Birmingham 2-2 Liverpool
Birmingham line up:
Maik Taylor, Kelly, Jaidi, Ridgewell (Queudrue 77), Murphy, Larsson, Muamba, Nafti, Kapo (McSheffrey 77), Forssell (Zarate 87), McFadden. Subs Not Used: Doyle, Jerome.
Goals: Forssell 34, Larsson 55.Booked: Murphy, Nafti.
Liverpool line up:
Reina, Finnan, Hyypia, Skrtel, Riise (Insua 64), Pennant, Plessis, Lucas, Benayoun, Crouch, Voronin.
Subs Not Used: Itandje, Gerrard, Kuyt, Carragher.
Goals: Crouch 63, Benayoun 76.
Booked: Voronin.
Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).
Att: 29,252Manager Alex McLeish(Birmingham):
"My feelings are a little bit mixed. I'm angry, particularly with the first goal we let in. There was a bit of naivety and it cost us dearly.
Manager Rafael Benitez(Liverpool):
"The team was controlling the game in the first half but we conceded a goal that changed things a bit.
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Chelsea 2-1 Man Utd
Chelsea line up:
Cech, Ferreira (Anelka 66), Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Obi, Essien, Kalou (Shevchenko 81), Drogba, Joe Cole (Makelele 87).
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Belletti.
Booked: Ballack, Obi, Drogba.
Man Utd line up:
Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic (Hargreaves 14), Silvestre, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson (O'Shea 65), Nani, Rooney (Ronaldo 63), Giggs.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Tevez.
Booked: Brown, Van der Sar, Ferdinand, Hargreaves.
Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).
Manager Avram Grant (Chelsea):
"We did what we had to do - we put them under pressure - and we hope we are happy at the end of the season.
Assistant Manager Carlos Quieros (Man Utd):
"We have a job to do at this club and we have to win our next few games. The defeat by Chelsea has not caused any damage for us.
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Man City 2-3 Fulham
Man City line up:
Hart, Elano, Corluka, Ball, Jihai, Vassell (Caicedo 80), Gelson, Johnson, Petrov, Ireland (Geovanni 56), Mwaruwari.
Subs Not Used: Isaksson, Castillo, Logan.
Goals: Ireland 10, Mwaruwari 21.
Fulham line up:
Keller, Stalteri, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy, Dempsey, Healy (Kamara 64), McBride (Nevland 71).
Subs Not Used: Warner, Bocanegra, Andreasen.
Booked: Dempsey.
Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).
Att: 44,504
Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson (Man City):
"We lost a game we should have won. We controlled most of it, and we thought it was done.
Manager Roy Hodgson (Fulham):
"It was a splendid victory for us, one we so badly needed.
"It looked bleak at half-time, and we had a mountain to climb - we didn't deserve to be losing. But we did it.
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Sunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough
Sunderland line up:
Gordon, Whitehead, Nosworthy, Higginbotham, Collins, Edwards (Leadbitter 60), Reid, Miller, Richardson, Chopra (Murphy 85), Jones. Subs Not Used: Fulop, Harte, Prica.
Goals: Higginbotham 6, Chopra 45, Murphy, 90.Booked: Richardson, Chopra, Whitehead.
Middlesbrough line up:Jones, Young, Wheater, Pogatetz, Taylor, Cattermole (Rochemback 57), Boateng, Arca, Downing, Alves, Sanli. Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Shawky, Johnson, Grounds.
Goals: Sanli 4, Alves 73.Booked: Wheater, Pogatetz.
Ref: Steve Bennett
Att: 45,059Manager Gareth Southgate(Boro):
"It was cruel to lose a late goal but I can't fault the effort of the players today.
"Mistakes have cost us and we're disappointed but we have two home games left so we'll lift ourselves again.
"It was a cracking game, which summed up our season.
"We've scored great goals this season and with the players we have we'll always be likely to score late on.
____________________________________________________________________Tottenham 1-1 Bolton
Tottenham line up:
Cerny, Hutton (Huddlestone 46), Dawson (Bent 53), Woodgate, Gilberto, Zokora, Lennon, Jenas, Malbranque (O'Hara 77), Berbatov, Keane.
Subs Not Used: Robinson, Tainio.
Booked: Zokora.
Bolton line up:
Al Habsi, Samuel, Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Steinsson, Nolan, Campo (Giannakopoulos 46), McCann, Joey O'Brien (Guthrie 20), Taylor, Rasiak (Diouf 46).
Subs Not Used: Walker, Fojut.
Booked: Campo, Nolan, Samuel.
Att: 36,176
Ref: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear).
First team coach Gus Poyet(Spurs):
"I'm a little bit disappointed - we played good football and we were good on the ball and created chances but we didn't score.
Manager Gary Megson(Bolton):
"We've battled manfully although I accept we didn't play very well.
"But in the situation that we're in, coming down to Tottenham and getting a point is a good result for us.
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Wigan 0-0 Reading
Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot (Taylor 26), Boyce, Scharner, Kilbane, Valencia, Brown, Palacios, Koumas, Heskey (King 73), Bent (Sibierski 64).Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Skoko. Booked: Taylor, Kilbane.
Reading: Hahnemann, Rosenior, Ingimarsson, Duberry, Shorey, Doyle (Little 69), Harper, Bikey, Hunt, Lita (Long 85), Kitson.
Subs Not Used: Federici, Cisse, Matejovsky.
Booked: Shorey, Hunt, Bikey, Duberry.
Att: 19,043.
Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).
"We started well but it petered out into two nervous, anxious teams fighting for their lives. For both sets of players the occasion and the magnitude made them forget how to play the game but who knows - that might be the point that keeps us in the league.
Manager Steve Coppell (Reading):
"I'm happy to have got a point and I would have taken that before kick-off.
"We didn't play for a point because we are not good enough to adjust our game to the circumstances.
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West Ham 2-2 Newcastle
West Hamline up:
Green, Pantsil, Tomkins, Neill, McCartney, Faubert (Solano 90), Parker, Noble, Ljungberg (Boa Morte 21), Zamora (Cole 68), Ashton.
Subs Not Used: Walker, Mullins.
Booked: Faubert, Pantsil.
Newcastle line up:
Harper, Beye, Edgar (Diatta 90), Taylor, Jose Enrique, Geremi, Butt, Barton, Owen, Viduka (Smith 82), Martins.
Subs Not Used: Forster, Duff, Carroll.
Booked: Beye, Butt, Martins.
Att: 34,980
Ref: Uriah Rennie (S Yorkshire).
"David Edgar had a tough game and I was pleased with him, because he really had to fight.
Manager Alan Curbishley(West Ham):
"I asked for a response from the fans and they got behind the players right from the first minute.
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