Football: the best of Wednesday's Premier League action

Manchester City's captain Kolo Toure (right) and Everton's captain Phil Neville lead their sides out of the tunnel before kick-off at Eastlands. City must win tonight to overtake fourth-placed Tottenham Photograph: Nigel French/Empics Sport Photograph: Nigel French/guardian.co.uk Everton's goalkeeper Tim Howard rushes from his line to deny Carlos Tevez a 17th league goal of the season Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images Photograph: Carl Recine/guardian.co.uk Everton's French forward Louis Saha tumbles under a tackle from City's Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Andrew Yates/guardian.co.uk Tim Cahill celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the game for Everton with a header from Leighton Baines's cross Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Photograph: Dave Thompson/guardian.co.uk Mikel Arteta (left) and Cahill celebrate at the final whistle after inflicting a first home defeat of the season on Manchester City. Arteta's late goal had made it 2-0 to Everton Photograph: Nigel French/EMPICS Sport Photograph: Nigel French/guardian.co.uk At Fratton Park, Portsmouth's players look keen to showcase their talents following news that the club has been granted permission to sell its players outside the transfer window. Here, Steve Finnan avoids Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Photograph: Chris Ison/guardian.co.uk Portsmouth's goalkeeper David James swings wildly at the ball but gets nothing on it, allowing Didier Drogba to score an embarrassingly easy goal after 32 minutes. The ball struck a divot in the turf as it approached James, but the England keeper should have dealt with the danger Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Photograph: Darren Walsh/guardian.co.uk Florent Malouda shoots past Portsmouth's Marc Wilson to give Chelsea a 2-0 lead five minutes after the interval Photograph: Tom Hevezi/AP Photograph: Tom Hevezi/guardian.co.uk Steve Finnan and Joe Cole leap for the ball - Finnan opting for the eyes-closed approach Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Photograph: Darren Walsh/guardian.co.uk Malouda and Drogba both score second goals before Frank Lampard nods in Chelsea's fifth and final goal. The 5-0 win moves them back into second place at Arsenal's expense, a point behind Manchester United Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images Photograph: Tony O'Brien/guardian.co.uk Meanwhile, at Villa Park, Fraizer Campbell puts Sunderland in the lead against Aston Villa after 22 minutes ... Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Photograph: Shaun Botterill/guardian.co.uk Only for John Carew to respond with a far post tap-in eight minutes later. And that's how it stayed for the remainder of the match Photograph: Henry Browne/Action Images Photograph: Henry Browne/guardian.co.uk Villa boss Martin O'Neill vents his frustration. His side have now drawn seven of their last ten league games Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images Photograph: Scott Heavey/guardian.co.uk At Ewood Park, David Dunn gives Blackburn the lead against Birmingham Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images Photograph: Andrew Boyers/guardian.co.uk Phil Jones reacts in anguish after taking a blow to the face from City's Cameron Jerome Photograph: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport Photograph: Mike Egerton/guardian.co.uk A glorious free-kick from James McFadden brings Birmingham back on level terms Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images Photograph: Andrew Boyers/guardian.co.uk But Dunn, a former Birmingham player, scores again in the 67th minute to give Blackburn all three points Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Photograph: Martin Rickett/guardian.co.uk