Harry has made an instant change

harry Redknapp has made the instant change so badly needed at White Hart Lane with a 2-0 win over Bolton. i dare say if Ramos and the other egit was still there it would have been 2-0 to Bolton tonight. What a brilliant manager to Leavey to get and my commiserations go out to the Pompey fans as he has done a brilliant job there , maybe big Sam Alardyce will go to Portsmouth

Premier League Results for 26th Oct 2008

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)
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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.

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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.

Tottenham sack Ramos for Redknapp

Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp as their new manager after sacking Juande Ramos late on Saturday night.

Spurs have agreed a compensation package of £5m with Portsmouth, according to the 61-year-old Redknapp.

Tottenham also axed sporting director Damien Comolli and first-team coaches Gus Poyet and Marcos Alvarez following their worst start to a season.

"It's a big opportunity to manage a big club before I retire," said Redknapp.

Premier League Results fo 25th Oct 2008

Everton	1-1 (HT 0-1)	Man Utd
Fellaini 63		Fletcher 22
Bookings: Jagielka 52 Yobo 56 Fellaini 90+4		Bookings: Vidic 30 Rooney 69 Brown 85

Marouane Fellaini's header capped a fine recovery by Everton and earned a point against Manchester United.

United dominated the first half and deservedly took the lead when Darren Fletcher ran onto Ryan Giggs' pass to slot home after 22 minutes.

Everton keeper Tim Howard kept his side in the game until Fellaini rose to head in Phil Neville's cross.

Yakubu then had a shot turned on to the post by United keeper Edwin van der Sar to deny Everton an unlikely win.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Arteta,

Fellaini, Osman, Pienaar, Saha (Anichebe 90),

Yakubu (Vaughan 88).

Subs Not Used: Nash, Baines, Castillo, Nuno Valente, Rodwell.

Booked: Jagielka, Yobo, Fellaini.

Goals: Fellaini 63.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo,

Fletcher (Tevez 78), Giggs, Park (Anderson 67), Berbatov,

Rooney (Nani 71).

Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Neville, O'Shea, Evans.

Booked: Vidic, Rooney, Brown.

Goals: Fletcher 22.

Att: 36,069

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).

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Sunderland	2-1 (HT 1-1)	Newcastle
Cisse 20 Richardson 75		Ameobi 30
Bookings: Cisse 54		Bookings: Guthrie 5 Butt 73

Kieran Richardson's sublime free-kick saw off a spirited Newcastle side to earn Sunderland their first Wear-Tyne derby victory in eight years.

Djibril Cisse showed great reactions to put Sunderland ahead when he steered in Steed Malbranque's shot-cum-cross.

Shola Ameobi's powerful header from Geremi's fine free-kick drew Joe Kinnear's men level before the break.

But Richardson crashed home the winner with a ferocious 18-yard strike after Nicky Butt fouled El-Hadji Diouf.

The Magpies matched their hosts for most of a fiery match played in battering wind. But the Black Cats started and finished strongly, created the better chances and no one could argue with the quality of Richardson's winner six minutes from time.

Sunderland: Fulop, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Malbranque (Tainio 87), Whitehead, Yorke (Jones 57), Richardson, Cisse, Diouf (Reid 90).
Subs Not Used: Colgan, Bardsley, Chopra, Leadbitter.

Booked: Cisse.

Goals: Cisse 20, Richardson 75.

Newcastle: Given, Beye, Taylor, Coloccini, Bassong (Jose Enrique 84), Geremi (Gutierrez 73), Guthrie, Butt (Barton 85), Duff, Ameobi, Martins.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Cacapa, N'Zogbia, Xisco.

Booked: Guthrie, Butt.

Goals: Ameobi 30.

Att: 47,936.

Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).

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West Brom	0-3 (HT 0-0)	Hull
		Zayatte 47 Geovanni 62 King 66
Bookings: Miller 27		Bookings: Ricketts 39 Ashbee 49

Only goal difference separates Hull from the top of the Premier League after a comprehensive victory over fellow top-flight newcomers West Brom.

Albion's Jonas Olsson headed against the bar after Borja Valero's shot had been saved before Kamil Zayatte headed wide when unmarked as Hull fought back.

Zayatte volleyed Hull in front from a corner for his first goal for the club.

Brazilian Geovanni made it 2-0 with a diving header after Marlon King's flick before King slotted in a low shot.

It was the fourth successive win for Hull and takes them to level on points with leaders Chelsea and second-placed Liverpool who play each other on Sunday.

West Brom: Carson, Zuiverloon, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Morrison (Moore 80), Greening, Koren (Brunt 80), Borja Valero, Miller (MacDonald 80), Bednar.
Subs Not Used: Kiely, Hoefkens, Cech, Barnett.

Booked: Miller.

