Game Week 12- Review

Arsenal signalled their determination to fight Manchester United all the way for the Barclays Premier League crown with a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser from captain William Gallas in the 2-2 draw at Emirates Stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo's goal with eight minutes remaining looked set to send the champions back to the top of the league and ending the Gunners' unbeaten run, which stretched back to 24 matches.

Clint Dempsey and David Healy came up with late goals to clinch only the second Barclays Premier League win of the season for Fulham and leave Reading still searching for their first success away from home. Steve Coppell's side looked like doing it when suffocating pressure at the start of the second half brought Kevin Doyle's equaliser after Simon Davies had shot the home side in front early on.

Everton left it late to secure all three points at Goodison Park, thanks to stoppage time goals from Lee Carsley and James Vaughan. Steve Bruce's Birmingham side will feel hard done by not to have got anything from a match that looked as though it was heading for a draw after Kapo c.ancelled out Yakubu's early strike for the visitors.

Aston Villa duo Martin Laursen and Ashley Young put Derby County deeper into the relegation mire with second-half goals at Villa Park. Laursen and Young struck twice in the space of four minutes to end the resistance of the Rams who have still to notch an away goal in the Barclays Premier League this season.

Liverpool slumped to their second draw in as many weeks against Blackburn.Despite a number of chances, neither side managed to break the deadlock at Ewood Park. Both sides had to settle for a point, with Blackburn maintaining their impressive form in the Barclays Premier League. Liverpool looked threatening after the introduction of Peter Crouch midway through the second half, but the home team managed to contain the danger.

Chelsea failed to hit the heights of last week's 6-0 defeat of Manchester City against Wigan Athletic at the JJB, but two fine first-half goals were enough to put them back in the Barclays Premier League hunt. Rivals Manchester United and Arsenal drew earlier in the day, ensuring Chelsea's two Shaun Wright-Phillips inspired goals were enough to see them cut the gap at the top.

Portsmouth turned in a stunning display of finishing to condemn Newcastle United to their first home defeat of the season. The visitors raced into a 3-0 lead within 11 minutes of kick-off as Noe Pamarot, Benjani Mwaruwari and John Utaka struck in quick succession. Sol Campbell's 15th-minute own goal pulled one back for the home side before Niko Kranjcar wrapped up the win with a 70th-minute free-kick to clinch a fourth successive away victory.

Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Luke Young spoilt Juande Ramos' first match as a Barclays Premier League manager as Middlesbrough claimed a deserved point at the Riverside Stadium. Darren Bent put the visitors ahead against the run of play after 35 minutes with a low shot from 15 yards. But Young ensured both sides' search for a league victory continued with a long range piledriver in the 52nd minute.

George McCartney's first goal for the Hammers was cancelled out at the death by Bolton Wanderers' Kevin Nolan. West Ham United looked likely to have secured all three points with just seconds remaining on the clock before Nolan dealt Alan Curbishley's side a blow. The hard fought point for the Trotters takes them closer to easing their relegation worries, as they move to one point from safety.