Arsenal 2-0 Middlesbrough: The Gunners take the lead through 21-year-old captain Cesc Fabregas, absent for much of the season

The visitors feel hard done by with Nicklas Bendtner in an offside position for the goal but the move that makes it is vintage Arsenal

Arsenal control the first half but Boro, with the division's bluntest strike force, finish strongly, looking to halt their relegation form

Fabregas rounds Brad Jones in the Boro goal and slots home to cap a box-to-box Arsenal move, every pass direct to feet

The defeat is Boro's 10th consecutive away loss but stretches Arsenal's unbeaten run to 20 games in the league

Blackburn 2-0 Wigan: Even a win in the Lancashire derby will not definitely save Sam Allardyce's Rovers from relegation

Antonio Valencia strikes the Blackburn crossbar before the home side go close through Christopher Samba and Benni McCarthy

Rovers' pressure tells just before half-time as McCarthy crashes home a corner that eight Wigan defenders in the six-yard box fail to clear

Blackburn seal the win which takes them to 15th in the table with captain Ryan Nelsen's first ever goal for the club

And Paul Robinson's man-of-the-match goalkeeping display adds a clean sheet to a victory that will boost Rovers' survival hopes