Wigan 2-1 Man City

Wigan	2-1 (HT 2-1)	Man City
Valencia 16 Zaki (pen) 34		Kompany 22
Yellow Cards Valencia 26 Brown 57 Melchiot 72		Yellow Cards Kompany 33 Robinho 33 Richards 70

Calcio Serie A

Wigan got off to a terrific start, Antonio Valencia hitting a rasping drive from outside the box which arrowed in the top-right hand corner of Joe Hart’s net. But Steve Bruce’s charges let themselves down conceding a poor equaliser, Elano’s free-kick was poorly dealt with by Palacios at the near post allowing Vincent Kompany to steer the ball over the line. The Latics controversially hit back, Wilson Palacios impersonated a high jumper following a challenge from Garrido, ref Bennett pointed to the spot and Amr Zaki continued his superb record since arriving in England. The second half was a far duller spectacle, City failing to find an equaliser and ending in the second consecutive defeat for Mark Hughes’ men.

Portsmouth 2 - 0 Tottenham

Portsmouth	2-0 (HT 1-0)	Tottenham
Defoe (pen) 34 Crouch 68
Yellow Cards Diarra 38 Belhadj 57 Crouch 80 Hughes 84		Yellow Cards Woodgate 26 O'Hara 32 Lennon 90+4
Red Cards Diarra 88

English Premier League

Despite having shipped ten goals in their last two matches, Pompey started positively against rock-bottom Spurs, Richard Hughes was twice denied by Gomes from taking the lead. Jemaine Jenas was then guilty of an idiotic handball from a free-kick, Jermain Defoe slotting home the resulting penalty to give the hosts the halftime lead. After the break matters didn’t get better for Spurs, and Portsmouth unsurprisingly doubled their lead when Defoe fed Troare on the left hand side, his shot was blocked by Gomes but Peter Crouch was on hand to head home the second. In the final stages Diarra was dismissed for a second yellow for a rash tackle on Assou-Ekotto. Spurs stay rooted to the foot of the table on a pathetic two points from six games.

Arsenal 1 - 2 Hull City

Arsenal	1-2 (HT 0-0)	Hull
McShane o.g. 51		Geovanni 62 Cousin 66
Yellow Cards  Sagna 76 Gallas 90+1		Yellow Cards Ashbee 45

English Premier League

Cesc Fabregas dragged a shot wide against Hull after 14 minutes. Despite holding much of the ball Arsenal failed to score in first half, Eboue pulled a shot wide late in the half after good skills prized open the opportunity. (First half highlights here.) Hull almost punished the Gunners early after the break but George Boateng’s shot was blocked by Cesc Fabregas. And as is so often the case, minutes later Walcott burst down the right, crossed into Adebayor, and Paul McShane turned the ball over his own line. The Tigers looked shell-shocked and Adebayor should have doubled the lead, but on the hour mark they equalised from nowhere, Geovanni hit a 25-yard screamer to stun the home crowd. Hull then stormed into the lead as Daniel Cousin headed home a corner. In the final stages Arsenal pressed hard for an equaliser, Gallas seeing his header rebound off the bar. Recording the result of the season, Hull move up to sixth, having as many points as Derby got all of last season.

Middlesbrough 0 - 1 West Brom

 

Middlesbrough	0-1 (HT 0-0)	West Brom
		Olsson 53
Yellow Cards Taylor 34 Mido 58		Yellow Cards Greening 10 MacDonald 36 Olsson 54 Bednar 70

English Premier League

Jonas Olsson earned West Brom their first away win of the season by being in the right place at the right time to score following Greening’s left wing corner.

Newcastle 1 - 2 Blackburn

 

Newcastle	1-2 (HT 0-2)	Blackburn
Owen (pen) 51		Samba 31 Santa Cruz 41
		Yellow Cards  Emerton 24 Warnock 37 Nelsen 65 Roberts 90+2

English Premier League

Goals from Christopher Samba (a flying header) and Roque Santa Cruz (a header from a cross) put Blackburn in control before half time, while Michael Owen’s penalty continued his trend of scoring goals which fail to impact on the results of games.

Manchester United 2 - 0 Bolton

 

 

 

Man Utd	2-0 (HT 0-0)	Bolton
Ronaldo (pen) 60 Rooney 77
		Yellow Card Elmander 22 McCann 27 Davies 38

English Premier League

United dominated possession and the had the bulk of the chances against Bolton in the first half, Berbatov’s early header and a Ronaldo free-kick typical of the opportunities which fell to the hosts. But Bolton stayed resolute and should have gone ahead when Muamba fluffed a golden opportunity from Steinsson’s cross. After the break it was more of the same, United pressing with Ronaldo hitting the post as they pushed for the opener. United eventually moved ahead but in completely undeserved circumstances, Rob Styles criminally penalised Samuel’s clean tackle on Ronaldo and awarded a penalty, which Ronaldo took and converted. United’s second however was a moment of pure class, sub-Rooney released Ronaldo who advanced into the box, backheeled to Rooney, and the number 10 curled a beauty in the far corner. In the final stages United were irresistible, and 2-0 flattered Bolton.

Stoke 0 - 2 Chelsea

 

 

Stoke	0-2 (HT 0-1)	Chelsea
		Bosingwa 36 Anelka 76
Yellow Card  Griffin 56 Cresswell 67		Yellow Card Malouda 56

English Premier League

Michael Ballack tested Sorensen early on, forcing the keeper to tip over his rasping shot from distance. With the Stoke supporters finding any means by which to watch the game, they watched on as Chelsea made the breakthrough in the 36th minute, Lampard picked out Bosingwa’s run into the box down the right hand side, and the full back controlled a fired home expertly to net his first goal for the Blues. Immediately on the restart Malouda crashed a shot against the underside of the bar, but his effort failed to cross the line. The Blues eventually netted the killer second, Bosingwa’s cross was chested down by Faye into the path of Anelka who cashed in on the opportunity.

