Premier League results for 14th and 15th Sept 2008

Stoke	2-3 (HT 0-1)	Everton
Olofinjana 55 Jagielka o.g. 63		Yakubu 41 Anichebe 51 Cahill 77
Bookings: Fuller 64 Faye 68		Bookings: Arteta 82

Everton fended off a determined Stoke fightback to earn a win courtesy of Tim Cahill's header.

Yakubu had clinically sidefooted the visitors ahead before Victor Anichebe's glanced header added a second.

But two Rory Delap long throws were not dealt with by Everton and Stoke drew level through a Seyi Olofinjana volley and Phil Jagielka's headed own goal.

Everton boss David Moyes was sent to the stands after his side were denied a penalty before Cahill headed in.

Stoke: Sorensen, Griffin, Sonko, Cort, Higginbotham, Lawrence (Cresswell 86), Abdoulaye Faye (Tonge 81), Olofinjana, Delap, Kitson (Sidibe 81), Fuller.
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Whelan, Shawcross, Wilkinson.

Booked: Fuller, Abdoulaye Faye.

Goals: Olofinjana 55, Jagielka 63 og.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Fellaini, Anichebe (Vaughan 90), Cahill (Rodwell 81), Castillo, Arteta, Yakubu.
Subs Not Used: Nash, Baines, Nuno Valente, Kissock, Baxter.

Booked: Arteta.

Goals: Yakubu 41, Anichebe 51, Cahill 77.

Att: 27,415

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).

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Tottenham	1-2 (HT 0-1)	Aston Villa
Bent 87		Reo-Coker 5 Young 54
Bookings: Dawson 60		Bookings: Shorey 21 Carew 51 Agbonlahor 83 Young 90+4

Aston Villa condemned Tottenham to their worst start to a Premier League campaign with a victory that leaves Spurs winless and bottom of the table.

Villa took the lead after just four minutes as Tottenham failed to cut out a Gabriel Agbonlahor cross which Nigel Reo-Coker converted with ease.

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes inexplicably let Ashley Young's weak 54th-minute shot slip under his body.

Darren Bent's late goal was little consolation for angry Spurs fans.

While the two Uefa Cup participants, who drew 4-4 in last season's pulsating corresponding fixture, spent heavily in the s

Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Woodgate, Dawson (Giovani 62), Bale, Lennon, Zokora (Bentley 46), Huddlestone, Modric (Jenas 29), Pavlyuchenko, Bent.
Subs Not Used: Cesar, Gilberto, Campbell, O'Hara.

Booked: Dawson.

Goals: Bent 87.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Luke Young, Laursen, Davies, Shorey (Gardner 88), Ashley Young, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Agbonlahor (Harewood 84), Carew (Milner 63).
Subs Not Used: Guzan, Knight, Routledge, Cuellar.

Booked: Shorey, Carew, Agbonlahor, Ashley Young.

Goals: Reo-Coker 5, Ashley Young 54.

Att: 36,075

Ref: Steve Bennett (Kent).

ummer, they have made distinctly contrasting starts to the season.