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Premier League: Fulham edge past Spurs
Fulham beat Tottenham 1-0 on Tuesday, while Wigan jumped over Arsenal into fifth place with a 1-1 draw against Everton.
Carlos Bocanegra scored in second-half injury time and Fulham beat Tottenham 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday, while Wigan jumped over Arsenal into fifth place with a 1-1 draw against Everton.
Tottenham finished the match with 10 men after defender Michael Dawson was sent off in the 72nd minute for a second yellow card. Bocanegra headed in a Simon Elliott free kick in the 91st minute. Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson made three outstanding saves to deny Fulham striker Brian McBride.
Chelsea leads the league with 62 points, followed by Manchester United with 48, Liverpool with 44, Tottenham with 41, Wigan with 38 and Arsenal with 37.
Wigan and Everton both finished with 10 men at the JJB Stadium. Everton striker Duncan Ferguson had played only seven minutes before drawing a red card from referee Mike Dean for punching Paul Scharner in the stomach in the 80th minute. Three minutes later, Wigan striker Jason Roberts also was sent off for elbowing David Weir in the face.
Everton took the lead in the ninth minute when Wigan's David Thompson scored an own goal. Paul Scharner leveled for Wigan in the 45th.
At The Valley, West Brom marked its 100th Premier League game with a lackluster 0-0 draw.
Middlesbrough beat Sunderland 3-0 at the Stadium of Light for its first league win in 10 matches. Emanuel Pogatetz, Stuart Parnaby and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored for Boro.
Sunderland has won only two of 23 league games this season and has only nine points, leaving it in last place, eight points behind the next closest team, Portsmouth.
Reading appears the likely candidate to replace a relegated Sunderland next season after a 4-0 win over Norwich. Nicky Shorey, Steve Sidwell, Leroy Lita and Bobby Convey all scored to stretch Reading's unbeaten league run to 30 and increase its lead atop the Football League Championship standings to 10 points.
