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Results:

Arsenal 1-2 Blackburn
Birmingham 0-2 Man City
Chelsea 2-0 West Brom
Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham
Man Utd 1-1 Aston Villa
Middlesbrough 2-2 Leeds
Newcastle 2-1 Charlton

Goalflashes and major incidents:

Latest Premiership pictures

Full-time: Arsenal lose for the third game in a row but Liverpool beat Spurs 2-1 to go four points clear.

Aston Villa hold on for a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, while Man City, Newcastle and Chelsea all win.

Boro and Leeds share the points at The Riverside as the match ends in a ugly scuffle after a late red card.

1654: Boro's Franck Queudrue is dismissed.

1646: Birmingham 0-2 Man City
City look to have taken all three points after Nicolas Anelka's expert finish.

1645: Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham
A late penalty at Anfield after a foul by Stephen Carr on Michael Owen... who sends Kasey Keller the wrong way from the spot.

1643: Middlesbrough 2-2 Leeds
Gareth Southgate brings Boro level from Geremi's corner.

1642: Leeds striker Michael Bridges returns to Premiership action after a two-year absence, coming on as a substitute for Stephen McPhail at The Riverside.

1640: Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham
Substitute Milenko Acimovic crosses for Dean Richards to head Spurs level.

1637: Two dismissals in a minute - Alan Smith and Garry Flitcroft. Can Leeds and Blackburn hang on at the Riverside and Highbury with ten men?

1635: Man Utd 1-1 Aston Villa
It's finally happened for Diego Forlan... his first goal in open play for United, a header from Mikael Silvestre's cross.

1630: Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
Dietmar Hamann rolls the ball across to Danny Murphy, who curls home a beauty into the top corner for the leaders.

1624: Arsenal throw on Robert Pires and Dennis Bergkamp in a bid to get back on terms.

1620: Gus Poyet is denied twice within a minute for Spurs.

Lee Bowyer celebrates putting Leeds back in front
Bowyer celebrates putting Leeds back in front
1617: Liverpool bring on Milan Baros for El Hadji Diouf as they look to break the deadlock against Spurs at Anfield.

1616: Middlesbrough 1-2 Leeds
Leeds are back in front thanks to Lee Bowyer after Mark Schwarzer denies Harry Kewell.

1615: Newcastle 2-1 Charlton
The Magpies take the lead for the first time, as Shola Amoebi spots Laurent Robert in space to shoot home.

1613: Chelsea 2-0 West Brom
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's shot is blocked, but Graeme Le Saux is on hand to get a deserved second for Chelsea.

1610: Arsenal 1-2 Blackburn
Blackburn break away and Egil Ostenstad feeds Dwight Yorke to restore Rovers' lead.

1547: Arsenal 1-1 Blackburn
Arsenal's pressure finally pays off as Edu makes amends for his earlier own goal with the equaliser, a free-kick which goes in off the far post.

1537: Newcastle 1-1 Charlton
The Magpies are level thanks to a super strike from full-back Andy Griffin - his second goal in four days.

1536: Man Utd 0-1 Aston Villa
Olof Mellberg heads home a Mark Kinsella corner, and Villa finally have their first away goal in the Premiership this season.

1535: Michael Owen has a goal disallowed for Liverpool.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink celebrates his goal against West Brom
Hasselbaink back on form for Chelsea

1533: Chelsea 1-0 West Brom
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink blasts the Blues ahead.

1532: Newcastle 0-1 Charlton
Andy O'Brien gets caught out and Shaun Bartlett capitalises for the visitors.

1530: Salif Diao comes close for Liverpool.

1528: Middlesbrough 1-1 Leeds
Boro are back in it, as Joseph-Desire Job profits from good work by Geremi.

1526: Birmingham 0-1 Man City
Sun Jihai puts the visitors ahead from Eyal Berkovic's cross - his first ever goal for City.

1522: Spurs midfielder Jamie Redknapp tests Jerzy Dudek with a free-kick at Anfield.

1509: Middlesbrough 0-1 Leeds
Ugo Ehiogu fouls Mark Viduka... and the Leeds striker gets up to convert the resulting penalty.

1507: Arsenal 0-1 Blackburn
Dwight Yorke cuts the ball across towards Egil Ostenstad... and Edu inexplicably turns the ball into his own net.

1500 BST: Saturday's matches kick off.

Team news:

Rio Ferdinand returns to the Man Utd defence in place of John O'Shea - Ryan Giggs is on the bench. Villa make four changes, with Mark Delaney, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Ian Taylor and Stefan Moore all coming in.

Edu replaces the suspended Patrick Vieira for Arsenal, who have Dennis Bergkamp and Robert Pires on the bench. Blackburn bring in Tugay for Keith Gillespie.

Salif Diao and El Hadji Diouf are in the Liverpool side at home to Spurs, for whom Gus Poyet makes his first start this season.

Boro give a first Premiership start to Stuart Parnaby, while Alen Boksic gets the nod ahead of Szilard Nemeth. Teddy Lucic plays at left-back for Leeds, while Alan Smith is fit to play - fit-again Michael Bridges is on the bench.

Shay Given returns in goal for Newcastle, but Craig Bellamy is injured so Shola Ameobi plays alongside Alan Shearer. Charlton are without Paul Konchesky, but Robbie Mustoe shakes off a hip knock.

Chelsea bring in Jesper Gronkjaer for Jody Morris, while Scott Dobie and Derek McInnes return for West Brom.

Ali Benarbia and Shaun Wright-Phillips drop to the Man City bench at St Andrews, where Birmingham welcome back Darren Purse and Aliou Cisse from suspension.


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