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West Ham 0-1 Arsenal
Barclays Premier League leaders Arsenal maintained their superb start to the season with a hard-earned 1-0 win at West Ham. West Ham, though, had their chances - the best of which fell to England hopeful Dean Ashton - but they also were indebted to keeper Rob Green, who made a string a fine saves.
The Hammers have performed well against Arsenal in recent meetings - winning both games last season as they escaped the drop. However, the Gunners are currently in blistering form and again started brightly.
Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle
Elano led Newcastle a merry dance at Eastlands as Manchester City roared back to record a fourth successive Premier League home win.
The Brazilian midfielder had already established himself as a clear man-of-the-match with an inspired display of cultured passing in a pulsating contest when he strode up to rocket home the 86th-minute free-kick which guaranteed Sven-Goran Eriksson's men their 3-1 victory. Eriksson has steadfastly refused to set any targets for his team despite their amazing start to the campaign.
Portsmouth 7-4 Reading
Benjani bagged a hat-trick as Portsmouth and Reading chalked up the most goals in Premier League history in a 7-4 success for the hosts. The Royals had only beaten Pompey once in the past 25 years but cannot have defended any worse in any of those previous encounters.
Goals from Stephen Hunt and Dave Kitson actually cancelled out Benjani's first-half double but Steve Coppell's side were soon buried under an avalanche of replies. Hermann Hreidarsson headed Pompey back ahead, Benjani's third was followed by a fine strike from Nico Kranjcar and, after substitute Shane Long had pulled one back for Reading, Sean Davis netted a long-rang shot before Sulley Muntari made it 7-3 from the spot. Nicky Shorey had the last word with a deflected fourth for the visitors.
Sunderland 1-2 Blackburnastle
Two goals in two minutes from David Bentley and Roque Santa Cruz helped Blackburn to a 2-1 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Bentley pounced on a rebound to open the scoring from close range on 53 minutes, and Roque Santa Cruz smashed home his fifth goal of the season two minutes later as the home side were sliced open again.
Derby 1-1 Bolton
Derby goalkeeper Stephen Bywater secured the Rams a point after a superb late double save in a 1-1 draw with Bolton at Pride Park. Bywater had seen 20 goals sail past him in just seven league games to date but he proved he has lost none of his confidence when he denied Bolton's Christian Wilhelmsson and Nicolas Anelka late on.
Kenny Miller had given the home side a 19th-minute lead in a ragged and nervy tussle between the division's bottom two before Anelka's fortunate 32nd-minute equaliser, which took a heavy deflection off Claude Davis
Wigan 0-1 Liverpool
Yossi Benayoun ended Liverpool's mini crisis with the only goal of the game as Wigan suffered a 17th defeat in 17 matches against the Barclays Premier League's fabled 'big four'. In the end it was substitute Benayoun, a £5million buy from West Ham in the summer, who netted a 75th minute winner for his first league goal for the Reds
Chelsea 0-0 Fulham
Chelsea lost captain John Terry with a suspected fractured cheekbone as Avram Grant's first home game in charge ended in stalemate and controversy. To compound matters for Chelsea, Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, playing his first game since injuring his knee against Aston Villa in early September, was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 73rd minute.
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal
Barclays Premier League leaders Arsenal maintained their superb start to the season with a hard-earned 1-0 win at West Ham. West Ham, though, had their chances - the best of which fell to England hopeful Dean Ashton - but they also were indebted to keeper Rob Green, who made a string a fine saves.
The Hammers have performed well against Arsenal in recent meetings - winning both games last season as they escaped the drop. However, the Gunners are currently in blistering form and again started brightly.
Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle
Elano led Newcastle a merry dance at Eastlands as Manchester City roared back to record a fourth successive Premier League home win.
The Brazilian midfielder had already established himself as a clear man-of-the-match with an inspired display of cultured passing in a pulsating contest when he strode up to rocket home the 86th-minute free-kick which guaranteed Sven-Goran Eriksson's men their 3-1 victory. Eriksson has steadfastly refused to set any targets for his team despite their amazing start to the campaign.
Portsmouth 7-4 Reading
Benjani bagged a hat-trick as Portsmouth and Reading chalked up the most goals in Premier League history in a 7-4 success for the hosts. The Royals had only beaten Pompey once in the past 25 years but cannot have defended any worse in any of those previous encounters.
Goals from Stephen Hunt and Dave Kitson actually cancelled out Benjani's first-half double but Steve Coppell's side were soon buried under an avalanche of replies. Hermann Hreidarsson headed Pompey back ahead, Benjani's third was followed by a fine strike from Nico Kranjcar and, after substitute Shane Long had pulled one back for Reading, Sean Davis netted a long-rang shot before Sulley Muntari made it 7-3 from the spot. Nicky Shorey had the last word with a deflected fourth for the visitors.
Sunderland 1-2 Blackburnastle
Two goals in two minutes from David Bentley and Roque Santa Cruz helped Blackburn to a 2-1 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Bentley pounced on a rebound to open the scoring from close range on 53 minutes, and Roque Santa Cruz smashed home his fifth goal of the season two minutes later as the home side were sliced open again.
Derby 1-1 Bolton
Derby goalkeeper Stephen Bywater secured the Rams a point after a superb late double save in a 1-1 draw with Bolton at Pride Park. Bywater had seen 20 goals sail past him in just seven league games to date but he proved he has lost none of his confidence when he denied Bolton's Christian Wilhelmsson and Nicolas Anelka late on.
Kenny Miller had given the home side a 19th-minute lead in a ragged and nervy tussle between the division's bottom two before Anelka's fortunate 32nd-minute equaliser, which took a heavy deflection off Claude Davis
Wigan 0-1 Liverpool
Yossi Benayoun ended Liverpool's mini crisis with the only goal of the game as Wigan suffered a 17th defeat in 17 matches against the Barclays Premier League's fabled 'big four'. In the end it was substitute Benayoun, a £5million buy from West Ham in the summer, who netted a 75th minute winner for his first league goal for the Reds
Chelsea 0-0 Fulham
Chelsea lost captain John Terry with a suspected fractured cheekbone as Avram Grant's first home game in charge ended in stalemate and controversy. To compound matters for Chelsea, Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, playing his first game since injuring his knee against Aston Villa in early September, was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 73rd minute.
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