Sunderland gain vital win against Liverpool

Premiership results:

Fulham 0-1 Birmingham

Kirovski 7

Fulham: Van der Sar, Finnan, Melville, Goma, Brevett, Djetou, Legwinski, Davis, Wome, Malbranque, Boa Morte.

Subs: Inamoto, Clark, Taylor, Goldbaek, Willock.

Birmingham: Vaesen, Tebily, Purse, Cunningham, Kenna, Damien Johnson, Kirovski, Savage, Cisse, Morrison, Horsfield.

Subs: Bennett, Hughes, Powell, Woodhouse, Fagan.

Referee: A D’Urso (Essex)

Sunderland 2-1 Liverpool

Sunderland: McCann 35, Procter 85

Liverpool: Baros 67

Sunderland: Macho, Wright, McCartney, Babb, Bjorklund, Gray, Thirlwell, McCann, Kilbane, Flo, Phillips.

Subs: Ingham, Thome, Proctor, Stewart, Bellion.

Liverpool: Kirkland, Carragher, Biscan, Henchoz, Traore, Murphy, Gerrard, Hamann, Smicer, Owen, Baros.

Subs: Babbel, Diouf, Riise, Diao, Dudek.

Referee: M Halsey (Lancashire)

Tottenham 1-1 Arsenal

Tottenham: Ziege 11

Arsenal: Pires (pen) 45

Tottenham: Keller, Bunjevcevic, King, Richards, Ziege, Poyet, Anderton, Freund, Carr, Sheringham, Keane.

Subs: Hirschfeld, Perry, Iversen, Clemence, Davies.

Arsenal: Seaman, Lauren, Keown, Campbell, Cole, Ljungberg, Parlour, Silva, Pires, Henry, Bergkamp.

Subs: Wiltord, Taylor, van Bronckhorst, Toure, Upson.

Referee: N Barry (N Lincolnshire)