24 October 2004 Manchester United 2 (Van Nistelrooy 72 Pen, Rooney 90) Arsenal 0 This was a tedious encounter before referee Mike Riley decided that the game needed some drama and awarded a penalty when Rooney dived in the box. van Nistelrooy redeemed himself for last season's late miss when he sent Lemon the wrong way. The Mancs appeals for a second penalty, this time for an actual foul, on Ronaldo were turned down. Rooney finished the Gunners off on the break when he swept Smith's centre into the net. Attendance : 67,862 Assists : Rooney (won pen), Smith Middlesbrough 1 (Downing 72) Portsmouth 1 (Kamara 5) Two fine individual goals in a match Boro dominated. Attendance : 30,964 Assists : Berger, n/a Newcastle 4 (Robert 49, Shearer 58 Pen, Elliott 69, Bellamy 89) Manchester City 3 (Wright-Phillips 64, Fowler 67 Pen, Wright-Phillips 77) A strange opening goal in this one. Robert slipped as he took a free kick but David James was in goal and not for the first time didn't move. James was lucky to stay on the pitch for bringing down Carr in the box. Shearer whacked the ball past James. There were three goals in a crazy five minute spell. A sharp turn took Wright-Phillips away from Elliott and he raced into the box before firing low past Given. Fowler then conned the ref into awarding a penalty before converting himself. Elliott then made it 3-2 when he headed in Robert's free kick. Wright-Phillips blasted through a ruck of players after the Newcastle defence failed to clear from a throw in, 3-3. Bellamy struck a cruel, late winner, finishing brilliantly from Bernard's cross. Attendance : 52,316 Assists : Butt (won fk), Carr (won pen), n/a, Fowler (won pen), Robert fk, n/a, Bernard Southampton 0 Birmingham 0 Attendance : 27,568 Assists : 23 October 2004 Liverpool 2 (Riise 52, Luis Garcia 74) Charlton 0 Riise scored his first goal in 19 months for Liverpool with a stunning left foot volley after the Charlton defence failed to clear a corner. Luis Garcia ensured Charlton's miserable away form continued when he cracked one in from 25 yards. Attendance : 41,625 Assists : n/a, Alonso Aston Villa 2 (Solano 29, Hendrie 75) Fulham 0 Solano's free kick proved too hot for van der Sar, despite getting a touch. Hendrie scored for the second consecutive match with a great shot from the edge of the box. Attendance : 34,460 Assists : Hendrie (won fk), Cole Chelsea 4 (Gudjhonsen 37, 38 Pen, 51, Duff 74) Blackburn 0 Blackburn suffered their second successive four goal defeat in a match in which the extremely poor Gudjhonsen scored his first ever league hat-trick. The pick of his three goals was a superb half volley. The Duffer opened his account for the season from a Lampard corner. Attendance : 41,546 Assists : Cole, Lampard, Gudjohnsen (won pen), Lampard (ck) Crystal Palace 3 (Hall 5, Johnson 12 Pen, 50) West Brom 0 Hall gave Palace the dream start in this six pointer, heading in a cross from the extremely gifted future England international Wayne Routledge. Johnson converted a penalty then moved alongside Henry at the top of the scorers chart when he struck a low drive in off a post. Attendance : 22,922 Assists : Routledge, Johnson (won pen), Kolkka Tottenham 1 (Keane 41) Bolton 2 (Jaidi 11, Pedersen 75) On the day Tottenham's greatest ever manager Bill Nicholson died aged 85 Tottenham lost their second successive league game. Jaidi scored his third goal of the season with a bullet header. Keane levelled on half time, finishing of a beautifully worked move before Pedersen grabbed the winner, which looked offside, after a serious of deflections. Attendance : 36,025 Assists : Speed (fk), Kanoute, n/a Norwich 2 (McKenzie 48, Francis 57) Everton 3 (Kilbane 10, Bent 40, Ferguson 73) Heartbreak for Norwich who came back from two goals down before Duncan Ferguson came off the bench to head in the winner. Everton scored twice on the break. McKenzie got Norwich back into the match when he rode a tackle from Stubbs before shooting under Martyn's legs. Francis volleyed Norwich level from a corner before Ferguson popped up with the winner. Attendance : 23,871 Assists : Cahill, Gravesen, Svensson, Johnson, Watson R Mehdi |