Premier League: Round-up of Tuesday's action

What a start for United, there's just 48 seconds on the clock when Wayne Rooney bursts past Richard Dunne and fires a shot, which Hot Shot Hamish would have been proud of past Brad Friedel to give the home side the lead ... Photograph: Roger Parker/EPA

... it's his first goal at Old Trafford for a year which is probably why Nani looks so happy, Rooney on the other hand looks a bit shocked by it Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images

It wasn't only Rooney who was in outstanding form, Brad Friedel between the Aston Villa sticks also had a blinder and stopped the scoreline from resembling that from a cricket match. It was a performance which belied his age of 39 and 9 months - which makes him Aston Villa's oldest ever player. Here he denies Nani. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

However, the Villa keeper couldn't keep out a second strike by Rooney on the stroke of half-time and he was unsighted when Vidic unleashed this thunderbolt just after the hour to make it 3-1. That's how the game finished so the victory meant that Arsenal had to win their game to keep the gap down to five points Photograph: Roger Parker/EPA

That's not what Arsenal need ... halfway through a dull first half, the outstretched leg of Koscielny diverts the ball to Louis Saha, who is behind him, and the Everton striker fires past Szczesny. The Arsenal players are furious and a particularly irate Fábregas argues with the referee, but the Arsenal captain's protests fall on deaf ears and Everton are 1-0 up Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

Andrey Arshavin makes an appearance just after the hour mark and then makes his mark on the game just eight minutes later when he slots the ball past Tim Howard to make it 1-1 Photograph: Tom Hevezi/AP

Then just five minutes later it's 2-1 when Laurent Koscielny finds himself unmarked around eight yards out and he directs a header past Howard and into the net. What a turnaround, Wenger must be a relieved man Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

... it's not long before his teammates are there celebrating with him. No wonder they're overjoyed, they've got out of jail after putting in a lacklustre performance. The game finishes 2-1 which means they're still five points behind United Photograph: Tom Hevezi/AP

It's a great start for West Brom as after five minutes Jerome Thomas finds Peter Odemwingie who is racing into the area before receiving the ball and clipping it past Ab-Habsi and make it 1-0 Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

The home side can only hold the lead for quarter of an hour before Charles N'Zogbia, taking a free kick which he won on the edge of the area, fired the ball goalwards and it deflected off Mulumbu and into the net, 1-1 Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

Wigan's Franco Di Santo and West Brom's Youssouf Mulumbu battle for the ball Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

Just before half-time Wigan take the lead, again from a free-kick. Ben Watson curled the ball into the box but everybody's head missed the ball and as West Brom keeper Myhill was anticipating a header he was wrong-footed and the ball bounced into the net. Wigan's keeper Ali Al Habsi celebrates and must be relieved that such a mistake didn't happen to him Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images

However he does end up picking the ball out of the net again just 11 minutes from the end when Marc-Antoine Fortune climbs above the Wigan defence to power a header into the net to make it 2-2 and claim a point for the Baggies Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

There's another early goal tonight as up at Stadium of Light and what a corker it was. Phil Bardsley, who's been inspired of late, received the ball on the half-way line and then steamed forward before cutting in and side stepping Mikel John Obi and then unleading a dipping shot from the edge of the area which flew past Petr Cech Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/EPA

The home side's lead only lasts 10 minutes as Ahmed Elmohamady is all over Ashley Cole as they go up for a ball in the Sunderland area and the ref points to the spot. Frank Lampard dispatches the resulting penalty with aplomb Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images

Chelsea take the lead midway through the first half when an exquisite ball from Anelka finds Salomon Kalou galloping through the Sunderland defence and all he has to do is gently use the outside of his boot to direct the ball past Craig Gordon, who has charged well outside of his area, with enough pace for it to roll into the empty net Photograph: Paul Thomas/Action Images

Just three minutes later, Chelsea are given a reminder that they are in game, when Kieran Richardson's smart free-kick goes under the wall and into the net, 2-2 and we're only just past the halfway mark in the first half Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images

Sunderland's Elmohamady tries to make amends for giving away the penalty by pushing forward and taking on the Chelsea defence Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

On the hour mark Chelsea take the lead again when captain John Terry rifles home a volley when the ball falls to him after Craig Gordon can only parry Frank Lampards shot Photograph: SCOTT HEPPELL/AP

Nicolas Anelka, who has been moved back to midfield for this match, is having a fantastic match and is a revelation in the centre of the park. He rounds off his performance by scoring on the whistle with a deft close-range finish which seals a 4-2 victory for the Blues. They're now in fourth place in the League, 10 points behind Manchester United Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images