Hull: Myhill, McShane, Zayatte, Turner, Dawson (Ricketts 10), Marney, Ashbee (Hughes 75), Boateng, Cousin, King, Geovanni (Garcia 78).
Subs Not Used: Duke, Mendy, Halmosi, Folan.

Booked: Ricketts, Ashbee.

Goals: Zayatte 47, Geovanni 62, King 66.

Att: 26,323.

Ref: Lee Probert (Wiltshire).

Thicko Barton

Thicko Joey Barton makes his come back after all the problems he's caused. How any team could have this idiot back in their squad I'll never know. Newcastle must be desperate if they need that idiot. the thicko said he wants to be a role model, for what I ask more thugs? Face it Barton youre washed up and the biggest loser the Premier League has seen

Premier League gossip and transfer news

Brazil striker Ronaldo, nearing full fitness after a serious knee injury, has pleaded with Manchester City to make another move for him, saying: "If City make their offer again, I'll consider it." (The Sun)

England striker Emile Heskey is looking for an £80,000-a-week deal elsewhere as he plays out his current Wigan contract, which may mean he could prove too expensive in the January window. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill plans to use Marlon Harewood as bait to sign Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz in an £18m deal. (Daily Mirror)

Barnsley have been forced to abandon plans to sign Bolton's Portuguese striker Ricardo Vaz Te on loan because he is suffering from a knee injury. (Daily Express)

Atletico Madrid directors have placed under-pressure Tottenham boss Juande Ramos at the top of their list to replace much-criticised Javier Aguirre. (Daily Star)

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has branded Blues striker Didier Drogba a diver. The Inter Milan manager said: "I am no longer Chelsea coach and I do not have to defend them any more but I think it is correct if I say Drogba is a diver." (Various)

Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr have signalled that they are ready to sell their stake at Anfield after engaging investment bank Merrill Lynch to find a buyer for the club. (The Times)

Liverpool's owners reportedly intend to use the club's profits to service interest on the loans they have incurred to buy the club. (Daily Telegraph)

Bolton manager Gary Megson has claimed it will take a record low points total to survive in the Premier League this season. (Daily Mirror)

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan has promised to score against Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday - and dedicate the goal to his former club Manchester United. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City hope to agree terms over a new double-your-money four-year contract with goalkeeper Joe Hart by the end of the week. (Daily Mail)

Premier League result for 20th Oct 2008

Newcastle	2-2 (HT 1-1)	Man City
Ameobi 44 Dunne o.g. 63		Robinho (pen) 14 Ireland 86
		Bookings: Garrido 36 Kompany 45+1
Sent off: Beye 12

Newcastle earned a brave draw after referee Rob Styles' early penalty decision had enraged St James' Park.

Home fans were livid after Styles sent off Habib Beye in the 13th minute when Beye appeared to clear from Robinho.

The Brazilian easily converted the resulting penalty but City mistakes let Shola Ameobi equalise before half time.

The Magpies led through Richard Dunne's spectacular own goal after 62 minutes, but Stephen Ireland stroked in a classy equaliser with five minutes remaining.

Having made their worst start to a Premier League season in nine years, and with owner Mike Ashley still looking for a buyer for the club, second-from-bottom Newcastle were desperate for a win.

Newcastle: Given, Beye, Taylor, Coloccini, Bassong, Geremi, Guthrie, Butt, Duff, Martins (N'Zogbia 72), Ameobi (Carroll 79).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Cacapa, Jose Enrique, Xisco, Edgar.

Sent Off: Beye (12).

Goals: Ameobi 44, Dunne 63 og.

Man City: Hart, Richards (Onuoha 58), Ben-Haim, Dunne, Garrido (Sturridge 83), Wright-Phillips, Kompany, Hamann (Evans 64), Ireland, Jo, Robinho.
Subs Not Used: Schmeichel, Elano, Fernandes, Berti.

Booked: Garrido, Kompany.

Goals: Robinho 14 pen, Ireland 86.

Att: 45,908

Ref: Rob Styles (Hampshire).

Premier League Results for 19th Oct 2008

Hull	1-0 (HT 0-0)	West Ham
Turner 51
Bookings: Zayatte 62 Dawson 71		Bookings: Ilunga 18

Hull moved back into third place in the Premier League after a Michael Turner goal made it three wins on the trot.

Carlton Cole and Herita Ilunga both missed glorious opportunities for West Ham in the opening half.

Turner put Hull in front when he headed in powerfully from an Andy Dawson corner just after the break.

The Hammers almost equalised when Cole's shot from five yards out beat Boaz Myhill, but he saw his effort come back off the underside of the bar.

It was a third consecutive win for Phil Brown's Hull side, whose tally of 17 points after eight games is the second best total for a promoted club since the start of the Premier League.

Gomez Addams was very happy with his team today.

