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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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"I wasnt very happy with the way I was playing,"said Pospisil.BALTIMORE -- Tuesdays night game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles was postponed by rain. A steady downpour and low temperatures were predicted for much of the night. No makeup date was immediately announced, although it was determined that the game will not be part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. Baltimore won the opener of what was to be a three-game set 7-1 Monday, and the series will conclude Wednesday afternoon. The Rays were looking to break out of an offensive skid in which they scored only 14 runs in eight games. Tampa Bay announced Tuesday that left-hander Matt Moore will be miss the rest of the season after opting to undergo elbow-ligament replacement surgery. It was a significant blow for a team that already has starters Jeremy Hellickson (elbow) and Alex Cobb (oblique) on the 15-day disabled list. Moore had never missed time before, and Maddon knew it would be tough on the left-hander. "Emotionally its got to be very difficult for him right now," the manager said. "Its ggoing to be hard to ask him to be patient as he goes through the process, but we have great medical people here.dddddddddddd" Tampa Bays pitching problems extended beyond that. Brandon Gomes was slated to start Tuesday night in place of Jake Odorizzi, who was sent back to the team hotel Monday with an illness. Odorizzi will pitch Wednesday, Maddon said. The Orioles, meanwhile, were preparing to play without centre fielder Adam Jones, who was sent home with flu-like symptoms. Reliever Evan Meek was sent home with the same bug. Last week, reliever Brian Matusz went to the hospital after falling ill, and third base coach Bobby Dickerson left the team for the same reason. "Its not just in our locker room," manager Buck Showalter said. "Unfortunately, medically, a lot of it is unavoidable other than dont touch or communicate with anybody all day. Thats pretty hard to do in our sport. Id like to say I havent seen it before, but I have. I just hope it runs its course." ' ' '