| Arsenal | 1-0 (HT 1-0) | Wigan |
| Adebayor 16 | ||
| Bookings: Van Persie 83 | Bookings: Palacios 26 Figueroa 63 |
Emmanuel Adebayor's first-half strike handed a below-par Arsenal victory, ending Wigan's five-game unbeaten run.
Wigan came close to opening the scoring when Wilson Palacios' deflected shot was smartly saved by Manuel Almunia.
Instead, Adebayor broke the deadlock when he slotted home a low effort after collecting a pass from Cesc Fabregas.
Adebayor almost doubled the lead but Chris Kirkland tipped his shot onto the post and Denilson also saw his drive cannon back off the woodwork.
The two sides met in the Carling Cup last month, when Arsenal's youngsters ran out 3-0 winners against a near full-strength Wigan team.
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Djourou, Clichy, Denilson, Fabregas, Song Billong, Nasri (Eboue 32), Van Persie, Adebayor, Eboue (Silvestre 90).
Subs Not Used: Fabianski, Vela, Ramsey, Wilshere, Bendtner.
Booked: Van Persie.
Goals: Adebayor 16.
Wigan: Kirkland, Taylor, Boyce (Kilbane 63), Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Palacios, Cattermole (Koumas 77), Melchiot, Heskey, Camara (Zaki 66).
Subs Not Used: Kingson, Brown, De Ridder, Kapo.
Booked: Palacios, Figueroa.
Att: 59,317
Ref: Steve Bennett (Kent).
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| Blackburn | 1-3 (HT 0-0) | Liverpool |
| Santa Cruz 86 | Alonso 69 Benayoun 79 Gerrard 90+5 | |
| Bookings: Andrews 43 Warnock 60 | Bookings: Babel 20 Arbeloa 59 |
Goals from Xabi Alonso, Yossi Benayoun and Steven Gerrard were enough to keep Liverpool top of the table and leave Blackburn without a league win in 10.
Stephen Warnock stopped Benayoun giving Liverpool the lead before Morten Gamst Pedersen fired against the crossbar.
After half-time Alonso sidefooted past Paul Robinson to open the scoring and Benayoun shot low to double the lead.
Roque Santa Cruz's header gave Rovers hope but Gerrard found an empty net after poor defending from the hosts.
Blackburn manager Paul Ince is likely to come under increased pressure after his side slumped to their fifth successive league defeat.
Blackburn: Robinson, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Emerton, Andrews, Kerimoglu (Vogel 84), Pedersen (McCarthy 81), Roque Santa Cruz, Derbyshire (Treacy 90).
Subs Not Used: Brown, Villanueva, Simpson, Fowler.
Booked: Andrews, Warnock.
Goals: Roque Santa Cruz 86.
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Insua, Benayoun (Riera 87), Mascherano (Leiva Lucas 83), Alonso, Babel (El Zhar 64), Gerrard, Kuyt.
Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Dossena, Agger, Keane.
Booked: Babel, Arbeloa.
Goals: Alonso 69, Benayoun 79, Gerrard 90.
Att: 26,920
Ref: Andre Marriner (W Midlands)____________________________________________________________________
| Bolton | 0-2 (HT 0-2) | Chelsea |
| Anelka 9 Deco 21 | ||
| Bookings: Davies 18 O'Brien 65 | Bookings: Ballack 82 |
Nicolas Anelka returned to haunt his former club with the opener as Chelsea returned to winning ways in impressive fashion at the Reebok Stadium.
The Frenchman put Chelsea ahead when he headed home Jose Bosingwa's cross after nine minutes, and Deco wrapped up the points with a superb scissors-kick.
The Blues had chances for a third, but Bolton responded valiantly late on.
Gary Cahill wasted their best chance, though, as Chelsea set a new record of 11 straight top-flight away victories.
It surpassed the record set by Tottenham in 1960 and Chelsea will be encouraged by the omens as Spurs went on to win the league in the 1960-61 season.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Andrew O'Brien, Samuel (Smolarek 80), Davies, McCann, Nolan, Muamba (Gardner 46), Taylor, Elmander.
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Riga, Shittu, Basham, Obadeyi.
Booked: Davies, Andrew O'Brien.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa (Ivanovic 89), Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Kalou (Ferreira 83), Lampard, Ballack, Deco, Anelka.
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Sinclair, Mineiro, Stoch, Woods.
Booked: Ballack.
Goals: Anelka 9, Deco 21.
Att: 22,023
Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).
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| Fulham | 1-1 (HT 1-1) | Man City |
| Bullard 27 | Benjani 6 | |
| Bookings: Pantsil 61 Bullard 90+1 | Bookings: Ireland 74 |
Jimmy Bullard's fine strike saw Fulham come from behind and deny Manchester City a rare away victory.
Benjani nodded the visitors ahead when he outmuscled two Fulham defenders to head in Pablo Zabaleta's teasing cross.
But Fulham levelled following a flowing move which culminated in Bullard smashing the ball past keeper Joe Hart.
Both sides had chances to win the game with Andrew Johnson and Bobby Zamora going close for Fulham and Zabaleta having a rasping shot tipped just wide.
