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LONDON - Chelsea passed another major test of its Premier League title credentials on Saturday, beating Liverpool 2-1 away to maintain a fierce pace at the top of the standings that defending champion Manchester City cannot live with.City dropped eight points behind unbeaten Chelsea by drawing 2-2 at lowly Queens Park Rangers thanks to two equalizers from Sergio Aguero, who is the leagues top scorer with 12 goals.Surprisingly, it is Southampton that is pushing Chelsea after 11 games, with a 2-0 win over Leicester leaving the south-coast club in second place and four points off the lead.Chelsea, though, looks unstoppable.Diego Costa scored the 67th-minute winner at Anfield, capping a Chelsea comeback that started in the 14th when Gary Cahill cancelled out a deflected opener from Emre Can.In the second half, we showed something new, which is to be 1-1 at Anfield and not accept the result as a good result and play to win, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said. I think we were very impressive.Elsewhere, Manchester United won 1-0 against Crystal Palace on Juan Matas goal to climb provisionally to sixth, West Ham drew 0-0 at home to Aston Villa and Burnley recorded its first win in the league this season — 1-0 against Hull.At Anfield, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers made seven changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday.His midweek selection was criticized as he appeared to prioritize the clash against Chelsea, and the gamble looked like it could pay off as Liverpool took the lead when Cans long-range strike deflected in off Cahill.Chelsea equalized with a goal that required confirmation from goal-line technology, with Cahill blasting a shot from close range that goalkeeper Simon Mignolet saved before falling back over the line with the ball in his hands.Costas winner came when he pounced on the rebound after Cesar Azpilicuetas shot was parried out by Mignolet.City fell behind at Loftus Road in the 21st when Charlie Austin converted from Mauricio Islas cross. Austin earlier had two goals disallowed, one for offside and one after scoring directly from a mishit free kick by goalkeeper Joe Hart.Hart accidently kicked the ball twice before Austin found the net, and rules state a player cannot touch the ball twice successively from a free kick.Aguero equalized after brilliantly controlling a long pass from Eliaquim Mangala, but an own goal from Martin Demichelis in the 76th restored QPRs lead.Argentina striker Aguero scored again seven minutes later, rounding Robert Green before beating four players on the line attempting to block his shot.Aguero had all the QPR defence in trouble whenever he had the ball, Pellegrini said, while QPR manager Harry Redknapp was left ruing his sides inability to hold on for victory.I really felt at 2-1 we would go on and win the game, Redknapp said. You cant relax when they have got so many quality players in the team.United earned a much-needed three points over Crystal Palace at Old Trafford thanks to Mata, who struck a deflected shot beating goalkeeper Julian Speroni four minutes after coming on as a replacement for Adnan Januzaj in the 63rd.But it was another underwhelming performance from Louis van Gaals team, which started with a makeshift defence that had midfielder Daley Blind and 19-year-old Paddy McNair at centre back with four alternative options injured or suspended.The victory — Uniteds first in four attempts — saw it overtake fierce rival Liverpool in the standings.Southampton continued its formidable start to the season courtesy of two goals in five minutes from Shane Long at St. Marys.The Ireland striker, a substitute for Sadio Mane who had replaced him in the starting lineup, entered the game without a Premier League goal for Southampton since his off-season transfer from West Brom.But he broke the deadlock in the 75th, curling a neat left-footed strike beyond Kasper Schmeichel, before finishing clinically past the Leicester goalkeeper for his second.It was difficult against a team who had very good organization in defence, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman said, adding that it was a tough decision to replace Long with Mane in the starting lineup.Sometimes Shane is not happy. 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Cheap NBA Jerseys From China .com) - The San Antonio Spurs will try to even their series with the Dallas Mavericks Monday night when the two teams collide at American Airlines Arena for Game 4.GREEN BAY, Wis. - Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said his injured left calf should heal in four to six weeks now that Green Bay is out of the playoffs.Rodgers said on his ESPN radio show in Milwaukee on Tuesday that he would have been ready to play had Green Bay advanced to the Super Bowl on Feb. 1. There is a one-week layoff between the conference title games and the NFL championship.Now Rodgers has the whole off-season to heal after the Packers blew a 16-point halftime lead in a 28-22 loss in overtime Sunday at Seattle.The injury bothered Rodgers since the 20-3 win Dec. 21 at Tampa Bay.Rodgers, as expected, is skipping the Pro Bowl on Sunday. He was replaced on the roster by Cincinnatis Andy Dalton.The quarterback said he needed a good month to rest his leg. He would have rather have used Super Bowl preparation as the reason for missing the Pro Bowl.Its tough when you come so close in a game like (the Seaattle loss).dddddddddddd This one is going to sting for a little while, but you learn to move on, Rodgers said. He did not speak to reporters on Monday, when players cleaned out their lockers at Lambeau Field.We had a great opportunity right in front of us to do something special, he added.Rodgers cited the offensive line first as the reason for the teams success, especially in the second half of the regular season when the Packers went 7-1 to finish 12-4 and take the NFC North.Right tackle Bryan Bulaga is the only starter on the front five who is eligible for free agency. Receiver Randall Cobb is also in line for a big contract after a 12-touchdown season.I like our team. I think we just have to keep it together, Rodgers said. If we can do that and figure out our chemistry in the off-season, we can be a real dangerous team.___Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '