2004/05 European Champions Liverpool thrash the North Londoners to move up the Premiership table
Anfield roars Liverpool to victory
Liverpool 3
Tottenham 0
Liverpool made it two league victories in four days following their comfortable win against Tottenham Hotspur.
Rafael Benitez's men have clearly got their season back on track with second-half goals from Mark Gonzalez, Dirk Kuyt and John Arne Riise, but after spending heavily in the summer, Spurs have now lost four of their first six league games.
They should have been ahead through Jermaine Jenas - who somehow missed from two yards - before Liverpool punished them with two strikes in 10 minutes and Riise finished the job in the final seconds
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Liverpool attempted to take the early initiative. Craig Bellamy struck a 20-yard shot over the top, and then a bouncing effort from Xabi Alonso - who the crowd begged to shoot from any range after his midweek stunner - just missed the target
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Robbie Keane was almost put through by one pass from Danny Murphy, Sami Hyypia getting a toe in the way, but the onus was on Liverpool to open up the Londoners
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Lampard inspires Chelsea victory
Fulham 0
Chelsea 2
Frank Lampard showed his bravery to step forward and fire Chelsea to victory from the penalty spot.
Lampard had missed three of his last four spot-kicks for club and country but broke the deadlock with a penalty 17 minutes from time. Chelsea's captain, in the absence of John Terry, added a second with a trademark shot from the edge of the box.
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Gallas on target for Gunners against bottom club
Arsenal 3
Sheffield United 0
Arsenal recorded their first Premiership victory at the Emirates Stadium, as bottom club Sheffield United were comfortably beaten 3-0.
William Gallas scored his first goal since joining from Chelsea just after the hour, with Blades captain Phil Jagielka then putting through his own net
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Bouazza boosts Watford
Wigan Athletic 1
Watford 1
Hameur Bouazza ended a seven-month goal famine to give Watford their first away point since returning to the Premiership
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It was a deserved draw for Adrian Boothroyd's side as they were resurgent in the second period after Henri Camara's 29th-minute opener for Wigan
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Youth the key for Villa
Aston Villa 2
Charlton 0
Young guns Gabriel Agbonlahor and Luke Moore maintained Aston Villa's unbeaten start to the Premiership campaign.
Agbonlahor, 19, and Moore, 22, have been given an extended first-team run by manager Martin O'Neill since his arrival at Villa Park last month.
The duo responded by both hitting the target against Charlton to make it 12 points from the opening six games for Villa.
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Samaras the saviour for City
Manchester City 2
West Ham 0
Stuart Pearce's biggest investment as a manager paid off at exactly the right time as Georgios Samaras's brace eased the pressure on the Manchester City manager.
Samaras fired home a superb second-half volley before chipping Roy Carroll to give City only their third win in 17 games
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Nonda nods home Rovers winner
Middlesbrough 0
Blackburn 1
Blackburn striker Shabani Nonda claimed his first goal for the club to condemn Middlesbrough to their second home defeat of the week.
Nonda, on loan from Roma, powered home a 27th-minute header to claim all three points
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The Premiership table
Team....Points
Chelsea 15
Portsmouth 13
Manchester United 12
Aston Villa 12
Everton 11
Liverpool 10
Reading 9
Arsenal 8
Bolton 8
Blackburn 8
Fulham 8
Manchester City 7
Newcastle 6
Wigan 5
West Ham 5
Middlesbrough 5
Tottenham 4
Watford 3
Charlton 3
Sheffield United 2
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