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Stoke	2-1 (HT 1-1)	Tottenham
Higginbotham (pen) 19 Delap 53		Bent 25
Bookings: Ab Faye 87		Bookings: Hutton 64 Woodgate 90
		Sent off: Bale 17 Dawson 90+9

Tottenham had Gareth Bale and Michael Dawson dismissed as Stoke took advantage to claim a vital victory.

Bale saw red for a foul on Tom Soares and Danny Higginbotham scored the penalty before Darren Bent poked home.

Rory Delap tapped in to make it 2-1 before Ricardo Fuller struck both posts with a penalty and Delap hit the bar.

Dawson was sent off for a tackle on Mamady Sidibe and Fuller hit the post in 11 minutes of injury time, which came after Vedran Corluka was hurt.

The Croatian was caught by the knee of his own keeper, Heurelho Gomes, full on his chin and required medical attention on the pitch.

He left the field on a stretcher wearing an oxygen mask and was taken to hospital.

It was a horror injury for Corluka in what was a nightmare of a match for Tottenham.

Two points separated the teams at the start of the game, but Spurs are now three points adrift at the foot of the table after falling to their sixth league defeat of the season.

It is a bleak statistic for the north Londoners and adds to the already considerable pressure on manager Juande Ramos.

In contrast, Stoke will be delighted with their second victory of the campaign, which did not come as easily as might have been expected given their numerical advantage.

Stoke started brightly and created the first chance when Delap squared for Soares after a fine passing move, but the striker could only hit his shot weakly at Gomes.

Stoke: Sorensen (Simonsen 66), Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Sonko (Shawcross 83), Higginbotham, Soares, Olofinjana, Diao, Delap, Sidibe, Kitson (Fuller 56).
Subs Not Used: Whelan, Cresswell, Amdy Faye, Tonge.

Booked: Abdoulaye Faye.

Goals: Higginbotham 19 pen, Delap 53.

Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Woodgate, Corluka (Dawson 77), Bale, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Modric, Bentley (Pavlyuchenko 59), Bent.
Subs Not Used: Cesar, Huddlestone, Campbell, O'Hara, Assou-Ekotto.

Sent Off: Bale (17), Dawson (90).

Booked: Hutton, Woodgate.

Goals: Bent 25.

Att: 27,500

Ref: Lee Mason (Lancashire).

Premier League results for 18th Oct 2008

Arsenal	3-1 (HT 0-1)	Everton
Nasri 48 Van Persie 70 Walcott 90		Osman 9
Bookings: Adebayor 34 Clichy 60		Bookings: Lescott 30 Hibbert 60 Pienaar 65 Osman 87

Leon Osman put Everton ahead when he exchanged passes with Steven Pienaar and converted at the near post.

Samir Nasri equalised with a low shot from 20 yards and Robin Van Persie headed Arsenal in front after Tim Howard had parried Cesc Fabregas' shot.

With Arsenal then in the ascendancy, substitute Theo Walcott played a one-two with Abou Diaby before slotting in the third through Howard's legs.

Arsenal: Almunia, Song Billong, Toure (Walcott 46), Silvestre, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Denilson, Nasri (Diaby 83), Van Persie, Adebayor.
Subs Not Used: Fabianski, Vela, Ramsey, Gibbs, Hoyte.

Booked: Adebayor, Clichy.

Goals: Nasri 48, Van Persie 70, Walcott 90.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert (Vaughan 80), Jagielka, Lescott, Baines, Arteta, Osman, Rodwell, Fellaini (Saha 74), Pienaar, Yakubu (Neville 80).
Subs Not Used: Nash, Nuno Valente, Gosling, Wallace.

Booked: Lescott, Hibbert, Pienaar, Osman.

Goals: Osman 9.

Att: 60,064

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).

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Aston Villa	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Portsmouth
Bookings: Young 64		Bookings: Johnson 43 Davis 60 Diop 75
		Sent off: Davis 81

Aston Villa and Portsmouth cemented their places in the top half of the Premier League table after a hard-fought draw at Villa Park.

The visitors started well with Jermain Defoe missing a sitter after Armand Traore had hit the post.

But Villa had numerous chances to get a second-half winner with John Carew heading against the bar late on.

Pompey midfielder Sean Davis was unlucky to be sent off with 10 minutes remaining after a second yellow card.

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

Booked: Ashley Young.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Armand Traore (Belhadj 78), Little (Utaka 71), Davis, Diop, Pamarot, Defoe (Mvuemba 82), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Hreidarsson, Thomas, Kanu.

Sent Off: Davis (81).

Booked: Johnson, Davis, Diop.

Att: 37,660

Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).

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Bolton	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Blackburn
Bookings: Steinsson 34		Bookings: Simpson 52 Villanueva 57 Kerimoglu 68

Bolton failed to turn around a wretched run of form against Blackburn as they drew a blank at the Reebok.

Despite a sterling effort from Matt Taylor, Bolton could not find a way through the resolute Rovers defence.

