Liverpool 4-3 Swansea (1330 GMT)
Sturridge (2) & Henderson (2) for Liverpool
Swans hit back through Shelvey & Bony (2)
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa (1330 GMT)
Norwich v Tottenham (1600 GMT)
15:10
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Can Newcastle force a winner too? Loic Remy takes aim from the edge of the area and Brad Guzan has to get down well to turn around the post.
15:08
SUBSTITUTION Liverpool 4-3 Swansea
Is there still a sting in the tail of this match? Former Liverpool striker David Ngog is on, in place of Nathan Dyer, while Liverpool replace Daniel Sturridge with Victor Moses.
Liverpool 4-3 Swansea
John Hartson - BBC Radio 5 live
"Henderson gambled, how many times do you see Frank Lampard get goals like that? It's important for a midfield player to get six or seven goals a season just by gambling. It was really good midfield play from Henderson."
15:03
GOAL Liverpool 4-3 Swansea - Jordan Henderson (74 mins)
Jordan Henderson has a little look up his sleeves and finds a potential winner [1501]. It all begins with a glorious 40-yard ball by Steven Gerrard which picks out Luis Suarez on the edge of the penalty area. The Uruguayan's low shot is cleared by Ashley Williams, but straight into the path of Henderson, who bundles home at the second attempt.
15:01
We've entered the final 20 minutes in both games now. Anybody got a winner up their sleeves?
15:00
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
There is a real lack of quality on show at Newcastle, where both sides have adopted a shoot-on-sight policy - Moussa Sissoko the latest culprit as his effort rolls wide.
14:58
PENALTY APPEAL Liverpool 3-3 Swansea
Luis Suarez in the penalty area, still Luis Suarez, he goes down after tangling with Jose Canas. Penalty, screams The Kop. No chance, says referee Mike Jones. I suspect he is probably right.
Riyan Vatcha: (external) What contrasting games!! Everything happening in one, and nothing in the other!
Sham Gallagher: (external) Without Cabaye, the Newcastle team aren't even average anymore.
14:55
SUBSTITUTION Liverpool 3-3 Swansea
Quality defending from Ashley Williams denies Daniel Sturridge a hat-trick for Liverpool, the centre-back making a last-ditch tackle as the striker prepared to pull the trigger in the penalty area. Liverpool make a change, giving Kolo Toure a run out in place of Daniel Agger.
14:53
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Paul Dummett from range. Just over the bar. Newcastle starting to believe.
14:52
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Chances remain at a premium at St James' Park, but that's a credit to returning Newcastle centre-half Fabricio Coloccini, who has dominated at the back this afternoon.
Liverpool 3-3 Swansea
"For all Liverpool's good play going forward, you have to admire Swansea's fighting spirit and what Garry Monk has done for this team. They have given him the reaction he would have wanted."
14:49
GREAT SAVE! Liverpool 3-3 Swansea
Liverpool look rattled at the moment - another stray pass giving Wilfried Bony the opportunity to poke a pass through to the galloping Jonathan de Guzman on the right but Simon Mignolet spreads himself well to save the midfielder's shot. At the other end, Daniel Sturridge tries to chip one in from 25 yards out but fails to succeed. End to end.
14:47
SUBSTITUTION Liverpool 3-3 Swansea
Time for a Liverpool change, with Raheem Sterling being hooked off and replaced by ex-Swansea midfielder Joe Allen.
14:45
CLOSE! Liverpool 3-3 Swansea
Oooh, that was close. Jonathan de Guzman stands over a free-kick 30 yards out and curls it just wide. That boy knows how to take a decent set-piece.
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Steven Jerjian: (external) And there I was thinking it was going to be a boring second half..Skrtel's grappling finally catches up with him.
David Toole: (external) Must be depressing being a striker at LFC when your defence is this poor.
Stuart Ellis: (external) Martin Skrtel channelling his inner Kolo Toure.
14:43
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Finally something for the St James' Park crowd to get excited about as Newcastle work the ball from left to right and Yoan Gouffran fires in a daisy-cutter which whistle just past the far post.
