Blackburn stun United, Chelsea lost to Villa

Charles N'Zogbia kisses Stephen Ireland after he equalised for Villa

Blackburn Rovers beat Manchester United 3-2 to spoil United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson's 70th birthday. The champions missed the opportunity to lead the Premier League table as Blackburn move off the bottom of the table.

Yakubu scored the opener from the penalty spot against the run of play following Dimitar Berbatov's foul on Rovers defender Chris Samba.

On 50th minute Yakubu scored his 12th goal of the season. He controlled the throw just outside the box, took it deep inside the penalty box and cracked it low into the middle of the goal.

Dimitar Berbatov responded within two minutes, heading from close range on Rafael Da Silva's cross. Berbatov equalised on 62 minutes when Antonio Valencia crossed accurately to  Berbatov, who sweep it from the middle of the box to the bottom right corner of the goal.

On Blackburn's last visit to Old Trafford , in November 2010, they lost 7-1 and Dimitar Berbatov scored five goals.

Blackburn defender Grant Hanley scored the winner on 80th minute. Morten Gamst took the out swinging corner, De Gea came for it but flapped at it completely as Hanley wins the header.

Chelsea's Premier League title hopes diminishes as they suffered a 3-1 defeat against Aston Villa. Last year Andre Villas-Boas, serving his Porto side, beacame famous as the finest young manager in Europe nut now he stands on the verge of ridicule.

On 23 minutes Didier Drogba opened the scoring, converting the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal. Drogba himself drew the penalty when Richard Dunne fouled him.

Just 5 minutes later Stephen Ireland equalised hitting a left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.

Villas-Boas introduced Torres and Lampard in the second half. Torres’s magnificent effort from 20 yards, crashed against the crossbar as Chelsea laid siege for the next few minutes.

On 83 minutes Stilian Petrov slotted calmly past Cech on Ciaran Clark pass. Three minutes later a shocking error from Lampard allowed Stephen Ireland to intercepted his pass to put Darren Bent in for 3-1. He shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

 Robin van Persie, the Arsenal captain, scored the only goal to secure a 1-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers. The goal was scored after an hour when Andrey Arshavin assisted Persie with a through ball as the Dutchman's left footed shot from the centre of the box went to the bottom left corner of the goal.

 Van Persie’s 35th goal in 36 matches also establishes a new Arsenal record in a calendar year but, agonisingly, he stands one short of the all-time Premier League mark of 36, set in 1995 by Alan Shearer.

A goal from Scott Sinclair (Swansea), seven minutes from time, held Tottenham for a 1-1 draw after Rafael Van der Vaart scored the opener on 44th minute.