Blackburn's Carlos Villanueva clipped the bar in the first half before Jason Roberts missed a free header close in.

Bolton's Andy O'Brien also missed a great chance from a corner before Taylor hit the post after the best passing move of the game.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson (Joey O'Brien 77), Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Samuel, McCann, Davies, Nolan, Muamba (Gardner 69), Taylor (Riga 86), Elmander.
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Hunt, Smolarek, Shittu.

Booked: Steinsson.

Blackburn: Robinson, Simpson, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Emerton, Villanueva (Derbyshire 62), Kerimoglu, Warnock, Fowler (Andrews 74), Roberts (McCarthy 78).
Subs Not Used: Brown, Grella, Khizanishvili, Treacy.

Booked: Simpson, Villanueva, Kerimoglu.

Att: 24,778

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).

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Fulham	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Sunderland
Bookings: Murphy 53		Bookings: Malbranque 34

Sunderland produced a superb display but could not find the goal they deserved as Fulham escaped with a point to end a run of three straight defeats.

Kieran Richardson and Djibril Cisse came close to giving Sunderland the lead, while Zoltan Gera wasted two first-half chances for the hosts.

One Richardson free-kick hit the woodwork three times and another was disallowed for a foul in the wall.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Murphy, Bullard, Gera (Dempsey 73), Zamora, Johnson.
Subs Not Used: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gray, Andreasen, Kallio, Baird.

Booked: Murphy.

Sunderland: Gordon, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Malbranque, Leadbitter (Reid 62), Whitehead, Richardson, Cisse (Murphy 84), Chopra (Healy 69).
Subs Not Used: Fulop, Bardsley, Tainio, Diouf.

Booked: Malbranque.

Att: 25,116

Ref: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
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Liverpool	3-2 (HT 1-2)	Wigan
Kuyt 37 Riera 80 Kuyt 85		Zaki 29 Zaki 45+2
Bookings: Dossena 39		Bookings: Valencia 71
		Sent off: Valencia 75

Dirk Kuyt's scissor-kick five minutes from time gave Liverpool all three points against 10-man Wigan in a pulsating game at Anfield.

Amr Zaki gave the visitors the lead after a mistake from Daniel Agger, but Kuyt fired Liverpool level.

On the stroke of half-time Zaki scored a spectacular overhead-kick to restore Wigan's lead, before Antonio Valencia was sent off for two bookable offences.

The home side hit back through Albert Riera, before Kuyt's late winner.

Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa (Benayoun 79), Carragher, Agger, Dossena (El Zhar 78), Pennant, Gerrard, Alonso, Riera, Keane (Hyypia 90), Kuyt.
Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Leiva Lucas, Insua, Ngog.

Booked: Dossena.

Goals: Kuyt 37, Riera 80, Kuyt 85.

Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Palacios (Koumas 90), Kapo (Brown 82), De Ridder (Kilbane 79), Zaki.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Taylor, Boyce, Camara.

Sent Off: Valencia (75).

Booked: Valencia.

Goals: Zaki 29, 45.

Att: 43,868

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
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Man Utd	4-0 (HT 0-0)	West Brom
Rooney 56 Ronaldo 69 Berbatov 71 Nani 90
		Bookings: Zuiverloon 40

Wayne Rooney sparked Manchester United into life against a limited West Brom as the champions moved ominously up to fourth in the Premier League table.

The visitors battled hard early on while Rooney had an effort disallowed.

But the in-form England international cut inside Ryan Donk to fire a superb opener on 55 minutes before setting up Cristiano Ronaldo for a simple second.

Dimitar Berbatov added a casual third after poor Baggies defending before Rooney set up Nani to slide in late on.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva (Neville 65), Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra (O'Shea 36), Ronaldo, Fletcher, Giggs, Park (Nani 70), Berbatov, Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Brown, Evans, Gibson.

Goals: Rooney 56, Ronaldo 69, Berbatov 71, Nani 90.

West Brom: Carson, Zuiverloon, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Morrison, Koren (Moore 72), Borja Valero, Greening, Brunt, Bednar (Miller 53).
Subs Not Used: Kiely, Hoefkens, Cech, Barnett, MacDonald.

Booked: Zuiverloon.

Att: 75,451

Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).

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Middlesbrough	0-5 (HT 0-1)	Chelsea
		Kalou 14 Belletti 51 Kalou 53 Lampard 63 Malouda 67
Bookings: O'Neil 25 Alves 77

Chelsea completely outclassed Middlesbrough to keep their place at the top of the Premier League table.

Salomon Kalou began the rout, stroking in after Juliano Belletti's shot had been blocked and Belletti made it 2-0 with a stunning 30-yard shot.

Kalou got his second when his low strike deflected off David Wheater before Frank Lampard's diving header rounded off a superb Chelsea breakaway.

