Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Athletic: The Latics have a good foothold at Eastlands only for Ali Al Habsi to let David Silva's tame shot through his hands and through his legs, gifting City the only goal of the game
Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland: The Gunners can only better Birmingham City by a point six days on from their cup final and, given Manchester United's loss at Chelsea, miss their chance to squeeze the lead at the top of the table
Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Aston Villa: Darren Bent wastes a good chance one-on-one early on but makes amends by nudging home Kyle Walker's cross after the young right back runs 30 yards to set up the chance
The hosts equalise from a corner, deep in to first-half stoppage time, through Gary Cahill who, like Bent, had previously missed a good chance
Villa are back in front through Marc Albrighton, the right back turning up from the left wing to get on the end of left-winger Stewart Downing's perfect cross from the right
Ex-Villa player Cahill gets his second goal of the game, again from a corner, this time smashed in on the half-volley, Brad Friedel having saved the defender's initial header after Ashley Young's earlier penalty miss
Bolton lead for the first and only time in the game from Ivan Klasnic's finish, from David Wheater's nod down, from Daniel Sturridge's cross in a game that showcases why the Premier League is considered so exciting
Fulham 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: The hosts have only lost once in the last eight and take the lead through former Rover Damien Duff, beating Paul Robinson at his near post, though Jason Roberts goes close for Blackburn
The visitors, though, make six changes from the side thumped by Aston Villa, and equalise through Grant Hanley, off Brede Hangeland, from a goal-mouth scramble on the stroke of half time
The Cottagers are back in front, again through Duff, again beating Robinson at the near post, from 20 yards out this time though the Irishman takes a whack off Steven Nzonzi moments later
Again, though, the Lancashire outfit get back in the game, Roberts nicks the ball off Danny Murphy in the Fulham box and sets up David Hoilett to equalise
Fulham are given a penalty 90 seconds from time (though the reason is not immediately clear); Bobby Zamora, back from his broken leg, scores to win the game and Gael Givet is sent off at the final whistle for his protests
Newcastle United 1-2 Everton: With the opening exchanges scattered with injured players the Magpies take the lead when Tim Howard can't hold Kevin Nolan's shot, allowing Leon Best to nod in to an empty net
The Toffees break, the ball rolls out to Mikael Arteta, player of the first half and previously denied by Steve Harper, who lays it on for Leon Osman to pass it in to the net and equalise
The visitors are ahead within minutes as Phil Jagielka meets Leighton Baines' superb flat and fast left-sided free kick to score his first league goal in three years
West Ham United 3-0 Stoke City: Demba Ba gets his fourth goal in five starts for the Senegalese international, though it eventually goes in off his knee, following a terrible mix up between Mark Wilson and Asmir Begovic
The home side are two-up at the break through Manuel da Costa's second goal of the season, both scored against Stoke, rising at the far post to head home Thomas Hitzlsperger's free kick
Three more points are West Ham's as Scott Parker runs to the byline, pulls the ball back for Frederic Piquionne, his shot is blocked and Thomas Hitzlsperger slams in the rebound, nearly taking the net off the goal
Birmingham City 1-3 West Bromwich Albion: The game comes alive at the start of the second half as City fail to clear the ball and substitute Peter Odemwingie plays in Youssouf Mulumbu to toe poke the ball past Ben Forster
Birmingham have an equaliser within a minute and 20 seconds, West Brom still celebrating and neglecting to pick up Lee Bowyer in the inside right channel and his cross is turned in by Jean Beausejour, unmarked
Seven passes out of defence from the Baggies, James Morrison beats his man with one touch and rifles the ball in with his next - a lovely goal to reward those paying fans who sat through the turgid first half
West Brom keep their concentration after their second goal, nearly get another when Chris Brunt hits the post and Odemwingie misses the rebound, but do get a third through Paul Scharner to settle three precious points
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