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Sunderland

 

 

Aston Villa	2-1 (HT 2-1)	Sunderland
Young 18 Carew 33		Cisse 10
Yellow Card Petrov 86		Yellow Card McCartney 90+5

English Premier League

The Blacks Cats moved ahead with a fine goal created by Steed Malbranque before playing Cisse in between Laursen and Davies and the French striker produced a textbook low finish into the bottom corner to beat Friedel. Ashley Young’s 25-yard free-kick drew Villa level, and the hosts stole all three points when Young’s free-kick was cutely back-heeled in by John Carew.

Fulham 1 - 2 West Ham

 

 

 

Scoring Summary
Fulham	West Ham
Danny Murphy (pen 59)	Carlton Cole (43)
	Matthew Etherington (45)

Match Stats
	Fulham	West Ham
Shots (on Goal)	20(2)	17(7)
Fouls	14	16
Corner Kicks	2	4
Offsides	2	3
Time of Possession	47%	53%
Yellow Cards	3	1
Red Cards	1	0
Saves	5	1

Teams
Fulham	West Ham
1 Mark Schwarzer	1 Robert Green
18 Aaron Hughes	2 Lucas Neill
3 Paul Konchesky	3 Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga
4 John Pantsil	15 Matthew Upson
5 Brede Hangeland	8 Scott Parker
13 Danny Murphy	16 Mark Noble
21 Jimmy Bullard	20 Julien Faubert
25 Simon Davies	21 Valon Behrami
11 Zoltan Gera	11 Matthew Etherington
8 Andrew Johnson	32 David Di Michele
9 Bobby Zamora	12 Carlton Cole
Substitutes
19 Pascal Zuberbühler	Luis Boa Morte 13
34 Chris Baird	Fred Sears 33
10 Erik Nevland	Craig Bellamy 10
33 Toni Kallio	Calum Davenport 27
7 Seol Ki-Hyeon	Walter Lopez 5
26 Leon Andreasen	Jan Lastuvka 24
23 Clint Dempsey	Hayden Mullins 17
Substitutions
	Craig Bellamy for David Di Michele (74)
	Hayden Mullins for Matthew Etherington (80)
	Luis Boa Morte for Scott Parker (90)
Yellow Cards
Andrew Johnson (20)	Scott Parker (68)
Paul Konchesky (39)
Danny Murphy (45)
Brede Hangeland (88)
Red Cards
Andrew Johnson (45)
English Premier League West Ham struck twice in the last couple of minutes of the first half, first Carlton Cole tapped in from Matty Etherington’s pullback and then Cole returned the favour by laying the ball off to Mark Noble whose superb 30 yard ball was seized on by Etherington and he slotted it past Schwarzer. Fulham’s nightmare end to the half reached its nadir as England international strikerended when Andy Johnson was sent off for a second yellow card for a foul on Lucas Neill. Danny Murphy converted a second half penalty, but the Cottagers could not find an equaliser.

Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool

 

 

Score Clip

English Premier League

Match Stats
	Everton	Liverpool
Shots (on Goal)	6(0)	15(5)
Fouls	22	21
Corner Kicks	7	4
Offsides	3	1
Time of Possession	40%	60%
Yellow Cards	3	3
Red Cards	1	0
Saves	3	0

Score                                                                               Torres(59,62) Teams
Everton	Liverpool
24 Tim Howard	25 Pepe Reina
4 Joseph Yobo	37 Martin Skrtel
5 Joleon Lescott	2 Andrea Dossena
2 Tony Hibbert	17 Álvaro Arbeloa
6 Phil Jagielka	23 Jamie Carragher
17 Tim Cahill	8 Steven Gerrard
18 Phil Neville	14 Xabi Alonso
25 Marouane Fellaini	11 Alberto Riera
10 Mikel Arteta	7 Robbie Keane
21 Leon Osman	9 Fernando Torres
22 Ayegbeni Yakubu	18 Dirk Kuyt
Substitutes
8 Segundo Castillo	Daniel Agger 5
26 Jack Rodwell	Lucas 21
3 Leighton Baines	Sami Hyypia 4
19 Nuno Valente	Ryan Babel 19
1 Carlo Nash	Diego 1
14 James Vaughan	Jermaine Pennant 16
9 Louis Saha	Fabio Aurelio 12
Substitutions
Louis Saha for Tony Hibbert (63)	Fabio Aurelio for Alberto Riera (67)
	Lucas for Xabi Alonso (86)
	Jermaine Pennant for Robbie Keane (87)
Yellow Cards
Marouane Fellaini (9)	Xabi Alonso (39)
Ayegbeni Yakubu (48)	Fernando Torres (50)
Phil Neville (64)	Álvaro Arbeloa (77)
Red Cards
Tim Cahill (80)

The Merseyside derby began full of pace and passion expected from the fixture, and sadly also accompanied by some poor refereeing decisions from Mike Riley. Everton suffered from a “foul” called on Marouane Fellaini as he jumped with Reina for a ball which both players missed, but the £15m man wasted his shot anyhow. Steven Gerrard was starring for Liverpool, and after the Reds began building up momentum early in the second half they scored, Alonso released Keane down the left and his cross was volleyed home by Fernando Torres. And one become two minutes later, Keane fed Kuyt in the box, his shot was saved with Torres firing home the rebound. David Moyes then had to see his side reduced to 10-men for Tim Cahill’s poor tackle on Xabi Alonso.