Blackburn 3-0 Newcastle: Two teams at the opposite end of the table to their expectations produce a scrappy, drab first half

The game turns on a penalty to Rovers, controversially awarded but emphatically slotted home by Benni McCarthy

Blackburn's second is route one stuff as Paul Robinson's clearance is poked home by McCarthy, the Magpies' defence all at sea

Joey Barton leads the inquisition as Pederson's cross finds Jason Roberts to seal the home win

Bolton 0-1 Man Utd: The Red Devils control much of the game at the Reebok but can not seem to find a way around Jussi Jaskalainen

Carlos Tevez shows guile in the inside right channel late on and squares the ball for Dimitar Berbatov to get the game's only goal

Chelsea 2-1 Stoke: Scrutiny grows over Blues coach Luis Felipe Scolari and his staff after only one league win in their last six games

After spending most of the game defending Stoke break upfield and Rory Delap holds his nerve, and footing, to score the opener

Both teams play the remainder of the match in or around the Stoke box before Juliano Bellletti nods in a dramatic equaliser

Drama then becomes disbelief as Frank Lampard drives in a winner deep into added time, to the joy of his beleaguered coach

Man City 1-0 Wigan: Mark Hughes tries to put the week's transfer talk aside as he faces former teammate Steve Bruce

Pablo Zabaleta breaks the deadlock following a hard-fought first half with a peach from 20 yards out after good work by Robinho

Sunderland 1-2 Aston Villa: Danny Collins ghosts in on a set play to put Ricky Sbragia's revitalised team 1-0 up at half-time

Villa's equaliser is fortuitous as James Milner falls on Ashley Young's cross, though Milner doesn't seem to mind

Villa, despite hainvg Young sent off for a dangerous tackle, get a winner from the penalty spot, despatched by captain Gareth Barry

West Brom 3-0 Boro: An offside appeal, a poor defensive header, and a deflected shot conspire for Chris Brunt to open the scoring

Rob Koren celebrates a brace of goals, played in by Marc-Antoine Fortune's clever one-two and then Brunt's perfect pass

Hull 1-3 Arsenal: Emmanuel Adebayor leaps highest at a corner to give the Gunners a deserved half-time lead at the KC Stadium

The Tigers draw level through Daniel Cousin when Bernard Mendy is given too much time and space to cross by Gael Clichy

Samir Nasri nudges Arsenal back in front before Nicklas Bendtner adds gloss to the score following a classic Arsenal team move