The Manchester derby produced a lifeless stalemate as Premier League leaders Chelsea squeezed past Fulham 1-0 and Arsenal overcame Wolves.
West Ham United and Wigan Athletic remain in the bottom three after home draws, while Everton left it late to grab a point against Bolton Wanderers.
Sam Allardyce savoured a winning return to Newcastle United, while Aston Villa returned to form with a home triumph over Blackpool.
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Premiership games |
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Wednesday 10th November
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19.45 |
Aston Villa |
3-2 |
Blackpool |
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19.45 |
Chelsea |
1-0 |
Fulham |
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19.45 |
Newcastle |
1-2 |
Blackburn |
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19.45 |
West Ham |
2-2 |
West Brom |
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19.45 |
Wigan |
1-1 |
Liverpool |
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20.00 |
Everton |
1-1 |
Bolton |
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20.00 |
Man City |
0-0 |
Man Utd |
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19.45 |
Wolves |
0-2 |
Arsenal |
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Top 4 |
Top 6 |
Top 10 |
Bottom Half |
Relegation |
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Wednesday - 10th November 2010
Aston Villa (1) 1 Blackpool (1) 1
James Collins scored an 89th minute winner as Aston Villa beat a Blackpool side featuring 10 changes 3-2 at Villa Park.
Villa edged ahead in the 28th minute when Stewart Downing ran from the halfway line and exchanged passes with Ashley Young before seeing his shot from the edge of the area deflect past Richard Kingson.
But former Villa striker Marlon Harewood returned to haunt his old club just before half-time as he wriggled free and fired past Brad Friedel.
Young provided the assist for Villa's second goal on the hour as he played in Nathan Delfouneso, who kept his cool to finish beyond Kingson.
Substitute DJ Campbell thought he had earned the Seasiders a point with a deflected equaliser on 87 minutes, but two minutes later Collins stooped to head home the winner from a corner.
Chelsea (1) 1 Fulham (0) 2
Chelsea cemented their spot at the top of the Premier League table as Michael Essien's header edged out Fulham 1-0 on Wednesday evening.
| Premiership table |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Chelsea |
12 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
23 |
28 |
| 2 |
Man Utd |
12 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
11 |
24 |
| 3 |
Arsenal |
12 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
13 |
23 |
| 4 |
Man City |
12 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
| 5 |
Newcastle |
12 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
15 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
17 |
| 6 |
Bolton |
12 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
1 |
16 |
| 7 |
Tottenham |
12 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
-1 |
16 |
| 8 |
Sunderland |
12 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
-1 |
16 |
| 8 |
Liverpool |
12 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
-2 |
16 |
| 10 |
Aston Villa |
12 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
13 |
-3 |
16 |
| 11 |
West Brom |
12 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
15 |
-5 |
16 |
| 12 |
Everton |
12 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
| 13 |
Blackburn |
12 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
15 |
| 14 |
Blackpool |
12 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
-7 |
14 |
| 15 |
Fulham |
12 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
| 16 |
Stoke |
12 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
-5 |
13 |
| 17 |
Birmingham |
12 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
12 |
-3 |
12 |
| 18 |
Wigan |
12 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
15 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
-12 |
11 |
| 19 |
Wolves |
12 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
-9 |
9 |
| 20 |
West Ham |
12 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
-11 |
8 |
The Blues are unbeaten and yet to concede a goal at Stamford Bridge in the league this season after keeping another clean sheet at home to deny the Cottagers a share of the spoils.
Michael Essien snatched the only goal of the clash for Carlo Ancelotti's side as he made the most of a fantastic cross from Salomon Kalou to nod in past Mark Schwarzer from in front of the goal in the 30th minute.
But the midfielder's solid display was tainted as he was handed a straight red card in the dying seconds of stoppage-time for a nasty two-footed challenge on Clint Dempsey.
The victory sees the reigning champions maintain their lead in the standings despite a spirited display from the Cottagers at the Bridge, with Mark Hughes' side coming close on several occasions.
Newcastle (1) 1 Blackburn (0) 1
Blackburn secured a fifth successive win at St James' Park as substitute Jason Roberts clinched a 2-1 success over Newcastle.
