With eight games played on Saturday, there was only one instalment of this week's Super Sunday as Monday Night Football also returned. Tottenham and Reading both sought their first wins of the season on Sunday whilst Everton and Newcastle wanted to build on their decent starts to the season.
With Andre Villas-Boas still seeking his first for Tottenham, he knew his side had to play well at the Madejski and that's exactly what they did. The rejuvenated Jermain Defoe led the charge that gave Tottenham an easy victory.
The deadlock was broken on 18-minutes when Gylfi Sigurdsson hurt his former club with a cutting through pass that set Aaron Lennon off down the wing. The winger then cut the ball back for Defoe to fire home for his second goal of the season.
Reading never really got going and didn't have a shot on target until the final ten minutes of the game. By then the game was already over as Gareth Bale made it 2-0 on 71-minutes. Kyle Walker pulled the ball back with the Welshman scuffing his shot that ended up looping over Adam Federici.
It was 3-0 three minutes later when Defoe finished off a fantastic solo goal. But the Reading would end up having the last word when substitute Hal Robson-Kanu scored a consolation for the home side. Fellow substitute, Adam Le Fondre, chipped the ball over to the far post where Robson-Kanu was on hand to stab the ball home.
It was much closer between Everton and Newcastle and both managers would have probably taken a draw before a ball was kicked. But it would be David Moyes who would be the most disappointed of the two when the teams finished the match at 2-2.
Everton started the better and thought they had taken the lead after just two minutes; Kevin Mirallas pulling a ball back for Marouane Fellaini to sting James Harper's hands. The ball then spilled to Nikica Jelavic to slid the ball home, the he was adjudged to be offside and the goal was ruled out.
Everton did take the lead on the quarter of an hour mark though; Leighton Baines played a fantastic one-two with Steven Pienaar before the left back fired a low shot under Harper to raise the Goodison roof. It took Newcastle until the second half before they really got going. But they managed to equalise four minutes after the restart when half-time substitute Demba Ba finishing off a Yohann Cabaye through ball, Newcastle's 1000th Premiership goal.
Everton had another goal disallowed on the hour mark when Fellaini put the ball into the back of the net. But the linesman perceived the Belgian to be offside when collecting the ball from Pienaar, the replays showed that the decision could have gone either way.
If the last decision didn't go against them then Moyes will definitely feel the next one did as Everton thought they had the ball over the line again on 79-minutes, but nothing was given. First half substitute, Victor Anichebe headed a Tony Hibbert cross home and the ball looked to have crossed the line before Mike Williamson managed to clear.
Anichebe may have thought justice had been done when he did finally put Everton ahead two minutes before the end. He got the end of Pienaar's ball before turning and firing past Harper. But the game wasn't over and Everton had three points snatched away from them by Ba. There was poor defending as Shola Ameobi flicked the ball through to Ba who managed to slot the ball past the oncoming Tim Howard to rescue a point for Newcastle.
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