A City winner would have been harsh on a Fulham side who undoubtedly had the bulk of possession and created the better chances.Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Murphy, Bullard, Dempsey, Johnson, Zamora.
Subs Not Used: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gera, Etuhu, Stoor, Andreasen, Kallio.
Booked: Pantsil, Bullard.
Goals: Bullard 27.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Dunne, Ben-Haim, Ball, Wright-Phillips, Kompany, Hamann, Vassell, Ireland, Mwaruwari (Evans 77).
Subs Not Used: Schmeichel, Berti, Onuoha, Logan, Jo, Caicedo.
Booked: Ireland.
Goals: Mwaruwari 6.
Att: 24,012
Ref: Rob Styles (Hampshire).____________________________________________________________________
| Hull | 2-1 (HT 0-0) | Middlesbrough |
| Turnbull o.g. 82 King (pen) 85 | Sanli 79 | |
| Bookings: Ashbee 57 | Bookings: Sanli 75 | |
| Sent off: Wheater 84 |
A Ross Turnbull own-goal and a Marlon King penalty helped Hull City come from behind to beat 10-man Middlesbrough at the KC Stadium.
After a lifeless first half 'Boro took the lead through Tuncay when he flicked in Justin Hoyte's low cross.
A minute later Bernard Mendy's shot crept under Turnbull, struck a post and deflected back in off the goalkeeper.
David Wheater was sent off for hauling back Geovanni in the area and King dispatched the resulting penalty.
The win represents Hull's first in six matches and keeps them in the race for Champions League qualification - a testimony to their incredibly impressive start to their first season in the top flight.
However, Middlesbrough remain precariously placed in a mid-table pack separated by only a five points from the relegation zoneHull City: Myhill, McShane, Turner, Zayatte, Ricketts, Boateng, Ashbee, Marney (Cousin 61), Barmby (Mendy 61), Geovanni (Halmosi 86), King.
Subs Not Used: Duke, Windass, Garcia, Giannakopoulos.
Booked: Ashbee.
Goals: Turnbull 82 og, King 85 pen.
Middlesbrough: Turnbull, Hoyte, Wheater, Pogatetz, Taylor, Aliadiere, Arca, Digard (Hines 87), Downing, Sanli, Alves.
Subs Not Used: Jones, Emnes, Johnson, McMahon, Grounds, Walker.
Sent Off: Wheater 84.
Booked: Sanli.
Goals: Sanli 79.
Att: 24,912
Ref: Steve Tanner (Somerset).____________________________________________________________________
| Man Utd | 1-0 (HT 0-0) | Sunderland |
| Vidic 90+1 | ||
| Bookings: Rooney 90+2 |
Nemanja Vidic scored in injury time to hand Manchester United a victory against managerless Sunderland.
The Wearsiders looked set to earn a stunning point after a resolute defensive effort until defender Vidic tapped in after Michael Carrick had hit the post.
Sunderland keeper Marton Fulop was in inspired form and United missed a string of chances as they dominated throughout.
Dimitar Berbatov headed over and Anderson was denied by a last-ditch challenge before Vidic saved the day.
His goal came as United looked set to fall further behind their title rivals as they headed for a rare goalless draw at Old Trafford.Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Park (Tevez 57), Fletcher (Anderson 68), Carrick, Ronaldo (Giggs 68), Berbatov, Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Neville, Nani, Evans.
Booked: Rooney.
Goals: Vidic 90.
Sunderland: Fulop, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, Bardsley, Yorke (Tainio 60), Malbranque, Whitehead (Edwards 76), Reid, Diouf, Cisse (Jones 69).
Subs Not Used: Colgan, Nosworthy, Murphy, Leadbitter.
Att: 75,400
Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
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| Newcastle | 2-2 (HT 2-0) | Stoke |
| Owen 8 Owen 24 | Sidibe 60 Ab Faye 90+1 | |
| Bookings: Griffin 84 |
A late Abdoulaye Faye equaliser ensured Stoke came from behind to secure a deserved point against Newcastle.
Newcastle took the lead when Michael Owen was put through by Jonas Gutierrez and the striker doubled the lead with a tap-in from an Obafemi Martins cross.
Stoke improved after the break and halved the deficit after Mamady Sidibe converted Ricardo Fuller's square ball.
And in the 90th minute the visitors drew level when Faye tapped-in from a Glenn Whelan free-kick.Newcastle: Given, Beye, Coloccini, Bassong, Jose Enrique, N'Zogbia, Geremi (Cacapa 82), Guthrie (Taylor 46), Gutierrez, Owen, Martins (Viduka 74).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Xisco, Edgar, Carroll.
Goals: Owen 8, 24.
Stoke: Sorensen, Griffin, Sonko, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Delap (Fuller 57), Amdy Faye (Tonge 78), Diao (Whelan 21), Pugh, Cresswell, Sidibe.
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Olofinjana, Cort, Davies.
Booked: Griffin.
Goals: Sidibe 60, Abdoulaye Faye 90.
Att: 47,422
Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).
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