Second-half goals from El-Hadji Diouf and Kevin Davies gave surprising Bolton to a 2-1 victory on Sunday over Newcastle. The win improved Bolton to 21 points, good for fourth place in England behind leaders Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton.
Newcastle’s Darren Ambrose equalised for Newcastle early in the second half, setting the stage for Davies’s 70th-minute winner.
The loss was the first for Newcastle coach Graeme Souness since moving to the club in early September from Blackburn.
Arsenal and Chelsea both have 26 points, followed by Everton (23), Bolton (21), Middlesbrough (18), Liverpool and Manchester United (17) and Newcastle (16).
On Saturday, Chelsea took advantage of a rare Arsenal slip to join the Gunners at the top of the Premier League. Chelsea won 4-1 at West Bromwich Albion on goals by William Gallas, Damien Duff, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Frank Lampard.
Arsenal needed a last-second goal by Robin van Persie to save a 2-2 draw against Southampton at Highbury.
Thierry Henry missed a first-half penalty but scored in the 67th minute. Rory Delap levelled in the 80th and put Saints ahead five minutes later to set up Persie’s winner in second-half injury time.
The team who ended Arsenal’s 49-game unbeaten league streak a week ago, Manchester United, couldn’t maintain that form. The Red Devils lost 2-0 at Portsmouth on a David Unsworth penalty and an Aiyegbeni Yakubu strike.
In other games on Saturday: Birmingham 0, Crystal Palace 1; Charlton 1, Middlesbrough 2; Everton 1, Aston Villa 1; Fulham 2, Tottenham 0; Blackburn 2, Liverpool 2. — Sapa-AP