Stoke 0-2 Man Utd.
Manchester United moved to within seven points of securing a 20th
league title with a routine win that pushed Stoke further towards the
relegation zone.
Robin van Persie made sure of the points with a second-half penalty
that ended a run of 10 games without a goal.
That came after Michael Carrick had given United the perfect start, prodding home from a scrappy corner. The result leaves Stoke only three points above the bottom three, having won two of the last 17 league matches.
Newcastle 0-3 Sunderland.
Paolo Di Canio masterminded Sunderland's first victory at St James'
Park in 13 years to give their Premier League survival hopes a massive
boost while dragging Newcastle into the relegation scrap.
In only the Italian's second game in charge, his team
delivered a devastating blow to their arch rivals as Stephane
Sessegnon's first-half goal was followed up by strikes by Adam Johnson
and David Vaughan late in the second period.
The manner of the victory will give fresh hope to the Black Cats, who moved three points clear of the relegation zone with five games to go and to within two points of Alan Pardew's side. And it also looked to have justified the surprise dismissal of former boss Martin O'Neill as Di Canio's side reversed their slump of nine games without a win in some style.
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