Premier League Round Up

Weekend Premier Round-Up

Poor defending by Manchester United allowed Liverpool to come back from a goal down to beat their arch-rivals 2-1 at Anfield.

Substitute Ryan Babel scoring the winner in front of the Kop in the 78th minute after a mistake by Ryan Giggs had allowed Javier Mascherano to cross for Kuyt who knocked the ball on to his Dutch collegue.

United had started well and took the lead when debutant Dimitar Berbatov set up Carlos Tevez in just the third minute but Liverpool equalised when a howler from Edwin Van Der Sar led to Wes Brown scoring an own goal.

United’s miserable afternoon was completed when Vidic received his second yellow card for a foul on Xabi Alonso.

Robinho got his Manchester City career off to a flying start when he converted a free-kick to open the score at the Eastlands in the clash of the rich clubs.

responsed quickly with a Ricardo Carvalho strike before well-taken second half goals from Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka secured a deserved victory for the Blues.

John Terry was shown a straight red card for a clumsy challenge on Jo although it could be disputed whether he was the last man. (Chelsea have appealed against the sending off)

Hull City added to the mounting woes on Tyneside with a 1-2 victory at a turbulent St. James Park which saw protests made by the Newcastle fans before, during and after the game.

Marlon King opened the scoring for the visitors with a 34th minute penalty after Nicky Butt fouled Peter Halmosi.

Their lead was doubled when King netted again in the 55th minute but Xisco netted on his debut to set up a nervy finish for the visitors.

Arsenal warmed up for their midweek trip to Kiev with a four nil win over Blackburn at Ewood Park. Adebayor bagged a hat-trick for the Gunners with Robin van Persie opening the scoring for the visitors after good work from Theo Walcott.

Portsmouth trailed to a 24th minute Mido goal at Fratton Park before Jermain Defoe rescued them with a double, Defoe equalised from a Crouch pass and the England striker struck again with a minute to spare, with his eleventh goal in sixteen games for Pompey.

Wigan and Sunderland drew 1-1 with Amr Zaki picking up his fifth goal of the season to earn his side a point after Titus Bramble had scored an own goal.

Fulham secured a 2-1 win over Bolton to make this their best start in five seasons. Zoltan Gera and Bobby Zamora scored the goals in the first half before a Kevin Davies goal for Bolton caused the home side some alarm but they held on for all three points.

West Bromwich Albion secured their first Premier League victory of the season as Gianfranco Zola watched his new team for the first time.

In an entertaining first half, West Ham side shared four goals with the Baggies at the Hawthorns.

James Morrison scored the first with a third minute header but Mark Noble struck one back for the Hammers in the 29th minute. The London side then took the lead with a Lucas Neil goal but Roman Bednar converted a penalty to leave honours even at the interval. Chris Brunt was the Baggies hero as he fired in the winner to send the home crowd wild.

Tim Cahill celebrated his return to Everton’s starting line-up with the winner in a breathless 3-2 win against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

Everton looked like they would cruise to victory when goals either side of half-time from Yakubu and Victor Anichebe put them firmly in the driving seat, but Stoke showed grit, and aided by the potent weapon of Rory Delap’s long throw they fought back and restored parity through Seyi Olofinjana and a Phil Jagielka own goal.

Tottenham and Aston Villa will play on Monday evening.