Birmingham's troubles at the foot of the table deepened with a 2-0 defeat at Blackburn.

Paul Dickov opened the scoring with a 48th-minute penalty before substitute Craig Bellamy sealed victory eight minutes from time.

Blackburn
Friedel, Neill, Khizanishvili, Nelsen (Todd 45), Gray, Bentley (Emerton 75), Savage, Tugay, Pedersen, Kuqi, Dickov (Bellamy 62).
Subs Not Used: Enckelman, Reid.
Goals: Dickov 49 pen, Bellamy 81.

Birmingham
Maik Taylor, Tebily (Kilkenny 75), Cunningham, Upson, Clapham, Pennant, Johnson, Butt, Lazaridis (Jarosik 70), Heskey, Forssell.
Subs Not Used: Martin Taylor, Pandiani, Vaesen.
Booked: Heskey, Cunningham, Pennant.

Att: 18,341
Ref: B Knight (Kent).

Arsenal beat Manchester City 1-0 but the talking point of the day was Robert Pires' arrogant attempt to pass a penalty to captain Thierry Henry which backfired spectacularly when he fluffed the attempt and referee Mike Riley overturned the award.

Arsenal went on to win 1-0 thanks to an earlier spot-kick from Pires in the 61st minute when David James fouled Henry but it could have been costly had Darius Vassell's header with 11 minutes remaining not been disallowed.

Arsenal Lehmann, Lauren, Toure, Cygan, Clichy, Fabregas, Flamini, Silva, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry.
Subs Not Used: Van Persie, Senderos, Almunia, Owusu-Abeyie, Eboue.
Booked: Pires, Clichy, Bergkamp.
Goals: Pires 61 pen.

Man City James, Mills (Richards 85), Sommeil, Jordan, Distin, Barton, Reyna (Croft 73), Ireland, Musampa (Jihai 85), Vassell, Sibierski.
Subs Not Used: Hussein, De Vlieger.
Booked: Barton, Vassell, Mills, Musampa, Sommeil.

Att: 38,189
Ref: M Riley (W Yorkshire).

Wigan's incredible run in the Premiership continued as they beat Aston Villa 2-0.

Henri Camara's 32nd-minute cross was turned into his own net by Hughes and eight minutes from time Alan Mahon drove home the Latics' second.

Aston Villa Sorensen, Hughes, Mellberg, Ridgewell, Samuel, Milner, Davis, Bakke (Berger 70), Barry, Phillips, Moore (Angel 54).
Subs Not Used: Delaney, Taylor, Djemba-Djemba.

Wigan Filan, Chimbonda, Henchoz, De Zeeuw, Baines, Bullard, Kavanagh, Francis, Mahon, Camara, Roberts (Teale 68).
Subs Not Used: McMillan, Jackson, Pollitt, Taylor.
Goals: Hughes 32 og, Mahon 82.

Att: 32,294
Ref: R Beeby (Northamptonshire).

Fulham pulled off a surprise at Craven Cottage with a 2-0 victory over Liverpool.

The visitors dominated possession without creating much and they were punished in the 30th minute when a lapse in defence saw Claus Jensen lift the ball over the backline and Collin John chested down and fired past Jose Reina.

Fulham lost goalkeeper Mark Crossley to injury on the hour but Cardiff's on-loan goalkeeper Tony Warner kept out his former club, producing good saves from Luis Garcia and Sami Hyypia. And Luis Boa-Morte finished things off by capitalising on a wide-open Liverpool defence by firing home left-footed in added time.

Fulham Crossley (Warner 63), Volz, Goma, Bocanegra, Niclas Jensen (Rosenior 69), Malbranque, Diop, Claus Jensen, Boa Morte, Elrich (McBride 76), John.
Subs Not Used: Helguson, Rehman.
Goals: John 30, Boa Morte 90.

Liverpool Reina, Josemi, Carragher, Hyypia, Traore (Luis Garcia 59), Sissoko, Alonso, Riise, Kewell (Crouch 75), Cisse, Morientes.
Subs Not Used: Hamann, Carson, Warnock.
Booked: Josemi, Sissoko.

Att: 22,480
Ref: M Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

Tottenham and Manchester United who drew 1-1 at Old Trafford.

