Arsenal seven clear, Moyes' old club doing better than his new club

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Man of the moment Aaron Ramsey scored twice against his former club as Arsenal beat Cardiff City 3-0 on Saturday to move seven points clear in the Premier League.

Ramsey broke the deadlock with a fine first-half header and after substitute Mathieu Flamini added a late second, the Welshman completed victory in stoppage time to take his tally of league goals this season to eight.

The win elevated Arsene Wenger's side seven points above nearest rivals Liverpool and Chelsea, both of whom play on Sunday, as well as Everton, who climbed to fourth place by beating Stoke City.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere had scored after 14 seconds against Marseille in mid-week and he almost repeated the trick at the Cardiff City Stadium, curling a 20-yard shot against the crossbar in the second minute.

In the 29th minute, the Welsh midfielder sent a superb header past David Marshall from Mesut Ozil's cross, and his refusal to celebrate against his former club prompted a round of applause from the entire stadium.

Flamini settled the visitors' nerves in the 86th minute, gathering a pass from Ozil and lashing home, before Ramsey continued his astonishing form by claiming an emphatic second goal in stoppage time.

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Barcelona loanee Gerard Deulofeu produced a dazzling individual display as Everton crushed Stoke 4-0 to move level on points with Liverpool and Chelsea.

The 19-year-old Spanish forward opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time, exchanging passes with Steven Pienaar and then Gareth Barry before slamming a shot past Asmir Begovic at his near post.

Seamus Coleman added a second early in the first half from Deulofeu's left-wing cross, before Bryan Oviedo -- a replacement for the injured Leighton Baines -- made it 3-0 with a crisp 25-yard drive.

On-loan Chelsea forward Romelu Lukaku sealed victory with a 79th-minute tap-in from an Ovideo cross.

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Newcastle United ended the day a point behind Everton in fifth place after Moussa Sissoko scored a spectacular 25-yard winner in a 2-1 victory at home to West Bromwich Albion.

The France midfielder's 57th-minute thunderbolt, after visiting captain Chris Brunt had cancelled out Yoan Gouffran's headed opener, gave Alan Pardew's side their fourth consecutive league victory.

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Elsewhere, Tony Pulis's first game as Crystal Palace manager ended in a 1-0 defeat at Norwich City that saw the London club sink to the foot of the table.

Gary Hooper scored the only goal at Carrow Road in the 30th minute, coolly slotting home after Johan Elmander's low centre was steered back across goal by Wes Hoolahan.

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Sunderland saw Emanuele Giaccherini miss a sitter and Fabio Borini hit the bar in a 0-0 draw at Aston Villa, but the point was sufficient to take Gustavo Poyet's side off the bottom at Palace's expense.

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Third-bottom Fulham are now three points adrift of safety, after second-half goals from Mohamed Diame, Carlton Cole and Joe Cole saw them slump to a fifth straight loss in a 3-0 defeat at London rivals West Ham United.

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Jose Mourinho's Chelsea recovered from conceding a goal after 13 seconds at home to Southampton, scoring three times in the second half to win 3-1 and close the gap on Arsenal to four points with a third of the season gone.

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Free-scoring Man City are third, two points further adrift, after spanking Swansea City 3-0 to take their home goal tally to 16 in their last three games.

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Wayne Rooney equalised twice for United in a 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur which left them nine points off the pace.

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Liverpool, who began the day in second, endured a miserable afternoon, going down 3-1 at Hull City and hearing that striker Daniel Sturridge will be out for around eight weeks.

Hull, who had never beaten Liverpool, opened the scoring on 20 minutes thanks to a huge slice of good fortune, Jake Livermore's shot from distance cannoning off the boot of Martin Skrtel and looping over keeper Simon Mignolet.

Liverpool levelled thanks to a curling free kick from Steven Gerrard but their lacklustre performance was punished in the second half when David Meyler latched on to a loose ball and buried it into the bottom corner.

Skrtel deflected in a Tom Huddlestone shot with three minutes remaining to wrap up the points for Hull.