Aston Villa and Tottenham, over the weekend, made their UEFA Champions League aspirations clear as they picked up home wins, Manchester City were held to a fifth successive draw as they played out a six goal thriller with Burnley and Arsenal hammered Wolves to go second.
At the foot of the table, Blackburn’s impressive home form was enough to see off basement dwellers Portsmouth 3-1, while it was a case of cruise control for Villa as they thumped a dismal Bolton 5-1 in the Midlands.
Arsenal wins
Free-scoring Arsenal moved to within two points of leaders Chelsea courtesy of an emphatic 4-1 victory at Molineux, with Wolves’ resistance subsiding after a bright 20 minutes opening.
There was a fair amount of fortune about the opening two goals as Ronald Zubar inadvertently turned a Cesc Fabregas corner into his own net on 28 minutes before Eduardo’s audacious chip took a decisive deflection off Jody Craddock seven minutes later.
Fabregas then fired in a third after a typically slick move on the stroke of half-time and Andrey Arshavin got in on the act midway through the second period with a well-struck effort from outside the area.
Craddock nodded in a late consolation for Wolves but Arsene Wenger will have been delighted with another impressive Arsenal performance that again underlined their title credentials.
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