Premiership clockwatch

Results:
Wigan 0-2 Everton
Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd

GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT)

By Saj Chowdhury

1755: FULL-TIME Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd
Arsenal inflict only Manchester United's third defeat of the campaign in dramatic fashion. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho must be dancing on King's Road now.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger goes over to United boss Sir Alex Ferguson to shake hands. They do, but without looking at each other. Remarkable.

United remain six points ahead of Chelsea but Arsenal have closed the gap on third-placed Liverpool to one point.

1752: GOAL Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd
Quite an extraordinary finish. Emmanuel Eboue delivers a pinpoint cross from the right that Thierry Henry powers past Edwin van der Sar with a terrific header. Is it the winner?

1749: Cristiano Ronaldo gets a great standing ovation from the home fans as he comes off to be replaced by Gabriel Heinze. Actually, that's a lie. The Portugal winger is booed off, as expected.

1746: Cristiano Ronaldo is booked for kicking the ball away.

1742: GOAL Arsenal 1-1 Man Utd
Cesc Fabregas wins the ball on the right and fires a low cross into the area that Thierry Henry flicks into the path of Robin van Persie. The Dutchman gets ahead of full-back Gary Neville and smashes the ball high into the roof of the net from an acute angle.

1739: United have been quiet on the attacking front. But suddenly turn defence to attack. Ronaldo's great cross from the right in cut out before it reaches the feet of Henrik Larsson. Swede Larsson is replaced by Louis Saha.

1737: Play stops for a couple of minutes as Vidic receives treatment for a blow to the head. While that happens, Arsenal bring on Julio "the Beast" Baptista for Mathieu Flamini.

1731: Arsenal's Thierry Henry dinks a ball from the right into the penalty area. Emmanuel Adebayor does little with his header and then collides into keeper Edwin van der Sar after both go for the loose ball. Van der Sar receives treatment but he is okay to continue.

1727: Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky curls an 20-yard shot wide of Edwin van der Sar's goal after slick passing around the edge of the area.

1724: Van Persie comes on for Alexander Hleb. The Dutchman will probably play on the left with Tomas Rosicky moving to the right.

1723: Arsenal striker Robin van Persie is about to come on.

1717: Only once in the last five years have United lost in the Premiership after taking the lead. Not a great omen for the Gunners. 1711: GOAL Arsenal 0-1 Man Utd
The deadlock is broken. Patrice Evra delivers a sensational ball from the left and Wayne Rooney scores his first headed goal for United. It's the England striker's (United winger) second goal in 14 games.

1705: Edwin van der Sar's chest is pounded by Cesc Fabregas' firm low shot from 25 yards. The keeper holds on to the ball.

1703: Arsenal finally kick off the second half after having to wait for team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor to come out of the changing room.

HALF-TIME Arsenal 0-0 Man Utd
A fairly even half has seen Arsenal denied a shout for a penalty and their keeper Jens Lehmann forced into making two world-class saves. It's warming up for quite a second half.

1648: Barnstorming finish to the half. Wayne Rooney forces Jens Lehmann into a great tip-over save from 25 yards out on the right. From the corner a Henrik Larsson header forces Lehmann to dive low to his left.

1646: Cesc Fabregas' free-kick rebounds off the wall. Thierry Henry fires his 25-yard shot his arms of Edwin va der Sar.

1641: United boss Sir Alex Ferguson complains to fourth official Dermot Gallagher about something.

1638: First contentious decision of the half. Thierry Henry appears to be felled in the box by Gary Neville. Arsenal protest but referee Steve Bennett waves play on.

1636: Thierry Henry tees up Tomas Rosicky. The Czech international curls his shot wide of Edwin van der Sar's post.

1634: Emmanuel Adebayor's puts on his skates and speeds down the right. The cross is a peach, but team-mate Thierry Henry heads his effort into the grateful arms of Edwin van der Sar. Best chance of the half.

