City now sit in a group of four clubs three points behind United whilst our win has seen us go back into the top half of the Premier League.
A heavy defeat at Goodison has dropped Blackburn into the relegation zone with Hull and Portsmouth, the latter are still to pick up their first point of the season.
All the results and stats are below with a list of leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and next weekend's fixtures.
The Weekend Results | |
Saturday 19th September | |
Arsenal 4 Wigan 0 | Bolton 1 Stoke 1 |
Aston Villa 2 Portsmouth 0 | Hull 0 Birmingham 1 |
Burnley 3 Sunderland 1 | West Ham 2 Liverpool 3 |
Sunday 20th September | |
Chelsea 3 Tottenham 0 | Everton 3 Blackburn 0 |
Manchester U 4 Manchester C 3 | Wolves 2 Fulham 1 |
The Weekend Stats | |
Biggest win | Arsenal 4-0 v Wigan (home) |
Total goals scored | 34 (24 home - 10 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) |
Highest Attendance | 75,066 - Manchester United v Manchester City |
Lowest Attendance | 20,196 - Burnley v Sunderland |
Total Yellow Cards | 30 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | West Ham v Liverpool (6Y) - Andre Marriner |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
6 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
5 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
4 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Louis Saha (Everton) |
3 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) Michael Ballack (Chelsea) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool) Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) |
2 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Ashley Cole (Chelsea) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Tamir Cohen (Bolton) Vassiriki Diaby (Arsenal) Darren Fletcher (Manchester United) Williams Gallas (Arsenal) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Stephen Hunt (Hull) Glen Johnson (Liverpool) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Younes Kaboul (Portsmouth) Dave Kitson (Stoke) Aaron Lennon (Tottenham) David Nugent (Burnley) Michael Owen (Manchester United) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Matt Taylor (Bolton) |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
19th Aug | 3 - Jermain Defoe - Hull v TOTTENHAM |
12th Sep | 3 - Yossi Benayoun - LIVERPOOL v Burnley |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Arsenal | 12 | 0 | Liverpool | 10 | 0 |
| Aston Villa | 8 | 0 | Manchester City | 8 | 0 |
| Birmingham | 7 | 0 | Manchester United | 14 | 1 |
| Blackburn | 11 | 0 | Portsmouth | 14 | 0 |
| Bolton | 9 | 1 | Stoke | 13 | 0 |
| Burnley | 11 | 1 | Sunderland | 13 | 0 |
| Chelsea | 7 | 0 | Tottenham | 11 | 0 |
| Everton | 3 | 0 | West Ham | 13 | 0 |
| Fulham | 6 | 0 | Wigan | 14 | 0 |
| Hull | 14 | 0 | Wolves | 9 | 0 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 26th September | |
Birmingham v Bolton | Portsmouth v Everton (12:45) |
Blackburn v Aston Villa | Stoke v Manchester United |
Fulham v Arsenal (17:30) | Tottenham v Burnley |
Liverpool v Hull | Wigan v Chelsea |
Sunday 27th September | |
Sunderland v Wolves (16:00) | . |
Monday 28th September | |
Manchester City v West Hm (20:00) | . |