Birmingham City 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Alex McLeish's side may have ended their unbeaten streak against Chelsea midweek but their form, including an FA Cup win at Everton, gives them every hope at home to Spurs
After a soporific first half with few chances and less football Jermain Defoe breaks the deadlock from Gareth Bale's cross and Peter Crouch's flick on
The Lilywhites look to have their second routine win in a week sewn up when Cameron Jerome knocks back James McFadden's deep cross for Liam Ridgewell to equalise in the 91st minute
Fulham 0-2 Aston Villa: Having lost to Tottenham midweek, Roy Hodgson is another manager trying to make the most of previous good form, and makes three changes against the same Villa team that drew with Arsenal
The visitors take the lead through Gabriel Agbonlahor's header, from a cross by Stewart Downing on the right-hand side, their first goal in the Premier League since 19 December 2009
Villa don't have to wait long to get their second goal since 19 December 2009 as Agbonlahor, again, cuts inside from the inside right channel to finish well with his left just before half time
Hull City 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scores the first goal of the day in the division, Jozy Altidore lays the ball on for the Dutchman to finish low to the bottom-right corner
Ronald Zubar and Wolves are celebrating soon in to the second half as the Tigers' captain Anthony Gardner slices the ball over Boaz Myhill and in to the Hull net
Zubar's schadenfreude is soon over as he concedes a penalty, bundling over Altidore, that Stephen Hunt, a transfer target for Wolves, blasts home
Yet again the visitors draw level as Hull fail to stub out Wolves' possession around the box and the ball breaks to Matt Jarvis who scuffs a shot back across Myhill
Liverpool 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: Despite the Trotters creating the two best chances of the first half the Reds take the lead as Dirk Kuyt slices Alberto Aquilani's nod down in to the net
The home side celebrate a second goal that secures the win to close in on Tottenham in fourth place - Emiliano Insua may claim the goal, but Bolton's Kevin Davis gets the telling touch
West Ham United 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: Crowds swell at The Boleyn Ground as the Hammers, flirting with the drop, look for goals with Carlton Cole returning from his November injury but no Benni McCarthy
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola sits through 90 minutes in which his side have done nothing except just about stop Rovers scoring through a combination of Robert Green, Mark Noble and the woodwork
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Everton: Tim Cahill's head is, as ever, in the right place, right time, at a Toffees' set piece to win the Lancashire derby and move David Moyes' side up to ninth in the table
Burnley 1-2 Chelsea: John Terry is under scrutiny, Yuri Zhirkov makes his second start for Chelsea, and Frank Lampard is the only man in the Blues' XI to have experience of playing at Turf Moor
Nicolas Anelka gets his sixth goal in his last six games, a simple and unmarked tap in from Flourent Malouda's pass, as Chelsea sweep the length of the field to open the scoring
The Londoners' centre half Alex lets a long ball bounce and Steven Fletcher picks up the ball to equalise against the league leaders, who reply with an onslaught on the Clarets' goal
When Joe Cole's header is given offside - though replays suggest otherwise - it looks as though Chelsea are out of luck and Burnley's stout rearguard has earned a worthy draw
It's not to be for the home side, however, as Terry, Blues captain, and the man in the public eye right now, finds space to powerfully head home the winner from Lampard's corner
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