Wigan 4-0 Newcastle: Wigan remain three points clear of the relegation zone but have boosted their goal difference after a sublime performance. Victor Moses scored two goals in the space of two minutes around the 15-minute mark to make it 2-0. Shaun Maloney was put through and the Irishman made no mistake nine minutes before half-time before Franco Di Santo marked his 100th English game with an excellent curled effort right on the stroke on half-time. Newcastle's best chances of getting a consolation both fell to Papiss Cisse who hit the crossbar and then the post in the second half.
Swansea 4-4 Wolves: It may be a little late for Wolves to show fight, but what a game it provided at the Liberty stadium. Andrea Orlandi scored after just 23-seconds, the fastest Premiership goal in six years to give the hosts the lead. It got worse when Joe Allen's shot was deflected by Richard Stearman to bamboozle former Swan, Dorus De Vries, and make it 2-0 after just four minutes. Nathan Dyer made it three with a header after 15-minutes to look like sealing the three points. Steven Fletcher headed, what was then thought of as, a consolation on 28-minutes but it was soon 4-1 three minutes later when Danny Graham finished off a Dyer cross. Matt Jarvis then made it 4-2 with 12-minutes to go in the first half when Ashley Williams should have cleared it off the line, ultimately gave Wolves momentum going into the second half. David Edwards pulled another back nine minutes into the second half before Matt Jarvis scored his second on 69-minutes to secure an unbelievable draw.
Bolton 2-2 Sunderland: Bolton remain in the relegation zone, but only on goal difference, after a point against Sunderland. Kevin Davies volleyed home a Martin Petrov cross on 26-minutes to initially give Bolton the lead. Nicklas Bendtner was put through by Jack Colback to give the Dane his fourth goal against Bolton, equalising ten minutes later. James McClean then rocketed a free-kick past Adam Bogdan to give Sunderland the lead just ten minutes into the second half. But Bolton deserved their point and it was none other than Kevin Davies who got it on 70-minutes.
Everton 4-0 Fulham: The deadlock at Goodison Park was broken on seven minutes when Pavel Pogrebnyak blocked a free-kick with his hand, Nikica Jelavic stepped up and sent Mark Schwarzer the wrong way. Marouane Fellaini headed a corner home to make it 2-0 after 16-minutes. Jelavic then made it 3-0 with his second goal of the game, scoring from an angle he had no right to score from five minutes before half-time. The punishment was over when Steven Pienaar hooked the ball through to Tim Cahill and the Australian slid the ball home, making it 4-0 on the hour mark.
Norwich 0-3 Liverpool: Luis Suarez scores his first Liverpool hat-trick as they took full advantage of Norwich defensive errors. Steven Gerrard was quicker on his feet than David Fox, he then played the ball into the path of Suarez to net home on 24-minutes. The Uruguayan had his second four minutes later when another mis-placed pass was intercepted by him, he ran onto goal and calmly finished. The hat-trick came eight minutes from time when a Glen Johnson clearance found him 45-yards from goal. John Ruddy was off his line and Suarez lobbed him from distance in exquisite fashion.
Stoke 1-1 Arsenal: Arsenal stretch their lead over Newcastle to four points in third after a hard fought point over Stoke. It was in fact Stoke who took the lead on nine minutes when Peter Crouch headed home a Matthew Etherington cross. Who else was going to get the equaliser but Robin Van Persie? The Dutchman got it on 15-minutes when he volleyed in a Tomas Rosicky cross.
West Brom 0-0 Aston Villa: Villa also remain just three points ahead of the relegation zone after a goalless draw in a Midlands derby. Villa had a possible shout for a penalty in the first half when a cross hit Chris Brunt on the hand. But West Brom had a clearer claim in the second half when Alan Hutton blocked a shot on goal with his arm. Shay Given kept the point for Villa alive with a fantastic save with his knees late on.
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