Salomon Kalou's goals sent Chelsea up to second place in the English Premier League in a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough as Liverpool were held to 1-1 at Wigan yesterday.

Kalou scored in the 58th and 81st minutes at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea revived from a poor first half.

Liverpool squandered the lead at Wigan after Yossi Benayoun scored just before halftime, Ahmed Mido marked his debut for Boro with an 83rd-minute penalty.

The draw dropped Liverpool to third, level on points with Chelsea but behind on goal difference. Both are two points behind Manchester United who opened up a lead by winning 5-0 at last-place West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.

The Red Devils now have a two-point lead over Chelsea and Liverpool, but the European champions now have a game in hand, and can increase their lead to five points.

A day after being arrested over allegations of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman, Robinho helped Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-1 to lift the team up to ninth in the standings. It was also the Brazilian's first game since he walked out of training last week without permission, a move for which he will be fined by the club. Robinho set up the first goal for Shaun Wright-Phillips and Craig Bellamy marked his first appearance with the second goal.

Robin van Persie's last-minute 1-1 equalizer for Arsenal at Everton came after Tim Cahill gave the home side the lead.

Blackburn hit back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Bolton, one of manager Sam Allardyce's former clubs, and West Ham beat Hull 2-0, the Tigers losing for the sixth Premier League game in a row.

Di Michele shot West Ham ahead on 37 minutes and Cole added another one six minutes into the second half.