Premiership results- August 31- Sep 1

Arsenal 3-1 Portsmouth ( Emmanuel Adebayor, Tomas Rosicky, Cesc Fabregas/ Kanu)

Liverpool 6-0 Derby ( Dirk Kuyt, Xabi Alonso, Fernando Torres *2, Ryan Babel)

Emphatic win for the Reds. Xabi Alonso’s freekick started the goal scoring- Bywater misjudged it.

Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland ( Louis Saha)

Substitute Saha helps United beat Roy Keane’s Sunderland.

Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham ( Wheater, Stewart Downing)

Newcastle 1-0 Wigan ( Michael Owen)

Late header from Owen gives the Toons all three points.

Reading 0-3 West Ham ( Craig Bellamy, Matthew Etherington*2)

Bolton 1-2 Everton ( Nicolas Anelka/ Yakubu, Joleon Lescott)

Lescott has now been called up to the England squad. Goal on debut for Aiyegbeni Yakubu.

Fulham 3-3 Tottenham ( Clint Dempsey, Alexei Smertin, Diomansy Kamara/ Dimitar Berbatov, Younes Kaboul, Gareth Bale)

Tottenham throw away a two goal lead to split points with their London rivals.

Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea ( Zatyiah Knight, Gabriel Agbonlahor)

Shock result of the week……

Blackburn 1-0 Manchester City ( Benni McCarthy)

Second consecutive loss for Sven Goran Eriksson, after last week’s loss to the Gunners.