David Silva restored Manchester City’s two-point lead in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Arsenal on Sunday after Wayne Rooney’s lightning-fast header had helped Manchester United briefly return to the top.

High-flying Chelsea stumbled in the Premier League title race when a rare mistake by goalkeeper Petr Cech cost them a late goal in a 1-1 draw at lowly Wigan Athletic on Saturday.

In earlier games on Saturday, the two clubs below Wigan both lost.

Bottom-placed Bolton Wanderers went down to a fifth successive defeat, losing 2-0 at Fulham, while Blackburn Rovers, one off the bottom, lost 2-1 at home to West Bromwich Albion to increase the pressure on manager Steve Kean.