| Chelsea | 0-1 (HT 0-1) | Liverpool |
| Alonso 10 | ||
| Bookings: Malouda 54 A Cole 56 Deco 79 | Bookings: Arbeloa 22 Gerrard 39 Mascherano 66 |
Liverpool demonstrated their growing title credentials by ending Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten run in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge and moving three points clear at the top of the table.
Xabi Alonso's deflected 10th-minute goal gave Liverpool victory and shattered a Chelsea sequence stretching back to February 2004 on home turf.
It was a deserved triumph for Rafael Benitez's side achieved without Fernando Torres and the first setback for the reign of Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa (Sinclair 84), Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Kalou (Di Santo 58), Deco, Lampard, Malouda (Belletti 58), Anelka. Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Ivanovic, Ferreira, Alex.
Booked: Malouda, Ashley Cole, Deco.
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Aurelio, Alonso, Mascherano, Kuyt (Leiva Lucas 88), Gerrard, Riera (Hyypia 90), Keane (Babel 60). Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Dossena, Benayoun, Pennant.
Booked: Arbeloa, Gerrard, Mascherano.
Goals: Alonso 10.
Att: 41,705
Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)____________________________________________________________________
| Man City | 3-0 (HT 1-0) | Stoke |
| Robinho 14 Robinho 47 Robinho 72 | ||
| Bookings: Kompany 88 |
Struggling Stoke were torn to shreds by Robinho, who scored a hat-trick to give Manchester City their first Premier League victory in four matches.
Robinho fired in the opener after being picked out by Ched Evans.
And he slotted his second past keeper Thomas Sorensen after being set up by substitute Danny Sturridge's pass.
Robinho was twice denied by Sorensen before collecting another fine ball from Sturridge and calmly shooting into the bottom corner of the net. Man City: Hart, Richards, Dunne (Fernandes 76), Ben-Haim, Garrido (Onuoha 70), Wright-Phillips, Ireland, Kompany, Elano, Robinho, Evans (Sturridge 42).
Subs Not Used: Schmeichel, Caicedo, Hamann, Berti.
Booked: Kompany.
Goals: Robinho 14, 47, 72.
Stoke: Sorensen, Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Shawcross, Higginbotham, Soares (Cresswell 69), Olofinjana, Diao (Whelan 76), Delap, Fuller, Sidibe (Kitson 66).
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Cort, Amdy Faye, Wilkinson.
Att: 44,624
Ref: Steve Tanner (Somerset).
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| Tottenham | 2-0 (HT 1-0) | Bolton |
| Pavlyuchenko 17 Bent (pen) 76 | ||
| Bookings: Nolan 38 McCann 42 Jaaskelainen 76 | ||
| Sent off: McCann 56 |
Goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Darren Bent gave Tottenham their first win of the season over Bolton in Harry Redknapp's first game in charge.
David Bentley's pin-point cross was met by Pavlyuchenko to give Spurs the lead midway through the first half.
After the break, Bolton midfielder Gavin McCann was sent off for two bookable offences.
Bent wrapped up the victory from the penalty spot after he was fouled by goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Corluka, King, Assou-Ekotto, Bentley, Jenas, Huddlestone, Modric, O'Hara (Lennon 70), Pavlyuchenko (Bent 67).
Subs Not Used: Cesar, Zokora, Gunter, Giovani, Campbell.
Goals: Pavlyuchenko 17, Bent 76 pen.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Andrew O'Brien, Samuel, Davies, Nolan, Muamba (Gardner 85), McCann, Taylor, Elmander (Riga 85).
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Hunt, Smolarek, Helguson, Shittu.
Sent Off: McCann (56).
Booked: Nolan, McCann, Jaaskelainen.
Att: 35,507
Ref: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).
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| West Ham | 0-2 (HT 0-0) | Arsenal |
| Faubert o.g. 75 Adebayor 90+1 | ||
| Bookings: Parker 43 Faubert 88 | Bookings: Fabregas 27 Clichy 51 Song Billong 59 | |
| Sent off: Cole 90+3 |
A late Emmanuel Adebayor strike and a Julien Faubert own goal at Upton Park inflicted a third successive Premier League defeat on West Ham.
Theo Walcott and Robin van Persie both hit the post before substitute Adebayor's scuffed shot was directed beyond Robert Green via Faubert.
In injury time, Adebayor ran from the centre circle to finish a delightful Nicklas Bendtner cross-field pass.
And West Ham striker Carlton Cole was then sent off for a foul on Alex Song.____________________________________________________________________
| Wigan | 0-4 (HT 0-1) | Aston Villa |
| Barry (pen) 22 Agbonlahor 57 Carew 62 Sidwell 90 | ||
| Bookings: Palacios 26 | Bookings: Young 31 Reo-Coker 44 |
Gabriel Agbonlahor scored one goal and made two as Villa won at a canter at Wigan's JJB Stadium.
Gareth Barry gave the visitors the lead from the penalty spot after Agbonlahor was felled by Titus Bramble.
The young striker bundled home the second from a flick-on by substitute John Carew before returning the favour for the Norwegian to head the third.
Steve Sidwell capped Villa's afternoon by coming off the bench and rifling in a fourth goal, his first for the club.
The result and the manner in which it was achieved represents the perfect way for manager Martin O'Neill to complete his first century of games in charge of the Midlands side.
The Northern Irishman had warned beforehand of the dangers posed by Wigan but in truth the home side showed little of the fight on evidence in the recent home victory over Manchester City.
Wigan: Kirkland, Boyce, Bramble, Scharner, Figueroa, De Ridder (Taylor 81), Palacios, Cattermole (Brown 81), Kapo (Koumas 46), Zaki, Heskey. Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Kilbane, Camara, Cywka.
Booked: Palacios.
Aston Villa: Friedel, Luke Young (Davies 78), Laursen, Cuellar, Shorey, Reo-Coker, Petrov (Sidwell 84), Barry (Carew 54), Ashley Young, Agbonlahor, Milner. Subs Not Used: Guzan, Harewood, Knight, Gardner.
Booked: Luke Young, Reo-Coker.
Goals: Barry 22 pen, Agbonlahor 57, Carew 62, Sidwell 90.
Att: 20,249.
Ref: Michael Jones (Cheshie).
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| Portsmouth | 1-1 (HT 0-0) | Fulham |
| Crouch 61 | Dempsey 87 |
Clint Dempsey's late goal rescued an unlikely point for Fulham against managerless Portsmouth.
Portsmouth had taken a 60th minute lead through Peter Crouch, who tucked home from close range after being played in by the lively Jermain Defoe.
Fulham were thankful to keeper Mark Schwarzer for keeping them in the game while Nadir Belhadj also hit the post.
And with the game heading for a Pompey victory Dempsey found himself unmarked at the near post to equalise.
All the pre-match talk was of Harry Redknapp's departure to Tottenham and his subsequent successor at Fratton Park.
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