Chelsea 0-3 Sunderland: With Manchester United dropping points at Aston Villa on Saturday, the Blues have the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points
Steve Bruce's Mackems set out to frustrate the league leaders and even create a couple of early half chances with former Chelsea player Boudewijn Zenden seeking a way through
Having scored his first goal for the London club in a recent Champions League game against Spartak Moscow, Yuri Zhirkov finds himself in on goal again but drags his shot wide
With momentum swinging back to the Black Cats, Danny Welbeck is brought down by Branislav Ivanovic when apparently through on goal but Ivanovic gets away with a yellow card, to manager Bruce's dismay
His frustration soon turns to joy when the on-loan Nedum Onuoha picks up the ball 35 yards out, picks his way past three defenders and rolls an effort past the advancing Petr Cech to give Sunderland a shock half-time lead
The almost unthinkable happens in the 52nd minute when Asamoah Gyan (left) doubles the visitors' advantage after being put through by recent England call-up Jordan Henderson
The remainder of the game is remarkably comfortable for Sunderland and with three minutes to go Welbeck intercepts Ashley Cole's poor backpass to complete a stunning victory
Everton 1-2 Arsenal: John Heitinga intervenes to stop the creative Andrey Arshavin as the Gunners look for the win that will take them up to second in the Premier League
The Toffees work hard in the opening stages and do push forward with striker Louis Saha among those who test Arsenal's defence
Australian midfielder Tim Cahill (right) is his usual industrious self but spurns one of the hosts' best chances of the half when he heads over from a good position
Arsenal begin to assert themselves more successfully and take the lead in the 36th minute when full-back Bacary Sagna lashes in a fierce drive which beats goalkeeper Tim Howard at his near post
The visitors maintain their lead until the interval and double it three minutes after the re-start when Cesc Fabregas sweeps a low effort past the despairing dive of Howard into the far corner
Everton attempt to respond but have to wait until the 89th minute for Cahill to reduce the deficit and despite over four minutes of injury time they cannot draw level as Arsenal hang on
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