Premier League Roundup: 9/25/2010

Carlos Tevez gets by John Terry as City makes it 3 straight against Chelsea (from The Guardian via Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images)

I didn't get to see the City/Chelsea game...later on, I'll watch it on ESPN3.  I did however watch parts of the Blackburn/Blackpool match and the full Liverpool/Sunderland match.  I'm watching the 45 minute highlights of Birmingham/Wigan right now.  The thing I'm learning this weekend (and I hope United are as well) is to make sure of what you're doing.  The freak goal in Liverpool, Steven Gerrard's almost own goal and Charlie Adam's ill-advised header are all examples of why it's important not to get complacent around the goal.  A slow rolling backpass is all it takes for some of these strikers to be set free. 

MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Tevez 59) CHELSEA 0 Manchester Evening News: De Jong, Mancini hail City strength The Daily Mail: Tevez's magic moment lights up £1.4bn drudge match Match Reports ( Sky | ESPN | BBC | Sun | Telegraph | Guardian ) The Guardian: Daniel Taylor: Five things we learned from Manchester City v Chelsea We Ain't Got No History (Chelsea): Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City: Game Recap ARSENAL 2 (Nasri 75, 90) WEST BROM 3 (Odemwinigie 50; Jara 52; Thomas 73) News of the World: Shattered Arsene Wenger refused to blame cock-up keeper Manuel Almunia after yet another howler gifted West Brom their first victory at Arsenal in 27 years. The Daily Mail: Nutty Wenger driven batty by buoyant Baggies Match Reports ( Sky | ESPN | BBC | Sun | Telegraph | Guardian ) The Short Fuse (Arsenal): Arsenal 2 - 3 West Brom: match report of melancholy BIRMINGHAM 0 WIGAN 0 The BBC: Wigan boss Roberto Martinez criticizes Craig Gardner Match Reports ( Sky | ESPN | BBC | Sun | Telegraph | Daily Mail | Guardian )

THE REST OF SATURDAY'S GAMES AFTER THE JUMP!

BLACKPOOL 1  (Phillips 85) BLACKBURN 2  (Adam (OG) 20; Emerton 90) Lancashire Telegraph: FULL TIME: Blackpool 1 Blackburn 1 Sky Sports: Holloway expects FA trouble Match Reports ( Sky | ESPN | BBC | Sun | Telegraph | Daily Mail | Guardian ) FULHAM 0 EVERTON 0 Irish Independent: Moyes left bemused as Everton hit rock bottom Match Reports ( Sky | ESPN | BBC | Sun | Telegraph | Daily Mail | Guardian ) Cottagers Confidential (Fulham): Schwarzer is the difference in Fulham's 0-0 draw against Everton WEST HAM 1 (Piquionne 29) TOTTENHAM 0 The Daily Mail: Frederic Piquionne's the golden ball boy after claiming 10,000 EPL goal with a Nike football. Yahoo!: West Ham off bottom with win over Spurs Match Reports ( Sky | ESPN | BBC | Sun | Telegraph | Daily Mail | Guardian )

AND FINALLY:

LIVERPOOL 2 (Kuyt 5; Gerrard 64)
SUNDERLAND 2 (Bent (pen)25, 48)

Darren Bent scored his 150th and 151st Premier League goals as Sunderland and Liverpool play to a point each. One week after Cesc Fabregas' freakish goal, Liverpool got one of their own as Adams tapped the ball back to his keeper on a free-kick, but made the ball live.  He walked away from the ball and Fernando Torres raced in and took possession.  He looked at the line judge to see if everything was good (so did the keeper) and passed the ball over to Kuyt who slid the ball past the keeper. Probably the strangest goal we'll see this year, but I said that last week, too.

• Yahoo!: Referee was right to award Kuyt goal, says Premier League
• Click Liverpool: Sunderland boss Steve Bruce furious at Liverpool joke goal
  
• Match Reports ( Sky | ESPN | BBC | Sun | Telegraph | Daily Mail | Guardian )