Saturday's football photos
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Supporters from across the country continue to send tributes to Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba who is recovering in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest last weekend
Bolton 2-1 Blackburn: After an emotional week, Bolton players are put through their paces in training by manager Owen Coyle before their relegation battle against Blackburn at the Reebok Stadium
A fantastic atmosphere is building at the Reebok Stadium on what will be an emotionally charged day and Bolton players mark the occasion during their warm-up by wearing Fabrice Muamba's number six shirt
Bolton take lead after Martin Petrov's cross is flicked on by a Blackburn defender and then met by defender David Wheater, whose header finds the net
Bolton go 2-0 up after loan signing Ryo Miyaichi's corner is met by Wheater, who directs another header past goalkeeper Paul Robinson from six yards out
Blackburn are back in the game after Morten Gamst Pedersen's long throw from the right is met by the onrushing Steven Nzonzi, whose header loops over home keeper Adam Bogdan. But the day belongs to Bolton and their supporters who chanted Fabrice Muamba's name throughout their win
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham: Harry Redknapp is hoping to get his Spurs side back to winning ways after a dip in form that let north London rivals Arsenal overturn a 10-point deficit and overtake them in the battle for a Champions League spot
Spurs nearly take the lead after a cross from the left gives Rafael van der Vaart a superb chance to score but his shot from 10 yards is saved by Petr Cech. Frank Lampard (centre) goes to ground in the box as William Gallas (right) and Younes Kaboul (left) crowd out the midfielder, but fails to win a penalty.
It's all over and Spurs' winless record at Stamford Bridge stretches to 22 years now. Gareth Bale's powerful header hit the woodwork and Emmanuel Adebayor fails to find the back of the net after rounding Cech. Juan Mata (right) hit the post from a free-kick for Chelsea who stay fifth, five points behind Spurs
Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: Kieran Gibbs gives Arsenal a 1-0 lead after he fires a low angled shot from the right, which Shay Given is unable to stop and Theo Walcott makes it 2-0 after controlling Alex Song's pass and and side-footing past Shay Given at the near post
Mikel Arteta fires in a superb free-kick from 25 yards to make it 3-0 to earn the Gunners' their seventh consecutive league win
Norwich 2-1 Wolverhampton: Matt Jarvis puts Wolves ahead but Norwich equalise 84 seconds later through Grant Holt (left) Holt then smashes the ball straight down the middle after the Canaries are awarded a penalty but is later sent off. Wolves have now slumped to their fourth successive defeat
Sunderland 3-1 QPR: Sunderland make the breakthrough after James McClean delivers a cross from the left and Nicklas Bendtner rises to head into the far corner of Paddy Kenny's net
QPR's job gets even tougher as Djibril Cisse's flying two-footed challenge on Fraizer Campbell sees him receive a straight red card. James McClean scores a second and Stephane Sessegnon's side-foot from six-yards makes it 3-0 at the Stadium of Light
Swansea 0-2 Everton: Leighton Baines floats a superb 20-yard free-kick over the wall and into the top corner of the net to make it 1-0 to Everton and they extend their lead when Nikica Jelavic side-foots home from the edge of the six-yard box . The defeat ends Swansea's run of three consecutive victories
Liverpool 1-2 Wigan: Liverpool manage to level the score at 1-1 through Luis Suarez's 12th goal of the season after falling behind to Shaun Maloney's penalty. But centre-back Gary Caldwell makes it to 2-1 to Wigan at Anfield and ensures his side take away three vital points
Stoke 1-1 Manchester City: Spanish midfielder David Silva sees plenty of the ball in the opening exchanges at the Britannia Stadium as Manchester City look to take the sting out of the game early on. But Stoke are clearly up for it as they hunt in packs in midfield to deny their opponents space
Peter Crouch scores a fantastic goal after he flicks the ball up and hits it first time on the volley from 25 yards, sending his shot over Joe Hart and into the far corner of the net
Yaya Toure equalises for Manchester City after he lets fly from 35 yards and the ball takes a telling deflection off Ryan Shawcross' head and goes past Asmir Begovic to make it 1-1 with 15 minutes to go
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini (centre) knows it is two points dropped for his side that hands the initiative to rivals Manchester United in the title race. City are top, but only on goal difference, and United will be favourites to take a three-point lead when they face Fulham at home in their game in hand on Monday