Arsenal 6-1 Southampton: The Saints suffer their first hammering of the campaign and are still in search of their first point, continuing their run of 25 years without a win away to Arsenal. The rout started when a Kieron Gibbs effort was stopped by Kelvin Davis before Jos Hooiveld scrambled it into his own net on 11-minutes. Lukas Podolski then made it two goals in two games with a brilliant free-kick just after the half hour mark. It was three when Gervinho was played through by Mikel Arteta and the Ivorian had no trouble blasting it home from close range on 35-minutes. Two minutes later and Southampton had another name on the scoresheet; a Gibbs cross deflected in off Nathaniel Clyne. Southampton did have the last word in the first half when Wojiech Szczesny dropped a cross, allowing Danny Fox to score his first goal in Southampton colours. Aaron Ramsey almost had a solo goal on 71-minutes but his eventual shot ended up hitting the post before Gervinho walked it across the line to make it 5-1. Substitute Theo Walcott would get the sixth against his former club when a Thomas Vermaelen shot wasn't cleared and the ball ended up falling to Walcott who stroked it home.
Manchester United 4-0 Wigan: Wigan continue their run of never gaining a point at Old Trafford with United continuing their 3.5 goals average against the Latics. The game started with Danny Welbeck buying a penalty after diving from an Ali Al-Habsi challenge, of which he pulled out. With Wayne Rooney out and Robin Van Persie on the bench, Javier Hernandez stepped up but justice was served when the Wigan keeper saved the poor attempt from the Mexican. Paul Scholes marked his 700th game with the game's opener six minutes into the second half when Nani's parried shot fell into his path. It was two when Alex Buttner's shot was turned in by Hernandez on 63-minutes, atoning for his penalty miss. Buttner would then have his debut goal when his jinking run ended up scoring with his shot going through Al-Habsi on 66-minutes. That was followed up by Nick Powell also marking his debut with a fantastic goal eight minutes from the end, blasting a shot past the Wigan keeper.
Fulham 3-0 West Brom: West Brom have a shocking record at Craven Cottage and that continued today as Dimitar Berbatov made it a debut to remember. The Bulgarian broke the deadlock with a curling effort after Alex Kacaniklic made the goal with a great run on 32-minutes. It got worse for West Brom when Peter Odemwingie, who hadn't booked at all last season, lost his head and took a big swipe at Sascha Riether on 38-minutes and was subsequently sent off. Berbatov then made it 2-0 from the spot after Billy Jones had brought Kacaniklic down. The game was wrapped up in the final minute of normal time when Steve Sidwell finished a move off that saw Hugo Rodallega initially hit the crossbar before rebounding to the midfielder.
Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea: Paul Lambert finally gets his first Villa league win as they end Swansea's unbeaten start to the season. Matthew Lowton broke the deadlock on 16-minutes when a cleared corner came to him, the former Sheffield United man chested the ball down before volleying the ball home in sublime fashion. The points were then sealed when another debutant, Christian Benteke, took full advantage of a lame back pass from Ashley Williams before chipping Michel Vorm and tapping home two minutes from time.
Stoke 1-1 Manchester City: Man City haven't ever won a league game at The Britannia and that continued today in controversial circumstances. Peter Crouch, like last season, put Stoke ahead on the quarter of an hour mark but there was a suggestion of handball during Crouch's marauding run. City levelled ten minutes before half-time when Javi Garcia headed a free-kick home in his debut. Garcia almost scored a second with another corner, but Asmir Begovic managed to save it onto the post before smothering it. Eden Dzeko almost won the game late on after lobbing Begovic, but Ryan Shawcross managed to clear it off the line the earn that point.
Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers is still without a win at Liverpool with an emotional draw at the Stadium of Light, a result that also leaves Sunderland still searching for their first win this season. Despite dominating most of the possession and the play, Liverpool found themselves behind when a low cross from Craig Gardner was turned in by Steven Fletcher just before the half hour mark, celebrating his home debut with his third goal in two games. Liverpool got their point when a Raheem Sterling cross was finished off by Luis Suarez at the second attempt on 71-minutes.
QPR 0-0 Chelsea: Once again a match was talked more about handshakes rather than the fact it was a London derby. It wasn't a surprise to see Anton Ferdinand refuse to shake John Terry's and Ashley Cole's hand, and that was arguably one of the highlights of the match. Chelsea could have had their fourth penalty of the season when Eden Hazard was clumsily tackled by Shaun Wright-Phillips. QPR's best chance of the game came when Ji-Sung Park headed his effort straight at Petr Cech.
Norwich 0-0 West Ham: The day's early kick-off failed to provide a goal. Tottenham's Harry Kane looked to be one of the brightest sparks on the pitch for Norwich, the teenager could well have scored twice but the keepers weren't going to be beaten today.
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