Aston Villa 3-0 Sheff Utd: Goals by Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Young are complemented by Patrik Berger's strike

The result leaves Neil Warnock's Blades still within the grasp of Wigan as they prepare to face them in their final fixture

Everton 3-0 Portsmouth: In the battle for Uefa Cup football, Mikel Arteta puts the Toffees ahead on the hour

Joseph Yobo doubles the Goodison Park club's lead three minutes later to put the game beyond Pompey

Substitute Gary Naysmith heads home a third in the dying seconds to virtually seal their place in Europe

Fulham 1-0 Liverpool: A second-half Clint Dempsey goal is enough to give the hosts victory and sees them all but safe

Man City 0-1 Man Utd: The visitors almost take the lead in the 23rd minute when Rio Ferdinand's header hits the bar

The deadlock is broken soon after when Ronaldo wins and then converts a penalty after a foul by defender Michael Ball

Ball then wins a late penalty for City but Edwin van der Sar saves Darius Vassell's effort as Man Utd go eight points clear

Newcastle 0-2 Blackburn: Jason Roberts adds to Benni McCarthy's strike as the visitors win comfortably on Tyneside

Reading 0-2 Watford: The Hornets take a surprise lead after the break when Danny Shittu beats the offside trap to score

Having already been relegated, Watford earn a rare away win thanks to Marlon King's headed goal near the end

West Ham 3-1 Bolton: Badly needing a win, the Hammers find themselves ahead through Carlos Tevez's early free-kick

Ten minutes later the hosts have a second when Tevez scores again after collecting Luis Boa Morte's pass

The Argentine then picks out Mark Noble who volleys home to give West Ham a 3-0 lead with less than half an hour played

Gary Speed pulls one back but Eggert Magnusson's club hold on and move out of the bottom three

Wigan 0-1 Middlesbrough: The Latics' hopes of staying up receive a blow when Mark Viduka scores in the 29th minute

Paul Jewell knows that anything less than a win at Sheffield United on the final day will see Wigan relegated