14:40
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
We'll let you know when something happens at St James' Park. Honest.
Liverpool 3-3 Swansea
John Hartson - BBC Radio 5 live
"Great penalty, it does not matter how they come, very clinical into Mignolet's bottom right-hand corner. We said this could be Liverpool's Achilles heel, defensively they have been all over the place."
14:36
GOAL Liverpool 3-3 Swansea - Wilfried Bony penalty (47 mins)
Wilfried Bony steps up and buries his spot-kick into the bottom corner for his 19th goal of the season.
14:35
PENALTY FOR SWANSEA
Liverpool are livid. A ball comes into the box from the right and Martin Skrtel appears to bring down Wilfried Bony, prompting the referee to point to the spot. Skrtel's habit of shirt-pulling in the area comes back to haunt him.
14:35
SUBSTITUTION Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
Swansea have made a change at the start of the second half, sending on Jose Canas in place of Jonjo Shelvey, who has a hamstring problem. That's an injection of hair at the very least.
14:34
KICK-OFF
Time for a second set of 45.
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Aidan Baker: (external) Newcastle fans booing their team off for being 0-0 at half time? Who do they think they are?! Best fans in the world? Really?
14:31
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
It's all pretty tight at St James' Park. Aston Villa have looked the better side, but Papiss Cisse should have put Newcastle into the lead just before the break.
14:29
Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
We've had five goals from just seven shots on target at Anfield. Quality finishing or iffy goalkeeping? You decide.
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Yaz in Barnes: "Chelsea's reluctance to play Sturridge up front is looking pretty silly now. The league would have been over now if they had kept the young Englishman."
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
MOTD's Steve Bower at St James' Park
"It has been edgy and anxious from Newcastle. Papiss Cisse had a glorious opportunity late on in the first half for the Magpies but he couldn't take it."
Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
MOTD's Jonathan Pearce at Anfield
"A fantastic first half at Anfield where Jonjo Shelvey's goal was the pick of five. Liverpool's front five may yet win the title but Liverpool's back five will not. It needs improvement over the coming weeks and there are too many errors."
14:20
HALF-TIME Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
14:20
WHAT A MISS! Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Newcastle's lack of confidence is evident as Loic Remy squares to Papiss Cisse from 10 yards out but the Senegalese striker blazes over the bar. A horrible miss.
14:18
HALF-TIME Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
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Opta Joe: (external) 103 - Liverpool's PL games this season have seen a total of 103 goals, seven more than any other side (Man City, 96). Value.
14:16
INJURY TIME Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
Another chance for Swansea, this time Nathan Dyer dragging a low shot wide when the goal had opened up for him. Three minutes of time to be added on according to the Anfield PA announcer who, by my reckoning, has the most recognisable PA voice in the Premier League. He's been doing it years.
14:15
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Newcastle are lacking in ideas going forward and when they do get a chance on goal via a set-piece, Loic Remy curls his 25-yard free-kick well wide. Poor.
14:13
GREAT SAVE! Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
Swansea refuse to lie down and Wilfried Bony's low shot is tipped around the corner by Simon Mignolet.
14:13
Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
I think there might be more than Daniel Sturridge among Liverpool's Brazil-bound contingent. They'll need a mini-bus to get them all to the airport - Steven Gerrard, Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson? Luis Suarez will of course be there too.
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M Richards: (external) St James' Park has a very uneasy atmosphere... Literally hear a pin drop. Something not right amongst the locals!
Callum: (external) Quiet at St. James'. Fans suffering from Ashley's lack of ambition.
Tanj: (external) Daniel Sturridge: Give that man a ticket to Brazil!
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14:09
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa go close again and it's Gabriel Agbonlahor again. The striker runs at the Newcastle defence and has a pop from 25 yards, with his effort being deflected wide off Fabricio Coloccini.
14:08
Liverpool 3-2 Swansea
It's like watching an exhibition now as Luis Suarez picks up the ball on the halfway line and, sensing Michel Vorm is off his line, goes for goal - only narrowly missing. What a player the Uruguayan is.
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