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Stoke 1 Southampton 1 match report: Keeper Asmir Begovic scores from 98 yards

Stoke City’s goalkeeper Asmir Begovic scored after just 13 seconds  with one of the longest-range goals in the history of professional football only to have his moment in the spotlight spoiled by Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez.

West Ham United 0 Aston Villa 0 match report: Toothless Hammers end their losing streak but Villa’s drought continues

Enough of false nines – not that the real ones did much better. West Ham’s strikerless formation failed to break down a packed defence, while Aston Villa’s counter-attacking plan failed because Christian Benteke, the closest thing to an old-fashioned number nine on view,…

West Brom 2 Crystal Palace 0 match report: Saido Berahino break deadlock as Palace pay for misses

After half an hour of almost nothing, a football match sprang to life at the Hawthorns yesterday, and for that substitute Saido Berahino must take a large slice of the credit.

Hull City 1 Sunderland 0 match report: Two off as Gus Poyet revival crashes after one game

A week on from the hope and euphoria of winning the Tyne-Wear derby, Sunderland’s season reverted to the more familiar dismay of defeat. This was their eighth of the season and none has been more spectacularly self-inflicted.

Fulham 1 Manchester United 3 match report: Wayne Rooney and Robin Van Persie’s double act leaves Fulham floundering

The noise from a packed Putney End suggested that Manchester United had brought Old Trafford’s new singing section to west London and for most of the afternoon there was plenty to sing about.

Manchester City 7 Norwich City 0 match report: City run amok against pitiful opposition

Ultimately, it did not matter who kept goal for Manchester City. Joe Hart could have done it, Joe Corrigan could have done it. The club could in a gesture of goodwill have offered an oversized green shirt to Joseph Blatter and asked the doddery leader of world football to keep Norwich at bay for an…

Arsenal 2 Liverpool 0 match report: Brace of thunderbolts give Gunners daylight

First the early-season surge. Today came the landmark victory over one of their fellow title contenders. Arsene Wenger has been told in recent weeks that his Arsenal side must prove themselves against the Premier League’s form teams. What better response than a victory over the swashbucklers…

Newcastle United 0 Chelsea 2 match report: Newcastle put Jose Mourinho’s nose out of joint

No one does withering quite like Jose Mourinho. Asked yesterday is he had erred in his team selection, following a defeat he had ‘smelled coming’ against Newcastle, he did not waste a punch. “I made 11 mistakes,” he said. “I should pick the other 11 and not this 11. It…