Florent Malouda tapped in the fifth after Nicolas Anelka had hit the post.

Middlesbrough: Turnbull, Grounds (John Johnson 54), Wheater, Riggott, Taylor, Aliadiere, Shawky (Digard 65), O'Neil, Adam Johnson (Alves 65), Downing, Mido.
Subs Not Used: Jones, Emnes, Bennett, Walker.

Booked: O'Neil, Alves.

Chelsea: Cudicini, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Bridge (Ferreira 65), Belletti, Lampard (Deco 73), Mikel, Kalou, Anelka (Sinclair 78), Malouda.
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Ivanovic, Mancienne, Stoch.

Goals: Kalou 14, Belletti 51, Kalou 53, Lampard 63, Malouda 67.

Att: 29,221

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).

Premier League gossip and transfer news

14th Oct 2008

Former manager Kevin Keegan is suing Newcastle United for £9m in damages. The 57-year-old has begun legal proceedings for unfair dismissal following his departure in September. (Evening Standard)

West Ham are close to agreeing a deal to sign former Deportivo La Coruna striker Diego Tristan, 32, who is now a free agent after a spell in Italian football. (Daily Star)

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso could still join Juventus as the Italians continue to be linked with manager Rafael Benitez. Current Juve boss Claudio Ranieri has one year left on his contract and former Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard and ex-Italy manager Roberto Donadoni are also on the Turin club's shortlist. (Various)

Sunderland and West Brom are leading the chase to sign Leeds' new teenage sensation Fabian Delph. (Daily Mirror)

Djibril Cisse, currently on a season-long loan at Sunderland from Marseille, is set to become Roy Keane's first £10m signing. (The Sun)

Striker Paul Gallagher, currently on loan at Plymouth, is set to quit Blackburn. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has expressed concern over his England place after once again failing to click with Frank Lampard on Saturday against Kazakhstan. (Various)

Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo believes he has now been forgiven by Manchester United fans for trying to quit the club for Real Madrid in the summer. "People have not forgotten all the good things we've done together and I'm very happy with that," he said. (The Sun)

Chelsea's England Under-21 star Michael Mancienne has admitted he may have to quit the Stamford Bridge club to fulfil his desire for first-team football. (The Sun)

Joe Kinnear claims he is ready to return to management on a full-time basis having rediscovered the bug at Newcastle, where he is currently interim boss. (Daily Star)

Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung wants to make a renewed bid to buy Birmingham City. (Daily Mail)

Doctors in Australia have told Newcastle striker Mark Viduka that he will not need more surgery to cure his Achilles problem. The 33-year-old feared he could be out for six months. (Daily Mail)

Moyes signs new deal

Manager David Moyes has ended speculation over his future by signing a new five-year deal at Everton.

Moyes, 45, delayed signing the deal and admitted it may have unsettled his players after they were knocked out of the Carling Cup and the Uefa Cup.

"There have been many different things for different reasons," Moyes told the club's website of the delay.

"But we are here now. The big thing for me is that I am at Everton, as far as I am concerned, for another five years."

Premier League Gossip and transfer news

Sat 11th Sept 2008

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has made signing Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz his top priority in January. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce is hopeful of signing loan striker Amr Zaki on a permanent deal from Cairo side Zamalek. (Daily Mirror)

Ipswich are interested in signing crocked Portsmouth striker David Nugent, who has just had a second hernia operation. (Sun)

James Milner insists he is not frustrated at playing a bit-part since his £12million move to Aston Villa from Newcastle. (The Sun)

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has prepared a three-year business plan in a bid to convince boss Roy Keane he should stay at the club. (Sun)

Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie believes the days of massive transfer fees could be over as football begins to feel the full effects of the credit crunch. (The News, Portsmouth)

Former manager Kevin Keegan has told close friends he would return to Newcastle as soon as Mike Ashley sells the club. (Daily Express)

West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson has assured the club's board that he is not going to sell, despite claims he has lost more than £300million in the Icelandic banking crisis. (Daily Express)

Earlier news

Hull have put an £8m price tag on Geovanni and are ready to offer the Brazilian a new double-your-money £40,000-a-week deal to stay at the KC Stadium. (The Sun)

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has opened the door for a return to his boyhood club Barcelona after admitting it would be a dream to go back to the Nou Camp. He said: "I've decided to give my all to Arsenal, although next year who knows?" (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is planning an £8m bid for France Under-21 midfielder Blaise Matuidi, who is currently playing for Saint Etienne. (The Sun)

Argentina striker Carlos Tevez has been reassured his move to Manchester United will be made permanent before the end of the year. (The Sun)

Bolton want Blackburn's out-of-favour midfielder Aaron Mokoena and manager Gary Megson hopes to sign the 27-year-old South African in January for a nominal fee. (Daily Mirror)

