Another fantastic week of Premier League has passed us, including three 6-0 victories and an overall goal tally of 38 goals scored.
Arsenal 6-0 Blackpool – Convincing win for the home side as they struck 6 past newly promoted Blackpool. Walcott opened the scoring, before Arshavin slotted in from the penalty spot, with that decision involving a red card for Blackpool’s Evatt. Walcott went on to score two more to complete his hat-trick and goals from Diaby and new boy Chamakh sealed the emphatic result.
Birmingham 2-1 Blackburn – Pedersen missed a chance from the spot to give the visitors the lead, however N’Zonzi scored 4 minutes later to put them a goal ahead. Two goals from Gardener on the 57th and 71st minute turned the game around for Birmingham as they collect all three points from this game.
Everton 1-1 Wolverhampton – Everton’s slow start continued as they were held at home to Wolves. Cahill scored two minutes before the interval, and home fans expected them to go on from there. However Ebanks-Blake equalised with Wolves first shot on target and the teams shared the points, with Everton still waiting for their first win of the season.
Stoke 1-2 Tottenham – A Gareth Bale brace put Spurs 2-1 up at half time; with the second being a cracking finish. Fuller scored for Stoke in between Bale’s goals, but Stoke failed to equalise in the second half. Stoke felt they scored in the last minute, but the referee believed that Crouch saved it off the line, however camera angles now suggest it went over the line.
West Brom 1-0 Sunderland – New signing Odemwingie scored with 9 minutes from time with a great finish to give the promoted side their first 3 points of the season. Sunderland will be disappointed to only take 1 point from their opening 2 games.
West Ham 1-3 Bolton – A Carlton Cole penalty miss for the hosts was the start of misfortunes as Upton Park. Upson own goal followed by Elmander gave Bolton a 2-0 lead. Noble pulled a goal back from the penalty spot but Elmander scored again to finish their opponents off. The visitors take the 3 points here, and have beaten West Ham seven times in a row.
Wigan 0-6 Chelsea – Clinical champions Chelsea scored from every shot they had on target as goals from Malouda, Anelka (2), Kalou (2) and Benayoun to win 6-0 at Wigan. Wigan have scored none this season and conceded 10, so problems are occurring at the DW stadium. This was the first game in Premier League history to have no corners.
Newcastle 6-0 Aston Villa – Newcastles opening home game in their return to the Premier League could not have been better. A hat trick from Andy Carrol, a brace from Nolan and a scorcher from Barton demolished Aston Villa. The visitors missed a chance from the penalty spot to put them 1-0 up, and suffered deeply from Carew’s miss.
Fulham 2-2 Manchester United – An entertaining game at Craven Cottage as the team share the points. Scholes shot from outside the area gave the visitors the lead. Davies equalised just after half time, as Fulham improved their performance. An own goal from Hangelaand gave United the lead with 8 minutes to go. Nani had the chance to put United 3-1 up, missed the penalty was saved. Hangelaand made up for his error as he equalised for Fulham with a header in the 88th minute.
Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool – The weekend finished with this fascinating fixture between City and Liverpool who both have title aims this season, and Champions League being a minimum target. Barry put the home side 1-0 up. Then Tevez scored from 1 yard out and then from the penalty spot to put City in a comfortable 3-0 lead. Liverpool will need to bounce back from this defeat, as for City, their optimism will be lifted from this victory.

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