With the FA Cup quarter finals taking place this weekend, it limited the Premiership to just four games. Fulham hosted Swansea and Gylfi Sigurdsson made it four goals in three games to keep Swansea's dream season going. He opened the scoring ten minutes before half-time before adding his second on 65-minutes. Joe Allen finished the game off 11-minutes later to seal a comfortable 3-0 victory.
Wigan have managed to move off the bottom of the table on goal difference with a crucial point against West Brom. James McArthur put Wigan ahead eight minutes into the second half before former Wigan player, Paul Scharner, prevented them from winning the three points 11-minutes later.
With Manchester City playing Chelsea on Wednesday, Manchester United used their game against Wolves to extend their lead and close the difference. As for Wolves, it means they now move to the bottom of the league on goal difference. Johnny Evans scored his first Manchester United goal when Michael Carrick headed a corner down to him on 20-minutes. Wolves' proverbial mountain went from the K2 to Mount Everest when Ronald Zubar received his second yellow card five minutes from half-time for a late challenge. United took full advantage with a counter attack that resulted in the returning Antonio Valencia smashing the ball home with two minutes of the half left. Valencia was then the player to pull the ball back to Danny Welbeck who made it 3-0 on half-time. There was no let up and Javier Hernandez was left in acres of room in the box, to easily head home a short corner 11-minutes after the restart. The annihilation was completed five minutes later when Hernandez was on hand to smash home a low cross.
Newcastle's European hopes continue to shine with a close fought victory over Norwich. The only goal of the game came on ten minutes with Papiss Cisse curling an effort past John Ruddy. Newcastle now move five points ahead of Liverpool and two points behind Chelsea in sixth with both teams playing in mid-week.
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