Derby boss Paul Jewell will step up his bid to sign Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross on loan after losing Martin Albrechtsen to injury. Ipswich are also keen on the former Manchester United player. (Daily Star)

Fulham will sign South African midfielder Kagiso Dikgacoi, 23, in January - if he can get a work permit. (Various)

West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola has been told he must sell players before he can buy. The club was left reeling when the bank run by their owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson was taken over by Iceland's government to stop the entire country's finances from crumbling. (Various)

Liverpool could lose Rafael Benitez, with the club's American owners so far refusing to sanction an extension to their manager's current deal, which now has only 18 months left to run. (Daily Mirror)

According to other sources, Benitez has vowed to stay with the Anfield club, saying: "I'm not really worried about the situation at the moment." (Daily Star)

Newcastle's interim boss Joe Kinnear could be in charge of the Magpies until the new year as a sale of the club does not appear to be imminent. (Daily Star)

Football Association chairman David Triesman has threatened to enforce a salary cap on England's leading clubs as part of a wide-ranging and often damning address on the game's finances. (The Guardian)

Phil Brown is Gomez Addams

Premier League results for the 5th October 2008

Chelsea	2-0 (HT 2-0)	Aston Villa
J Cole 21 Anelka 44
		Bookings: Cuellar 68 Petrov 78 Shorey 85

Chelsea stayed top of the Premier League with an impressive demolition job on Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues were dominant throughout and Joe Cole drilled home the opener after running on to Frank Lampard's pass.

Nicolas Anelka got the second when he finished off after Brad Friedel had kept out his first effort and an initial shot from Michael Ballack.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Joe Cole (Kalou 57), Ballack, Lampard, Malouda (Belletti 83), Anelka (Di Santo 46).
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Bridge, Ferreira, Mancienne.

Goals: Joe Cole 21, Anelka 44.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Luke Young (Milner 46), Davies (Cuellar 46), Laursen, Shorey, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Barry, Ashley Young, Carew (Harewood 71), Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Guzan, Knight, Salifou, Gardner.

Booked: Cuellar, Petrov, Shorey.

Att: 41,593.

Ref: Chris Foy (Merseyside).

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Everton	2-2 (HT 2-1)	Newcastle
Arteta (pen) 17 Fellaini 35		Taylor 45+2 Duff 47
Bookings: Fellaini 73		Bookings: N'Zogbia 25 Butt 44 Geremi 74

Newcastle fought back from two goals down to earn a draw away at Everton in Joe Kinnear's first match in charge.

Mikel Arteta's penalty gave Everton a deserved lead before Marouane Fellaini made it two with a neat finish.

Steven Taylor inspired Newcastle's comeback, heading in on the stroke of half-time, and then crossing for Damien Duff to equalise after the break.

Leighton Baines blocked Charles N'Zogbia's shot as Everton claimed their first home point of the season.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Lescott, Baines, Arteta, Osman, Fellaini, Pienaar (Vaughan 84), Saha (Anichebe 72), Yakubu.
Subs Not Used: Nash, Yobo, Castillo, Nuno Valente, Rodwell.

Booked: Fellaini.

Goals: Arteta 17 pen, Fellaini 35.

Newcastle: Given, Taylor, Coloccini, Cacapa, Jose Enrique (Bassong 39), Geremi (Ameobi 75), Butt, Guthrie, N'Zogbia, Owen, Duff.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Xisco, Edgar, Doninger, Donaldson.

Booked: N'Zogbia, Butt, Geremi.

Goals: Taylor 45, Duff 47.

Att: 33,805

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)
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Man City	2-3 (HT 2-0)	Liverpool
Ireland 19 Garrido 41		Torres 55 Torres 73 Kuyt 90+2
Bookings: Dunne 86		Bookings: Arbeloa 90+6
Sent off: Zabaleta 67

Dirk Kuyt scored an injury-time winner as Liverpool came back from two goals down to beat 10-man Manchester City.

Stephen Ireland lashed in a shot to put City ahead and Javier Garrido curled a 22-yard free-kick into the top corner to extend the home side's lead.

But Fernando Torres sidefooted home and, after City's Pablo Zabaleta was sent off for a tackle on Xabi Alonso, headed in to level for the visitors.

Kuyt dramatically decided the game late on when he slotted in at the far post.

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Dunne, Richards, Garrido, Wright-Phillips, Ireland, Kompany, Elano (Petrov 85), Robinho (Evans 80), Jo (Fernandes 70).
Subs Not Used: Schmeichel, Hamann, Ben-Haim, Sturridge.

Sent Off: Zabaleta (67).

Booked: Dunne.

Goals: Ireland 19, Garrido 41.

Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio (Dossena 70), Mascherano (Keane 71), Kuyt, Gerrard, Alonso, Riera (Benayoun 81), Torres.
Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Agger, Babel, Leiva Lucas.

Booked: Arbeloa.

