Yesterday in the English Premier League, seven matches took place. After them, the new leader of the championship became the "Chelsea" club, who defeated Liverpool's "Everton" at home with a single goal from A. Robben. Meanwhile, the former championship leader "Arsenal" failed to defeat the league debutant "Crystal Palace" away.
In other matches, "Aston Villa" crushed the "Portsmouth" team, while "Liverpool" unexpectedly lost at home to one of the league's bottom teams, "Birmingham."
Without the head coach J. Santini, the "Tottenham" club lost at home 2-3 to "Charlton."
The league newcomer "Norwich" secured another point at home by playing a 1-1 draw with "Blackburn." Meanwhile, "Southampton" and "W.B.A." played out a 2-2 draw and shared a point.
All results of Saturday's matches:
1 - 1
63' [0 - 1] Thierry Henry
65' [1 - 1] Aki Riihilahti
3 - 0
18' [1 - 0] Peter Whittingham
25' [2 - 0] Juan Pablo Angel
40' [3 - 0] Nolberto Solano
2 - 3
17' [0 - 1] Shaun Bartlett
39' [0 - 2] Shaun Bartlett
50' [0 - 3] Jerome Thomas
68' [1 - 3] Robbie Keane (from a penalty kick)
79' [2 - 3] Jermain Defoe
68' Shaun Bartlett was sent off the field ("Charlton")
0 - 1
77' [0 - 1] Darren Anderton
2 - 2
28' [1 - 0] Anders Svensson
29' [1 - 1] Robert Earnshaw
37' [1 - 2] Robert Earnshaw
87' [2 - 2] Anders Svensson
1 - 0
73' [1 - 0] Arjen Robben
1 - 1
56' [1 - 0] Mattias Svensson
86' [1 - 1] Paul Dickov
44' Jay Bothroyd was sent off the field ("Blackburn")