Premier League Results for 23rd Nov 2008

Sunderland	0-1 (HT 0-1)	West Ham
		Behrami 20
Bookings: Reid 19 Bardsley 23		Bookings: Bowyer 29

Valon Behrami's first goal for West Ham was enough to give them a much-needed victory over a below-par Sunderland.

Behrami's shot took a deflection off Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones to beat stranded keeper Marton Fulop.

Sunderland had penalty appeals turned down when Jones and Djibril Cisse went down in the area.

Behrami should have added a second but hit the bar from five yards out, while Sunderland striker Cisse was guilty of missing a number of chances.

Sunderland: Fulop, Bardsley, Nosworthy, Ferdinand, Collins, Malbranque (Edwards 66), Whitehead, Reid (Murphy 66), Richardson, Jones (Diouf 81), Cisse.
Subs Not Used: Colgan, Tainio, Colback, Henderson.

Booked: Reid, Bardsley.

West Ham: Green, Neill, Collins, Upson, Ilunga, Faubert (Boa Morte 76), Parker, Bowyer (Mullins 61), Behrami, Bellamy (Di Michele 87), Cole.
Subs Not Used: Lastuvka, Davenport, Collison, Sears.

Booked: Bowyer.

Goals: Behrami 20.

Att: 35,222.

Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).

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Tottenham	1-0 (HT 1-0)	Blackburn
Pavlyuchenko 9
Bookings: Bentley 45+2 Jenas 88		Bookings: Olsson 27 Ooijer 69 Andrews 88
		Sent off: Olsson 39

Tottenham moved out of the Premier League's bottom three with a victory over Blackburn, who had defender Martin Olsson sent off on 39 minutes.

Aaron Lennon was Spurs' inspiration and he set up the winner when he robbed Olsson, went on a run and cut the ball back for Roman Pavlyuchenko to slot in.

Pavlyuchenko almost grabbed a second when his glancing header hit a post.

Olsson was dismissed when he brought down his tormentor Lennon and received his second yellow card of the match.

Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Woodgate, King, Assou-Ekotto, Bentley (O'Hara 86), Jenas, Huddlestone, Lennon, Pavlyuchenko (Campbell 74), Bent.
Subs Not Used: Cesar, Bale, Zokora, Gunter, Dawson.

Booked: Bentley, Jenas.

Goals: Pavlyuchenko 9.

Blackburn: Robinson, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Olsson, Emerton (Derbyshire 71), Andrews, Mokoena, Pedersen (Treacy 81), McCarthy (Simpson 46), Roque Santa Cruz.
Subs Not Used: Brown, Kerimoglu, Fowler, Roberts.

Sent Off: Olsson (39).

Booked: Olsson, Ooijer, Andrews.

Att: 35,903

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).