Game Week 17- Review

William Gallas accepted the compliments of the season from his old club Chelsea in the feistiest of London derbies at the Emirates Stadium.The Arsenal captain cashed in on an uncharacteristic error from Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech on the stroke of half-time to head home the only goal of a pulsating match.The victory took Arsenal back to the top, a position they had relinquished for a couple of hours following Manchester United's triumph against Liverpool at Anfield.

Carlos Tevez got the goal as Manchester United produced another Anfield smash and grab to beat Liverpool 1-0 on Sunday. It was a similar story as in last season, Tevez turned the ball home from close range for the only goal of a game that Liverpool dominated.

The JJB Stadium witnessed one of the most thrilling matches of the Barclays Premier League season as Wigan Athletic threw away a three-goal lead before eventually overcoming 10-man Blackburn Rovers to end their 14-match winless run.Marcus Bent and Roque Santa Cruz both completed hat-tricks in an amazing match.

A stoppage-time penalty from Newcastle United's Joey Barton condemned Fulham to defeat at Craven Cottage.The home side had been seconds away from the draw they needed to clamber out of the Barclays Premier League's bottom three but were doomed to defeat when referee Howard Webb adjudged that Elliot Omozusi had fouled Alan Smith. Newcastle had shaded the match and Barton had cause to twice regret not finding the net for the first time since leaving Manchester City in the summer any earlier.

Stephen Hunt's second-half penalty halted a run of six successive away defeats for Reading.Hunt scored from the spot after he had been brought down by Birmingham City goalkeeper Maik Taylor following a weak back-pass from defender Mat Sadler.That cancelled out Mikael Forssell's first-half strike.It was Reading's first away point in four months since they drew with Manchester United at Old Trafford on the opening day of the campaign.

Bottom club Derby County suffered their seventh successive Barclays Premier League defeat and are now six points adrift of the team above them.In Paul Jewell's first home match in charge, it took a third goal in successive matches from Turkey international Tuncay Sanli to give Middlesbrough victory.

Manchester City secured a ninth successive Barclays Premier League home win in a six-goal thriller with Bolton Wanderers. City led, then trailed before securing the spoils thanks to Darius Vassell's second-half effort and an injury-time strike from Kelvin Etuhu.Goals from El Hadji-Diouf and Kevin Nolan had given Bolton a half time lead after Rolando Bianchi had scored an early goal for City.

Dimitar Berbatov notched an 81st-minute winner to claim Tottenham Hotpsur's first away league win of the season and leave Portsmouth cursing their inability to score at home.This was Pompey's first home league defeat since March and the end of their 11-match unbeaten run as they failed to take the opportunity to climb into the top four.

Aston Villa substitute Shaun Maloney earned his team a point with a superb free-kick to cancel out Danny Higginbotham's 10th-minute opener and deny the Black Cats two important points for their Barclays Premier League survival campaign.Sunderland manager Roy Keane was left to rue a series of gilt-edged opportunities which went begging before the break as his side lacked the ruthless edge they will need if they are to drag themselves away from the relegation zone.

Ayegbeni Yakubu continued his hot goal-scoring streak as Everton beat West Ham United for the second time in four days.The Nigerian pounced for his fifth goal in three matches - and 11th of the season - shortly before half-time as Everton sealed an away win. Andrew Johnson scored in the last minute as West Ham chased the match.