Chelsea 1-0 Man City: Chelsea's Ricardo Carvalho (r) challenges City's Robinho for the ball in the London sunshine

Chelsea score what proves to be the winner in the 18th minute with Michael Essien (out of picture) looping the ball over Shay Given

Essien (l) wheels away in delight celebrating his first goal since a lengthy injury lay-off

England manager Fabio Capello looks on as he weighs up his squad options for England's games against Slovakia and Ukraine

Nicolas Anelka, who has a penalty shout waved away just after the half hour, challenges City's Elano as the half-time break approaches

City start the second half still trailing and Robinho, who has a disappointing game, is taken off in the 81st minute

Shaun Wright-Phillips also fails to haul City back into the match on his return to Stamford Bridge

Chelsea captain John Terry applauds the fans at full-time as his side overtake Liverpool to go second in the Premier League table

Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham: Rival managers Martin O'Neill and Harry Redknapp chat before their sides meet at Villa Park

Jermaine Jenas shocks Villa when he fires home the opening goal for Tottenham in only the fifth minute

The Spurs midfielder celebrates his third goal of the season as his side battle to pull away from the wrong end of the table

Jenas (l) is quickly in action at the other end as he and Didier Zokora combine to thwart Villa's Ashley Young

With Capello at Stamford Bridge, England general manager Franco Baldini and under-21 boss Stuart Pearce take in the Villa Park action

As in the first half, Spurs strike within five minutes with Darren Bent (r) doubling their lead with his 15th goal of the season

Aston Villa throw on substitute John Carew and he pulls a goal back with five minutes remaining to give his side hope

But Carew's goal is not enough and Villa fail to earn the point they need to return to the top four in the table