Barclays Prem
Arsenal 2 - 1 Leicester
S'land 0 - 2 QPR
Hull City 2 - 0 A Villa
Liverpool 3 - 2 Tottenham
Barclays Prem Results
Barclays Prem
1 Chelsea 56
2 Man City 49
3 So'ton 45
4 Arsenal 45
5 Man Utd 44
6 Tottenham 43
7 Liverpool 42
8 West Ham 37
9 Swansea 34
10 Stoke 33
11 Newcastle 31
12 Everton 27
13 C Palace 26
14 S'land 24
15 Hull City 23
16 W Brom 23
17 QPR 22
18 A Villa 22
19 Burnley 21
20 Leicester 17
QPR claimed their first points on the road in the Premier League at the 12th attempt courtesy of a 2-0 win at Sunderland to move out of the relegation zone.
Rangers had lost all 11 previous away games but there was finally some cheer for the Londoners as Leroy Fer and Bobby Zamora struck before half-time to stop Sunderland's mini-revival.
Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes said before the game he believes he has got his "dream manager" to replace Harry Redknapp but director of football Les Ferdinand and academy coach Chris Ramsey provided the perfect pick-me-up at the Stadium of Light.
Fer put QPR ahead for the first time in an away game all season with a firm downward header after 17 minutes and Zamora doubled the lead with a stunning strike on the stroke of half-time.
The only downside for QPR saw midfielder Joey Barton set a new Premier League record with a seventh consecutive booking.
Mario Balotelli was the hero as Liverpool beat Tottenham 3-2 in a pulsating Barclays Premier League game at Anfield.
Balotelli grabbed his first goal in the top-flight of English football since scoring for Manchester City against Wigan in November 2012 but it guaranteed him centre stage on a night when England strikers Dean Sturridge and Harry Kane went head-to-head and were the focus of attention.
Kane was duly on the scoresheet again with a 12th goal in his last 15 games cancelling out Lazar Markovic's opener before half-time, but Liverpool led again through Steven Gerrard's 53rd-minute penalty after Danny Rose had tripped Sturridge.
Spurs levelled for a second time when Mousa Dembele finished from close range just after the hour mark but Balotelli swept home Adam Lallana's cross seven minutes from time for Liverpool to move within a point of Tottenham.
Arsenal moved above Manchester United into fourth and the final Champions League spot with a 2-1 home victory over bottom-placed Leicester.
Laurent Koscielny swept home a 27th-minute corner to hand Arsenal the lead before Mesut Ozil managed another assist when setting up Theo Walcott's third goal in four games four minutes before the break.
Andrej Kramaric pulled one back after 61 minutes to register his first goal in English football following his £9.5million from Croatian club Rijeka, but it did little to lift the gloom on embattled Leicester manager Nigel Pearson.
The Foxes boss was rumoured to have been sacked on Sunday and this result will do little for his job prospects with Leicester now five points adrift of safety.
Hull also moved out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa who dropped into the bottom three in their place.
Nikica Jelavic's deflected 22nd-minute shot gave Hull the lead before new signing Dame N'Doye settled matters after 74 minutes with his first goal since completing a #3million move from Lokomotiv Moscow.
It was Hull's first win since New Year's Day as goal-shy Villa drew yet another blank in front of goal - the seventh time in eight games that Paul Lambert's side have failed to find the net.
1 M'boro 59
2 B'mouth 58
3 Derby 58
4 Ipswich 54
5 Watford 53
6 Brentford 52
7 Norwich 50
8 Wolves 48
9 Blackburn 42
10 Sheff Wed 39
11 Birm'ham 38
12 N Forest 37
13 Bolton 37
14 Reading 37
15 Huddsf'ld 37
16 Cardiff 36
17 Leeds 35
18 Fulham 35
19 Rotherham 33
20 Charlton 33
21 Brighton 30
22 Millwall 30
23 Wigan 22
24 Blackpool 20
A late header from Kike helped Middlesbrough move top of the Sky Bet Championship as they beat basement boys Blackpool 2-1 at Bloomfield Road.
Jonathan Woodgate headed in a Grant Leadbitter corner nine minutes from time for Boro but a Ben Gibson own goal pulled Blackpool level four minutes later.
But Kike nodded in via the underside of the bar with two minutes remaining as Boro took advantage of Bournemouth and Derby drawing 2-2 at Dean Court.
Matt Ritchie put the Cherries in front in the 12th minute after Yann Kermorgant chested down Callum Wilson's cross.
The Rams lost 19-goal top scorer Chris Martin to injury three minutes later but Darren Bent, his replacement, played his part in the leveller as he crossed for Tom Ince to net on the half-hour mark.
But a minute before half-time, Wilson fired Bournemouth back in front as he found the top corner from the angle for his 18th goal of the season.
Simon Dawkins then climbed off the bench and moments later teed up Bent to produce a sublime finish to make it 2-2.