Chelsea crash as Arsenal save face

Premiership review:  Middlesbrough breathed new life into the Barclays Premiership this afternoon with a surprise 3-0 win over…

Premiership review: Middlesbrough breathed new life into the Barclays Premiership this afternoon with a surprise 3-0 win over champions Chelsea.

The Londoners' defensive resilience deserted them as they lost by three goals for the first time under Jose Mourinho.

Boro - with just one win in 11 Premiership games before today - made a dream start when Brazilian defender Fabio Rochemback put them ahead inside the second minute.

Mark Schwarzer foiled Hernan Crespo with a brilliant double save late in the first half and Stewart Downing flicked in the second in stoppage time at the end of the first half.

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Aiyegbeni Yakubu got the third, collecting a kick from Schwarzer and taking the ball past a static John Terry before steering a shot in at the far post.

Arsenal midfielder Gilberto netted a stoppage-time equaliser to deny Bolton a win at Highbury which would have taken them above the Gunners into fifth place.

The visitors led from the 12th minute when Kevin Nolan beat Jens Lehmann with a Thierry Henry-style lob.

And, despite persistent Arsenal pressure, they looked set to hold out until the Brazilian found the back of the net in the third minute of time added on.

A goal from Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia saw the third-placed Reds win 1-0 at Wigan in the day's early kick-off, their first Barclays Premiership victory in five attempts.

Fulham hammered West Brom 6-1 with Heidar Helguson and Collins John netting two goals each.

A long punt forward from Antti Niemi set up their opener with the Norwegian firing home four minutes in. And Helguson's second came five minutes before the break, a header from Simon Elliott's free-kick.

The Cottagers were three goals to the good after three minutes of the second half when a brilliantly weighted ball over the top of the Baggies defence put Tomasz Radzinski in and the Canadian fired home.

Helguson might have had a hat-trick but his 58th minute shot was diverted in by Curtis Davies for an own goal, while the fifth arrived from Collins John after 83 minutes.

Kevin Campbell scored a late consolation for West Brom two minutes later but John completed the Baggies' punishment in stoppage time.

Everton earned a 1-0 win over Blackburn at Goodison Park despite having to turn to fourth-choice keeper John Ruddy and playing most of the match with 10 men.

The teenager came on for James McFadden after third-choice Iain Turner was red-carded for deliberate handball.

The young Scot was forced to block a defensive header from Alan Stubbs on the edge of the 18-yard box and walked in the ninth minute.

However, James Beattie's header after 33 minutes gave the home side, who also had three goals disallowed, the winner.

Newcastle earned a 2-1 win at Aston Villa after Shola Ameobi had given them an early lead when he diverted in a pass from Alan Shearer in the second minute.

Villa equalised when Luke Moore headed in a free-kick from fellow teenager Craig Gardner after 16 minutes.

But it was the visitors who went in 2-1 ahead at the break as Charles N'Zogbia got to the ball first when Thomas Sorensen saved Nolberto Solano's shot in the 29th minute.

Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given saved a penalty from Milan Baros in the 61st minute after Celestine Babayaro was red-carded for a foul on the Czech international in the Newcastle box.