1631: Cesc Fabregas's well-struck 25-yarder is deflected behind for a corner. The Spain international takes the corner, but there's no end result for the Gunners.

1628: United's Patrice Evra makes a reckless challenge on Alexander Hleb and gets a booking. He does it under the nose of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger who looks suitably unimpressed.

1624: Emmanuel Adebayor's ball from the right falls to Tomas Rosicky, but the midfielder slices a difficult volley on the run, over the bar.

1622: Ryan Giggs' corner finds the head of Nemanja Vidic, but the defender's header flies over the crossbar.

1620: Ryan Giggs is booked for a late challenge on Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas.

1615: Emmanuel Eboue and Wayne Rooney both take soft swipes at each other's faces. No action is taken by referee Steve Bennett.

1614: Kolo Toure is booked for trying to stop Wayne Rooney take a free-kick.

1613: Thierry Henry, who likes surprising people with the audacious, tries his luck from 30 yards on the left. His shot is comfortably saved by Edwin van der Sar.

1611: Good pressure from the home side. Thierry Henry and Emmanuel Adebayor link up well on the left. The resulting corner comes to nothing.

1608: Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor shows his feminine side by wearing an Alice band. The name for the piece of clothing originates from Lewis Carroll's book Through The Looking Glass. I'll get back to the football.

1606: United's midfield make Arsenal dance all over the place. Paul Scholes lays the ball into the path of Ryan Giggs. The Welsh wizard curls his effort wide of Jens Lehmann's goal.

1604: United put Arsenal under early pressure. A Ryan Giggs free-kick is cleared but Philippe Senderos concedes a corner under little pressure. The corner comes to nothing.

1601: Manchester United kick off at the Emirates Stadium.

1557: The players come out of the tunnel for promises to be an entertaining clash. Well, hopefully more entertaining than the one at the JJB Stadium earlier.

1554: A packed house awaits for the players to re-emerge from the tunnel. A win for the Gunners would put them a point behind third-placed Liverpool. Perhaps more importantly just six behind second-placed Chelsea and that automatic Champions League spot.

1551: Brazil international Gilberto gets Arsenal's player-of-the-month award. Well done.

1546: Just 14 minutes before kick-off and the players are out for their warm-up on the fantastic looking Emirates Stadium pitch.

It's time for the big one. A win for leaders United would see them open up a nine-point gap over second-placed Chelsea. But which Arsenal will they face today for their first visit to the Emirates Stadium?

1529: Arsenal make three changes with Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor and Emmanuel Eboue coming in for Justin Hoyte, Robin van Persie and the suspended Gilberto Silva. Manchester United make one change, with Ryan Giggs returning to the starting line-up in place of Ji-Sung Park, while Louis Saha, who has been suffering from a groin injury, takes a place on the bench.

1525: FULL-TIME Wigan 0-2 Everton
A far more entertaining second half ends with Everton taking all three points back to Merseyside thanks to two goals from Mikel Arteta. As for Wigan, they have equalled their club record of seven successive league defeats. Can they beat the drop?

1524: David Cotterill dances into the area but his shot is saved by the flailing arm of Tim Howard. McCulloch fluffs up the rebound.

1520: GOAL Wigan 0-2 Everton
The tannoy announcer says there five minutes of stoppage time. Good for Wigan? Well, no. Phil Neville collects a lay-off from James Beattie on the right and delivers a stunning ball into the six-yard area that Mikel Arteta converts for his second goal of the game.

1518: James Beattie makes his second successive appearance for Everton!!! He comes on to replace Tim Cahill.

1512: Australian Josip Skoko rifles in a superb shot from 25 yards out that rattles Tim Howard's crossbar. So close for Wigan.

1507: Wigan's Luis Valencia makes way for David Cotterill.

1505: Everton striker Andrew Johnson is off to hospital to see if he has suffered a broken ankle.

