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Portsmouth 0-3 Arsenal

Arsenal's understrength side still had enough quality to beat Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

The Gunners were captained by Andrey Arshavin with the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Adebayor and Manuel Almunia all rested ahead of Tuesday night's Champions League semi-final, second leg against Manchester United.

Nicklas Bendtner put them ahead following a mistake by England goalkeeper David James on 13 minutes, before making it 2-0 from the penalty spot before half-time. Mexican Carlos Vela wrapped things up on 56 minutes.

Manchester City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Manchester City romped to an easy win over Blackburn Rovers at Eastlands.

Felipe Caicedo opened the Blues account 18 minutes before half-time with one of the scrappiest goals of the season.

But Robinho drilled home a second well enough before Elano added a third from the spot, ensuring Keith Andrews' second-half effort had minimal impact.

Chelsea 3-1 Fulham

Chelsea strolled to a comfortable win over west London rivals Fulham to keep-up the pressure on Liverpool.

Goals from Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba helped Guus Hiddink's side sharpen their attacking capabilities ahead of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final, second leg against Barcelona.

Anelka put Chelsea ahead inside 50 seconds but Erik Nevland levelled for Fulham four minutes later. Malouda restored Chelsea's lead in the 10th minute and Drogba ended the scoring with a third in the second half.

Wigan Athletic 0-0 Bolton Wanderers

Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers fought out the first ever goalless draw between the sides.

The sides had never previously finished blank in 21 meetings but this result inched Bolton a step closer to safety and badly hit Wigan's fading hopes of qualifying for Europe.

Goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen earned Bolton their point with three first-half saves.

The Finn twice denied Hugo Rodallega, once with the aid of a post, and also tipped over Mido's long-range effort.

However, the crossbar came to Wigan's rescue before the interval when Bolton defender Gary Cahill's deflected strike rebounded back of the woodwork.

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Jermaine Jenas scored the only goal as Tottenham Hotspur increased West Bromwich Albion's relegation fears.

Jenas netted two minutes before the break to maintain Spurs' push for a Europa League place and leave Albion in desperate danger of the drop.

Jermaine Defoe had an effort disallowed with Jonas Olsson going close for the Baggies. Heurelho Gomes made some fine saves for Spurs who have now chalked up six successive clean sheets at White Hart Lane.

Stoke City 0-1 West Ham United

Diego Tristan boosted West Ham's hopes of qualifying for the Europa League with the only goal of the match.

Tristan scored a superb free-kick after 32 minutes to leave Stoke City still searching for the win which would surely make them safe.

Middlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United

Manchester United's comfortable win stretched their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to six points.

Ryan Giggs fired the champions in front with a crisp left-foot drive on 25 minutes for his second league goal of the season.

Ji-Sung Park netted the second on 51 minutes, drilling in from Wayne Rooney's clever through-ball.

The victory means Sir Alex Ferguson's men now need just seven points from their remaining four matches to clinch a hat-trick of titles.

It also leaves Middlesbrough deep in relegation trouble three points adrift of safety with three to play.

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