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Relegation Sunday: Blackpool On Verge Of Astonishing Escape, Birmingham Set For Drop

We're underway again in our four big matches, and just like in the first half Blackpool came very close to scoring immediately after the whistle. Charlie Adam has a free kick in more or less the same place as he scored the equaliser, but this time it's well saved by Edwin van der Sar. Dimitar Berbatov nearly made them pay - again - with a header, but this time Blackpool ride out the danger and strike through Gary-Taylor Fletcher, who finished off a move in an incredibly congested box with a delicious backheel from a possibly offside position. 2-1 Blackpool at Old Trafford now, and they're very very close to a dream escape.

Tottenham Hotspur, meanwhile, have just gone 1-0 up against Birmingham City, which sends the visitors into 19th place on 39 points. Roman Pavlyuchenko was the man to get the Londoners on the scoresheet, smashing in a brilliant long range shot which Ben Foster was powerless to keep out. Now Birmingham have to attack, and things are going to get very interesting.

Nothing is happening between Stoke and Wigan Athletic. At 0-0 Wigan are still in the drop zone, albeit in 18th place and tied on goal differential with 17th-place Wolves.

And finally, it's still 3-0 at the Molineux, where one more Blackburn goal (or a Wigan goal at Stoke) would see Wolverhampton call into the drop zone. No signs of life from Mick McCarthy's men just yet...

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