Manchester City bounce back as Portsmouth slip

Manchester City FC came from behind to beat Bolton Wanderers FC 4-2, keep their 100 per cent home record and move joint-fourth in the Premier League alongside Portsmouth FC, who lost 1-0 at home against Tottenham Hotspur FC, and Liverpool FC.

Berbatov winner
The four leading title contenders are in action on Sunday, with champions Manchester United FC playing Liverpool at Anfield before leaders Arsenal FC host third-placed Chelsea FC. And Portsmouth missed the chance to move two points ahead of Liverpool after conceding Dimitar Berbatov's 81st-minute winner at Fratton Park.

Ninth home win
City, on the other hand, became the only Premier League club to have won all nine of their home matches this season. But they had to come back from 2-1 down after El Hadji Djouf (31) and Kevin Nolan (40) cancelled out Rolando Bianchi's opening goal (7). A Ľubomír Michalík own-goal got Sven-Göran Eriksson's side back into the game three minutes after the break and Darius Vassell (77) and Kelvin Etuhu (90) completed a fine victory.

Eight-goal thriller
Struggling Wigan Athletic FC were the day's big scorers in a rollercoaster match during which they squandered a 3-0 lead before recovering to beat ten-man Blackburn Rovers FC 5-3. Roque Santa Cruz scored a hat-trick for the visitors, who had Brett Emerton sent off for a second bookable offence in the 57th minute, to make it 3-3. But the hosts, who had Emile Heskey carried off on a stretcher (38), took the lead again as Marcus Bent completed his own treble nine minutes from time, adding to earlier efforts by Denny Landzaat (10) and Paul Scharner (37).

Eight-goal thriller
Yakubu Ayegbeni scored his eighth goal in seven matches and Andy Johnson also struck to help Everton FC defeat West Ham FC 2-0 and move up to seventh, Sunderland drew 1-1 with Aston Villa FC but bottom-placed Derby County's misery continued with a 1-0 home defeat by Middlesbrough AFC. Elsewhere, Birmingham City FC and Reading FC shared a 1-1 draw and, in the later kick-off, Joey Barton's last-minute penalty earned Newcastle FC a 1-0 win at Fulham FC.