Chelsea maintained their lead at the top of the Premiership with a 2-0 victory over Wolves at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals from Florent Malouda and substitute Salomon Kalou, but the victory was not as comprehensive as was widely expected as Wolves battled hard throughout the game. Meanwhile, in the battle for second position Arsenal gave Manchester City a footballing lesson following the early dismissal of centre back Dedryck Boyata for a desperate lunge on Marouane Chamakh when through on goal. Following the sending off the Gunners were rarely troubled by City who also lost their captain Carlos Tevez early in the second half due to injury, and goals from Samir Nasri, Alex Song and Nicklas Bendtner sealed the comprehensive victory. At the Britannia Stadium Manchester United suffered another defensive lapse to allow Tuncay to equalise following a great moment of opportunism from Javier Hernandez. However, Utd were not to be denied with a second goal from their young inform striker who was given his second start of the season due to Wayne Rooney’s absence because of injury. A similar situation was evident at Anfield where Liverpool won only their second match of the season against Blackburn Rovers thanks to a much needed goal from Fernando Torres. The Reds were leading thanks to a second goal in as many matches from Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos but were pegged back as a El-Hadji Diouf shot was deflected back into the goal off the face of the hapless Jamie Carragher. For the latest league table click here
Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 Everton
Birmingham 2 – 0 Blackpool
Chelsea 2 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sunderland 1 – 0 Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion 2 – 1 Fulham
Wigan Athletic 1 – 1 Bolton Wanderers
West Ham United 1 – 2 Newcastle United
Stoke City 1 – 2 Manchester United
Liverpool 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers
Manchester City 0 – 3 Arsenal
