Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham: Zat Knight's appeal to referee Chris Foy not to award a penalty to Villa falls on deaf ears
Gareth Barry tucks in the spot-kick, but Fulham level before half-time when Moritz Volz turns in Tomasz Radzinski's pass
Villa fail to break down a resolute Fulham side after the break, but remain the only unbeaten club in English football
Charlton 0-0 Watford: Dennis Rommedahl, Jerome Thomas and Darren Bent all go close to opening the Addicks account
But the Hornets defence holds firm and the bottom two sides in the Premiership go in at half-time all-square
Addicks boss Iain Dowie appeal in vain for a penalty following a tangle between Jordan Stewart and Amdy Faye
Darius Henderson misses Watford's best chance, blazing over from six yards, as both teams must settle for a point
Chelsea 2-1 Portsmouth: Blues boss Jose Mourinho berates his players after they miss a number of early chances
Andriy Shevchenko comes closest to opening the scoring but Pompey keeper David James saves his curling effort
Ten minutes after the break, Shevchenko makes amends, stroking home Arjen Robben's pull-back from 12 yards
The Ukranian striker's joy is tempered somewhat when he is booked for involving the Chelsea fans in his celebrations
And two minutes later James is beaten again when Didier Drogba's headed pass is nodded home by Michael Ballack
A Benjani goal briefly lifts the gloom at Stamford Bridge for Pompey, but the Blues hold on to move top of the Premiership
Everton 2-0 Sheffield Utd: Mikel Arteta climbs highest to head the home side ahead from Phil Neville's cross
Claude Davis is sent off for the Blades after half an hour for a professional foul on Toffees striker Andy Johnson
And James Beattie doubles Everton's advantage from the resulting penalty despite the best efforts of Paddy Kenny
Boss Neil Warnock makes his intentions clear after the break but the Blades end the game still searching for an away goal
Wigan 4-0 Man City: Emile Heskey beats Richard Dunne to the ball to put the home side in front in the second minute
And Dunne's afternoon gets worse when he heads Josip Skoko's free-kick past his own keeper two minutes later
And two more goals in quick succession after the break from Henri Camara and Antonio Valencia secures victory
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