It was Wigan who dominated the game as Shaun Maloney and Caldwell Eased past through Pepe Reina's post. Wigan took the lead when Shaun Maloney scored from the penalty spot, but Liverpool equalised in the early stages of the second half when Steven Gerrard picked out Luis Suarez to steer the ball into the bottom corner.
Caldwell kept his cool to squeeze the ball past Pepe Reina to boost Wigan's hopes of avoiding relegation.
Arsenal strengthened their hold on third place with a convincing win over Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium.
Kieran Gibbs put Arsenal ahead when he was put through by Gervinho, squeezing a shot past Shay Given before Theo Walcott doubled their lead nine minutes later.
Mikel Arteta went close with a free-kick in the first half but there was no stopping the Spaniard's 30-yard piledriver in the third minute of second-half injury time.
BoltonWanderers2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Bolton boosted their hopes of avoiding the drop on an emotional day at the Reebok Stadium.
Prior to the match both sides paid tribute to Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who is recovering from a heart attack, and two first-half headed goals from David Wheater put the hosts in control.
Steven Nzonzi reduced the deficit with a glancing header to give Blackburn hope in the second half but Bolton held on to take the points.
Norwich City 2-1 Wolverhampton
Two goals from Grant Holt helped Norwich come from behind to beat Wolves, who remain rooted to the foot of the table.
Wolves went in front when Jamie O'Hara's cross was touched on by Kevin Doyle into the path of Matt Jarvis to sidefoot home.
Simeon Jackson put Holt through to equalise and the forward put Norwich in front just before half-time from the penalty spot. However, Holt was sent off in the dying stages of the match for a second bookable offence.
Sunderland 3-1 Queens Park Rangers
QPR's problems continue to mount as Sunderland secured a comfortable home win at the Stadium of Light.
James McClean set uup the opener for the hosts with a whipped cross for Nicklas Bendtner to direct a header into the far corner and QPR's task was made harder when striker Djibril Cisse was shown a red card.
Sunderland went close when a Craig Gardner free-kick smacked against the post before McClean fired home via a deflection and Stephane Sessegnon put the hosts 3-0 up. Taye Taiwo grabbed a fine consolation for the visitors with a stunning free-kick.
Swansea City 0-2 Everton
Goals from Leighton Baines and Nikica Jelavic handed Swansea only their third home League defeat this season.
Baines put Everton in front with a beautifully struck left-foot free-kick just before the hour mark.
And Jelavic doubled their lead when he slotted home after good work from Marouane Fellaini.
Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
The two sides largely cancelled each other out in the opening 45 minutes, although Spurs could have opened the deadlock in first-half injury time when Rafael van der Vaart and Emmanuel Adebayor both went close.
Juan Mata hit the post from a free-kick for Chelsea while Adebayor rounded Petr Cech only for Gary Cahill to get back to block his route to goal, while Gareth Bale headed against the crossbar and had a free-kick well saved by Cech in the dying stages.
Stoke City 1-1 Manchester City
Stoke, who went close in the first half from a Ryan Shawcross header that was cleared off the line by Pablo Zabaleta, took the lead in the second period courtesy of a sublime volley by Peter Crouch from outside the box.
The visitors equalised when Yaya Toure fired in a long-range effort that took a slight deflection past Asmit Begovic, while Stoke's Wilson Palacios and then Toure both went close to a winner in the closing stages.
The point takes Manchester City top of the Barclays Premier League table on goal difference, ahead of Manchester United, who play Fulham on Monday.
Stoke, who went close in the first half from a Ryan Shawcross header that was cleared off the line by Pablo Zabaleta, took the lead in the second period courtesy of a sublime volley by Peter Crouch from outside the box.
The visitors equalised when Yaya Toure fired in a long-range effort that took a slight deflection past Asmit Begovic, while Stoke's Wilson Palacios and then Toure both went close to a winner in the closing stages.
The point takes Manchester City top of the Barclays Premier League table on goal difference, ahead of Manchester United, who play Fulham on Monday.
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