Diego Costa continued his stunning start to life at Chelsea with a hat-trick in a 4-2 win over Swansea City today while champions Manchester City were staring up the table after a 2-2 draw at Arsenal.

Costa, who now has seven goals from his first four Premier League games, helped Chelsea come out on top against the only other team with a 100 per cent record after Swansea had taken the lead with an early own goal from John Terry.

New signing Loic Remy grabbed his first Chelsea goal before Jonjo Shelvey netted a consolation late on, leaving the west London side two points clear at the top and five ahead of title rivals Manchester City.

Martin Demichelis scored with a late looping header for City after moments of sublime skill from Jack Wilshere and Alexis Sanchez had briefly turned the match in Arsenal's favour, following Sergio Aguero's opener.

Unbeaten Aston Villa are second in the table after they beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield to maintain their recent hoodoo over the Mersysiders who have now won only one of their last six games at home to Saturday's opponents.

Newcastle United's sorry start to the season continued with a crushing 4-0 defeat at Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur were held to a 2-2 draw at Sunderland and Everton beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0.

Leicester City grabbed their first win since sealing promotion, beating Stoke City 1-0, while Burnley and Crystal Palace played out a goalless draw.

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