Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City: Third hosts second at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger not changing the team that beat Birmingham while City must cope without David Silva or Mario Balotelli
Arsenal start to turn a silky, end-to-end game in to a full-on assault, having five clear chances and striking the woodwork twice in the first half, though Carlos Tevez gets a chance just after 30 minutes
A fantastic match turns sour at the end as Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna are both sent off for a spot of handbags and the home fans are left chanting "Boring, boring City" at the final whistle
Aston Villa 0-1 Sunderland: Emile Heskey, so often a favourite of Gerard Houllier's, misses the best chance of the game, if not the season, in the first half, before being sent off in the second for his part in a scuffle
Despite Phil Bardsley's cracking goal, Sunderland have a bad night with injuries to David Meyler and Danny Welbeck, a second yellow card for Bolo Zenden and Asamoah Gyan missing a chance nearly as clear as Heskey's
Newcastle United 5-0 West Ham United: Since rumours that he was close to losing his job, Avram Grant has steered his Hammers side to four games unbeaten and face a Magpies team minus the goal threat of Andy Carroll
Leon Best makes his first Premier League start in six seasons - ahead of Shola Ameobi, surprisingly - and rewards the faith shown in him by tucking away Peter Lovenkrands' clever chipped through ball
Joey Barton's clever free-kick plays in Lovenkrands and his cross is turned in at the far post by Best, captain Kevin Nolan then makes it 3-0 at half-time, slotting home James Tomkins' weak clearance
Two things appeared bound to happen in the second half - that the Hammers' lily-livered defence would open up once more and that Best would be on the end of it to wrap up his hat-trick
Lovenkrands gets a deserved goal to round off a performance built on a midfield that Alan Pardew describes as "brilliant", particularly Joey Barton, while the Irons look very much rock-bottom of the division
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Chelsea: Wolves lead through a calamitous goal that typifies Chelsea at present as nobody deals with Stephen Hunt's corner and the ball ricochets in off Jose Bosingwa
It's an equally frustrating second half for the Blues with Salomon Kalou wasting a great chance latching on to Frank Lampard's backheel and Didier Drogba striking the post
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Wigan Athletic: Contrasting fortunes meet in the north west derby, with Owen Coyle's attractive, attacking side welcoming Roberto Martinez's misfiring strugglers
Mark Davies' run sets up Rodrigo Moreno to open the scoring for Bolton but of greater worry to Wigan is an accidental collision between Johan Elmander and Chris Kirkland that leaves the keeper unconcious
Ronnie Stam equalises for the Latics, getting on the end of Steve Gohouri's cross, but it is Kirkland's replacement Mike Pollitt who earns the visitors a draw with great saves from Martyn Petrov, Fabrice Muamba and Elmander
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Liverpool: Things look bleak for Liverpool, and worse for Roy Hodgson, as Martin Olsson's first-time shot beats Pepe Reina to take the lead in an open game in which the Reds threaten intermittently
It's 2-0 before half time when Benjani rolls Sotirios Kyrgiakos like a dice to score - Hodgson may not be at Anfield Thursday morning, his Greek defender need not have bothered travelling to Ewood Park
Liverpool are only lucky that West Ham, by comparison, have the most-comical defence of the night, Glen Johnson and Paul Koncesky letting Junior Hoilett wriggle free to set up Benjani's second goal
The game is exceptionally frustrating for Steven Gerrard, so often the Reds' captain fantastic, who draws back a goal, then earns and misses a late penalty
Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Luis Saha puts the Toffees ahead on three minutes, laid on by Jermaine Beckford and drilled home from 20 yards out, ensuring yet another failure by Spurs to keep a clean sheet
Spurs get their equaliser through a combination of some of their most reliable weapons this season - Alan Hutton's deep cross, Peter Crouch's knockdown and Rafael van der Vaart's finish
Seamus Coleman gets Everton's winner, nodding in the rebound from Luis Saha's effort, though Tim Howard must get some credit for the win for a late point-blank save from Van der Vaart
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