Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal
West Brom 1-0 Chelsea
Man City 2-1 Bolton
Blackburn 1-1 Aston Villa
QPR 1-1 Everton
Stoke 1-0 Norwich
Wigan 0-2 Swansea
Robin Van Persie rescued Arsenal again with both goals in their 2-1 win over Liverpool while West Brom outplayed Chelsea to deserve a 1-0 win against the Blues.
The pressure on Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas intensified as his team lost 1-0 to in-form West Brom at the Hawthorns.
Daniel Sturridge, so lively for England in midweek, wasted two golden chances to ease the pressure on his under-fire manager and he was made to pay for his profligacy as Gareth McAuley turned home Liam Ridgewell's off-target shot eight minutes from time to give the Baggies the win.
Arsenal are now three points clear of the Blues in fourth after they beat Liverpool at Anfield thanks to yet another van Persie rescue mission.
The Londoners fought back, though, equalising on the half hour through captain Van Persie, who then went on to snatch all three points with a superb injury-time strike - his 25th league goal of the season.
Manchester City stretched their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to five points after beating Bolton 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
The hosts bombarded struggling Bolton's goal and they eventually got their reward after 23 minutes when Gael Clichy's strike flew past Adam Bogdan off Gretar Steinsson to give Roberto Mancini's side the lead.
Mario Balotelli turned home Adam Johnson's cross in the second half to seal a sixth straight win for the leaders.
The victory puts pressure on neighbours Manchester United, who will aim to reduce City's lead with a win at Tottenham on Sunday.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez endured a day to forget against his former team Swansea as the league's bottom side suffered yet another defeat thanks to two superb strikes from Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson put the Swans ahead with a superb curling effort in first-half injury time before the former Reading man sealed the win with a 30-yard piledriver.
Highly-rated to Swansea midfielder Nathan Dyer, watched by England interim head coach Stuart Pearce, had a day to forget though as he was sent off for a late tackle on Jordi Gomez.
David Dunn stepped off the bench to snatch a point for Blackburn against Aston Villa at Ewood Park.
Villa looked set for a morale-boosting win when Charles N'Zogbia fired them ahead but Dunn denied Alex McLeish's men all three points after heading home Bradley Orr's cross with five minutes left.
Bobby Zamora scored a crucial equaliser for QPR against Everton to prevent Mark Hughes' side from slipping to yet another defeat at Loftus Road.
Royston Drenthe slammed home a brilliant 25-yard strike to put the Toffees ahead and put Rangers on course for yet another defeat before Zamora came to the rescue just before the break.
Paul Lambert's Norwich suffered their sixth away defeat of the season after going down to a second-half strike from Matthew Etherington at Stoke.
Etherington latched on to Cameron Jerome's flick-on and smashed a shot past John Ruddy to give the Potters the win.
Saturday 3rd March 2012
 | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man City | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 69 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 50 | 66 |
| 2 | Man Utd | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 37 | 61 |
| 3 | Tottenham | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 53 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 49 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 46 |
| 6 | Newcastle | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 43 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Stoke | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -11 | 36 |
| 9 | West Brom | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Norwich | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 27 | -6 | 35 |
| 11 | Everton | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 34 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 13 | Fulham | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 14 | Swansea | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -4 | 33 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 16 | QPR | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -18 | 22 |
| 17 | Wolverhampton | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -21 | 22 |
| 18 | Blackburn | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 33 | -22 | 22 |
| 19 | Bolton | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -27 | 20 |
| 20 | Wigan | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -29 | 20 |
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