Match Reports archives

Norwich missed out on the chance to cut the gap on Championship leaders QPR as both sides drew blanks against Crystal Palace and Hull.

As soon as these two sides were drawn together, cynics would have suggested that 0-0 would be the inevitable result.

David Bentley, Stuart Parnaby and Kevin Phillips ensured that Birmingham City weren't embarrassed by Championship side Coventry.

A John Pantsil own goal handed Liverpool a 1-0 win against Fulham at Anfield to move them up to seventh in the Premier League.

John Pantsil's own goal proved enough for Liverpool to record a 1-0 win over Fulham at Anfield that lifts them into seventh position.

Aston Villa survived a late rally from a spirited Wigan side to secure their second consecutive league victory.

Dimitar Berbatov's second half brace helped Manchester United fight back from two-down at Blackpool to win 3-2 at Bloomfield Road.

Goals from Dimitar Berbatov (2) and Javier Hernandez secured a stunning comeback for Manchester United against Blackpool at Bloomfield.

Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires were all on target as Chelsea secured a comfortable 4-0 win at Bolton.

Chelsea got firmly back into the Premier League title race thanks to a comprehensive 4-0 win at Bolton on Monday evening.

Blackburn Rovers have climbed into the top half of the Premier League after a 2-0 win over West Brom at Ewood Park.

An own goal from Gabriel Tamas and a superb strike from David Hoilett were enough to give Blackburn all three points at Ewood Park.

Darren Bent was Aston Villa's hero on his debut as he scored the only goal to give Gerard Houllier's side a narrow win over Man City.

An injury-time equaliser from Marouane Fellaini leaves West Ham bottom of the tsble after an all-action clash at Goodison Park.

A late penalty from Charlie Adam was not enough for Blackpool as two goals from Kieran Richardson gave Sunderland the win.

Newcastle conceded a late goal again as Aaron Lennon's stoppage-time strike cancelled out Fabricio Coloccini's opener.

Robin van Persie hit a hat-trick against 10-man Wigan to take Arsenal, at least temporarily, into second spot in the table.

Dimitar Berbatov hit a hat-trick as Manchester United stretched their unbeaten run to 22 games with an easy 5-0 win over Birmingham.

Clint Dempsey scored twice as Fulham recorded a comfortable victory over 10-man Stoke City at Craven Cottage.

Fernando Torres struck twice as Liverpool got their first win under Kenny Dalglish with a deserved victory at Wolves.

Robin van Persie's second half header sealed Arsenal's 3-1 FA Cup third-round replay win at Leeds United.

Manchester City booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 4-2 win against Leicester City at Eastlands.

Spurs and Manchester United ended a closely fought encounter at White Hart Lane with a point apiece, despite Rafael seeing red.

Kenny Dalglish secured his first point since returning to Anfield after Dirk Kuyt's penalty earned Liverpool a 2-2 draw with Everton.

Birmingham took the lead through Roger Johnson but Aston Villa came away with a point thanks to James Collins' equaliser.

Asamoah Gyan salvaged a point for Sunderland deep into injury time to prevent Newcastle doing the double over their local rivals.

Arsenal run out winners as a Robin van Persie brace leaves West Ham bottom in what may be Avram Grant's final game in charge.

Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League for 24 hours at least following a thrilling 4-3 victory over Wolves.

Swansea moved to second place in the Championship table with a convincing 3-0 victory against struggling Crystal Palace.

Chelsea shrugged off a poor first half display to beat a Blackburn Rovers side lacking ambition at Stamford Bridge.

A brace from Peter Odemwingie and a James Morrison goal saw West Bromwich Albion edge a thrilling encounter against Blackpool.

Carlos Tevez bagged a brace as City sneaked past a Wolves side that refused to give up in an exhilarating clash.

Andrew Johnson came off the bench to net the equaliser with four minutes to play after Hugo Rodallega had given Wigan the lead.

Stoke ran out comfortable winners against Bolton thanks to goals from Danny Higginbottom and Matthew Etherington.

Gary Taylor-Fletcher and DJ Campbell's goals secured Blackpool a shock 2-1 win against Liverpool at Bloomfield Road.

Blackpool striker DJ Campbell's second half goal condemned Kenny Dalglish to a 2-1 defeat in his first league game as Liverpool boss.

Southampton are through to the fourth round of the FA Cup after beating Blackpool with goals from Lee Barnard and Guilherme Do Prado.

A route one goal from Tuncay was enough to save Stoke's blushes after Cardiff City capitalised on a slow start by the home side.

Bolton and Wigan battled out a draw at the Reebok Stadium with goals from Rodrigo Moreno and Ronnie Stam.

Blackburn increased the pressure on Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson by defeating the Reds 3-1 at Ewood Park.

Seamus Coleman's second half strike saw Everton claim three valuable points as the Toffees edged an entertaining clash.

Chelsea succumbed to defeat at the hands of a fortunate Wolves side at Molineux in what was a poor advert for the Premier League.

Emile Heskey squanders two chances and then sees red before Phil Bardsley comes up trumps for Sunderland against Aston Villa.

Leon Best scored a hat-trick on his first Premier League start as Newcastle secured an emphatic victory over hapless West Ham.

Arsenal were left frustrated as Manchester City parked the bus at the Emirates and took a goalless draw back up North to stay second.

United extended their lead at the top of the table to three points ahead of rivals Manchester City with a comfortable win against Stoke

Scott Dann's last gasp volley guided Birmingham City to their first away win of the season in a scintillating 2-1 win over Blackpool.

West Brom succumb to their fifth consecutive defeat as goals from Davies, Dempsey and Hangeland see Fulham come away with three points.

Shola Ameobi's first half strike gave Newcastle a 1-0 win at Wigan to leave the hosts stuck perilously close to the relegation zone.

Chelsea and Aston Villa finished with a point apiece after a remarkable game of football at an anxious Stamford Bridge.

Robin van Persie scored his first goal of the season as Arsenal recorded a convincing win over struggling Birmingham.

Gareth Bale's first half header gave Tottenham the victory against a spirited but goal-shy Fulham at White Hart Lane.

West Ham move out of the bottom three for the first time this season after picking up a huge win over relegation rivals Wolves.

Bolton took a first-half lead through Kevin Davies but Liverpool hit back through Fernando Torres and Joe Cole to secure a 2-1 win.

Sunderland secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Blackburn thanks to goals from Danny Welbeck, Darren Bent and Asamoah Gyan.

Stoke saw off a subdued Everton side with a 2-0 win thanks to a Kenwyne Jones strike and an own goal from Phil Jagielka.

Adam Johnson scored the only goal of the game as Manchester City moved level on points with the league leaders.

Manchester United's unbeaten run continued despite not playing well against West Brom, who missed a second-half penalty.