West Ham United 2 vs 1 Chelsea
Chelsea had midfielder Nemanja Matic and manager Jose Mourinho sent off as Andy Carroll's late winner dealt their faltering title defence another blow.
Mauro Zarate fired the Hammers in front when Chelsea failed to clear a corner.
Matic was sent off after being booked twice in nine minutes before the break, and Mourinho joined him after speaking to referee Jon Moss at half-time.
Gary Cahill levelled from a corner but Carroll met Aaron Cresswell's cross to send the Hammers third in the table.
Chelsea, who have now lost five of their first 10 Premier League games this season, continue to languish in the bottom half.
As well as Matic and Mourinho, the Blues' assistant first-team coach Silvino Louro was also dismissed.
Chelsea had five other players booked in a stormy east versus west London derby, the last to be played at Upton Park in the league before West Ham move to the Olympic Stadium next summer.
Matic, Mourinho and Louro see red
Zarate's goal, after Dimitri Payet's corner was not cleared, meant West Ham led at the break but his goal was not the decisive moment of the first half.
That came when Matic slipped out on the right by-line and dragged down Diafra Sakho.
The Chelsea midfielder had been booked nine minutes earlier for hauling back Cheikhou Kouyate as West Ham looked to break.
Referee Moss took his time before showing Matic a second yellow card, which brought a furious response from Chelsea.
Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas were booked as the visiting players lost their discipline, while Louro was sent from the bench.
Mourinho continued his protests at half-time and was sent to the stands for the second half after going to speak to Moss in the referee's room.
He was stood among West Ham fans when Carroll scored, but disappeared from view soon afterwards.
Chelsea millimetres from an equaliser
Matic's first booking came seconds after Chelsea thought they had equalised.
Kurt Zouma rose to head Cesc Fabregas's corner goalwards, but a combination of defender Carl Jenkinson and goalkeeper Adrian kept it out - just - before the whole ball crossed the line.
Chelsea were also denied by another marginal decision when a Fabregas goal was ruled out for offside moments before Matic was dismissed.
Carroll back among the goals
When Chelsea did draw level, through Cahill's opportunistic second-half finish from Willian's corner, West Ham rethought their approach.
Hammers boss Slaven Bilic threw on Carroll for the last 20 minutes and the home side began pumping crosses into the box.
Carroll is yet to start a Premier League game this season because of a summer setback following a serious knee injury in February, but is getting closer to full fitness.
He was not just on for match minutes against Chelsea, however, and had the desired impact with his first goal since January.
"It's impossible to mark him in the box," Bilic said afterwards.
"His quality was never in question. If he's in good shape now we have a good chance that he will be injury-free for a long time. In that case West Ham and England will benefit from that a lot."
Man of the match - West Ham's Dimitri Payet
'We're not feeling sorry for ourselves' - Cahill
When asked about the mood in the dressing room, Chelsea defender Gary Cahill told BBC Sport: "It is not great - like you'd imagine when you lose games. Last season we weren't used to it.
"The lads are devastated. Not many words are being said at the moment. I'm sure we'll reflect in [the] next day or so.
"You're left scratching your head sometimes. In the first half the Fabregas goal could have been given and we had the ball that was nearly over the line. That sums up the way we're going.
"And then we've got the sending off. Originally we played on - we thought the referee had played on. Maybe the assistant called it back, I'm not sure sure what's happened there.
"We've not had the rub of the green, but we're not feeling sorry for ourselves. We have to work hard to turn this round."
The stats you need to know
- This is West Ham's best ever start to a PL season after 10 games (20 points), while it's Chelsea's worst ever start to a PL campaign after 10 games (11 points).
- Jose Mourinho has lost six of his last 12 PL matches; immediately before that run, he had lost six in 64 in the English top-flight.
- Chelsea have conceded the first goal in five of their 10 PL matches this season; they only managed it in eight games throughout the entire 2014/15 campaign.
- West Ham have now won their three Premier League London derbies so far this season (also v Arsenal and Crystal Palace) - they only won two PL London derbies in the whole of 2014-15.
- Mauro Zarate scored his first ever PL goal at Upton Park in this match.
- West Ham United scored their first goal against Chelsea in 467 minutes.
What happens next?
West Ham go to Vicarage Road on Saturday to face Watford in their next Premier League game, while Chelsea's next test is against Stoke in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday.
LINEUP, BOOKINGS (8) & SUBSTITUTIONS (6)
West Ham United
- 13 Adrián
- 12 Jenkinson
- 05 Tomkins
- 19 Collins
- 03 Cresswell
- 16 Noble (Ogbonna - 92' )
- 08 Kouyaté Booked
- 28 Lanzini (Obiang - 82' )
- 27 Payet
- 10 Zárate (Carroll - 69' )
- 15 Sakho
Substitutes
- 01 Randolph
- 09 Carroll
- 11 E Valencia
- 14 Obiang
- 21 Ogbonna
- 26 Jelavic
- 30 Antonio
Chelsea
- 01 Begovic
- 05 Zouma
- 24 Cahill
- 26 Terry
- 28 Azpilicueta Booked (Baba - 87' )
- 07 Ramires (Falcao - 82' )
- 21 Matic Dismissed after an earlier booking
- 22 Willian Booked
- 04 Fàbregas Booked (Mikel - 45' Booked )
- 10 Hazard
- 19 Diego Costa Booked
Substitutes
- 06 Baba
- 08 Oscar
- 09 Falcao
- 12 Mikel
- 14 Traore
- 32 Amelia
- 36 Loftus-Cheek
Ref: Jonathan Moss
Att: 34,977
Arsenal 2 vs 1 Everton
Arsenal went top of the Premier League for the first time since February 2014 as headers from Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny defeated Everton.
