Manchester City 4-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Wolves start the game 21 points behind their big-spending rivals but it is they who take the lead when Nenad Milijas prods home after seeing his initial shot saved
The visitors continue to play well but sadly for them it is a lead they cannot hold on to as Kolo Toure rifles home the equaliser from a 40th-minute corner
There appears to be little danger to Wolves when Carlos Tevez picks up the ball out on the right but after a fine solo run he gives City the lead for the first time in the match four minutes after the break
Having seen his brother score earlier in the game, Yaya Toure joins him on the scoresheet when he finishes well after being put through by new signing Edin Dzeko
Pablo Zabaleta lays on a second for Tevez (centre) in the 66th minute as City look like running up a cricket score against their relegation-threatened opponents
Instead of letting in a fifth or sixth goal Mick McCarthy's team regroup and pull the score back to 4-3 thanks to Kevin Doyle's penalty and Ronald Zubar's header but an equaliser eludes them
West Ham United 0-3 Arsenal: With Hammers manager Avram Grant rumoured to be leaving after the match, Robin van Persie makes things worse for the Israeli by giving the Gunners an early lead at Upton Park
New loan signing Wayne Bridge makes his debut for West Ham but he hesitates when trying to cut out Van Persie's cross and Theo Walcott nets a second to make it 2-0 at the interval
Bridge's nightmare start to life at the Boleyn Ground continues when he brings down Walcott for a penalty which Van Persie converts as Arsenal canter to victory
Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: After winning only one of their previous nine league games the Blues find themselves in front when Branislav Ivanovic (right) fires home from a corner shortly before the hour
With the game into its last 15 minutes Chelsea make sure of the points when Nicolas Anelka flicks home from another corner to raise them back into the top four
Stoke City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: The Potters have the chance to go level with the seventh-placed Trotters if they win and they have Danny Higginbotham (right) to thank for giving them a 1-0 lead at half-time
Tony Pulis's side wrap-up victory midway through the second half when Matthew Etherington wins and then converts a penalty after being fouled by Zat Knight
West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Blackpool: Having beaten Liverpool in their last match, Ian Holloway's side get off to a great start when David Vaughan fires a powerful effort into the top corner in the 11th minute
Albion got promoted alongside the Seasiders last season and have found the going tough of late but they respond well and get back on level terms in the 37th minute when Peter Odemwingie slides home an equaliser
With 52 minutes on the clock James Morrison pokes home from Jerome Thomas's cross as the Baggies turn the game on its head to take a 2-1 lead at the Hawthorns
Nearly half an hour passes before Blackpool equalise, Gary Taylor-Fletcher scoring for the second game running after getting on the end of Matt Phillips's cross
With his position under threat Baggies boss Roberto Di Matteo sees his players rally again and they claim the winner when Odemwingie volleys his second of the match late on
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Fulham: The Latics start the day in the bottom three but look to be heading out of it when Hugo Rodallega lifts goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi's long clearance over David Stockdale in the 57th minute
However, Mark Hughes and his charges leave the DW Stadium with a share of the points after seeing Andrew Johnson's deflected shot find the net to give the striker his first goal for nearly two years
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