QPR new boy Loic Remy took only 14 minutes of his debut to find the net but it was not enough to give the Barclays Premier League basement dwellers victory against West Ham.
Rangers are unbeaten in January and were on course for another victory at half-time courtesy of Remy's cool finish but Joe Cole made it 1-1 in the 68th minute with his first goal for the Hammers since January 2003.
Frenchman Remy chose Harry Redknapp's side over Newcastle, and the Magpies' relegation worries increased as they were beaten 2-1 by Reading.
A week after their stunning comeback to beat West Brom, Reading went behind to Yohan Cabaye's classy free-kick in the 35th minute but substitute Adam Le Fondre netted with his first touch in the 71st minute and won the game with his second goal six minutes later.
The result lifted Reading out of the bottom three but they were soon back in it after Aston Villa took a point from the west midlands derby against West Brom this evening.
It looked like being all three when Christian Benteke (12) and Gabriel Agbonlahor (31) put Villa two up at The Hawthorns but Chris Brunt pulled one back four minutes after half-time and Peter Odemwingie earned the Baggies a 2-2 draw seven minutes from time.
Second-placed Manchester City closed the gap on Manchester United, who play Tottenham tomorrow, to four points thanks to David Silva's first double for the club against Fulham.
The Spanish midfielder opened the scoring after less than two minutes and made it 2-0 in 69th minute before missing a golden chance for a hat-trick.
Wigan were fast out of the blocks as well, a soft own goal from David Vaughan putting them in front against Sunderland in only the fourth minute at the DW Stadium.
But the Black Cats responded impressively and equalised through a penalty from Craig Gardner in the 17th minute after James McCarthy had handled a corner.
Three minutes later they were ahead through Steven Fletcher's volley and the striker added another three minutes before the break.
On-loan Manchester United teenager Angelo Henriquez scored his first goal in English football 11 minutes from time but it was not enough to prevent a 3-2 defeat.
Luis Suarez was looking to make it a hat-trick of hat-tricks for Liverpool against Norwich having netted three times against the Canaries in each of his previous games against them.
He had to settle for one this time in the 36th minute, which put the Reds well in control after Jordan Henderson's fine 26th-minute opener.
Suarez and Daniel Sturridge both started today and the former Chelsea man notched his third goal in as many appearances on his Anfield debut in the 59th minute.
It quickly became a rout as captain Steven Gerrard added a fourth seven minutes later before the unfortunate Ryan Bennett rounded off a 5-0 thrashing with an own goal in the 74th minute.
The game between Swansea and Stoke was the only match that was goalless at half-time but it took teenage full-back Ben Davies only four minutes of the second half to enhance his growing reputation with his first senior goal.
Two strikes from Jonathan De Guzman in the 57th and 80th minutes secured the points, with Michael Owen's first goal for Stoke in injury time little consolation as the Potters went down 3-1.