Blackburn 1-2 West Ham: Defender Christopher Samba heads home to put Blackburn ahead early in the second half Carlos Tevez equalises with a penalty before Bobby Zamora's effort is controversially adjudged to have crossed the line Chelsea 3-0 Sheffield United: Andriy Shevchenko brings down a Ricardo Carvalho ball and volleys home in stunning fashion The champions go 2-0 up when Salomon Kalou fires the ball into the net from six yards after being set up by Shevchenko It gets worse for the Blades when striker Rob Hulse suffers what looks like a serious leg injury Michael Ballack rises high to head home, sealing a comfortable win which keeps the Blues in touch at the top of the table Tottenham 3-1 Watford: Spurs midfielder Jermain Jenas opens the scoring to the delight of the White Hart Lane faithful Keeper Paul Robinson's speculative punt from 80 yards takes a bounce and sails over Ben Foster's head to put Spurs 2-0 up Hossam Ghaly scores a third for Spurs before Darius Henderson's late consolation for the Hornets Middlesbrough 0-2 Man City: Goals from Sylvain Distin and Emile Mpenza ease the pressure on City boss Stuart Pearce Wigan 0-0 Fulham: The Latics have the better of the chances at the JJB stadium but neither side can break the deadlock Reading 0-0 Portsmouth: The visitors go closest to scoring but the game at the Madejski Stadium ends goalless Manchester United 4-1 Bolton: Ryan Giggs and Sir Alex Ferguson receive Player and Manager of the Month awards United defender Gary Neville goes off injured early on after a collision with Gary Speed and is replaced by Wes Brown After some good work from Cristiano Ronaldo, Park Ji-Sung scores on 13 minutes to give United the lead Wayne Rooney makes it 2-0 minutes later, chipping over Jussi Jaaskelainen to take his goal tally for the Red Devils to 50 Bolton offer little resistence and Park combines with Ronaldo to score United's third goal on 25 minutes Rooney's second goal is followed by Speed's late penalty - but it is little consolation for Bolton manager Sam Allardyce
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