Magpies Come Back To Tie Red Devils 2-2

Eight games were contested Monday in the English Premiership:

At Newcastle:

David Edgar's equalizer at 74 minutes enabled Newcastle United to gain a 2-2 home draw with league-leading Manchester United. Paul Scholes scored both of the Red Devils' goals (40', 46').

At Liverpool:

Second-half tallies from Peter Crouch (61'), Steven Gerrard (63'), and Dirk Kuyt (83') powered Liverpool to a 3-0 home whitewashing of Bolton, lifting the Reds into third place in the EPL standings.

At Portsmouth:

Steed Malbranque's equalizer at 50 minutes lifted visiting Tottenham Hotspur to a 1-1 deadlock with Portsmouth.

At London:

Visting basement dwellers Watford and Fulham played to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Reading:

Kevin Doyle's double (36', 78') was just part of an offensive barrage that powered Reading to a good ol' fashioned 6-0 brassknuckling of struggling guests West Ham United.

At Manchester:

Georgios Samaras scored twice (50', PK-72') to power Manchester City to a 2-1 home victory over Everton.

At Wigan:

Goals from Matt Derbyshire and Benni McCarthy powered Blackburn to a 3-0 home victory over Wigan, who suffered their fifth straight league defeat.

At Middlesbrough:

Aiyegbeni Yakubu tallied twice (69', PK-76') to power Middlesbrough to a 3-1 home triumph over Sheffield United.