Ten-man Arsenal moved to the summit of the Premier League with a 2-0 home win over West Ham.
Denilson handed Arsenal the lead within five minutes, before Belgian centre half Thomas Vermaelen conceded a penalty and was subsequently given his marching orders on the stroke of half time. Manuel Almunia saved Diamanti's spot-kick to preserve the north London side's lead. Captain Cesc Fabregas settled the tie on 82 minutes from the penalty mark after Matthew Upson was adjudged to have handled the ball.
The win moves Arsenal a point clear at the top of The Premiership with Man United and Chelsea in action tomorrow afternoon. United host rivals Liverpool at 13:30 whilst Chelsea travel to Blackburn's Ewood Park in the 16:00 kick off. West Ham, however, failed to capitalise on defeats to relegation rivals Hull and Burnley, whilst seeing the two sides above them take positive results. West Ham's cushion between themselves and the drop zone remains at three.
Bristol City were pegged back from a two goal lead as Newcastle slip up at Ashston Gate.
First half goals from Lewin Nyatanga and Nicky Maynard handed caretaker Manager Keith Millen's side a 2-0 half time lead. But Newcastle made a strong comeback in the second half, with two goals in four minutes from Jonas Gutierrez and Andy Carroll leaving each side to share the spoils.
The result leaves Newcastle two points clear at the top of the table, with a game in hand over their three closest rivals. Boss Chris Hughton will be confident in promotion, but it is yet to be seen whether The Magpies will sustain their title charge. Bristol City, meanwhile, are seven points clear of the relegation zone and not yet safe from the drop.
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