Premiership Round-up:Chelsea kept the pressure on Manchester United at the top of the Premiership table with a 1-0 win over London rivals Tottenham in a lacklustre game at Stamford Bridge.
Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho grabbed the only goal in the 52nd minute when he was allowed to advance and unleash a low shot from 35 yards which England goalkeeper Paul Robinson failed to get down to.
The win cut Manchester United's lead to three points, with the Red Devils facing a tricky task away to Portsmouth in the evening kick-off.
The battle for top-flight survival is still tight with West Ham gaining a vital and surprising three points with a 1-0 win away to Arsenal.
Fourth-placed Gunners were on top for most of the match but Bobby Zamora was clinical when he raced clear on the stroke of half-time and lobbed a left-foot shot over Jens Lehmann.
The Hammers' third straight win moved them onto 29 points, just two behind Charlton who drew with Manchester City on Good Friday and Sheffield United, who lost 2-1 to Newcastle today.
Sheffield United are in the relegation zone on goal difference after the defeat at Bramall Lane. Obafemi Martins' 17th-minute strike separated the teams at the break but Frenchman Christian Nade drew the Blades level with a cool sidefoot finish in the 74th minute.
The Magpies' winner came when Steven Taylor rose highest to head in James Milner's right-wing corner.
Wigan remain in deep trouble, just two points above the drop zone after a 3-1 home defeat to north-west rivals Bolton.
The Latics forged ahead when Paul Scharner burst into the box in the 32nd minute and squared the ball into the path of Emile Heskey, who bundled the ball over the line.
Sam Allardyce's men recovered and Nicolas Anelka drew them level a minute before half-time.
Wanderers took the lead in the 68th minute when El-Hadji Diouf played in Andranik Teymourian and the Iranian kept his nerve to score.
He added his second five minutes later when he headed in Kevin Davies' cross.
Watford are now nine points adrift at the bottom after a 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough.
Gareth Southgate's men were ahead inside five minutes as Adam Johnson's cross from the right picked out Stewart Downing at the far post and he headed the ball back across goal for Mark Viduka to prod home from close range.
Damien Francis levelled for the Hornets (23) but George Boateng's shot deflected in off team-mate Chris Riggott to restore Boro's advantage four minutes later.
Viduka added a third in the 75th minute and laid on a fourth for Fabio Rochemback.
Aston Villa eased their own relegation worries by moving seven points clear of the bottom three with a 2-1 win at Blackburn.
Benni McCarthy put Rovers in front with a 24th-minute penalty after Phil Bardsley had tripped Morten Gamst Pedersen.
Villa hit back 10 minutes later as Bardsley supplied a cross from the right and Patrik Berger steered the ball past Brad Friedel.
Gareth Barry had a penalty saved by Friedel in the second minute of the second half but Martin O'Neill's men were not to be denied and Gabriel Agbonlahor raced clear to score in the 73rd minute.
Liverpool moved three points clear of Arsenal in third after a 1-1 draw at Reading.
Peter Crouch slipped the ball through for the advancing Alvaro Arbeloa and the Spanish full-back curled a shot past Marcus Hahnemann in the 15th minute.
Reading equalised in the 47th minute when Brynjar Gunnarsson angled a shot in across Jose Reina.
Premiership Results
Arsenal 0-1 West Ham
Blackburn 1-2 Aston Villa
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
Middlesbro' 4-1 Watford
Portsmouth 0-0 Man Utd (5.15pm)
Reading 1-2 Liverpool
Sheff Utd 1-2 Newcastle
Wigan Athletic 1-3 Bolton
