London, March 23 (DPA) Following are the results and standings in the English Premiership football:
Saturday, March 22:
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Portsmouth 0
Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1
Blackburn Rovers 3 Wigan Athletic 1
Bolton Wanderers 0 Manchester City 0
Middlesbrough 1 Derby County 0
Newcastle United 2 Fulham 0
Reading 2 Birmingham City 1
Everton 1 West Ham United 1
Standings P W D L F A Pts
Manchester United 30 22 4 4 61 15 70
Arsenal 30 19 10 1 58 22 67
Chelsea 30 19 8 3 53 22 65
Liverpool 30 16 11 3 55 21 59
Everton 31 17 6 8 48 26 57
Portsmouth 31 14 8 9 44 33 50
Aston Villa 31 13 10 8 52 40 49
Blackburn Rovers 31 13 10 8 42 38 49
Manchester City 31 13 10 8 36 34 49
West Ham United 31 12 8 11 34 37 44
Tottenham Hotspur 31 10 9 12 60 51 39
Middlesbrough 31 8 10 13 28 44 34
Newcastle United 31 8 8 15 33 57 32
Wigan Athletic 31 8 7 16 28 45 31
Reading 31 9 4 18 37 58 31
Sunderland 31 8 6 17 27 48 30
Birmingham City 31 6 9 16 35 48 27
Bolton Wanderers 31 6 8 17 28 45 26
Fulham 31 4 11 16 27 51 23
Derby County 31 1 7 23 14 65 10
Read as: P=played, W=won, D=drawn, L=lost, F=goals for, A=goals against, Pts=points