Chelsea condemn United, Spurs win

Samuel Eto'o's hat-trick saw Chelsea to a 3-1 win over Manchester
United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday that piled pressure on the Premier
League champions.
This result left title-holders United 14 points adrift of leaders
Arsenal with 16 league games of the season remaining and six off a
place in the Champions League.
Their seventh league loss this term also turned the spotlight back on
David Moyes, the successor chosen by Alex Ferguson, British football's
most successful manager, to replace him following his retirement at
the end of last season.
"We did not deserve to be 2-0 down at halftime," Moyes told the BBC.
"We had a little bit of bad luck with the first one (goal) but we
can't blame anyone else but ourselves for the other two.
"We did not defend well enough and did not get a chance like Chelsea
got to score, so we can only blame ourselves for that," the Scot
added.
However, the former Everton manager insisted: "We will keep going. We
showed a lot of good things today."
Victory left Jose Mourinho's Chelsea within two points of Arsenal.
"I think it is a big win and deserved, yes," Chelsea manager Jose
Mourinho told the BBC. "They (United) started better than us, they had
a good initiative.
"The second half was different. For 25-30 minutes we had very good
control until we dropped back and they reacted with pride," explained
the Portuguese boss after his 100th Premier League win as a manager.
"The second goal was the killer in the box I know from many years ago
and it looks like Samuel Eto'o is coming back," added Mourinho, who
managed the forward when they were both at Inter Milan.
Eto'o gave Chelsea a 17th minute lead when his shot from just outside
the box deflected off Michael Carrick.
This video is not available.The 32-year-old veteran Cameroon striker
made it 2-0 on the stroke of halftime when, following Gary Cahill's
centre, he smashed the ball home from six yards out.
United, without injured strikers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie,
were 3-0 behind four minutes after the interval when more lax
defending from a set-piece allowed Cahill a free header.
His effort was blocked by United goalkeeper David de Gea but, barely a
yard away, Eto'o reacted first and made no mistake as he become the
first Chelsea player to score a hat-trick against United since Seamus
O'Connell in 1954.
Javier Hernandez, on as a substitute for Ashley Young, pulled a goal
back 12 minutes from time.
But that was as good as it got for United whose misery was compounded
when captain Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time for a rash
challenge on Eden Hazard, with Rafael de Silva then fortunate to
escape a red card for an equally wild lunge on Cahill.
"I have not seen Rafa's but I have seen Vidic's. Vidic's for me is not
a red card, it was a yellow card," said Moyes. "If Rafa's was a bad
one I would hopefully come out honestly and say what I think."
Earlier, Emmanuel Adebayor scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur moved
level on points with Liverpool after a 3-1 win away to struggling
Swansea.
Adebayor's goals, separated by a Chico Flores own-goal, ensured
Tottenham remained unbeaten in the league under manager Tim Sherwood,
whose record now stands at five wins and a draw since the Englishman
replaced sacked predecessor Andre Villas-Boas.
After Swansea's Wilfried Bony had hit the crossbar, Adebayor gave
Spurs the lead, against the run of play, in the 35th minute when he
headed in an excellent cross from Christian Eriksen.
And the north London side made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute when Flores
put Kyle Walker's cross into his own net.
Adebayor put the result beyond doubt 19 minutes from time before Bony
scored a consolation goal.
Sherwood welcomed Adebayor's rediscovered hunger and form after the
player became disillusioned and marginalised under Villas-Boas.
"It's obviously great for the football club and great for Ade himself,
who's flying at the moment and enjoying his football."