EPL: Man City drop points, Liverpool drop even more

Sun	27/02/11	West Ham United	3 - 1	Liverpool	View events	More info
		Manchester City	1 - 1	Fulham	View events	More info

West Ham 3 Liverpool 1
Liverpool's recent resurgence was checked with a stunning display from Avram Grant's men, who are now only in the bottom three on goal difference.

West Ham went into the match looking to build on last week's heroic draw at West Brom, keenly aware a result against Liverpool would give them renewed hope in their battle to stay in the Premier League.

West Ham secured a vital victory in their battle to avoid relegation thanks to goals from Scott Parker, Demba Ba and Carlton Cole.

Glen Johnson pulled one back at the 2-1 mark but it was too late.

Manchester City 1 Fulham 1
The Blues had plenty of early possession but struggled to break the Cottagers down with Balotelli going closest but failing to hit the target from two Aleksander Kolarov corners.

The breakthrough came in the 26th minute when Balotelli exchanged passes with Tevez before shrugging off Murphy to fire a low 22-yard drive past Mark Schwarzer, which even drew a mini arms-wide celebration from the Italian.

Fulham pulled level two minutes after the break when Andy Johnson found space down the right and fired in a low cross that Duff tapped in at the far post.

Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester United	27	+36	60
2	Arsenal	27	+30	56
3	Manchester City	28	+19	50
4	Tottenham Hotspur	27	+7	47
5	Chelsea	26	+24	45
6	Liverpool	28	+1	39
7	Bolton Wanderers	28	+1	37
8	Sunderland	28	-2	37
9	Newcastle United	28	+4	36
10	Everton	27	-1	33
11	Stoke City	27	-3	33
12	Aston Villa	28	-12	33
13	Fulham	28	+0	32
14	Blackburn Rovers	28	-11	32
15	Blackpool	28	-13	32
16	Birmingham City	26	-10	30
17	Wolverhampton …	28	-15	28
18	West Ham United	28	-16	28
19	West Bromwich …	27	-17	28
20	Wigan Athletic	28	-22	27