Arsenal 2-2 Portsmouth: Noe Pamarot celebrates after heading the away side into the lead on the stroke of half-time Matthew Taylor watches his goal on the big screen with David Thompson after doubling Pompey's lead with a superb volley Substitute Emmanuel Adebayor slots home Theo Walcott's cross to make it 2-1 on 58 minutes at the Emirates Stadium Arsenal captain Gilberto Silva is ecstatic after smashing home the equaliser from another Walcott cross two minutes later Aston Villa 0-1 Bolton: Stelios Giannakopoulos evades the challenge of Gavin McCann during the first half at Villa Park Stilian Petrov bundles over Nicolas Anelka in the penalty area and referee Mark Clattenburg points to the spot Gary Speed celebrates after blasting the resulting 75th-minute spot-kick past Villa's on-loan keeper Gabor Kiraly Charlton 0-3 Liverpool: Xabi Alonso gives the away side the lead after just four minutes with a coolly-taken penalty Djimi Traore atones for giving away the penalty by blocking Jermaine Pennant's goalbound effort on the line with his knee Craig Bellamy beats Charlton's offside trap and fires past Thomas Myhre to double Liverpool's advantage on 82 minutes Steven Gerrard celebrates with Fabio Aurelio and Peter Crouch after his curled shot two minutes from time seals an easy win Newcastle 2-1 Watford: Obafemi Martins heads Newcastle in front from James Milner's cross on 49 minutes Hameur Bouazza beats Shay Given to the ball to tap in Tommy Smith's header to make it 1-1 at St James' Park on 57 minutes Martins smashes the ball into the roof of the net with just five minutes to go to give Newcastle their fourth win in five games Reading 1-2 Blackburn: Stephen Hunt vies for the ball with David Bentley during the first half at the Madejski Stadium James Harper celebrates after guiding Hunt's through-ball past Brad Friedel to open the scoring on 41 minutes Benni McCarthy equalises before David Bentley's superb strike gives Blackburn all three points Wigan 0-1 Sheff Utd: Keith Gillespie tackles Leighton Baines during the first half at the JJB Stadium Rob Hulse is mobbed by his team-mates after putting the away side 1-0 up on 45 minutes from Stephen Quinn's cross Peter Walton is surrounded after first giving a penalty to Sheff Utd before consulting his linesman and changing his mind
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