Manchester United scored their 999th Premier League goal in taking the lead against Tottenham but it came courtesy of a mistake from England goalkeeper Paul Robinson. The Red Devils, in third place, capitalised when Robinson fumbled Ruud van Nistelrooy's header from Paul Scholes' free-kick and Mikael Silvestre dived in to put United ahead.

However, Jermaine Jenas' 72nd-minute curling 20-yard free-kick proved good enough for a point.

Man Utd Van der Sar, Bardsley (Rossi 81), Ferdinand, Silvestre, O'Shea, Fletcher (Ronaldo 75), Smith, Scholes, Rooney, van Nistelrooy, Park.
Subs Not Used: Howard, Miller, Pique.
Booked: Rooney, Bardsley.
Goals: Silvestre 7.

Tottenham Robinson, Stalteri, Dawson, King, Lee, Lennon (Keane 65), Carrick, Jenas, Davids, Mido, Defoe (Pedro Mendes 84).
Subs Not Used: Naybet, Kelly, Cerny.
Booked: Davids, Jenas, Stalteri.
Goals: Jenas 72.

Att: 67,856
Ref: U Rennie (S Yorkshire).

Darren Ambrose and Dennis Rommedahl led a second-half fightback that took Charlton second by drilling home Danny Murphy passes to take all three points and leave Portsmouth manager Alain Perrin in anguish again at Fratton Park.

Dario Silva had put Pompey ahead in the 14th minute with his first goal for the club and they could have had more.

But once the dangerous Ambrose equalised on the hour Pompey looked vulnerable and Rommedahl blasted a 77th-minute winner to make it five away wins in a row for the London side.

Portsmouth Ashdown, Priske, O'Brien, Stefanovic, Vignal, Viafara, O'Neil, Taylor (Hughes 87), Vukic (Mbesuma 88), Robert (Todorov 87), Silva.
Subs Not Used: Westerveld, Griffin.
Booked: Robert, Vignal.
Goals: Silva 14.

Charlton Andersen, Young, Perry, Hreidarsson, Spector, Rommedahl (Johansson 83), Kishishev, Murphy (El Karkouri 90), Smertin, Ambrose, Bent.
Subs Not Used: Kiely, Hughes, Bothroyd.
Booked: Kishishev, Hreidarsson, Ambrose.
Goals: Ambrose 61, Rommedahl 77.

Att: 19,030
Ref: H Webb (S Yorkshire).

Shola Ameobi's first-half brace helped hosts Newcastle ease the pressure on Graeme Souness with a thrilling 3-2 derby win over Sunderland.

The Magpies dominated early proceedings and Black Cats keeper Kelvin Davis saved shots from Emre and Ameobi, who was only playing because Michael Owen had been ruled out by injury. But Ameobi broke the deadlock on 34 minutes when he planted a free header from Emre's corner into the net - and another three goals followed in a frantic seven-minute spell.

First Liam Lawrence equalised on 35 with a stunning 25-yard strike, then Ameobi headed home his second (37) before Stephen Elliott bustled through the Toon defence and drilled a 25-yard blockbuster past Shay Given. The visitors made the better start after the break, with both Dean Whitehead and Elliott going close.

But Emre gave Newcastle yet another lead with a brilliant curling free-kick on 63 minutes.

Referee Rob Styles turned down strong claims for a Sunderland penalty on 77 when Charles N'Zogbia fouled Lawrence and Elliott hit the crossbar with a lobbed shot as the hosts grimly hung on for the points.

Newcastle Given, Carr, Boumsong, Taylor, Ramage, Solano (Clark 80), Parker, Emre (Faye 81), N'Zogbia, Shearer, Ameobi (Chopra 79).
Subs Not Used: Caig, Brittain.
Booked: Parker, Carr.
Goals: Ameobi 34, Caldwell 37 og, Emre 63.

Sunderland Davis, Nosworthy, Breen (Stubbs 42), Caldwell, Hoyte, Lawrence, Miller, Whitehead, Welsh (Arca 45), Elliott, Gray (Le Tallec 79).
Subs Not Used: Alnwick, Robinson.
Booked: Whitehead, Miller.
Goals: Lawrence 35, Elliott 41.

Att: 52,302
Ref: R Styles (Hampshire).

