That allowed Arsenal to move closer as they came from behind to beat Liverpool at Anfield which left Liverpool suffering a fourth home league and cup defeat this season.
Burnley stay thirteenth with the home draw against Fulham with one of the toughest home games of the season coming up on Wednesday/
The weekend stats are below along with the leading scorers in the Premier League, each club's disciplinary record and the next two sets of fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 12th December | |
Birmingham 1 West Ham 0 | Manchester United 0 Aston Villa 1 |
Bolton 3 Manchester City 3 | Stoke 2 Wigan 2 |
Burnley 1 Fulham 1 | Sunderland 1 Portsmouth 1 |
Chelsea 3 Everton 3 | Tottenham 0 Wolves 1 |
Hull 0 Blackburn 0 | . |
Sunday 13th December | |
Liverpool 1 Arsenal 2 | . |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | No team won by more than one goal |
Total goals scored | 26 (12 home - 14 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
Highest Attendance | 75,130 - Manchester United v Aston Villa |
Lowest Attendance | 18,397 - Burnley v Fulham |
Total Yellow Cards | 44 |
Total Red Cards | 3 |
Most cards in a game | Birmingham v West Ham (7Y 1R) - Lee Mason |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
13 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
12 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) |
11 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
10 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) Louis Saha (Everton) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
8 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) |
7 | Carlton Cole (West Ham) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) |
6 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robbie Keane (Tottenham) |
5 | Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Lee Bowyer (Birmingham) Clint Dempsey (Fulham) David Dunn (Blackburn) Steven Fletcher (Burnley) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) Bobby Zamora (Fulham) |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
19th Aug | 3 - Jermain Defoe - Hull v TOTTENHAM |
12th Sep | 3 - Yossi Benayoun - LIVERPOOL v Burnley |
26th Sep | 4 - Robbie Keane - TOTTENHAM v Burnley |
26th Sep | 3 - Fernando Torres - LIVERPOOL v Hull |
31st Oct | 3 - Aruna Dindane - PORTSMOUTH v Wigan |
21st Nov | 5 - Jermain Defoe - TOTTENHAM v Wigan |
28th Nov | 3 - Wayne Rooney - Portsmouth v MANCHESTER UNITED |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Arsenal | 37 | 0 | Liverpool | 22 | 3 |
| Aston Villa | 36 | 2 | Manchester City | 23 | 2 |
| Birmingham | 29 | 1 | Manchester United | 34 | 4 |
| Blackburn | 31 | 1 | Portsmouth | 40 | 2 |
| Bolton | 34 | 2 | Stoke | 38 | 1 |
| Burnley | 26 | 2 | Sunderland | 39 | 2 |
| Chelsea | 24 | 1 | Tottenham | 27 | 1 |
| Everton | 29 | 1 | West Ham | 39 | 3 |
| Fulham | 23 | 1 | Wigan | 23 | 0 |
| Hull | 36 | 2 | Wolves | 32 | 1 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Tuesday 15th December | |
Birmingham v Blackburn (20:00) | Manchester United v Wolves (20:00) |
Bolton v West Ham (20:00) | Sunderland v Aston Villa |
Wednesday 16th December | |
Burnley v Arsenal | Liverpool v Wigan (20:00) |
Chelsea v Portsmouth | Tottenham v Manchester City (20:00) |
Saturday 19th December | |
Arsenal v Hull (17:30) | Fulham v Manchester United |
Aston Villa v Stoke | Manchester City v Sunderland |
Blackburn v Tottenham | Portsmouth v Liverpool (12:45) |
Sunday 20th December | |
Everton v Birmingham | Wolves v Burnley (13:30) |
West Ham v Chelsea (16:00) | . |
Monday 21st December | |
Wigan v Bolton (20:00) | . |