Allardyce had an early smile on his face upon his return to his former club as Morten Gamst Pedersen capitalised on Cheick Tiote's dallying in the box to drill a low shot into the net on three minutes.
Newcastle hit back two minutes after half-time when the lucrative source of Joey Barton and Andy Carroll combined as the former's deep free-kick was headed beyond Paul Robinson by the in-form England hopeful.
| Up-Coming Premiership games |
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Saturday 13th November
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| 12.45 |
Aston Villa |
v |
Man Utd |
| 15.00 |
Man City |
v |
Birmingham |
| 15.00 |
Newcastle |
v |
Fulham |
| 15.00 |
Tottenham |
v |
Blackburn |
| 15.00 |
West Ham |
v |
Blackpool |
| 15.00 |
Wigan |
v |
West Ham |
| 15.00 |
Wolves |
v |
Bolton |
| 17.30 |
Stoke |
v |
Liverpool |
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Sunday 14th November
|
| 104.00 |
Everton |
v |
Arsenal |
| 16.10 |
Chelsea |
v |
Sunderland |
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Top 4 |
Top 6 |
Top 10 |
Bottom Half |
Relegation |
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But moments after going in front, Magpies midfielder Barton was fortunate to escape a red card when he punched Pedersen in the stomach behind the back of referee Mike Jones.
Rovers' winner came eight minutes from time when Roberts outmuscled the home defence from Paul Robinson's punt and slotted the ball past Tim Krul.
West Ham (1) 2 West Brom (1) 1
West Ham remain bottom of the table after letting a second-half lead slip to draw 2-2 with West Brom at Upton Park.
West Brom were in front on 38 minutes through Peter Odemwingie's penalty after Luis Boa Morte had needlessly bundled over Steven Reid when tussling for a corner.
The Hammers were level before the break, though, as the inspirational Scott Parker cracked a stunning 25-yard shot into the top corner.
And the turnaround appeared complete five minutes into the second half when Frederic Piquionne scored from the spot after Gabriel Tamas was harshly adjudged to have fouled Kieron Dyer.
However, West Brom refused to buckle and levelled on 71 minutes when Chris Brunt's cross found the unmarked Pablo Ibanez to head home at the far post.
Wigan (0) 1 Liverpool (1) 1
Liverpool's recent winning run came to a halt at the DW Stadium as Wigan Athletic came from a goal behind to force a 1-1 draw.
Fernando Torres followed up his double against Chelsea by giving Liverpool the lead on seven minutes by racing on to Steven Gerrard's excellent through ball and finishing clinically past Ali Al Habsi.
Wigan levelled seven minutes into the second half when Hugo Rodallega slammed home the loose ball after Pepe Reina had pushed out Ronnie Stam's cross.
Everton (0) 0 Bolton (0) 0
Jermaine Beckford's first Premier League goal in the last minute salvaged a 1-1 draw for Everton at home to Bolton.
All the action at Goodison Park arrived in the final 11 minutes as Bolton went ahead when Ivan Klasnic nudged Matt Taylor's teasing cross over the line.
Everton had Marouane Fellaini sent off four minutes from time for kicking out at Paul Robinson before Beckford curled a superb shot into the top corner to earn his team a point.
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Man City (0) 0 Man Utd (0) 0
A much-anticipated derby between City and United failed to live up to its billing after a dreadful 0-0 draw at Eastlands.
In a game of no real clear-cut chances, Dimitar Berbatov had a couple of volleys easily saved and former United striker Carlos Tevez tested Edwin van der Sar with a first-half free-kick.
Wolves (0) 0 Arsenal (1) 1
Marouane Chamakh scored in the first and last minutes to get Arsenal's title push back on track at Wolves.
Chamakh put the Gunners ahead inside the first minute when heading home Alex Song's cross after good work by Tomas Rosicky.
Marcus Hahnemann then spread himself big and saved from Andrey Arshavin in a one-on-one soon afterwards.
But Wolves kept in the game and Richard Stearman's effort from a corner was cleared off the line by Rosicky, before Arshavin hit the post after a good run on goal.
Johan Djourou's effort from a corner was also cleared off the line by Karl Henry before Lukasz Fabianski saved from Christophe Berra at the death and Chamakh slotted home at the other end to earn a vital victory for the Gunners.