Bolton ensured they suffered no European hangover as Diomansy Kamara's missed re-taken penalty proved costly for West Brom in a 2-0 defeat. Sam Allardyce had concerns over fatigue after his Trotters gained a 1-1 Uefa Cup draw with Besiktas in Turkey in midweek.

But the Reebok Stadium hosts dominated early proceedings and Albion keeper Chris Kirkland had to be sharp to keep out first-half efforts from Stelios Giannakopoulos, Kevin Davies and Kevin Nolan. Bryan Robson's Baggies created little but were awarded a debatable penalty - after El Hadji Diouf fouled Kamara - on 19 minutes.

Former Portsmouth forward Kamara slotted home his spot-kick but referee Mike Dean spotted an infringement and from the re-take Kamara lost his cool and blasted his second effort high over the crossbar. That proved costly for the Baggies after the break as relentless pressure from Bolton led to Hidetoshi Nakata breaking the deadlock on 81 minutes with a superb 20-yard free-kick and Nolan adding a second in stoppage time with a clinical finish from the edge of the area.

Bolton Jaaskelainen, O'Brien, Ben Haim, N'Gotty, Pedersen, Faye, Giannakopoulos, Nolan, Nakata, Diouf (Fadiga 84), Davies.
Subs Not Used: Walker, Jaidi, Borgetti, Fernandes.
Booked: Nolan, Diouf.
Goals: Nakata 81, Nolan 90.

West Brom Kirkland, Curtis Davies, Moore, Clement (Earnshaw 84), Albrechtsen, Greening, Watson, Carter, Robinson, Kamara, Horsfield (Kanu 64).
Subs Not Used: Scimeca, Chaplow, Kuszczak.
Booked: Albrechtsen, Carter.

Att: 24,151
Ref: M Dean (Wirral).

A moment of class finishing from Teddy Sheringham and a controversial decision by the assistant referee saw West Ham beat Middlesbrough 2-1 at Upton Park. Sheringham came off the bench to net with his first touch after 65 minutes before the assistant on the far side ruled Chris Riggott had deflected the ball over the line - despite replays showing Mark Schwarzer had kept it out.

Middlesbrough again suffered from their European endeavours in midweek, failing to really test Shaka Hislop, with a late header from substitute Franck Queudrue proving little consolation.

West Ham Hislop, Repka, Gabbidon, Ferdinand, Konchesky, Benayoun (Dailly 90), Mullins, Reo-Coker, Etherington (Newton 76), Zamora (Sheringham 65), Harewood.
Subs Not Used: Bywater, Bellion.
Booked: Ferdinand.
Goals: Sheringham 66, Riggott 74 og.

Middlesbrough Schwarzer, Bates, Riggott, Southgate (Queudrue 25), Pogatetz, Mendieta, Boateng, Doriva (Viduka 78), Rochemback, Yakubu, Maccarone (Hasselbaink 60).
Subs Not Used: Jones, Morrison.
Booked: Doriva, Boateng.
Goals: Queudrue 87.

Att: 34,612
Ref: S Bennett (Kent).

Fulham Broadway's 100% Barclays Premiership record was ended by a magnificent, defiant Everton who claimed a 1-1 draw on a day of raw emotion at Goodison Park.Leaders Fulham Broadway arrived on Merseyside talking of winning the title by Christmas and ruling football for 100 years.

But for 90 minutes here, rock-bottom Everton defied them. James Beattie struck a first-half penalty and Frank Lampard netted a fine equaliser in the second period, but Everton deserved their morale-boosting point as they rediscovered the confidence that had been lost in a desperate start to their season.

Everton Martyn, Hibbert, Yobo, Weir, Nuno Valente (Ferrari 45), Arteta, Cahill (Davies 70), Neville, Kilbane, Beattie, Ferguson (Bent 78).
Subs Not Used: Wright, McFadden.
Booked: Arteta, Ferrari.
Goals: Beattie 37 pen.

Fulham Broadway Cech, Gallas, Huth, Terry, Del Horno, Lampard, Makelele, Essien, Wright-Phillips (Gudjohnsen 58), Joe Cole (Robben 67), Drogba (Crespo 71).
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Paulo Ferreira.
Booked: Drogba, Huth.
Goals: Lampard 50.

Att: 36,042
Ref: M Clattenburg (Co Durham).