EPL Table: 2015 Standings After Saturday's Week 4 Results and Top Scorers

Manchester City took sole possession of the top spot in the 2015-16 Premier League standings with a 2-0 win over Watford in Week 4, while Chelsea and Liverpool suffered shock defeats at the hands of Crystal Palace and West Ham United, respectively.

The Eagles went into Stamford Bridge to beat the defending champions 2-1, while the Hammers embarrassed the Reds at Anfield, winning 3-0. As shared by Bleacher Report UK's Instagram account, West Ham hadn't won at Anfield in over 50 years:

Arsenal battled to a difficult 1-0 win over Newcastle United, while Everton and Tottenham Hotspur played out a 0-0 draw. Here are the full results from Saturday:

Home	Score	Away
Newcastle	0-1	Arsenal
Bournemouth	1-1	Leicester
Aston Villa	2-2	Sunderland
Chelsea	1-2	Crystal Palace
Liverpool	0-3	West Ham
Manchester City	2-0	Watford
Stoke City	0-1	WBA
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Everton

The current Premier League standings:

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10	12
2	Crystal Palace	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9
3	Leicester	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8
4	Manchester United	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
5	Arsenal	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
6	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	2	3	-1	7
7	West Ham	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6
8	Swansea	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
9	Everton	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
10	Norwich	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
11	Bournemouth	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	4
12	Aston Villa	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	4
13	Chelsea	4	1	1	2	6	9	-3	4
14	West Bromwich Albion	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3	4
15	Tottenham	4	0	3	1	3	4	-1	3
16	Watford	4	0	3	1	2	4	-2	3
17	Stoke	4	0	2	2	3	5	-2	2
18	Southampton	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3	2
19	Newcastle United	4	0	2	2	2	5	-3	2
20	Sunderland	4	0	2	2	6	10	-4	2

The top scorers list:

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	4
1	Callum Wilson	Bournemouth	4
3	Bafetimbi Gomis	Swansea	3
4	Jamie Vardy	Leicester	2
4	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland	2
4	Scott Sinclair	Aston Villa	2
4	Mark Noble	West Ham	2
4	Cheikhou Kouyate	West Ham	2
4	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	2
4	Ross Barkley	Everton	2

Recap

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Upsets ruled the day on Saturday, with both Chelsea and Liverpool losing at home. Arsenal and Manchester City took full advantage, rising up the standings and putting some distance between themselves and their rivals in the process.

All of the action in Crystal Palace's win over Chelsea took place in the second half, with Bakary Sako opening the scoring after more than an hour of play had passed. Radamel Falcao pulled Chelsea level with his first-ever goal for the Blues, but after the match, manager Jose Mourinho couldn't even bring himself to truly congratulate the Colombia international, per Chelsea's official Twitter account:

Joel Ward scored the winner just two minutes after Falcao's goal, handing the defending champions their second loss of the season. After four matches, the Blues have managed to gain just four out of a possible 12 points—a dreadful tally.

Plenty of Chelsea's biggest players once again put in uninspiring performances, and no one struggled more than Eden Hazard. Last season's PFA Player of the Year has endured a dreadful start to the season, via sports writer Wayne Veysey:

After the match, Mourinho stated the obvious―things have to get better at Stamford Bridge:

Chelsea weren't the only top side to lose at home on Saturday, as West Ham embarrassed Liverpool in front of their own fans. Manuel Lanzini gave the visitors an early lead before Mark Noble doubled their tally, and twice, the east Londoners took full advantage from blunders in the Reds' defence.

First, Martin Skrtel gifted the Hammers the ball instead of clearing it, leading up to the first goal, before Dejan Lovren comically lost the ball to Lanzini trying to shield it out of play. Lanzini's cross would eventually lead to the second goal.

Rise of the Kop was blunt in its assessment:

Philippe Coutinho saw a red card early in the second half for a second bookable offence, all but ending Liverpool's bid to complete the comeback. Noble was also sent off late in the match, but it hardly mattered, as Diafra Sakho completed the rout in injury time.

Coutinho's red card means he will be suspended when the Reds travel to Old Trafford to take on rivals Manchester United in Week 5.

To make matters worse for the Liverpool fans, Raheem Sterling scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester City in their 2-0 win over Watford, with Fernandinho scoring the other goal. Sterling was again one of the standout performers for the league-leaders, via Manchester Evening News' Stuart Brennan:

Through four matches, the Citizens have scored 10 goals, and they've yet to concede. Manager Manuel Pellegrini couldn't have asked for a better start to the 2015-16 campaign, and he will hope their strong run continues when they visit Crystal Palace.

Arsenal needed a bit of luck to beat Newcastle 1-0, as Fabricio Coloccini scored the only goal of the match into his own net early in the second half. The clash was a physical affair that saw Magpies striker Aleksandar Mitrovic sent off after just 16 minutes, and there was little beautiful football to be found after that.

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It was a similar story at the Britannia Stadium, where West Bromwich Albion beat Stoke City 1-0 thanks to a goal from Jose Salomon Rondon. By the time the Baggies scored, the hosts had already been reduced to nine men, with Ibrahim Afellay and Charlie Adam both receiving straight red cards.

The former was sent off for a shove to the face of Craig Gardner―who received a yellow card for his part in the incident―while the latter appeared to stamp on Craig Dawson. Both face the possibility of hefty suspensions.  

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