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Robbie Kruse stars in Bayer Leverkusen victory

• Mainz 1-4 Bayer Leverkusen Robbie Kruse made a spectacular starting debut for Bayer Leverkusen, scoring twice in a 4-1 Bundesliga win over Mainz on Saturday. Handed his first start after three appearances off the bench this season, the Australia striker took his chance with a…

Chelsea 2 Fulham 0 match report: Blues uninspiring in climb to the top

“We will give you happiness,” Jose Mourinho promised in his programme notes. He did not specify that it would be today, when there were too many periods of doubt and frustration for the home crowd, but from the worst start to a season in the Abramovich era - as well as a Champions'…

Norwich City 0 Aston Villa 1 match report: Libor Kozak opens his account in away win but concerns over injured Chritian Benteke

Paul Lambert’s last game as manager of Norwich City was a home win over Aston Villa in May last year; since then he has returned three times to Carrow Road, and each time emerged victorious in charge of Villa.

West Bromwich Albion 3 Sunderland 0 match report: Sunderland patience with Paolo Di Canio is running out

The pin is being prised loose from the human grenade. Paolo Di Canio refused to countenance change despite a calamitous Sunderland performance against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns yesterday.

Newcastle United 2 Hull City 3 match report: Magnificent Sone Aluko stuns Magpies with super-strike

Three stony-faced men; Joe Kinnear, the director of football, Mike Ashley, the owner of Newcastle United and Graham Carr, the club's chief scout, all sat together in the directors' box at St James' Park at a game for the first time yesterday. They cannot have enjoyed what they saw. Newcastle swings…

West Ham United 2 Everton 3 match report: Leighton Baines and Ravel Morrison entertain Roy Hodgson while Romelu Lukaku steals the show

The lure of nine active Englishmen had drawn Roy Hodgson to the East End but while there was much for the national manager to savour in the performances of Ross Barkley, Leighton Baines and Ravel Morrison it was a Belgian who stole the show and settled this match.

Wenger's Wilshere backing

Arsene Wenger is sure it will not be long before Jack Wilshere is back on top form at the heart of his Arsenal midfield.

Liverpool 0 Southampton 1 match report: Reds lose unbeaten streak after Dejan Lovren header gives Saint the win

As he watched the final minutes of his exile drain away, Luis Suarez would have wondered how he would have fitted into the afternoon, how he would have taken the chances squandered by others and how he would have won this game.

Ledley: A King denied his chance to reign

At the age of 18, Ledley King was publicly compared by a Tottenham youth-team coach to Bobby Moore. If not a particularly sensible compliment with which to burden a quiet young man who had yet to play a single first-team game, the words illustrated just how much was expected of him. In the event,…