United Turn Heat on City
The Premier League title race market has tightened up considerably after champions Manchester City slipped up again on Saturday afternoon.
Roberto Mancini's men were held to a 1-1 draw at Stoke, while rivals Manchester United won 4-0 at home to Wigan.
William Hill now have City at 13/8, with United - a point better off now - at 15/8.
The gap is even smaller between the pair at Ladbrokes, who go 6/4 and 13/8 respectively.
bet365 also offer United at 15/8.
Chelsea are still leading the way but they also dropped points - they drew 0-0 at QPR, a match which saw Anton Ferdinand snub pre-match handshakes with John Terry and Ashley Cole.
They subsequently drifted out to 4/1 (general) for the title.
Arsenal are alongside City on eight points after crushing Southampton 6-1 and they are now a best of 12s with Ladbrokes.
Both Hill's and bet365 made Southampton odds-on for relegation for the first time following that loss - their fourth in four games so far.
Meanwhile Liverpool were much improved as they earned a 1-1 draw away at Sunderland and William Hill think the performance has eased some of the pressure on Brendan Rodgers.
Offered at 2/1 before the game started to have left Anfield by the end of the season, the odds are now out to 7/2. The former Swansea boss is 7/1 to be the first in the Premier League manager to leave his job although BetVictor offer 12/1.
After picking up two points from four games, William Hill make Liverpool 4/1 to finish in the top four and 40/1 to finish in the bottom three. Liverpool are 7/2 to finish in the bottom half of the table and 1/6 to finish in the top half.
"Despite the tricky start that Liverpool have had, we fully expect them to now push on after their good performance against Sunderland and a top half finish is all but guaranteed," said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly.
