With Manchester United slipping up in the day's early kick-off this allowed Arsenal to gain an advantage after beating Bolton 4-1; new signing Laurent Koscielny scored Arsenal's opener before Elmander equalised just before half-time. Fellow new signing Chamakh put Arsenal ahead again in the 58th minute before Gary Cahill got sent-off just six minutes later for a second bookable offence. With Bolton down to ten men Arsenal seized the initiative with Alex Song and Carlos Vela rounding off a comfortable day for Arsene Wenger's men.
Wolves looked to be heading for an away victory at Craven Cottage when new signing Jelle Van Damme put them ahead after ten minutes. However Fulham's new signing Dembele put the home side level again just four minutes into the second half. Cristophe Berra received two yellow cards and was sent off in second half injury time which resulted in Dembele striking a free-kick past Hahnemann to give Fulham the 2-1 victory. Bad news for Fulham is that Bobby Zamora broke his leg and will be out for quite a while.
A Joe Hart blunder gave Niko Kalinic the chance to give the Blackburn the lead at the City of Manchester Stadium, the Croat duly took it and City were looking on the rocks in a fairly end to end game. However veteran Patrick Vieira put the home side level ten minutes into the second half and the score finished 1-1.
Newcastle slumped to a home defeat to fellow promoted Blackpool; Ian Holloway's men took the lead when captain Charlie Adam dispatched a penalty in half time injury time. New signing DJ Campbell rounded off the match in second half injury time with a very cool finish to give the Tangerines a 2-0 win.
West Brom secured the shock result of the day after grabbing a point at home to Tottenham; Luka Modric put Spurs ahead after 27 minutes but was later stretchered off during the first half. Chris Brunt equalised for the Baggies four minutes before half-time and the score finished 1-1.
Chelsea continued their untouchable start with a victory over West Ham. Chelsea managed to take the lead in just two minutes with Essien heading home from a cross. From there it looked like it could be a rout and Rob Green echoed his World Cup blunder after spilling a 35 yard free-kick from Drogba, Upson attempted to clear but it bounced off Kalou and Chelsea doubled their lead in under twenty minutes. The rout didn't materialise but Chelsea went three ahead seven minutes from the end with Essien scoring a second headed goal. Scott Parker got a consolation two minutes later with a suave finish against his former club. Piquionne managed to acclaim miss of the season so far after heading the ball onto the crossbar from a yard!
The final game of the day saw inconsistent Wigan grad a point against Sunderland. Captain Lee Cattermole managed to pick up two stupid yellow cards in the space of a minute to receive his marching after 22 minutes. But it would be ten men Sunderland who took the lead thanks to new signing Asamoah Gyan who continued his impressive form from the World Cup, scoring after 66 minutes. However Wigan's new signing Paraguayan Antolin Alcaraz followed on from his goal against Spain to earn Wigan a point three minutes from the end.
Today's game saw Liverpool hold out to a 0-0 draw against Birmingham thanks to some heroic goalkeeping from Pepe Reina.
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