Barclays Premier League Round-Up

The premier league games on Saturday 4th December, 2010 saw Chelsea and Spurs drop points as Arsenal went top of the league after a 2-1 victory over Fulham at the Emirates stadium.

Samir Nasri celebrates with his team mates.

Manchester United missed out after their game with Blackpool fell foul of the bad weather conditions which gave Arsenal and Chelsea the chance to go back to the top. However it was Arsenal who capitalised and took full advantage thanks to two skillful goals from Samir Nasri. It was the Frenchman who made it 1-0 to the home side in the 14th minute but Fulham hit back 16 minutes later with a goal from Diomansy Kamara. With about 15 minutes to go, Nasri grabbed his second with another classy goal to give Arsenal the three points.

Chelsea captain Terry  shows frustration.

Chelsea's dismal run of results recently continued at home to Everton. Didier Drogba ended a long goal draught putting a penalty away after a foul by Toffees keeper Tim Howard who was lucky not to be sent off. It was looking good for Chelsea but their second half performance dipped and Everton equalised in the 86th minute through former Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford who claimed his second premier league goal to give him a big confidence boost. 7 minutes were added on at the end due to a head injury suffered by Chelsea shot stopper Petr Cech. Despite this long amount of time, neither side could find a winner and it remained 1-1. Chelsea have now won just 1 game in the last 6 matches and dropped to third in the table.

The Spurs free-kick that led to Bassong's goal.

Elsewhere Spurs dropped points at Birmingham despite taking the lead through Sebastian Bassong. It wasn't to be victory for the visitors though as Craig Gardner made it 1-1 in the 81st minute and the game ended at 1-1.

Blackburn players celebrate their second goal.

 Blackburn Rovers bounced back from their heavy 7-1 defeat to Manchester United last weekend with an impressive 3-0 win over Wolves at Ewood Park. Goals from Dunn, Emerton and Nelson secured a comfortable 3 points for Sam Allardyce's men.

Carlos Teves after giving City an early lead.

At Eastlands Manchester City claimed an important 1-0 victory over high flying underdogs Bolton Wanderers. A 4th minute goal from Argentine Carlos Tevez proved to be decisive despite City finishing the game with 10 men thanks to two bookable offencec committed by Aleksander Kolarov.

Wigan's Mohamed Diame battles with Stoke's John Walters.

An interesting game was witnessed at the DW stadium where Wigan drew 2-2 with Stoke City who are now unbeaten in five games. The Potters took the lead through a 40 yard free-kick from Robert Huth which appeared to have taken a deflection which sent Ali Al Habsi the wrong way in the Wigan goal. But Wigan hit back after an own goal from Stoke defender Danny Collins. The visitors responded immediately and Matthew Etherington regained the lead for Stoke but in the 40th minute Tom Cleverly equalised for the home side and it finished 2-2. Stoke moved up to 7th in the table.