S druge strane, jedini hrvatski reprezentativac u Premier ligi, veznjak Portsmoutha Niko Kranjčar nije niti kandidirao za nastup na gostovanju protiv Wigan Athletica. Wigan je inače prekinuo niz od devet uzastopnih poraza slavivši sa 1-0.
U derbiju kola Liverpool i Everton su u gradskom derbiju odigrali 0-0, dok je Chelsea minimalnom 1-0 pobjedom na gostovanju kod Charltona smanjio zaostatak za vodećim Manchester Unitedom na tri boda, ali uz utakmicu više.
United će svoj dvoboj 26. kola u Londonu protiv Tottenhama odigrati u nedjelju.
REZULTATI SUBOTNJIH UTAKMICA 26. KOLA:
Aston Villa - West Ham United 1-0 (John Carew 36)
Blackburn Rovers - Sheffield United 2-1 (Morten Gamst Pedersen 22, 90 / Jonathan Stead 25)
Charlton Athletic - Chelsea 0-1 (Frank Lampard 18)
Fulham - Newcastle United 2-1 (Heidar Helguson 49, Brian McBride 73 / Obafemi Martins 90)
Manchester City - Reading 0-2 (Leroy Lita 79, 89)
Watford - Bolton Wanderers 0-1 (Nicolas Anelka 63)
Wigan Athletic - Portsmouth 1-0 (Lee McCulloch 68)
Liverpool - Everton 0-0
Middlesbrough - Arsenal 1-1 (Yakubu Aiyegbeni 63-11m / Thierry Henry 77)
Nedjelja:
Tottenham Hotspur - Manchester United
TABLICA: 1 Manchester United 25 19 3 3 57 18 60 2 Chelsea 26 17 6 3 45 19 57 3 Liverpool 26 15 5 6 39 17 50 4 Arsenal 25 13 7 5 46 21 46 5 Bolton Wanderers 26 13 5 8 30 27 44 6 Reading 26 12 4 10 39 34 40 7 Portsmouth 26 10 8 8 34 25 38 8 Everton 25 9 9 7 31 23 36 9 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 4 12 30 37 34 10 Newcastle United 26 9 6 11 32 35 33 11 Tottenham Hotspur 24 9 6 9 29 32 33 12 Middlesbrough 26 8 8 10 30 30 32 13 Aston Villa 26 7 11 8 28 31 32 14 Fulham 26 7 11 8 28 39 32 15 Manchester City 25 8 6 11 19 30 30 16 Sheffield United 26 7 6 13 22 35 27 17 Wigan Athletic 25 7 4 14 26 41 25 18 West Ham United 26 5 5 16 18 41 20 19 Charlton Athletic 26 5 5 16 20 45 20 20 Watford 25 2 9 14 14 37 15