West Brom 0-2 Liverpool: While Saturday's results mean that Tony Mowbray's men are still capable of Premier League survival, they face a Liverpool team with less at stake as the title is now out of reach
The Baggies, playing for their Premier League lives, take the game to the Reds from kick-off, their best chance falling to captain Jonathan Greening from a corner only for Pepe Reina to make a double save at the far post
The good work of the home side is undone in a moment as Shelton Martis is caught with the ball by Steven Gerrard and the Liverpool skipper goes on to knock the ball past Dean Kiley
West Brom start the second half knowing they must equalise to have a chance of staying up but knowing they have never scored against Liverpool in the Premier League
The Baggies' defence is left wanting again as Dirk Kuyt is allowed to run through and place the ball low in the corner of Dean Kiley's goal to all but consign West Brom to Championship football next season
Albion cause the Reds several problems at the back, Marc-Antoine Fortune missing from close range and having a goal ruled out for offside, and Luke Moore hitting the post, but to no avail: West Brom are down
Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn: Blues coach Guus Hiddink takes charge of, probably, his last game at Stamford Bridge knowing that his side still have a sniff of second place (on goal difference)
Florent Malouda gets the first goal of the game after five minutes, set up by Nicolas Anelka on the right, before Frank Lampard rattles Rovers' bar and the referee ignores Ashley Cole's penalty claims
The game, which never truly catches light, is as good as over midway through the second half as Nicolas Anelka bags the Blues' second, though it could be three or four by the end of the game
The match is notable for Rovers as there are worrying injuries to Ryan Nelsen and Stephen Warnock, and for the chorus of Stamford Bridge demanding the retention of Hiddink as boss
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