Bolton 0-1 Wigan: Chances are at a premium during a dour opening 45 minutes at the Reebok Stadium But it is the visitors who take the points - Lee McCulloch's 18-yard strike securing a third consecutive Premiership win City fashion chances of their own, but Charlton keeper Scott Carson makes several good saves to keep them at bay Fulham 1-0 Everton: Andy Johnson wastes a couple of chances for the visitors as the first half ends all square And Everton are made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal when Claus Jensen's deflected strike curls in Liverpool 2-0 Reading: Striker Dirk Kuyt sidefoots the Reds ahead from six yards to continue his rich goalscoring form And the Dutchman hooks in his second after Royals keeper Marcus Hahnemann parries Peter Crouch's header Man Utd 3-0 Portsmouth: Louis Saha fires United ahead from the penalty spot early on after a foul on Wayne Rooney Cristiano Ronaldo then powers a 25-yard free-kick into the top corner to double the Red Devils' advantage on 10 minutes Nemanja Vidic rises above the Pompey defence to head home Gary Neville's cross in the second-half to secure the win Newcastle Utd 0-1 Sheffield Utd: The Blades defence has the measure of the Magpies attackers in a goalless first-half And after the break Danny Webber heads in Sheffield United's first away goal of the season from Keith Gillespie's cross Watford 2-0 Middlesbrough: Jonathon Woodgate deflects Hameur Bouazza's shot into his own net to put Watford ahead And Ashley Young capitalises on a poor George Boateng header to clinch Watford's first league win of the season
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