Due to European commitments there were four games played on Sunday, the last games before a two game international break. The half-past one kick-off saw Birmingham take on Bolton at St. Andrews; the Blues took an early lead thanks to Roger Johnson in under five minutes. It got worse for Bolton as Jussi Jaaskelainen lost his cool and slapped the Birmingham goalscorer eight minutes before half-time. Birmingham took advantage and went two ahead thanks Craig Gardener who is in top form at the minute. Substitute keeper Adam Bogdan pulled off some great saves to keep Bolton at 2-0, Roger Johnson was in the thick of it again after conceding a penalty which captain Davies scored to bring Bolton back into it. Ten minutes later and nine minutes from time ex-Birmingham player Robbie Blake took a fantastic free-kick right into the top corner to give Bolton a hard earned point.
There were two three o'clock kick-offs; firstly Liverpool hosted West Brom which was settled by a 65th minute winner by Torres to give Hodgson his first Premiership victory with Liverpool. West Brom also saw Morrison sent off four minutes from time and will receive a ban. The other three o'clock kick-off was also settled by just the one goal; Darren Bent scoring a stoppage time penalty to give Sunderland victory over Manchester City.
The four o'clock kick-off saw Aston Villa host Everton, after a poor start to the season for both teams it was a fixture they both could have done without. But an early goal from Luke Young saw Villa emerge victorious but they were hanging on for dear life.
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