Premiership round-up:  Chelsea continue to push Manchester United all the way to the Premiership crown following their  4-1 victory at West Ham.

The comprehensive victory, coming 24 hours after United stretched the gap at the top to six points by beating Sheffield United, also spelled doom for the Hammers, who now need a miracle to beat the drop.

Two sublime Shaun-Wright Phillips strikes in the first-half put Chelsea en route to a valuable three points.

A low left drive after shimmying past two defenders was topped by a stunning right-foot volley to cancel out Carlos Tevez's superb equaliser just a minute earlier.

Second half goals from Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba wrapped up an impressive display from the champions.

Liverpool moved back above Arsenal into third place after two Steven Gerrard goals settled a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough.

A sizzling 25-yard drive broke Boro's resistance just before the hour mark and seven minutes later, the skipper stepped up to put away a penalty after Andrew Davies had fouled Peter Crouch.

Blackburn have not given up hope of sneaking a UEFA Cup spot after a 3-1 win over rock bottom Watford.

Rovers were 2-0 up inside eight minutes as Christopher Samba and Jason Roberts found the target.

Douglas Rinaldi pulled one back for the visitors but before the half-time whistle, Benni McCarthy sealed the win with his 20th goal of the season.