhurst Park.
Bojan Krkic scored the only goal of the game as Stoke City beat Leicester City 1-0 at the King Power Stadium.
The Spaniard's fourth of the season, just after the hour, proved decisive and ended the Foxes' four-match unbeaten run, ensuring that Nigel Pearson's side remain at the foot of the Premier League.
Information from the Press Association was used in this report.