Aston Villa 0-2 Man Utd: Ruud van Nistelrooy tucks the ball past Thomas Sorensen to put United 1-0 up at half-time

And Wayne Rooney fires in his fifth goal in five games six minutes after the interval to secure a comfortable win

Everton 0-4 Bolton: Kevin Davies is congratulated after opening Bolton's account with a looping header

And Stelios Giannakopoulos scores either side of a Gary Speed penalty as the Trotters record their biggest win of the season

Fulham 2-1 Blackburn: Papa Bouba Diop turns in Luis Boa Morte's in-swinging free-kick to put the Cottagers ahead

Boa Morte fires in Fulham's second but a late Zat Knight own goal ensures a tense finish at Craven Cottage

Man City 4-1 Birmingham: David Sommeil's early opener is followed by a Joey Barton penalty as the home side dominated

Antoine Sibierski and Bradley Wright-Phillips make it 4-0 before Jiri Jarosik's late consolation for Birmingham

Portsmouth 1-0 West Brom: Svetoslav Todorov coolly scores his first goal in over two years to clinch a vital win

West Ham 2-4 Newcastle: Michael Owen scores despite the efforts of keeper Roy Carroll to give Newcastle an early lead

Nolberto Solano nets an own goal to gift West Ham an equaliser before Owen restores the Magpies lead on half-time

Alan Shearer extends the lead before Marlon Harewood makes it 3-2, but Owen completes his hat-trick to secure victory

Wigan 3-0 Charlton: Henri Camara slots in Wigan's opener after Lee McCulloch's powerful drive comes back off the bar

And the striker completes a hat-trick to condemn Charlton to their seventh defeat in eight Premiership games