With four games taking place today, yesterday's Premiership roster only had six games. Without an early kick-off we had to wait for the five three o'clock kick-offs before Chelsea took on Tottenham at half past five.
Blackburn helped their chances of survival with a win at home to Bolton in the Lancashire derby. Bolton were again without Sturridge and again looked nonthreatening up front. The only goal came from Martin Olsson after twenty minutes to see Blackburn move three points ahead of the relegation zone.
Wigan missed their chance to move out of the bottom three but are now eighteenth on goal difference after their draw at home to Everton. Wigan took the lead through N'Zogbia 21 minutes, N'Zogbia then became the villain when he conceded a penalty for fouling Arteta after 35 minutes, but Arteta's penalty was saved by Al-Habsi. Everton equalised twelve minutes from time via a second penalty; Rodallega penalised for handball and with Arteta off the pitch, Baines stepped up and converted to give Everton the point to stay seventh.
Blackpool could only muster a goalless draw against Stoke but the point keeps them out of relegation on goal difference. Stoke are in tenth. With Sunderland's injury list full of strikers, a goal against Fulham was never really going to materialise. Fulham made it back to back 3-0 wins with Kakuta scoring his first English goal after 33 minutes. Simon Davies made it 2-0 just after the hour before then making it three after 73 minutes. Fulham move to ninth with Sunderland sixth points from safety with a clump of teams on 41 points.
One of those in that clump is Aston Villa who lost away to West Brom. Villa did take the lead after just four minutes with Meite scoring an own goal. Odemwingie equalised for West Brom on the hour but the Baggies were reduced to ten two minutes later when Scharner received his second yellow. But West Brom went onto win the game with Mulumbu scoring six minutes from time.
Chelsea had the chance to move within three points of Manchester United at home to Tottenham and they managed to do so in controversial circumstances. Spurs did take the lead through Sandro on nineteen minutes. Chelsea equalised just before half-time when Lampard's long shot was spilt through his own legs by Gomes, the ball trickled on the line but Gomes looked to have stopped the ball before the whole of it went over, but the goal was given and Chelsea were level. Chelsea won the game just before stoppage time when Kalou finished off a through ball but replays showed that Kalou was offside and again the goal shouldn't have stood. But Chelsea keep the pressure up but Tottenham's chances of Champions League football seems to be all but over.
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