Yesterday saw late goals secure wins for the big three and also one shock result in the six fixtures that took place. There were no lunch time kick-offs so everybody had to wait till three o'clock before the action started. Champions Chelsea visited Ewood Park to play Blackburn; in which the hosts took the lead after 21 minutes thanks to Benjani. Anelka stepped in six minutes before half-time to level the score and stop the shock defeat. The draw was looking ominous but six minutes before the end Chelsea nicked all three points courtesy of Branislav Ivanovic.
A solitary goal from Yakubu after 67 minutes was enough for Everton to see of Stoke at Goodison Park. Whereas two goals from Clint Dempsey (after thirty and 44 minutes) gave Fulham a home win over Wigan.
The surprise result came out Molineux as Wolves overcame Manchester City in a game that showed unrest within the City camp. A 23rd minute penalty from Adebayor gave City the lead before Nenad Milijas cancelled it out seven minutes later. David Edwards scored the winning goal for Wolves twelve minutes into the second half. Vincent Kompany and Adebayor were close to a bust up with both players arguing with each other, Yaya Toure also got involved as the City ship may be sinking with two defeats in two games.
Arsenal were also looking to be headed for a draw against West Ham but Alex Song was on hand to give the Gunners all three points with two minutes of normal time remaining. The tea-time kick-off saw Manchester United host Tottenham in a lively affair. Park hit the post early on for United before Van Der Vaart did the same at the other end for Tottenham. He was later subbed with a suspect 'twinge' in his hamstring. United took the lead after 31 minutes when Nani's free-kick was headed in by Nemanja Vidic. Bale came closest to equalising in the second half but the game was won with six minutes to spare in the most farcical of displays; Nani broke free in the Tottenham penalty area, he then went down looking for a penalty which could have been seen as a dive. Referee Mark Clattenburg gave neither and Nani had also handled the ball thinking he was to get a penalty. Again Clattenburg gave nothing as Gomes had the ball in his hands and play could continue, Gomes ran six yards before throwing the ball a further few yards thinking he had a free-kick (which was miles away from the incident). Nani had picked himself up and ran to the 'loose' ball and even had time to look towards Clattenburg, who waved his arms to signal play on, before tapping the ball in the empty net. Between the time Nani had wheeled off into the corner and had finished his back flip linesman Simon Beck had put his flag up to disallow the goal. Clattenburg went over to his assistant before giving the goal, saying he had not blown his whistle and allowed play to go on, thus meaning the goal rightly stood.
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