Premier League Results 27th February

Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic
Birmingham‘s win brings them to just five points short of sixth place. The Europa League might be just a little bit beyond their reach but Birmingham have achieved so much already. I mean, it’s February and they’re almost certainly safe. Jason Koumas wasn’t in Wigan’s squad (and he wasn’t in West Brom’s or Newcastle’s either, I checked).

Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bolton got a much-needed win which also meant a clean sheet for Sam Ricketts, who had a good game in defence, making at least one vital block to preserve the three points. As an Arsenal fan, I was also happy to see Jack Wilshere have a good game. I’m glad we’ve already played Bolton, that’s all I can say.
Wolves left Wayne Hennessey and Sam Vokes on the bench. There is a reason why they keep getting into the Wales squad, you know, Mick McCarthy.

Chelsea 2-4 Manchester City
So are Hull better than Chelsea then? No, but I’m enjoying pretending. Craig Bellamy had a quiet first-half before scoring two goals in the second. He’ll be missed in Wales but he probably does need the rest.
Chelsea are looking as though they could be in real trouble without Petr Cech, not to mention the two red-carded midfielders - and a certain centre back looked shaky too. (I wouldn’t want to shake his hand either but I would have done it in order to cause as little embarrassment as possible for my team-mates, and to stop the mascots from asking awkward questions. I don’t blame Wayne Bridge though.)

Stoke City 1-3 Arsenal
I don’t care about the result. I would rather see Arsenal lose every match for the rest of the season than see Aaron Ramsey – or any player - hurt like that. Poor Aaron. I hope he plays again as soon as he can.
I don’t blame Ryan Shawcross though. It was a mis-timed challenge but players make mis-timed challenges all the time. It’s only occasionally it all ends so horribly. I hope Ryan can recover from this too. Danny Collins came on as a substitute to join his Stoke team-mates who were scarcely less shocked than Arsenal’s players.
But I would love to see Arsenal win the title for Aaron. And if they do, it’ll be partly because of Aaron. His part in the season has been cut horribly short but he’s made a big contribution.
Brysiwch wella, Aaron.