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23 November 2004 Aston Villa (0) 1 (Solano 57) Spurs (0) 0 Nol Solano's superbly taken goal was enough to earn all three points for Aston Villa as Sours slipto their sixth defeat in a row. The first half saw chances at a premium with Carlton Cole having a shot saved at the near post for the home side, whilst Michael Brown was similarly denied at the other end. The deadlock was broken just before the hour mark as a corner was glanced on by Gavin McCann and after taking a touch at the far post, Solano acrobatically volleyed home. He almost added a second minutes later, only to be denied ay point blank range by Paul Robinson. Assist : McCann 22 November 2004 Blackburn (1) 3 (Jansen 4, Reid 57, Gallagher 63) Birmingham (3) 3 (Anderton 17, Savage 38, Dunn 45) Blackburn came from 3-1 down at half time to earn a useful point against Birmingham as two of the lowest scorers in the Premiership served up an unlikely goalfest. Rovers began well and went ahead early on when Steven Reid's pass was dummied by Paul Dickov and then superbly struck into the corner by Matt Jansen, however it did little except stir Birmingham into action and they were level when Jesper Gronkjaer's cross found David Dunn and as he tried to control it for a shot, it fell nicely for Darren Anderton who showed quick feet to prod the ball past Brad Friedel. Seven minutes from half time, Mario Melchiot found space on the right and after Reid failed to clear his cross, Robbie Savage was on hand to volley in. Melchiot was again the provider in first half stoppage time as his cross was dummied by Clinton Morrison for ex-Rovers star Dunn to run onto and slot home. The comeback began twelve minutes after the break with the arrival of sub David Thompson whose first touch sent Reid through on goal and his firm shot found the roof of the net with the help of a deflection off of Matthew Upson. Six minutes later and it was level again as Paul Dickov battled his way through and bobbled the ball past the keeper and as it looked to trickle in, sub Paul Gallagher was on hand to make sure from two yards. Both clubs went for a late winner as Savage thumped a shot against the post, whilst Dickov was through in stoppage time only to be denied by a fine save from Maik Taylor. Assists : Reid, Dunn, n/a, Melchiot, Thompson, n/a, 21 November 2004 Man United (1) 2 (Giggs 41, Scholes 50) Charlton (0) 0 Comfortable stuff for Man United as they strolled through their home game against Charlton, winning with ease to fourth ahead of the other afternoon matches. United dominated the first half possession, but created little with keeper Dean Kiely saving an early Ruud van Nistelrooy header and a fierce volley from Paul Scholes before the breakthrough arrived just before half time. Ryan Giggs was the scorer as he latched onto a defensive headed clearance and ran at the defence before his shot took a deflection off of the foot of Luke Young and looped into the net. The lead was doubled early in the second half as Paul Scholes ended his seven month goal drought with a superb far post volley from a Darren Fletcher cross. Assists : n/a, Fletcher Arsenal (0) 1 (Pires 54) West Brom (0) 1 (Earnshaw 79) Lowly West Brom stunned current Champions Arsenal with a late equaliser to earn a vital point at Highbury. The hosts needed a stroke of luck to go ahead when Lens Lehmann's clearance was met by a poor defensive header. Robert Pires collected the loose ball and curled an effort toward the far post and as keeper Russell Hoult dived to catch the ball, it somehow slipped from his grasp and bobbled over the line. The equaliser came with eleven minutes left as Jonathon Greening's cross was converted at the far post by sub Robert Earnshaw. Assists : n/a, Greening Chelsea (1) 2 (Duff 35 secs, Tiago 48) Bolton (0) 2 (Davies 52, Jaidi 87) Current leaders Chelsea also slipped up at home as they let a two goal lead falter against Bolton. They went ahead with a goal after just 35 seconds when Frank Lampard sent Damien Duff clear and after rounding the keeper, he slid the ball in from a tight angle. Early in the second half, the lead was doubled as Arjen Robben's cross was thumped inside the far post with a first time shot from Tiago. Bolton quickly pulled a goal back when Gary Speed's free kick tempted keeper Petr Cech off his line, however his misjudged the flight and Kevin Davies nodded the ball in. Davies was also involved in the late equaliser as his cushioned headed in the area fell to Radi Jaidi to drill the ball low into the bottom corner. Assists : Lampard, Tiago, n/a, Davies Crystal Palace (0) 0 Newcastle (0) 2 (Kluivert 79, Bellamy 88) Newcastle ended their recent losing run with two late goals to see off Crystal Palace. Again, they left it late with both strikes in the final eleven minutes, firstly when Craig Bellamy crossed for Patrick Kluivert to backheel home at the near post and then Laurent Robert set up Bellamy to smash the ball into the roof of the net. Assists : Bellamy, Robert Everton (0) 1 (Ferguson 67) Fulham (0) 0 Everton close the gap on Chelsea and Arsenal after a narrow victory against Fulham. The only goal came from sub Duncan Ferguson who stooped to nod in after Kevin Kilbane's headed had been saved. Assist : n/a Middlesbrough (1) 2 (Riggott 36, Zenden 62) Liverpool (0) 0 Middlesbrough regain fourth place after victory against Liverpool who were missing both Djibril Cisse and Milan Baros through long term injury. Boro went ahead when Stuart Downing's cross was met at the near post by Chris Riggott to score his first of the season, however Liverpool then felt that they had an equaliser wrongly ruled out when Luis Garcia netted after the pass that had set him up came off of an opponent. The home side doubled the lead when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink played Bolo Zenden in to slot the ball home. Assists : Riggott, Hasselbaink Norwich (1) 2 (Francis 28, 52) Southampton (1) 1 (Beattie 24) Norwich recorded their first win of the season after coming from behind to beat fellow strugglers Southampton. The visitors took the lead when Rory Delap found James Beattie and his first time, long range volley found the net via the foot of the post. Four minutes later, a slip from Jason Dodd let in Leon McKenzie and his cross was finished well by Damien Francis, also with the aid of the post. The winner came early in the second half when Craig Fleming's header was helped into the net via the head of Francis again. Assists : Delap, McKenzie, Fleming Portsmouth (1) 1 (O'Neil 8) Man City (1) 3 (Wright-Phillips 6, Sibierski 79, Bosvelt 87) Portsmouth's recent poor run continued as they were well beaten at home by Man City. Shaun Wright-Phillips ran the show for the visitors and gave his side an early lead when he capitalised on a mistake in the area by Dejan Stefanovic to slot home. Two minutes later, Portsmouth were level when Gary O'Neil's side footed volley found the far post from David Unsworth's cross. City clinched the win with two late goals, firstly when Robbie Fowler's cross was finished at the far post by Antoine Sibierski, although the home side felt that the ball had gone out for a throw during the build up. Three minutes from time, Wright- Phillip had a shot saved after a superb solo run, allowing Paul Bosvelt to tap in the rebound. 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