Blackburn 4-3 Man Utd: Lucas Neill strokes home a first-half penalty to put Rovers 3-1 up at Ewood Park

David Bentley completes his hat-trick for the home side on 56 minutes with a well-taken right-foot shot

A second-half brace from substitute Ruud van Nistelrooy is not enough for United as they lose 4-3 at Ewood Park

Arsenal 2-3 West Ham: Nigel Reo-Coker slides the ball under Jens Lehmann to give the away side the lead at Highbury

Bobby Zamora doubles West Ham's lead before Thierry Henry's 45th-minute goal gets Arsenal back in the game

Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea: Arjen Robben powers home the opening goal for the Premiership leaders at Villa Park

Man City 3-0 Newcastle: The City fans vent their anger at midfielder Joey Barton after his transfer request this week

Barton endears himself to the fans after setting up City's opening goal, his cross is smashed home by Albert Riera

Darius Vassell out-muscles Jean-Alain Boumsong to score City's third goal to pile more pressure on Graeme Souness

Portsmouth 1-1 Bolton: Khalilou Fadiga atones for an earlier penalty miss as he puts the away side 1-0 up

Liverpool 1-1 Birmingham: Damien Johnson is sent off at Anfield for a two-footed lunge on Reds' debutant Daniel Agger

Steven Gerrard celebrates putting Liverpool 1-0 up, but a Xabi Alonso own goal puts Birmingham back on level terms