Game Week 7- Review

Champions Manchester United moved up to second in the Barclays Premier League with a 2-0 win over Chelsea in Blues manager Avram Grant's first match in charge. After Obi Jon Mikel had received a first-half red card for a challenge on Patrice Evra, United took the lead on the stroke of half-time when he headed in at the near post.The match was put beyond them late on when Louis Saha scored from the penalty spot after Tal Ben Haim challenged him in the area. Chelsea are now five points behind leaders Arsenal, having played a match more.

The Gunners again demonstrated their firepower with a 5-0 win over Derby County at the Emirates Stadium. Abou Diaby gave them the lead with a superb long-range strike after ten minutes and Emmanuel Adebayor doubled the advantage on 25. The Togo frontman added a penalty after the break, and Cesc Fabregas scored another fine goal to make it 4-0 with 20 minutes to go. Adebayor completed his hat-trick late on.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez would have been less impressed by his side after they were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Birmingham City. The home side looked more of a threat once Fernando Torres had been brought on in the second-half but that's now three draws in a row for the Reds.

A more entertaining draw was witnessed by those present at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Fulham and Manchester City shared six goals, although the home side were twice in front through Simon Davies and Hammeur Bouazza. On each occasion Martin Petrov and Emile Mpenza hit back, and City were even in the lead thanks to Petrov's second goal of the match. However, a goal from Danny Murphy on his home debut salvaged a point for Fulham who have been involved in some very exciting matches already this season.

Middlesbrough's match with Sunderland also ended all square. Liam Miller's 89th-minute goal earned a point for Sunderland in a thrilling 125th Tees-Wear derby. The visitors took the lead after just 75 seconds when Michael Chopra's shot hit Grant Leadbitter and fell kindly for him to shoot past Mark Schwarzer in the Boro goal. Julio Arca headed in an equaliser and Stewart Downing's 25 yarder looked to have given all three points to Gareth Southgate's men before Miller's late intervention. It ended 2-2.

Reading earned a much needed three points by beating Wigan Athletic 2-1. James Harper won it late on when he converted a superb pass from Dave Kitson. Reading had previously taken the lead when Chris Kirkland failed to hold Kevin Doyle's shot and Kitson knocked the ball over the line. Marcus Bent equalised when he headed in Jason Koumas' corner.

Portsmouth secured a fine win at Blackburn Rovers thanks to a first-half strike from Kanu. The fixture list has not been particularly kind to Harry Redknapp's side as they have already faced Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool but it is surely a barometer of the quality that Redknapp has at his disposal that the side occupy a mid-table position.

Newcastle United put a poor performance at Derby County behind them with a 3-1 win over West Ham United. Mark Viduka scored twice for the Magpies, with Charles N'Zogbia netting the other. Dean Ashton scored for West Ham for the second game in a row.

Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur have endured a difficult start to the season, and they drew 1-1 at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday. Robbie Keane gave Spurs the lead, only for Ivan Campo to equalise with a header.

In the weekend's other match, Aston Villa defeated Everton 2-0. John Carew and Gabriel Agbonlahor were on target for Villa who moved up to eighth. It's been a week to forget for Everton manager David Moyes who has seen his side beaten by Manchester United and held to a 1-1 draw at home by nine-man Metalist Kharkiv in the Uefa Cup.