"Premier" in the league - a new leader © EuroFootball.com

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")