Manchester United who took the lead but lost 3-1 at Everton, closed the gap on Chelsea who won 2-0 at Wolves, by winning their midweek match 3-0 at home to West Ham with 2 headers from Rooney and a late goal from Michael Owen. A last minute goal saw Portsmouth lose 2-1 to ten-man Stoke, while a screamer from Bobby Zamora gave Fulham a 2-1 victory at home to Birmingham. Liverpool and City drew blanks in Manchester, and Burnley scored twice at Aston Villa with the hosts scoring 5 times in between.
In the FA Cup replays Stoke deprived Manchester City of silverware with a 3-1 triumph in extra time, and Reading returned from West Brom with a 3-2 win also in extra time, while 2 late penalties from John Carew finally ended the hopes of Crystal Palace as Villa progressed with a 3-1 home win, and Roman Pavlyuchenko scored twice at Tottenham eased 4-0 past Bolton at white Hart Lane.
Chelsea lost their first leg of the Champions League 2-1 at Inter, while in the Europa League Fulham knocked holders Shakhtar Donetsk out of the competition with a 1-1 draw in Ukraine having won their home leg 2-1, and Liverpool won 3-1 at Unirea to go through, but Everton fell 3-0 at Sporting Lisbon. A last gasp goal gave Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win at Galatasaray to see the Spaniard through after they had only managed a home draw in their first leg.
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