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Tuesday September 5, 2007

Villa Sink The Blues

Liverpool Go Top For First Time In Five Years!

Liverpool 6 Derby County 0

Liverpool moved to the top of the EPL for the first time in five years with a 6-0 drubbing of bottom side Derby at Anfield. Xabi Alonso scored for the Reds in the 27th minute with a free-kick from 40 yards. Ryan Babel added a second when Alvaro Arbeloa pulled the ball back to him and a dummy fooled two Derby defenders and he despatched the ball past Bywater. Fernando Torres added a third when Javier Mascherano caught Bob Malcolm in possession to release the Spain striker, who raced away from two defenders and then drilled in a low shot. Alonso added a fourth in the 69th minute with a shot from the edge of the box, Andriy Voronin got the fifth when he was first to a rebound after Dirk Kuyt's shot was parried and Torres scored his second and Liverpool's sixth when he latched on to an error by Andy Todd.

Fulham 3 Tottenham Hotspur 3

At Craven Cottage, Fulham fought back for a 3-3 draw. Spurs went ahead in the 10th minute when Younes Kaboul, signed from Auxerre in the summer, turned the ball in from a Gareth Bale corner. Dimitar Berbatov then added a second in the 27th. Clint Dempsey pulled one back for the Cottagers in the 42nd minute but Martin Jol's men seemed to have made sure of the three points when a smart finish from Bale rounded off a swift counter-attack. But Russian midfielder Alexey Smertin reduced the deficit and Diomansy Kamara's looping overhead kick earned Lawrie Sanchez's side a point.

Newcastle United 1 Wigan Athletic 0

At St. James' Park, Michael Owen was the Newcastle hero as they won 1-0 to Wigan. Owen had one disallowed in the first half but headed home Obafemi Martins' cross from the right, his first in the league for the Magpies since a hat-trick away to West Ham in December 2005.

Reading 0 West Ham United 3

West Ham were 3-0 victors at Reading. Craig Bellamy was the opening goalscorer as he raced away from his markers on to a Lee Bowyer pass and drilled a low shot across Royals' goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann in the sixth minute. Alan Curbishley's men grabbed a second four minutes into the second half when Matt Etherington played an excellent one-two on the edge of the box with Bellamy and blasted a shot high inside Hahnemann's near post. Etherington added a second deep into injury time from Carlton Cole's pass.

Middlesbrough 2 Birmingham City 0

Boro were full value for their 2-0 victory over Birmingham at the Riverside. David Wheater's 12th-minute header gave Gareth Southgate's men the lead and Stewart Downing added Boro's second eight minutes before the break when he lashed in a shot from close range after a header down by George Boateng.

Bolton Wanderers 1 Everton 2

Everton claimed a 2-1 win at Bolton as debutante Ayegbeni Yakubu made a flying start. Andrew Johnson teed up his new strike partner perfectly and the Nigerian made no mistake from 12 yards in the 11th minute to give the Toffees a 1-0 half-time lead. Bolton leveled the scores when El-Hadji Diouf's cross was only half-cleared and Nicolas Anelka volleyed in off the crossbar but there was late heartbreak for Wanderers as Joleon Lescott headed home from a corner.

Manchester United 1 Sunderland 0

Louis Saha ruined Roy Keane's Old Trafford return with a goal that saved Utd's title defense suffering a blow at the hands of Sunderland. Saha found the elusive winner 19 minutes from time, giving United a 1-0 victory just as they looked set to lose even more ground to their rivals.

Blackburn Rovers 1 Manchester City 0

Benni McCarthy scored his first goal of the season to give Blackburn the points against City. He grabbed the winner in the 13th minute after Kasper Schmeichel had parried a header from Roque Santa Cruz. Tugay of Blackburn and City skipper Richard Dunne were both sent off after receiving two bookings in a rousing encounter at Ewood Park.

Arsenal 3 Portsmouth 1

In Sunday's early game, Emmanuel Adebayor, Cesc Fabregas and Tomas Rosicky were on target as Arsenal beat Portsmouth 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium to go second in the table. The only cloud on the game was the 50th-minute dismissal of Philippe Senderos, who was shown a straight red for denying Kanu a clear goalscoring chance on the edge of the box.

Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 0

Chelsea missed out on the chance to go back to the top of the EPL as they lost 2-0 to Aston Villa on Sunday. Villa fan Zat Knight scored on his debut for Martin O'Neill's side to help shatter the former champions' eight-month unbeaten record in the top flight. Knight, a £3.5million capture, was delirious with joy after heading the opening goal after 47 minutes and then, with two minutes left, Gabriel Agbonlahor made sure of victory.

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