Manchester City moved three points clear at the top with 3-0 win over Fulham while Arsenal returned to form with a 7-1 whipping of Blackburn in Sunday morning's EPL action.
City continued their perfect Premier League record at the Etihad Stadium this season.
A Sergio Aguero penalty and Chris Barid own-goal put City two up at half-time before Edin Dzeko stroked home a third to give Roberto Mancini's side an easy win in freezing conditions.
Meanwhile Arsenal's goal feast at the Emirates was their first League win of the calendar year.
Robin Van Persie tapped home in the opening two minutes before Morten Gamst Pedersen equalized with a well-struck free-kick.
The Gunners captain scored an almost identical second before turning provider with a sumptuous pass to feed in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for the third.
After the interval Mikel Arteta sunk a low drive from the edge of the area before Oxlade-Chamberlain bagged his second, Van Persie his hat-trick and substitute Thierry Henry put the icing on the cake.
It was a display from the home side which quashed any doubts about their proficiency in front of goal, sustaining the Gunners' assault on a top-four Premier League finish.
Elsewhere on Sunday morning (AEDT), goals from Andrew Surman and Anthony Pilkington handed Norwich City a deserved three points against Bolton Wanderers at Carrow Road.
Norwich burst out of the blocks but could not break down the Bolton resistance in the first half, and were forced to survive injuries to both of their starting centre-backs on their way to keeping their second clean sheet of the season in a 2-0 victory.
Sunderland defeated a frustrated Stoke City 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium in a game that saw Robert Huth receive a straight red card.
The result, set up by Ryan Shawcross's second half strike, sees Stoke with just one win in eight games in the league and their top-half position threatened by the likes of Swansea and Norwich.
Sunderland, meanwhile, reinforced their status in the top 10 and under Martin O'Neill have 22 points from a possible 30.
And two goals in a mad five minutes gave Swansea City a 2-1 win as West Brom slipped up at home again.
Gylfi Sigurdsson and Danny Graham netted soon after Marc-Antoine Fortune had given the hosts the lead inside the second half.
Wolves battled to their first win in nine League games, coming from behind to beat 10-man Queens Park Rangers 2-1 and Wigan and Everton played out a 1-1 draw at DW Stadium.