Premier League Weekend Results

Sat – 21 Oct 06

Wigan 4 – 0 Manchester City
Emile Heskey, Henri Camara and Antonio Valencia scored goals for Wigan. Manchester City defender Richard Dunne added scored an own-goal.

Charlton 0 – 0 Watford
No goals scored by the bottom two sides.

Chelsea 2 – 1 Portsmouth
Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack both scored for Chelsea within a few minutes of each other about ten minutes into the second half. Benjani Mwaruwari netted a goal for Portsmouth in the 69th minute.

Everton 2 – 0 Sheffield Utd
Blades’ defender Claude Davis was sent off in the 32nd minute for bring down Andy Johnson in the box. Mikel Arteta and James Beattie scored for the Toffees.

Aston Villa 1 – 1 Fulham
Villa remains unbeaten.

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Sun – 22 Oct 06

Manchester Utd 2 – 0 Liverpool
Scholes scores on his 500th start for Man Utd and defender Rio Ferdinand scores again. Liverpool never seemed to be really in the game after the first 5 or 10 minutes.

Blackburn 0 – 1 Bolton
Campo scores in the second half to earn Bolton the three points.

Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Newcastle
Ayegbini scores in the 84th ninute to win it for Boro.

Tottenham 1 – 0 West Ham
West Ham’s woes continue.

Reading 0 – 4 Arsenal
Henry netted a brace as the Gunners routed Reading.

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English Premier League Standings

Top Five

1. Manchester United, 22 pts.
2. Chelsea, 22 pts.
3. Bolton, 22 pts.
4. Arsenal, 17 pts.
5. Portsmouth, 16 pts.

Bottom Five

16. Newcastle Utd, 7 pts.
17. Sheffield United, 6 pts.
18. Watford, 5 pts.
19. West Ham, 5 pts.
20. Charlton, 4 pts.