1502: Latics boss Paul Jewell looks agitated in his dugout. His team are applying more pressure, but Everton defender Joseph Yobo is clearing almost everything that is thrown into the penalty area.

1456: Wigan are heading for their eighth consecutive defeat. Not clever.

1453: GOAL Wigan 0-1 Everton
Former Everton penalty-taking king David Unsworth gives away a penalty by fouling substitute Victor Anichebe. Referee Howard Webb points to the spot. Spaniard Mikel Arteta smashes the spot-kick past Chris Kirkland.

1446: Wigan keeper Chris Kirkland collides with Everton striker Andrew Johnson inside the penalty area. Johnson appears to have suffered a serious leg injury and is stretchered off, covering his face as he is taken into the tunnel. Victor Anichebe comes on to replace him.

1444: Probably the best chance of the match. Wigan fail to deal with an inswinging corner, but the unmarked Joseph Yobo heads his effort a foot wide of the far post.

1442: Everton defender Joseph Yobo is caught in the chest by the boot of Lee McCulloch who was attempting an overhead kick. The Nigeria international gets up after spending 10 seconds on the deck.

1441: It's raining.

1434: Wigan kick off the second half. The crowd live in hope the match may become an entertaining affair.

1418: HALF-TIME
Referee Howard Webb allows just over a minute of stoppage time. That was perhaps the biggest talking point of the half.

1415: Everton's Joseph Yobo is booked for tripping over Emile Heskey.

1412: This has to go down as one of the worst 45 minutes of Premiership football ever.

1407: The biggest cheer of the day is an ironic one from the home fans when referee Howard Webb awards Wigan a free-kick for a foul on Lee McCulloch.

1403: It's 8C today in Wigan. Quite warm for January. Do you blame global warming?

1401: Leighton Baines tries to alleviate some of the boredom that has descended upon the JJB Stadium with a fierce strike from 25 yards. But his shot rises high over Tim Howard's goal. The crowd retreat back into their slumber.

1352: Everton exchange cute passes around the edge of the area. The ball finally arrives at the feet of Tim Cahill. But the midfielder's sidefooted effort from 18 yards out fails to trouble Chris Kirkland.

1348: There are probably more people at one of chairman Dave Whelan's JJB Sports outlets than at his stadium today. Another far from packed house.

1341: Emile Heskey is putting himself about a bit for Wigan. He lays the ball off to team-mate Kevin Kilbane who rifles his 20-yard shot from the left two feet wide of Tim Howard's left-hand upright.

1338: Luis Valencia's shot from the right side of the area smashes into the side netting.

1335: It's Phil Neville's 30th birthday today. What do you buy a rich footballer?

1332: Everton kick off the game at the JJB Stadium.

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Wigan will be looking to bring to an end the longest losing run in the Premiership this season - six on the bounce. It will be interesting to see if Lee McCulloch puts his whole heart into the game having had a transfer request rejected by the club this week.

Everton, this week without the aid of Sylvester "did I mention I'm starring in Rocky XI?" Stallone, are hoping their season has some sort of silver lining having been knocked out of all the cup competitions.

They are five points off sixth spot, so a win at the JJB would go down a treat with the blue half of Merseyside.

Meanwhile, Birmingham boss and former Manchester United defender Steve Bruce believes his old club, leading the league by six points, will win the title.

In his least outlandish comment of the year, he told BBC Five Live on Sunday: "I thought right from the start that Manchester United would be favourites to win the title.

"The younger lads, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, are a little bit mature now.

"They also have the player of the season, in my opinion, who is Paul Scholes and the team also have got a little bit of momentum going."

Watch out Nostradamus.

United play Arsenal in our 1600 GMT game.

TEAM NEWS

Wigan name Lee McCulloch in the side despite his request to be transfer listed. Andreas Granqvist is on the bench after recovering from a bout of flu. Everton have Mikel Arteta back in the team after his one-match suspension.