Middlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal: Philippe Senderos is sent off for a professional foul after bringing down Middlesbrough's Yakubu

Yakubu gets up and steers the resulting penalty past Gunners goalkeeper Jens Lehmann to give Boro the lead

Arsenal battle on and skipper Thierry Henry's equaliser with 13 minutes remaining rescues a point for the north London side

Charlton 0-1 Chelsea: Frank Lampard scores an 18th-minute winner as Chelsea close the gap at the top of the Premiership

Chelsea are boosted by the long-awaited return of captain John Terry, who comes on as a late substitute

Boss Jose Mourinho embraces fit-again keeper Petr Cech after Chelsea clinch a potentially crucial win in the title race

Man City 0-2 Reading: An early foul by Reading's Andre Bikey brings Joey Barton down to earth after his England call-up

Reading striker Leroy Lita breaks the deadlock with a well-taken goal 11 minutes from the end

And Lita scores again in the final minute of the match to seal City's fate and lift Reading into the top six

Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham: Matthew Upson is forced to go off injured just 29 minutes into his West Ham debut

Worse follows for the Hammers seven minutes later when John Carew scores his first goal since joining Villa

Fulham 2-1 Newcastle: Heidar Helguson opens the scoring at Craven Cottage before Brian McBride (r) nets Fulham's second

Blackburn 2-1 Sheff Utd: Morten Gamst Pedersen's late free-kick beats goalkeeper Paddy Kenny to give Rovers a victory

Wigan 1-0 Portsmouth: Nigerian forward Julius Aghahowa - making his Wigan debut - goes past Pompey's Pedro Mendes

Wigan boss Paul Jewell encourages his team, who claim a crucial win thanks to Lee McCulloch's 68th-minute goal

Watford 0-1 Bolton: Nicolas Anelka's right-footed strike midway through the second half gives Bolton the points

Liverpool 0-0 Everton: Liverpool's Steve Finnan tackles Leon Osman during a goalless Merseyside derby at Anfield

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is halted by a challenge from his England colleague Phil Neville

Liverpool striker Peter Crouch is thwarted by Joleon Lescott as Everton hold out for a point