Up at the top it was Arsenal who had the best result of the day. Manchester United were playing in the Carling Cup final and with Chelsea losing at home to Manchester City it gave the Gunners the opportunity to close the gap at Stoke. They did with two late goals securing a 3-1 win, although it came at a cost with the serious injury to Aaron Ramsey.
Spurs remain in fourth place, but there is a four horse race for that final Champions League spot that will probably run until the end of the season.
The weekend's stats are below with the Premier League's leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next group of fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 27th February | |
Birmingham 1 Wigan 0 | Chelsea 2 Manchester City 4 |
Bolton 1 Wolves 0 | Stoke 1 Arsenal 3 |
Burnley 1 Portsmouth 2 | . |
Sunday 28th February | |
Liverpool 2 Blackburn 1 | Tottenham 2 Everton 1 |
Sunderland 0 Fulham 0 | . |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Arsenal 3-1 v Stoke (away) |
Total goals scored | 21 (10 home - 11 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Frank Lampard (Chelsea) |
Highest Attendance | 42,795 - Liverpool v Blackburn |
Lowest Attendance | 19,714 - Burnley v Portsmouth |
Total Yellow Cards | 31 |
Total Red Cards | 4 |
Most cards in a game | Chelsea v Manchester City (4Y 2R) - Mike Dean |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
23 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
19 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
16 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) |
15 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) |
13 | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Louis Saha (Everton) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
12 | Frank Lampard (Chelsea) |
11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) |
9 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) |
8 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Bobby Zamora (Fulham) |
7 | Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Steven Fletcher (Burnley) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) |
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 |
11th Jan | 3 - Carlos Tevez - MANCHESTER CITY v Blackburn |
23rd Jan | 4 - Wayne Rooney - MANCHESTER UNITED v Hull |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Arsenal | 56 | 0 | Liverpool | 46 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 54 | 2 | Manchester City | 52 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 54 | 1 | Manchester United | 52 | 6 |
| Blackburn | 57 | 4 | Portsmouth | 68 | 4 |
| Bolton | 54 | 2 | Stoke | 64 | 4 |
| Burnley | 47 | 3 | Sunderland | 70 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 47 | 4 | Tottenham | 53 | 1 |
| Everton | 54 | 2 | West Ham | 56 | 3 |
| Fulham | 36 | 1 | Wigan | 45 | 1 |
| Hull | 56 | 4 | Wolves | 51 | 3 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 6th March | |
Arsenal v Burnley | Wolves v Manchester United (17:30) |
West Ham v Bolton | . |
Sunday 7th March | |
Everton v Hull (16:00) | . |
Monday 8th March | |
Wigan v Liverpool (20:00) | . |
Tuesday 9th March | |
Portsmouth v Birmingham | Sunderland v Bolton |
Wednesday 10th March | |
Burnley v Stoke | . |