Darren Bent's injury-time penalty condemned Manchester City to their first defeat of the season as a glaring miss left Carlos Tevez red-faced.

Luke Young scored his first goal for nearly two years to earn Aston Villa victory over Everton and boost caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald's chances of becoming Martin O'Neill's successor.

Striker Fernando Torres came to Liverpool's rescue with his first Barclays Premier League goal since March to beat 10-man West Brom at Anfield.

Kevin Davies and Robbie Blake struck from set-pieces as 10-man Bolton came from two down to claim a draw in a fiery Barclays Premier League contest with Birmingham.

Wayne Rooney ended his five-month wait for a goal as he set Manchester United on its way to a comfortable Premier League win over West Ham United.

Luke Varney marked his debut with a stunning goal as Blackpool showed their teeth to come from behind and force a draw against Fulham in their first home game at this level for 39 years.

Andy Carroll took his goal tally to four in the last two games to rescue a deserved point for Newcastle in an incident-packed Barclays Premier League clash with Wolves at Molineux.

Wigan put their horrendous start to the Premier League behind them with a smash-and-grab victory at Tottenham.

Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the defence of their Premier League title as Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba struck in a 2-0 home win against Stoke City on Saturday.

Theo Walcott scored a sparkling first goal and Andrei Arshavin threaded in the second to give Arsenal a 2-1 victory at Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League on Saturday.

Carlos Tevez scored twice as Manchester City overpowered Liverpool 3-0 at Eastlands yesterday.

Brede Hangeland headed a last-minute equaliser to deny Manchester United victory in a gripping Barclays Premier League clash at Craven Cottage.

Andy Carroll marked his first home Premier League start by scoring a hat-trick as promoted Newcastle United thrashed Aston Villa 6-0 in the Premier League at St James' Park.

Craig Gardner struck twice and Ben Foster boosted his England credentials with a brilliant display of goalkeeping as Birmingham came from behind to beat Blackburn at St Andrew's.

Everton were held to a 1-1 draw by battling Wolverhampton Wanderers performance at Goodison Park.

West Bromwich Albion got their Premier League season up and running with a 1-0 win against Sunderland at The Hawthorns.

Chelsea's ominously impressive start to the defence of their Premier League crown continued yesterday with another six-goal thrashing of hopelessly outclassed opponents.

Bolton striker Johan Elmander scored twice at Upton Park to leave West Ham still looking for their first win of the season.

Gareth Bale scored twice in the first half as Tottenham took control against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

Theo Walcott was back to his scintillating best with an impressive hat-trick as Arsenal thrashed 10-man Blackpool 6-0 to bring the promoted side crashing back to Premier League reality on Saturday .

Dimitar Berbatov repaid the faith of Sir Alex Ferguson by sending Manchester United on their way to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Newcastle as the Red Devils began their Premier League campaign in style on Monday night .

Arsenal equalised in the last minute of normal time to force a 1-1 draw at Liverpool as both teams finished with 10 men in their opening Premier League match of the season on Sunday.

Leeds United and Nottingham Forest shared the points in their Championship clash at the City Ground on Sunday, grinding out a 1-1 draw.

Double winner Chelsea fired an early warning to its Premier League title rivals as Didier Drogba smashed a hat-trick in an opening-day thrashing of new boy West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge.

Nikola Kalinic's early goal from a mistake by United States goalkeeper Tim Howard gave Blackburn a 1-0 win over Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.

Double winner Chelsea fired an early warning to its Premier League title rivals as Didier Drogba smashed a hat-trick in an opening-day thrashing of new boy West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge.

Fulham made a low-key start to life under Mark Hughes after holding on for a point at Bolton on the opening day of the Barclays Premier League season.

Blackpool were superb as they thrashed a hapless Wigan 4-0 at the DW Stadium on their Premier League debut.

A moment of brilliance from David Jones and a debut goal for Steven Fletcher handed Wolves a deserved season-opening victory over rivals Stoke .

James Milner turned the jeers to cheers after his strike sealed a comprehensive victory over West Ham in what could be his final appearance for Aston Villa.

Birmingham rallied from two goals down to draw 2-2 at 10-man Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City fought out a thrilling draw in the opening Barclays Premier League fixture.

Manchester United won their third Community Shield in four years today as they avenged last year's Wembley defeat to Chelsea .

Chelsea captured the FA cup and the league and cup double with a 1-0 win over Portsmouth at Wembley.

DJ Campbell scored a second-half hat-trick as Blackpool blew away Nottingham Forest at the City Ground to secure a place in the Championship play-off final at Wembley.

Relegated Burnley went down fighting as it battled back from two down to defeat Tottenham at Turf Moor courtesy of a superb second-half display.