Liverpool defeated Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League for the first time in two-and-a-half years.
Dirk Kuyt headed a flick on from Peter Crouch past Chelsea defender Paulo Ferreira inside the area and shot past goalkeeper Petr Cech in the fourth minute.
It was Cech's first game since he suffered a depressed skull fracture against Reading on Oct. 14 and the Czech Republic international wore a special helmet to protect his head.
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Jermaine Pennant then scored his first Liverpool goal to make it 2-0 in the 18th.
Chelsea stayed second with 51 points, with Liverpool third with 46.
Aston Villa 2, Watford 0
Aston Villa scored twice in the last four minutes to beat last-place Watford.
Watford defender Gavin Mahon scored an own-goal in the 86th before Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor made it 2-0 in the 90th with his sixth goal of the season.
It was Villa's first win in 12 league games, moving the team up one place to 14th.
Fulham 1, Tottenham 1
Pascal Chimbonda scored an 88th-minute equalizer for Tottenham to draw 1-1 at Fulham, which lost Heider Helguson in the 53rd minute to a second yellow card.
Vincenzo Montella had put Fulham ahead in the 84th with a penalty after Spurs defender Michael Dawson handled a shot from Brian McBride on the edge of the area.
Middlesbrough 5, Bolton 1
Stewart Downing played a part in Middlesbrough's first three goals, then scored the fourth.
Downing's free kick was headed onto the post by Abel Xavier and the rebound hit the leg of Bolton defender Gary Speed and went into his own net after six minutes.
Downing then set up Xavier to score in the 10th and Mark Viduka in the 23rd. Bolton pulled a goal back in the 25th through Kevin Nolan before Downing got on the scoresheet in the 43rd.
Bolton lost striker El Hadji Diouf to a red card in the 66th after he swore at referee Alan Wiley.
Viduka added his second in the 84th.
Newcastle 2, West Ham 2
Carlton Cole scored in the 18th minute, with Marlon Harewood adding West Ham's second four minutes later.
Newcastle, which was defeated 5-1 by Birmingham in a third-round FA Cup replay on Wednesday, rallied with a first half injury-time goal from James Milner.
Nolberto Solano converted a 53rd-minute penalty to make it 2-2, earned when a free kick from Milner was blocked by the arm of West Ham's Luis Boa Morte.
Portsmouth 0, Charlton 1
Former Portsmouth midfielder Amady Faye scored a 79th-minute winner for Charlton.
Andy Cole nearly leveled for Portmouth but was denied by Charlton goalkeeper Scott Carson.
It was Portsmouth's second defeat in 11 matches and it was only the second time this season that Pompey had failed to score at home.
Reading 3, Sheffield United 1
Shane Long scored his first Premier League goal in the 44th minute, scoring from a rebound after the ball had hit the legs of Reading teammate Steve Sidwell.
Reading went 2-0 up in the 50th minute through Ulises de la Cruz.
Five minutes later, Sheffield United midfielder Keith Gillespie was sent off soon after coming on as a substitute for hitting Stephen Hunt in the face.
Hunt scored in the 70th minute.
Manchester City 0, Blackburn 3
Morten Gamst Pedersen scored twice for Blackburn in a 3-1 win at Manchester City.
David Bentley crossed for Pedersen to score his first in the 44th minute with a header.
Pedersen's second was a curling 22m free kick in the 62nd. Blackburn goalkeeper Brad Friedel made a late save to stop Darius Vassell from scoring, after the Man City striker had taken a cross from substitute DaMarcus Beasley.
Matt Derbyshire added Blackburn's third in the 90th minute.
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