22 minutes before the last whistle, the Premier League champion Manchester City was still lagging behind the newly promoted Southampton, fortunately, the Blue Moon broke out at the last moment, earning a 3-2 comeback win over the opponent. At the same time, in the former game, Chelsea had beaten Wigan Athletic 2-0.

Newly promoted Southampton's performance once brought surprises to the audience in the beginning, but Manchester City soon showed a huge gap on the strength between the two teams. Despite Silva's missing of a penalty opportunity in the 17th minute, five minutes, Carlos Tevez still got the pass from Nasri before the end of the field, and he shoot out a right-foot strike to open the opponent's goal.

The visitor Southampton put on a comprehensive show of their offensive talent on the second half, their adventure finally received a return in 59 minutes when substitute Rickie Lambert curled a wonderful strike against goalkeeper Joe Hart to score. In 68 minutes, Steven Davis's deflected strike lead Southampton to go ahead.

But 4 minutes later, Edin Dzeko seized an opportunity to score in a last-gasp goal, Man City finally equalized. Just like what they did against Queens Park Rangers three months ago, Manchester City put a excellent last killing show once again when Gael Clichy crossed the ball from the left wing, though saved by the rival's defender Daniel Fox, Nasri's irresistible shoot sealed the victory for Manchester City finally.

In the other game on Sunday, Eden Hazard's excellent performance fired Chelsea to win the ultimate success. The Belgian genius sent an amazing assist in the 2 minutes for Ivanovic's opening score for the Blues, Hazard then broke into the penalty area and caused the opponent's foul, helping the veteran Lampard take the hit.