Saturday, December 09, 2006

Red Devils Top Citizens In Manchester Derby

Here's a rundown of Saturday action in the English Premier League:

At Manchester:

Wayne Rooney (6') , Louis Saha (45') , and Cristiano Ronaldo(84') paced Manchester United to a 3-1 home win over Manchester City

At Bolton:

Kevin Davies scored twice (17', 52') to lead Bolton Wanderers to a 4-0 home dressdown of struggling West Ham United. The game marked the Totters' Gary Speed's record 500th English Premier League match. He set up three of the Bolton tallies.

At Liverpool:

It was a good old fasioned fanny kicking as four different Reds tallied in Liverpool's 4-0 drubbing of visiting Fulham.

At Blackburn:

Obafemi Martins' double (31', 90') spurred Newcastle United to a 3-1 road win over 10-man Blackburn Rovers. It marked the Magpies' third straight premiership win.

At Middlesbrough:

Aiyegbeni Yakubu's equalizer (66') lifted Middlesbrough to a 1-1 home draw with Wigan Athletic.

At Portsmouth:

Portsmouth, with goals from Matt Taylor (14') and Nwankwo Kanu (26'), blanked visiting Everton 2-0.

At London:

Dimitar Berbatov scored twice (31', 66') to help lead Tottenham to a 5-1 home fistbeating of intracity rival Charlton Athletic.

At Watford:

Visiting Reading and Watford battled to a 0-0 stalemate, the same result that took place in both their Championship meetings last season.

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