After a cagey opening, the Gunners went ahead as Giroud met Mesut Ozil's floated cross with a deft touch.
Koscielny doubled the lead two minutes later from Santi Cazorla's ball in.
Ross Barkley's deflected shot brought Everton back into it, but Romelu Lukaku wasted an excellent, if rare, chance to level as he headed against the bar.
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech denied Gerard Deulofeu late on, but the hosts also had their chances to make the scoreline more comfortable.
Everton's miserable evening was compounded by Gareth Barry's injury-time dismissal as he picked up a second yellow card for a foul on Kieran Gibbs.
Same old Arsenal
Ozil and Giroud were the scorers in Arsenal's Champions League win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday and the two combined brilliantly to break the deadlock after an even opening half hour.
But Arsenal's fourth successive win was secured in more conventional fashion than their third.While the Gunners were penned back and starved of the ball against the Bavarians in midweek, they enjoyed 57% possession and regularly carved through Everton in an ultimately fruitless search for a third.
Giroud and Ozil both hit the woodwork in the second half, with the latter sparkling with invention in a floating role behind the main striker.
Ozil was ably abetted by Santi Cazorla who roamed upfield from his deep-lying position to prompt and probe as Francis Coquelin tidied behind him in midfield.
Problems past, present and future for Everton
It is now 22 meetings and more than 19 years since Everton won away at Arsenal.
In more recent history, Roberto Martinez's side were fifth in the table after their win over West Brom at the end of September.
They have picked up one point from three matches since to slide back to 10th.
There are also problems for the future after captain Phil Jagielka limped off with an apparent knee injury after an innocuous challenge with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The travelling Toffees fans faced a race across London on the final whistle after the last train back to Liverpool - the 21:30 from Euston - was cancelled. The home fans greeted news of the altered timetable with loud cheers.
Man of the match - Mesut Ozil
"Could have gone both ways"
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "At 2-1 we became a bit edgy. We gave a lot on Tuesday night against Bayern Munich and I thought it showed in the last 20 minutes.
"We couldn't score the third goal and Everton had chances - it could have gone both ways.
"When you win such a big game like on Tuesday it shows a lot about the mentality of your team.
"We have a lot of questions about our strikers but Theo Walcott is outstanding and Olivier Giroud is outstanding at the moment."
Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "I thought we shot ourselves in the foot in giving away such an easy two-goal lead.
"But I very much enjoyed the reaction - the personality and desire of wanting to get back.
"We're very concerned about Phil Jagielka. It's a knee injury - we don't the extent of it, but that's the biggest negative today."
What the pundits say:
Former Everton winger Ronnie Goodlass on BBC Radio Merseyside: "It's important for Everton to get a win soon.
"They produced a good reaction to going behind, but you have do it for 90 minutes. It is the old what-might-have-been. Everton keep giving teams a one-goal start and then they are chasing the game."
The stats you need to know
- Olivier Giroud has now scored in four of his last five appearances for Arsenal in all competitions.
- Arsenal have lost just one of their last 17 Premier League meetings with Everton, winning 10 and drawing six.
- Mesut Ozil picked up his seventh Premier League assist of the 2015-16 campaign - more than any other player.
What's next?
Both sides are in League Cup action in midweek with Arsenal travelling to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday and Everton hosting Premier League Norwich on the same evening.
LINEUP, BOOKINGS (4) & SUBSTITUTIONS (5)
Arsenal
- 33 Cech
- 24 Bellerín
- 05 Gabriel
- 06 Koscielny
- 18 Monreal
- 34 Coquelin Booked
- 19 Cazorla
- 15 Oxlade-Chamberlain (Flamini - 81' )
- 11 Özil
- 17 Sánchez (Gibbs - 89' )
- 12 Giroud Booked
Substitutes
- 02 Debuchy
- 03 Gibbs
- 14 Walcott
- 20 Flamini
- 21 Chambers
- 28 Campbell
- 49 Macey
Everton
- 24 Howard
- 23 Coleman (Koné - 89' )
- 05 Stones
- 06 Jagielka (Funes Mori - 52' )
- 32 Galloway
- 16 McCarthy
- 18 Barry Dismissed after an earlier booking
- 19 Deulofeu
- 20 Barkley
- 12 Lennon (Mirallas - 70' )
- 10 Lukaku
Substitutes
- 01 Robles
- 09 Koné
- 11 Mirallas
- 14 Naismith
- 15 Cleverley
- 21 Osman
- 25 Funes Mori
Ref: Lee Mason
Att: 59,985
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