Goals: Torres 55, 73, Kuyt 90.

Att: 47,280

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).

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Portsmouth	2-1 (HT 1-0)	Stoke
Crouch 25 Defoe 51		Fuller 48
		Bookings: Olofinjana 22 Simonsen 66 Am Faye 77

Jermain Defoe netted the winner and Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch scored with a spectacular overhead kick as Stoke were beaten at Fratton Park.

Crouch acrobatically fired Defoe's cross into the bottom corner.

Stoke equalised when Rory Delap's long throw was flicked on by Dave Kitson and Ricardo Fuller headed home.

Defoe rattled the post with a 30-yard drive but then found the net after Stoke's Seyi Olofinjana allowed him to cut in from the left and shoot.

Stoke's defeat leaves them in the bottom three with just one win from their opening seven Premier League matches.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Belhadj, Diop, Davis, Hughes, Armand Traore (Hreidarsson 90), Crouch, Defoe.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Little, Kanu, Hreidarsson, Kaboul, Mvuemba, Pamarot.

Goals: Crouch 25, Defoe 50.

Stoke: Simonsen, Griffin, Cort, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Delap (Cresswell 73), Olofinjana, Amdy Faye, Tonge (Soares 65), Fuller, Kitson (Sidibe 61).
Subs Not Used: Whelan, Shawcross, Wilkinson, Sonko.

Goal: Fuller 48.

Booked: Olofinjana 22, Simonsen 66, Amfy Faye 76.

Att: 19,248.

Ref: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).

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Tottenham	0-1 (HT 0-1)	Hull
		Geovanni 9
Bookings: Jenas 34 Lennon 73 Bent 81 Campbell 88		Bookings: Ashbee 21 Boateng 38

Geovanni's brilliant free-kick made it another perfect day in north London for Hull City - and piled the pressure on Tottenham manager Juande Ramos.

The Brazilian stunned White Hart Lane with a curling effort from 30 yards after only nine minutes.

The hosts twice hit the woodwork through Gareth Bale and Jonathan Woodgate before the break, while Hull's Dean Marney also hit the post.

Spurs pressed after the break - but stay rooted to the bottom of the table.

Tottenham: Gomes, Gunter (Bentley 55), Corluka, Woodgate, Bale, Lennon (Giovani 74), Jenas, Zokora, Modric, Pavlyuchenko (Bent 35), Campbell.
Subs Not Used: Cesar, Dawson, O'Hara, Assou-Ekotto.

Booked: Jenas, Lennon, Bent, Campbell.

Hull: Myhill, McShane, Turner, Zayatte, Dawson, Marney, Ashbee, Boateng, Geovanni (Halmosi 71), King (Folan 81), Cousin (Mendy 60).
Subs Not Used: Hughes, Duke, Garcia, Ricketts.

Booked: Ashbee, Boateng.

Goals: Geovanni 9.

Att: 36,062

Ref: Rob Styles (Hampshire).

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West Ham	1-3 (HT 0-2)	Bolton
Cole 69		Davies 30 Cahill 34 Taylor 86
Bookings: Noble 5 Faubert 52 Bellamy 88 Parker 89		Bookings: Nolan 60 Taylor 86 O'Brien 90

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Two Robert Green errors and a stunning Matthew Taylor free-kick secured victory for Bolton at West Ham.

The Hammers keeper gifted Bolton their opener when he dropped a hopeful cross at Kevin Davies' feet and the striker poked the ball into an empty net.

Green then failed to hold the ball after saving Gretar Steinsson's volley and Gary Cahill was on hand to tap in.

Carlton Cole headed in from a corner to give West Ham hope but Taylor smashed in from 40 yards to secure the win.

Although Bolton's tactics were defensive at times it was probably no more than they deserved from a disciplined performance.

It might have been very different as West Ham's confidence was evident early on, as they looked to secure a third successive league win.

West Ham: Green, Faubert, Neill, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Di Michele (Bellamy 54), Etherington (Sears 79), Cole.
Subs not used: Lastuvka, Lopez, Boa Morte, Mullins, Davenport.

Booked: Noble, Faubert, Bellamy, Parker.

Goals: Cole 69.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Andy O'Brien, Cahill, Samuel, Davies, Nolan, McCann, Muamba (JoeyO'Brien 80), Gardner, Elmander (Taylor 73).
Subs not used: Al Habsi, Hunt, Smolarek, Riga, Shittu.

Goals: Davies 30, Cahill 34, Taylor 86.

Booked: Nolan, Taylor, Andy O'Brien.

Att: 33,715

Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).

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Premier League results for 4th October 2008

Sunderland	1-1 (HT 0-0)	Arsenal
Leadbitter 86		Fabregas 90+3
Bookings: Whitehead 41 Richardson 65 Yorke 73		Bookings: Clichy 39 Toure 61 Bendtner 90 Adebayor 90+4

Cesc Fabregas scored a late header to rescue a disappointing Arsenal after Grant Leadbitter's stunning drive had appeared to hand Sunderland victory.

