Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: The Gunners' Marouane Chamakh holds off Alex in the biggest game of the day as first host fourth at Stamford Bridge
Having outmuscled the Arsenal defence in recent meetings between the clubs, Didier Drogba tries to make an impression in the early stages here too
Despite this, Arsene Wenger's side look comfortable in the opening exchanges and see Andrey Arshavin draw a great save from Petr Cech
However it is Chelsea who open the scoring when Drogba is the first to get to Ashley Cole's 39th-minute cross, flicking the ball in off the near post to the delight of the Blues fans
Carlo Ancelotti's team have the better chances after the break and seal the win when Alex's rocket of a free-kick finds its way through Arsenal's wall late-on to put them four points clear at the top
Liverpool 1-2 Blackpool: After a worrying run of form, the Reds receive a blow when injury forces star striker Fernando Torres to leave the action in only the 10th minute
Things deteriorate further for the hosts when Blackpool take the lead - Glen Johnson trips Luke Varney allowing Charlie Adam to slot home a penalty shortly before the half hour
The Tangerines stun the Anfield faithful again right on half-time when Varney stays just on-side to fire in off goalkeeper Pepe Reina to make it 2-0
Sotirios Kyrgiakos reduces the deficit in the 53rd minute but Blackpool hold on for a famous win to pile even more pressure on underfire Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson
Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United: The match gets off to a very unfortunate start when Magpies midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa suffers a suspected broken leg after tangling with Nigel de Jong
It gets even worse for the visitors in the 18th minute when Mike Williamson is controversially adjudged to have brought down Carlos Tevez who gets up and converts the resulting penalty
With everything seemingly going against them, Newcastle keep their composure and get back on level terms when Jonas Gutierrez smashes a fine shot past Joe Hart to make it 1-1 at the interval
The match appears to be heading for a draw until Roberto Mancini introduces Adam Johnson who in turn nets a 75th-minute winner to lift Manchester City to second in the Premier League
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