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Arsenal 2-0 West Ham: Denilson gives Arsenal the lead after five minutes. The Brazillian midfielder plays a one-two with Nicklas Bendtner before slotting past Robert Green

Referee Martin Atkinson shows Thoms Vermaelen the red card

Thomas Vermaelen receives a red card for bringing down Guillermo Franco in the box. Manuel Almunia makes an excellent save from Alessandro Diamanti to keep ten-man Arsenal in front at the break

Cesc Fabregas doubles Arsenal's lead from the penalty spot to move Arsene Wenger's side to the top of the Premier League, one point clear of Man Utd who play Liverpool on Sunday

Aston Villa 2-2 Wolves: John Carew fires the home side 1-0 up inside 16 minutes. Ashley Young's cross is tapped home by Carew from close range

Wolves are back in the game just seven minutes later through Jody Craddock. Ronald Zubar's flick is met by Craddock who smashes the ball into the Villa goal

A James Milner own goal puts Mick McCarthy's side in the lead at Villa Park. The England midfielder pokes Matt Jarvis's cross into his own net under pressure from David Jones

With eight minutes remaining, John Carew grabs his and Aston Villa's second goal to equalise for the home side. The striker gets a faint touch on Steve Sidwell's shot to send it goal-bound

Everton 2-0 Bolton: After a goalless first-half, Mikel Arteta gives Everton the lead. Gretar Steinsson is sent off for a foul on Yakubu and Arteta curls the free-kick into the top corner

Steven Pienaar celebrates with team-mates

Steven Pienaar completes the victory for the home side at Goodison Park. Leon Osman cuts back to the South African who side-foots past Jussi Jaaskelainen

Portsmouth 3-2 Hull: Ian Dowie takes charge of his first Hull game in a must-win for both sides at Fratton Park. Hull haven't won away from the KC Stadium in 12 months though...

Caleb Folan gives Ian Dowie's side a 1-0 lead at Pompey. Craig Fagan's shot from long range flies around the box before picking up a touch from Folan and going through the legs of David James

Tommy Smith equalises for Avram Grant's side ten minutes after going behind. Hermann Hreidarsson heads back into the six-yard box following a corner and Smith pokes in his first goal for the club

Caleb Folan grabs his and Hull's second to put the visitors back in front. The striker races onto Richard Garcia's pass before clipping the ball over David James

Jamie O'Hara levels the scoring at Fratton Park

Portsmouth come back again and equalise through Jamie O'Hara. The on-loan midfielder curls a delightful free-kick past Boaz Myhill to give the home side something to cheer about

And they are cheering again as Kanu completes the comeback for Pompey. The veteran striker strokes the ball past Myhill after Nadir Belhadj cuts back to him.

Peter Crouch tussles with Abdoulaye Faye

Stoke 1-2 Tottenham: After Aston Villa's earlier draw, Harry Redknapp's side have the chance to open up a gap on the fellow challengers for the final Champions League spot

Eidur Gudjohnsen celebrates with his Tottenham team-mates

Within seconds of the restart, Tottenham are 1-0 up. First-half replacement Eidur Gudjohnsen is put in by Peter Crouch and lashes a left-foot volley into the Stoke goal

Vedran Corluka and Matthew Etherington challenge for the ball

From bad to worse for Stoke as Dean Whitehead is sent-off for two cautions. However, the homes side Stoke get back into the game through a Matthew Etherington penalty

Niko Kranjcar seals the points for Tottenham

Niko Kranjcar fires Spurs into a 2-1 lead. Benoit Assoi-Ekotto's cross is beautifully dummied by Gudjohnsen and the Croatian drills the ball into the corner of the goal

Sunderland 3-1 Birmingham: Darren Bent gives Sunderland the lead after just five minutes at St Andrew's. The striker pounces on Benjani's rebounded shot to grab the opening goal of the game

Darren Bent grabs his second in 11 minutes for Steve Bruce's side. The World Cup hopeful latches onto Steed Malbranque's pass and slams past Joe Hart

Cameron Jerome gets Birmingham back into the game, breaking through the Sunderland offside trap to lift the ball past Craig Gordon. Frazier Campbell seals the points for the Black Cats later in the game

Wigan 1-0 Burnley: All level at half-time at Wigan's DW Stadium. Another must-win game for both sides with Burnley two points from safety and Wigan four points clear

Hugo Rodallega celebrates with James McCarthy

Hugo Rodallega snatches victory for Roberto Martinez's side with a goal deep into injury-time. Victor Moses swings in a cross and the striker gets on the end of it to secure three points

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