Newcastle United went back to the top of the Premiership this afternoon with a thrilling 3-1 win over previous pacemakers Leeds United.
It was the second time Newcastle had done the double over Leeds in as many seasons and the Yorkshire club were hit by the sending-off of Danny Mills for violent conduct midway through the second-half.
The Magpies lead Leeds by a point though both Manchester United and Arsenal can go above Newcastle on goal difference should they win tomorrow against Southampton and Liverpool respectively.
Elsewhere Chelsea's Premiership title hopes took another knock as they twice went ahead only to be held 2-2 by Bolton, a side they thrashed 5-1 three weeks ago and West Ham's Paolo di Canio handed his team a possible farewell present should he leave for Manchester United this week with the only goal against bottom side Leicester.
Blackburn ended a run of five defeats with a comprehensive 4-1 thrashing of Charlton Athletic.
Ipswich's recent revival continued as they saw off Spurs 2-1 and though they are still in the relegation zone they are only a point off Middlesbrough but Derby's relegation woes continued as they went down 2-1 at Aston Villa, who won for only the second time in 12 matches.
Middlesbrough lost 2-1 at Fulham despite taking the lead and Everton ended a run of five successive Premiership defeats with a 1-0 win over Sunderland, increasing the pressure on manager Peter Reid.