Manchester United [ Images ] missed the chance to make significant inroads into Manchester City's [ Images ] lead at the top of the Premier League after stumbling to a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

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United, who led through Javier Hernandez's [ Images ] early second-half goal, were pegged back by Demba Ba's controversial penalty which left Alex Ferguson's [ Images ] side four points behind City who play at Liverpool on Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur [ Images ], with a double from Emmanuel Adebayor, stayed third after coming from behind to win 3-1 at West Bromwich Albion [ Images ] while Chelsea [ Images ] emerged from their recent slump to give under-pressure manager Andre Villas-Boas a huge boost with a 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge [ Images ].

The hosts, who had lost three of their previous four league games and their last two at home, cruised after John Terry [ Images ], Dean Sturridge and Juan Mata struck before halftime.

Franco Di Santo [ Images ] struck a last-gasp winner to lift Wigan Athletic off the bottom with a 2-1 victory at Sunderland. Blackburn dropped to the basement after losing 3-1 at Stoke City [ Images ] in the lunchtime kickoff.