Aston Villa 1-0 Everton: The hosts come into the match on the back of two straight defeats but see Luke Young curl them into a ninth-minute lead as they make a positive start
Ashley Young is among those who go close to scoring in the remainder of what turns to be an entertaining game as the early goal proves to be enough for Villa
Liverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: Having struggled for form in recent months, Fernando Torres goes in search of his first goal of the season against the Baggies
The Spaniard gets the chance to show his class in the 65th minute when he finds himself in plenty of space and volleys low into the corner from Dirk Kuyt's cross
James Morrison effectively ends West Brom's chances five minutes from the end when he goes in hard on Torres, completely misses the ball and gets sent off
Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City: Carlos Tevez scored twice against Liverpool in City's last league game and he looks set to break the deadlock at the Stadium of Light but shockingly sends it over with the goal at his mercy
The miss ultimately proves costly as Darren Bent earns a penalty deep in injury time at the end of the game which he successfully converts to claim all three points for Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Birmingham City: Both sides go into the game unbeaten but it is the visitors who open the scoring when defender Roger Johnson prods home his first goal for the club since joining from Cardiff last summer
Things go from bad to worse for Bolton when goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen inexplicably slaps Johnson in a separate incident and gets sent off 10 minutes before half-time
Owen Coyle's side initially respond well to the setback but they fall further behind in the 50th minute after Cameron Jerome's nod-down is bundled in by Craig Gardner
Some sides would give up faced with such an uphill task but Bolton rally and reduce the deficit to 2-1 in the 71st minute when Kevin Davies wins and then converts a penalty
With nine minutes to go the Trotters win a free-kick 20 yards out and recent signing Robbie Blake (left) curls it home to complete a fine comeback
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