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| Man City end tough week with win at Blackburn Posted: 01 Oct 2011 09:08 AM PDT  Manchester City's Samir Nasri shoots to score against Blackburn Rovers during their match today. — Reuters pic Champions United also maintained their unbeaten start with a 2-0 home win over Norwich City thanks to a second half goals from Anderson and Danny Welbeck. They stay top on goal difference from City with both teams taking 19 points from their opening seven games. In the day's lunchtime kickoff, Liverpool won 2-0 at Everton in the 185th Merseyside league derby with late goals from Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez. Everton played for more than an hour with 10 men after Jack Rodwell was sent off in the 23rd minute. Newcastle United won 2-1 at Molineux to inflict a fourth consecutive league defeat on Wolverhampton Wanderers and climb to third, at least until Chelsea play at bottom-placed Bolton Wanderers tomorrow. Aston Villa sent Wigan Athletic to a fourth successive league defeat with a 2-0 win at Villa Park while Sunderland drew 2-2 with West Bromwich Albion after trailing 2-0 inside the opening five minutes at the Stadium of Light. City won at Blackburn with second half goals from Adam Johnson, Mario Balotelli and substitutes Samir Nasri and Stefan Savic but Argentine striker Sergio Aguero limped off in the first half with a groin injury. He will now join his compatriot Carlos Tevez on the sidelines, but for totally different reasons following Tevez's suspension from the club for allegedly ignoring manager Roberto Mancini's instructions to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday. — Reuters |
| Carroll, Suarez on target as Liverpool beat Everton Posted: 01 Oct 2011 06:52 AM PDT  Carroll celebrates after scoring against Everton today. — Reuters pic Referee Martin Atkinson showed what appeared to be a harsh red card to Jack Rodwell for what looked to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez, with the defender winning the ball fairly, but clipping the Uruguayan as his momentum carried him forwards. Rodwell fiercely protested his innocence and walked off reluctantly, but his dismissal helped tip the balance Liverpool's way. As well as their two goals they also missed a penalty and hit the crossbar in the first half. Carroll scored his first league goal of the season, and only his third league goal since his £35 million (RM174 million) move from Newcastle United in January, after 71 minutes and he took it well, sweeping home Jose Enrique's cutback into the bottom corner. Suarez wrapped up the points for Kenny Dalglish's team when he took advantage of some slack Everton defending to score his fifth goal of the season in all competitions eight minutes from time.  Everton's Jack Rodwell is sent off by referee Martin Atkinson after fouling Liverpool's Luis Suarez today. — Reuters pic "We were very professional. When you play against 10 it's easy to lose your concentration and be complacent and we didn't do either," he said. "Everyone played very well, Andy's off the mark with a league goal, and although Dirk missed a penalty it did not affect him and that's great credit to him. It was a good result for us." Liverpool had two good chances to establish a lead in the closing minutes of the first half. The first came after 44 minutes when Everton defender Phil Jagielka tripped Suarez to concede a penalty, but Everton escaped going behind when Tim Howard dived low to his left to save Dirk Kuyt's spot kick. Three minutes later Charlie Adam lashed a swerving 20-metre shot that hit the bar. Liverpool dominated for most of the second half and moved into the top four of the Premier League table, at least until Newcastle United faced Wolverhampton Wanderers later in one of the afternoon's five other matches. — Reuters |
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