Chelsea 3-0 Wolves: Chelsea made sure they didn't lose three home matches on the bounce with three first half goals. John Terry broke the deadlock for the hosts with a cushioned header from a corner after seven minutes. Daniel Sturridge made it 2-0 by tapping home a Juan Mata cross just before the half hour mark, Mata then made it three after finishing off an Ashley Cole cross on half time. If it wasn't for Wayne Hennessey in the Wolves goal, it could have been so much worse for the visitors.
Manchester United 1-1 Newcastle: Another game between Man Utd and Newcastle, another game full of controversy. But the end result sees United fail to close the gap on rivals Man City. Tim Krul largely kept the hosts out but United finally took the lead just four minutes into the second half; Javier Hernandez having the ball struck against him and going into the net fortuitously. Newcastle's equaliser came in dubious circumstances; Rio Ferdinand made a tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa in which he won the ball, referee Mike Jones initially pointed for a corner but the linesman pointed for a penalty. After much deliberation, Jones awarded the penalty and Demba Ba dispatched it past David De Gea four minutes after the hour. United were then awarded a lifeline twelve minutes before the end when Jonas Gutierrez received a second yellow. But Tim Krul and his defenders continued to produce wonder saves and United were forced to settle for an aggrieved point.
West Brom 1-3 Tottenham: Spurs make it ten games unbeaten after coming from behind to beat West Brom. The Baggies took the lead when Youssouf Mulumbu headed home from a Steven Reid cross after ten minutes. Tottenham were level when Lennon was brought down by Nicky Shorey in the area, Emmanuel Adebayor stepped up but his penalty was saved before Adebayor scored the rebound on 25 minutes. Spurs then took the lead with Jermain Defoe scoring nine minutes from time, Adebayor then secured the victory in injury time after being put through by Gareth Bale.
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham: Thomas Vermaelen became the 31st player in Premiership history to score in either end as Arsenal's recent form stuttered. The Belgian gave Fulham the lead after slicing a sliding clearance past his own keeper on 65 minutes before equalising for Arsenal with a header with nine minutes left.
Sunderland 1-2 Wigan: Wigan record only their second win of the season as Sunderland continue their slump. Sebastian Larsson scored his fourth goal of the season after taking advantage of an Ali Al-Habsi spill on eight minutes. Al-Habsi redeemed himself with a string of good saves to keep it at 1-0 and Wigan were level just before half-time when Victor Moses was arguably brought down by Larsson, although it looked rather soft. Jordi Gomez converted the spot kick to make it 1-1 at half-time. Franco Di Santo then won the game when Wes Brown was caught napping by James McArthur before squaring to the substitute in injury time.
Stoke 3-1 Blackburn: Stoke bounce back from their defeat against QPR as Steve Kean continues to battle the growing boo boys. Stoke took the lead just before the half hour mark when a Jermaine Pennant free-kick was headed home by Rory Delap. Glen Whelan doubled Stoke's lead with a deflected shot thirteen minutes into the second half, Crouch made it three on 72 minutes. Reuben Rochina scored Blackburn's consolation with four minutes left with a great strike.
Bolton 0-2 Everton: Bolton got off to a poor start with David Wheater getting red carded with studs showing challenge after twenty minutes. The visitors took full advantage with Marouane Fellaini sliding Everton ahead four minutes into the second half. Substitute Apostolos Vellios secured the points twelve minutes from time via a tap in.
Norwich 2-1 QPR: Russell Martin gave the hosts the lead from a corner after fifteen minutes. Luke Young equalised just before the hour mark with a rebound after Jamie Mackie's shot hit the post. But Norwich won the game with seventeen minutes remaining through substitute Grant Holt.
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