Chelsea 2-2 Tottenham: The Champions League places remain as you were after this draw at Stamford Bridge. The only thing it does do is move Chelsea two points clear of Arsenal and moves Spurs to a point behind The Gunners. Chelsea took the lead after just ten minutes when Oscar headed home from a corner. Tottenham managed to level on 26-minutes when Emmanuel Adebayor produced a great bit of running before smashing the ball in to the top corner. But Chelsea would take the lead again just six minutes before half-time when Ramires managed to break through and toe poke the ball past the unsuspecting Hugo Lloris. Chelsea looked set on taking all three points until Tottenham managed to steal a point with ten minutes remaining; Benoit Assou-Ekotto played the ball up to Adebayor, who was marginally offside, the Togolese then flicked the ball back for substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson to stroke beautifully in to the bottom corner. Chelsea remain very on much course for a Champions League spot whereas Tottenham have to hope that Arsenal slip up against relegation contenders Wigan or Newcastle.
Wigan 2-3 Swansea: Wigan led twice before ultimately losing and finding themselves three points from safety with two games remaining. Wigan took the lead just before half-time when a parried cross fell to Roger Espinoza for the Honduran to volley home. Swansea levelled five minutes in to the second half when Angel Rangel's volley went in off the post after Wayne Routledge had found the defender. But Wigan once again found themselves in front just three minutes later when Gary Caldwell split the Swansea defence to allow James McCarthy to fire past Michel Vorm. However, Swansea would again find themselves level before the hour mark when Caldwell gave the ball away and Itay Schecter finished at the second attempt. Poor defending ended up leading to Wigan's heartbreak when both James McArthur and Shaun Maloney failed to clear a Pablo Hernandez cross and Dwight Tiendalli was on hand to slot home and steal the points 14-minutes from time. Vorm was later stretchered off after clashing with Ben Davies but Wigan are now even closer to the dreaded drop.
Manchester City 1-0 West Brom: With the FA Cup final coming this weekend, City managed to squeeze in a victory over West Brom. The only goal of the game came ten minutes before half time when Carlos Tevez's cross was neatly volleyed home by Edin Dzeko.
Sunderland 1-1 Stoke: Sunderland managed to go three points clear of the drop after securing a point against Stoke, a result that sees them move six points clear of Wigan and now all but safe with two games remaining. Stoke were ahead after just nine minutes when Jonathan Walters scored from a corner. It got worse for Sunderland 11-minutes before half-time when Craig Gardner was sent off for a late challenge on Charlie Adam. But Sunderland somehow managed to dig in and a point was rescued on 63-minutes when John O'Shea was on hand to poke a corner home.
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