Bolton remained in the relegation zone and went bottom of the league as their poor home form continued. Aston Villa visited the Reebok needing the points to halt their bad form and started brightly going 2-0 up courtesy of 2 great goals. Bolton scored to bring the game back to within 1 goal however couldn't equalize to leave Bolton desperately searching for points.
Other matches at the foot of the table saw Norwich climb into the top half with a surprise 4-2 win at home to Newcastle. QPR put up a good fight away at Liverpool only to end up on the wrong end of a 1-0 score line. Sunderland stole the points with 2 late strikes to defeat Blackburn 2-1 at the Stadium of Light whilst Stoke City halted Spurs great run winning 2-1 at home. Swansea took full points with a 2-0 win at home to Fulham.
Manchester United were too strong for Wolves at the top of the table with a 4-1 victory. After their mid week shock exit in the champion's League, only 3 points would do as they destroyed Wolves in front of their big crowd. Arsenal also continued their impressive form with a 1-0 win at home to Everton thanks to a fantastic strike from in form Van Persie.