Arsenal's stuttering Premier League form hit another bump on Wednesday as the Gunners drew 0-0 at Bolton. Arsenal are still winless in 2012 and they could do with three points when Blackburn come a-calling on Saturday. Blackburn did beat Arsenal at Ewood Park earlier in the season, a memorable 4-3 victory for Steve Kean. But Blackburn also suffered disappointment in their mid-week game as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Newcastle. Though neither side take any form into the game, Arsenal have a great record at home against their opponents, who's last victory at Arsenal came in 2002.

Arsenal

The 0-0 draw at Bolton in mid-week, while ending a three-match losing streak, stretched their winless run to four games. The 1-0 victory over QPR on New Year's Eve was the last time Arsenal tasted triumph in the Premier League, a run that has seen them sink to 7th place. Chelsea are now five points ahead in 4th place, which is by no means an unassailable lead. But in the coming weeks Arsenal face tough trips to Sunderland & Liverpool while there is also a small matter of AC Milan in the Champions League.

Manchester City welcome Fulham to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night looking to bounce back from their mid-week loss to Everton. The 1-0 reverse at Goodison Park on Tuesday allowed Manchester United to draw level on points with City at the top of the Barclays Premier League. But with United travelling to Chelsea only on Sunday, City can regain their three-point lead for at least 24 hours. The Cottagers drew 1-1 at home to West Brom on Wednesday as they began life after Bobby Zamora.

Fulham historically have a very poor away record in the Premier League and they have in fact won only four of their last 48 games on the road. But they have enjoyed a three-point return from three of their last six trips to the Eastlands. The last time Man City defeated Fulham at home was back in 2006 while City dropped their first points this season at the 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage in September.

After the leading 5 teams in the Barclays Premier League hogged their fair share of the limelight on Deadline Day, it was the turn of supporting cast to grab the headlines on Wednesday night. The biggest team in action was Arsenal, whose trip away to Bolton turned into another in a long series of disappointments with Robin van Persie denied twice by the woodwork. Newcastle took advantage of Arsenal's slip up to jump to fifth in the League table courtesy of a 2-0 away win at Blackburn Rovers. Fulham - West Brom and Aston Villa - QPR played out contrasting draws, while Sunderland leapt into the top half of the table thanks to a comfortable 3-0 home win against Norwich City.

Bolton 0-0 Arsenal

Arsenal dominated the first half and should have really been ahead if not for the wasteful nature of Arsenal's midfield runners with Ramsey, Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain all missing gilt-edged chances. Bolton had a couple of great opportunities of their own with David N'Gog denied once by Szczesny and then missing another after harrying the Arsenal back line. The second half saw Robin van Persie denied by the woodwork twice, first ghosting in to hit the near post from Sagna's cross and then seeing a delightful chip come back off the crossbar. Arsenal were fortunate not to concede a late penalty after Mark Davies made a nuisance of himself inside the box and the referee have a couple of opportunities that he could have pointed to the spot. Arsenal though hung on to end their run of three consecutive league defeats.

High flying Tottenham will travel to the cauldron that is Anfield to take on a buoyant Liverpool side that is on the back of three consecutive wins over the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tottenham themselves got back to winning ways in the league in comprehensive fashion against Wigan, after they had succumbed to a loss to league leaders Manchester City earlier.

Earlier in the season, the Reds were comprehensively beaten at White Hart Lane with Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel both seeing red and Emmanuel Adebayor, Jermain Defoe and Luka Modric all getting their names on the scoresheet in a 0-4 rout. In fact even last season in the penultimate league game, Spurs beat Liverpool at Anfield, with Rafael Van der Vaart opening the scoring and Luka Modric putting the tie to rest from the spot.

Manchester United travel to South-West London on Sunday as they take on Chelsea in a eagerly awaited Premier League clash. Games between Manchester United & Chelsea have decided the destination of the title in the last seven seasons. But Chelsea have fallen well behind their Northern rivals this season and with 12 points separating the two, the Blues are definitely out of the title race. Both teams were involved in mid-week, with United defeating Stoke City 2-0 at home while Chelsea drew 1-1 at Swansea.

The Red Devils are on a four-match winning run against Chelsea, stretching back to last season's Champions League quarter-finals. When the two sides met at Old Trafford earlier in the season, the defending Champions prevailed 3-1 in a very open game that is remembered for Fernando Torres' astonishing miss.

The Premier League had five games on show on Tuesday night as the fixtures went ahead under the shadow of Transfer Deadline Day. All top four sides were in action on a freezing night in England as the title race took another turn. Manchester United moved level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table after City lost 1-0 at Everton while United beat Stoke 2-0 at home. Third placed Tottenham kept up the pressure with a 3-1 triumph over Wigan while Chelsea needed a late own goal to save their skin in a 1-1 draw at Swansea. Finally, Liverpool hammered Wolves 3-0 at Molineux to leap frog Arsenal and Newcastle into 5th place.

Everton 1-0 Man City

The Toffees have been Roberto Mancini's bogey team over the past few years, repeatedly grounding the mega-rich Mancunians at Goodison Park. The league leaders were once again made to look dishevelled by David Moyes' side as a tight first half ensued. Denis Stracqualursi's strike was cleared off the line by Joleon Lescott as early as the 5th minute while Samir Nasri's long range shot against the post was the closest City came to an opener. While City did dominate possession, they lacked the usual rhythm and failed to test Tim Howard. When the clock hit the hour mark, Everton were in the lead as Darron Gibson scored his first goal for the club with an effort from the edge of the box that went past Joe Hart thanks to a deflection off Gareth Barry. The max City could muster in terms of a response were half-chances courtesy of Nasri. City continue in top spot while Everton jump to 9th place. (read more)