Djibril Cisse was twice denied by Manuel Almunia in a low-quality first half that had very few chances.

Robin van Persie's volley was superbly saved by Craig Gordon before Sunderland went ahead when Leadbitter's cracking 20-yard shot crashed in off the bar.

But Fabregas nodded in Van Persie's corner to salvage a point for Arsenal.

Sunderland: Gordon, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Malbranque (Chopra 87), Whitehead, Yorke (Leadbitter 84), Reid, Richardson, Cisse (Murphy 88).
Subs Not Used: Fulop, Bardsley, Diouf, Healy.

Booked: Whitehead, Richardson, Yorke.

Goals: Leadbitter 86.

Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Walcott (Bendtner 66), Denilson (Nasri 73), Fabregas, Song Billong (Vela 87), Van Persie, Adebayor.
Subs Not Used: Fabianski, Silvestre, Djourou, Eboue.

Booked: Clichy, Toure, Adebayor, Bendtner.

Goals: Fabregas 90.

Att: 40,199

Ref: Lee Mason (Lancashire).

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West Brom	1-0 (HT 0-0)	Fulham
Bednar 61
Bookings: Olsson 15 Borja Valero 35		Bookings: Andreasen 90+2

Roman Bednar was West Brom's hero as he grabbed their winner against Fulham.

The Baggies upped the pace and tempo of the game in the second half and Ryan Donk's header hit the Fulham post.

The visitors did not heed the warning and Bednar rewarded his side's efforts when he poked in a shot after the visitors had failed to clear a corner.

Danny Murphy had a shot deflected wide, Clint Dempsey headed over and Seol Ki-Hyeon curled an effort wide for Fulham but they failed to find a breakthrough.

West Brom: Carson, Zuiverloon, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Morrison (Cech 79), Koren, Greening, Borja Valero, Miller (Moore 64), Bednar.
Subs Not Used: Kiely, Hoefkens, Barnett, MacDonald, Pele.

Booked: Olsson, Borja Valero.

Goals: Bednar 61.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil (Stoor 82), Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy (Andreasen 87), Gera, Zamora (Ki-Hyeon 71), Dempsey.
Subs Not Used: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Kallio, Baird.

Booked: Andreasen.

Att: 25,708

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).

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Wigan	0-1 (HT 0-0)	Middlesbrough
		Aliadiere 89
Bookings: Zaki 37 Cattermole 39 Scharner 57

Jeremie Aliadiere scored an 89th-minute winner to give Middlesbrough their first away league victory of 2008 at the expense of Wigan.

The hosts dominated for long periods but were denied by an outstanding defensive performance from Boro.

Amr Zaki saw a first-half strike well saved by Ross Turnbull, who later thwarted Emile Heskey in fine fashion.

Boro pressed forward late on and Aliadiere rounded off a superb move with a cool finish at the death.

Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Palacios (De Ridder 85), Kapo (Koumas 67), Zaki (Camara 81), Heskey.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Taylor, Kilbane, Brown.

Booked: Zaki, Cattermole, Scharner.

Middlesbrough: Turnbull, Hoyte, Wheater, Riggott, Grounds, Aliadiere, O'Neil, Shawky (Digard 58), Downing, Alves (Adam Johnson 79), Mido.

Subs Not Used: Jones, Emnes, John Johnson, Walker, Craddock.

Goals: Aliadiere 89.

Att: 16,806

Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

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Blackburn	0-2 (HT 0-1)	Man Utd
		Brown 31 Rooney 64
Bookings: Pedersen 32 Samba 85		Bookings: Fletcher 71

Wes Brown and Wayne Rooney got the goals as Manchester United recorded a fourth consecutive win by seeing off Blackburn at a rain-soaked Ewood Park.

Brown headed in from a Rooney cross, although Blackburn claimed keeper Jason Brown had been impeded by United's Nemanja Vidic in the build-up.

Rooney swept home a second after a blistering burst of pace from Cristiano Ronaldo down the right wing.

Blackburn rarely threatened and Carlos Tevez was denied a third by the post.

Blackburn: Brown, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Olsson, Emerton, Kerimoglu (Andrews 68), Warnock, Pedersen (Treacy 58), Derbyshire, Roque Santa Cruz (Roberts 50).
Subs Not Used: Bunn, Mokoena, Villanueva, Fowler.

Booked: Pedersen, Samba.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra (O'Shea 71), Ronaldo, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs (Tevez 66), Berbatov, Rooney (Park 77).
Subs Not Used: Amos, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, Evans.

Booked: Fletcher.

Goals: Brown 31, Rooney 64.

Att: 27,321.

Ref: Steve Bennett (Kent).