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FOOTIE TWEETS: Suarez praised for four-goal display, Oviedo revels in Everton win, Lineker talks to a ball??

The classy four-goal haul from Luis Suarez in Liverpool's 5-1 thrashing of Norwich City on Wednesday was the talk of the Twittersphere.

Reds keeper Simon Mignolet was in full praise of his enigmatic teammate.

QPR midfielder Joey Barton was in awe of the Uruguayan.

Manchester City defeated West Brom 3-2 in the Midlands midweek and hitman Sergio Aguero was happy to secure all three points away from the Etihad.

However, current City benchwarmer Micah Richards had some different problems to worry about during the week!

On-loan QPR defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto enjoyed watching his home club Tottenham get one over Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Aston Villa's Antonio Luna sent out a message to Roy Hodgson following Fabian Delph's cracking winner against Southampton.

It was an historic moment at Old Trafford with Everton defeating Manchester United 1-0 for their firstv win there since 1992. Bryan Oviedo scored the decisive goal and boy was he happy about it, labeling the match as the 'biggest moment of his career.

But at the end of the midweek action, Arsenal remained at the top of the Premier League table following a 2-0 defeat of Hull City.

Special mention to Celtic and Wales midfielder Joe Ledley who took his time out to play some PlayStation with a sick fan in a Glasgow hospital.

Norwich winger Nathan Redmond reminisces on his early football days!

Happy birthday to Michael Essien, the Chelsea and Ghana legend, who turned 31 on Tuesday!

And finally, FIFA revealed the ball that will be used at the 2014 World Cup called the Brazuca! Former England forward Gary Lineker was lucky enough to have a conversation with the ball's twitter account!

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