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The English "Premier" League season continues. Yesterday and today, ten matches were played. The most interesting and important match took place in Manchester, where the local club played against the league leader Arsenal. After a tense battle, the home team won 2-0, thus breaking Arsenal's streak of 49 consecutive unbeaten matches. In addition to this match, three more matches took place today. Two of them ended in draws - Middlesbrough and Portsmouth each scored once, while Southampton and Birmingham failed to score. The match between Newcastle and Man City stood out for the abundance of goals, ending in a 4-3 victory for the home team. By the way, all seven goals were scored in the second half. One of the league leaders, Chelsea, crushed Blackburn 4-0 at home. The Icelandic legionnaire of the London club, E. Gudjohnsen, scored his first hat-trick of his career. The match between newly promoted clubs, Crystal Palace and W.B.A., ended in a 3-0 victory for the home team. Liverpool players defeated Charlton 2-0 at the Anfield stadium. The goals were scored by two club legionnaires - Norwegian J.A. Riise and Spaniard L. Garcia. Aston Villa also beat Fulham with the same result. Meanwhile, ambitious Tottenham lost to the successful Bolton, who started the season well. The newly promoted Norwich club lost 2-3 to Everton. Match results: 1 - 0 73' [1 - 0] Ruud van Nistelrooy (penalty) 90' [2 - 0] Wayne Rooney 0 - 0 1 - 1 5' [0 - 1] Diomansy Kamara 74' [1 - 1] Stewart Downing 4 - 3 49' [1 - 0] Laurent Robert 58' [2 - 0] Alan Shearer (penalty) 64' [2 - 1] Shaun Wright Phillips 67' [2 - 2] Robbie Fowler (penalty) 69' [3 - 2] Robbie Elliott 77' [3 - 3] Shaun Wright Phillips 89' [4 - 3] Craig Bellamy 2 - 3 6' [0 - 1] Kevin Kilbane 40' [0 - 2] Marcus Bent 48' [1 - 2] Leon McKenzie 57' [2 - 2] Damien Francis 73' [2 - 3] Duncan Ferguson 2 - 0 29' [1 - 0] Nolberto Solano 75' [2 - 0] Lee Hendrie 4 - 0 37' [1 - 0] Eidur Gudjohnsen 38' [2 - 0] Eidur Gudjohnsen 51' [3 - 0] Eidur Gudjohnsen (penalty) 74' [4 - 0] Damien Duff 3 - 0 5' [1 - 0] Fitz Hall 12' [2 - 0] Andrew Johnson (penalty) 50' [3 - 0] Andrew Johnson 1 - 2 12' [0 - 1] Radhi Jaidi 41' [1 - 1] Robbie Keane 74' [1 - 2] Henrik Pedersen 2 - 0 52' [1 - 0] John Arne Riise 74' [2 - 0] Luis Garcia
