Down at the other end of the table Portsmouth's win at Wolves gave them their first points of the season but they were somewhat fortunate in that they got away with a stone wall penalty for hand ball. Hull, another team to win and West Ham are with Pompey in the relegation places.
Our win has taken us back into the top half in ninth place as we continued our run of winning at home and losing away. I think we need to change that in the next game.
Below are the results, the weekend stats, the leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next set of fixtures after the international break.
The Weekend Results | |
Saturday 3rd October | |
Bolton 2 Tottenham 2 | Manchester United 2 Sunderland 2 |
Burnley 2 Birmingham 1 | Wolves 0 Portsmouth 1 |
Hull 2 Wigan 1 | . |
Sunday 4th October | |
Arsenal 6 Blackburn 2 | Everton 1 Stoke 1 |
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 0 | West Ham 2 Fulham 2 |
Monday 5th October | |
Aston Villa 1 Manchester City 1 | . |
The Weekend Stats | |
Biggest win | Arsenal 6-2 v Blackburn (home) |
Total goals scored | 33 (20 home - 13 away) |
Player scoring most goals | no player scored more than one goal |
Highest Attendance | 75,114 - Manchester United v Sunderland |
Lowest Attendance | 20,102 - Burnley v Birmingham |
Total Yellow Cards | 33 |
Total Red Cards | 2 |
Most cards in a game | Manchester Utd v Sunderland (5Y 1R) - Alan Wiley |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
8 | Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
7 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
6 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
5 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Robbie Keane (Tottenham) Louis Saha (Everton) |
4 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) |
3 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Michael Ballack (Chelsea) Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool) Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) Tamir Cohen (Bolton) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Geovanni (Hull) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
19th Aug | 3 - Jermain Defoe - Hull v TOTTENHAM |
12th Sep | 3 - Yossi Benayoun - LIVERPOOL v Burnley |
26th Sep | 4 - Robbie Keane - TOTTENHAM v Burnley |
26th Sep | 3 - Fernando Torres - LIVERPOOL v Hull |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Arsenal | 15 | 0 | Liverpool | 13 | 0 |
| Aston Villa | 14 | 0 | Manchester City | 11 | 0 |
| Birmingham | 14 | 0 | Manchester United | 17 | 2 |
| Blackburn | 15 | 1 | Portsmouth | 16 | 0 |
| Bolton | 12 | 1 | Stoke | 18 | 0 |
| Burnley | 14 | 1 | Sunderland | 18 | 1 |
| Chelsea | 10 | 1 | Tottenham | 15 | 0 |
| Everton | 7 | 0 | West Ham | 18 | 0 |
| Fulham | 14 | 1 | Wigan | 17 | 0 |
| Hull | 21 | 0 | Wolves | 13 | 0 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 17th October | |
Arsenal v Birmingham | Portsmouth v Tottenham |
Aston Villa v Chelsea (12:45) | Stoke v West Ham |
Everton v Wolves | Sunderland v Liverpool |
Manchester United v Bolton | . |
Sunday 18th October | |
Blackburn v Burnley (13:00) | Wigan v Manchester City (16:00) |
Monday 19th October | |
Fulham v Hull (20:00) | . |