Chelsea’s Woes Continue, Man City Win

Chelsea have slumped to a 1-0 defeat at West Brom to crank up the pressure on Andre Villas-Boas.

Daniel Sturridge, so lively for England in midweek, wasted two golden chances to ease the pressure on his under-fire manager and he was made to pay for his profligacy as Gareth McAuley turned home Liam Ridgewell’s off-target shot eight minutes from time to give the Baggies the win.

Manchester City stretched their lead at the top to five points after beating Bolton 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium.

The hosts bombarded struggling Bolton’s goal and they eventually got their reward after 23 minutes when Gael Clichy’s strike flew past Adam Bogdan off Gretar Steinsson to give Roberto Mancini’s side the lead.

Mario Balotelli turned home Adam Johnson’s cross in the second half to seal a sixth straight win for the leaders.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez endured a day to forget against his former team Swansea as the league’s bottom side suffered yet another defeat, going down 2-0 thanks to two superb strikes from Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Sigurdsson put the Swans ahead with a superb curling effort in first-half injury time before the former Reading man sealed the win with a 30-yard piledriver.

Highly-rated to Swansea midfielder Nathan Dyer, watched by England interim head coach Stuart Pearce, was sent off for a late tackle on Jordi Gomez.

David Dunn stepped off the bench to snatch a point for Blackburn against Aston Villa at Ewood Park.

Villa looked set for a morale-boosting win when Charles N’Zogbia fired them ahead but Dunn denied Alex McLeish’s men all three points after heading home Bradley Orr’s cross with five minutes left to make the final score 1-1.

Bobby Zamora scored a crucial equaliser to earn QPR a 1-1 draw against Everton to prevent Mark Hughes’ side from slipping to yet another defeat at Loftus Road.