Blues boost Champions League hopes

Chelsea boosted their hopes of securing a Champions League spot with a 1-0 win over relegated Norwich at Stamford Bridge.

The Canaries frustrated their hosts until first-half stoppage time when Blues striker Olivier Giroud grabbed what proved to be the winner with a closerange header from a Christian Pulisic cross.

The win enabled Chelsea to cement their grip on third place in the Premier League table, four points clear of Leicester and Manchester United.

Wigan claimed the biggest league win in their history as they responded to a looming 12-point penalty in spectacular fashion with an 8-0 rout of Championship relegation rivals Hull.

The Latics struck seven in an extraordinary first half as they made sure of a win which moves them out of the bottom three on goal difference at Hull’s expense, once the expected sanction for falling into administration is applied. It surpassed their previous best league triumph, a 7-0 win at Oxford in 2017.

Former Rangers winger Kal Naismith put his side in front after a minute then Kieffer Moore and Kieran Dowell struck twice apiece and Jamal Lowe and Joe Williams also netted before the interval.

Dowell completed his hat-trick with a stunning effort after the break.

West Brom’s hopes of automatic promotion remain in the balance after a 0-0 draw with Fulham at The Hawthorns. The result leaves the Baggies four points clear of third-placed Brentford having played a game more.

Former Celtic loanee Patrick Roberts struck an 82nd-minute winner as

Middlesbrough fought back to win 2-1 at Reading.