On Saturday Manchester City were at home to Wolves. Wolves would have been forgiven for thinking this would be a difficult task however they pushed city all the way in a pulsating encounter. City ended up winning 4-3 to take them top of the league.
Chelsea were at home to Blackburn in a game that was a must win for the Blues. Chelsea started brightly and controlled much of the game. In the end they were too strong for Blackburn running out 2-0 winners at the Bridge.
Arsenal also won as they faced a tricky trip across town to local rivals West Ham. With the Hammers fighting for survival this promised to be a fantastic match up. Arsenals quality showed in the end with a 3-0 win to keep the pressure on City and United at the summit of the Premiership.
In other weekend matches, Birmingham and Aston Villa played out a 1-1 draw in the midlands derby. West Brom beat Blackpool 3-2 in the battle of the promoted clubs, while Wigan and Fulham played out a 1-1 draw. Stoke City were too strong for Bolton, coming out 2-0 victors whilst in the north east derby Sunderland and Newcastle shared the spoils with an entertaining 1-1 draw. In the big mersyside derby honours were even with a 2-2 draw between the mersyside heavy weights.
Man Utd
　 45
Man City
　 45
Arsenal
　 43
Chelsea
　 38
Tottenham
　 37
Sunderland
　 34
Bolton
　 30
Stoke City
　 30
Newcastle
　 29
Blackpool
　 28
Blackburn
　 28
Everton
　 26
Liverpool
　 26
WBA
　 25
Fulham
　 23
Birmingham
　 23
Aston Villa
　 22
Wigan Athletic
　 22
Wolves
　 21
West Ham Utd
　 20