"Premier" League - "Chelsea" pulling away from the chasers © EuroFootball.com

On Tuesday, there were nine matches in the English Premier League. This day was more successful for the guests - they won four times. Three matches ended with victories for the hosts and draws.

The leader "Chelsea" won their fifteenth victory in the championship. This time, Roman Abramovich's club narrowly defeated "Portsmouth" as guests. After this victory, the London club increased their lead over second-placed "Arsenal" to eight points, although the Gunners have played fewer matches.

"Liverpool", who have been gaining momentum, won their third consecutive victory. Yesterday, they narrowly defeated "Southampton" in their home stadium "Anfield". Third-placed Liverpool club "Everton" lost three points by unexpectedly losing to "Charlton" away.

Today, "Man Utd" also won, defeating "Aston Villa" by a narrow margin. The only goal of the match was scored by Roy Giggs. In other matches, "Middlesbrough" beat "Norwich" 2-0, while the match between "Man City" and "W.B.A." ended in a 1-1 draw.

All the results of Tuesday:

0 - 1
6' [0 - 1] Paul Dickov

2 - 0
82' [1 - 0] Talal El Karkouri
85' [2 - 0] Hermann Hreidarsson

83' Duncan Ferguson ("Everton") sent off

2 - 3
25' [0 - 1] Emile Heskey
34' [1 - 1] Sylvain Legwinski
41' [1 - 2] Darren Carter
53' [1 - 3] Robbie Savage
90' [2 - 3] Tomasz Radzinski

1 - 1
32' [1 - 0] Nicolas Anelka
85' [1 - 1] Richard Dunne (own goal)

17' Thomas Gaardsoe ("W.B.A.") sent off

2 - 0
52' [1 - 0] Joseph Desire Job
54' [2 - 0] Joseph Desire Job

0 - 2
79' [0 - 1] Arjen Robben
90' [0 - 2] Joe Cole

1 - 1
54' [1 - 0] Jermain Defoe
79' [1 - 1] Andrew Johnson

1 - 0
44' [1 - 0] Florent Sinama Pongolle

0 - 1
41' [0 - 1] Ryan Giggs