Stoke 0 - 2 Chelsea
Chelsea are back on top of the Premier League after a solid 2-0 victory over Stoke. Jose Bosingwa joined the attack on many occasions from his right back position, and he was rewarded with a goal in the 36th minute. Bosingwa got behind the defense, running on to a nice lobbed pass from Frank Lampard, and lashed the ball just inside the far post. Stoke defender Andy Griffin got a touch on the ball, but not enough to keep it out of the goal. In the second half, Frank Lampard and Michael Ballack missed goal scoring opportunities, but the win was finally sealed with a goal from Nicolas Anelka.

Arsenal 1 - 2 Hull City
The biggest surprise of the weekend was Hull City's win at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal controlled most of the match and were up 1-0 when Theo Walcott's cross tricked over the line after deflecting off Emmanuel Adebayor and then Paul McShane for an own goal. The Gunners failed to take advantage of several scoring chances, opting for one pass too many instead of shooting, and they were made to pay. Geovanni curled in a brilliant long range shot in the 62nd minute, and Daniel Cousin headed in the winner moments later to give Hull an historic win.

Man United 2 - 0 Bolton
Arsenal lost their first home match of the season, while Man United won for the first time at Old Trafford. A dubious penalty decision gave United the lead. Jlloyd Samuel executed a perfect tackle to take the ball away from Cristiano Ronaldo in the box, but referee Rob Styles whistled for a penalty. Ronaldo converted the spot kick, but his complete lack of celebration afterwards indicated he knew the penalty was undeserved. United's second goal, however, was well deserved. Ronaldo cleverly played a back heel pass to Rooney, and Rooney stepped past a defender a curled a low shot just inside the far post. The win takes Man United up to 11th in the table.

Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool
The Red half of Liverpool celebrated another win in the Merseyside Derby. Fernando Torres scored both goals to keep Liverpool level on points with Chelsea. The Reds are in second place on goal difference.

Portsmouth 2 - 0 Tottenham
Spurs remain bottom of the table and without a win after losing 0-2 at Portsmouth. Former Spurs striker Jermain Defoe scored the first goal for Pompey, and Peter Crouch added a second. Juande Ramos now appears in jeopardy of losing his job as manager of Spurs.

Wigan 2 - 1 Manchester City
Wigan and Amr Zaki continued their impressive play. Zaki scored from the penalty spot and Anotnio Valencia unleashed a long-range shot for Wigan's second goal. Referee Steve Bennett's decision to award a penalty was controversial as Wilson Palacios tumbled dramatically after what looked like minimal contact from Javier Garrido. Still, it was no where near as bad of a decision as Rob Style's penalty for United.

In other matches, Aston Villa won 2-1 over Sunderland, West Ham won 2-1 at Fulham, West Brom won 1-0 at Middlesbrough, and Blackburn handed Newcastle another defeat by a score of 2-1.

Premier League Top Five
14 - Chelsea
14 - Liverpool
13 - Aston Villa
12 - Arsenal
12 - West Ham

Soccerword's Premiership Team of the Week - 06

We're going with a 3-4-3 formation for this week's team:

Goalkeeper: Scott Carson (West Brom)

Defenders: Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea), Patrice Evra (Man United), Jonas Olsson (West Brom)

Midfielders: Antonio Valencia (Wigan), Matthew Etherington (West Ham), Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United), Ashley Young (Aston Villa)

Forwards: Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Amr Zaki (Wigan), Geovanni (Man City)

Arsenal are now top of the table thanks to a come from behind win at Bolton and Chelsea's draw at home to Manchester United. The Gunners fell behind when Bolton's Kevin Davies headed the home side into the lead in the 16th minute. But it didn't take long for Arsenal to take control of the match. In a stunning two minute spell, Emmanuel Eboue scored his first Premiership goal, and then Niklas Bendtner steered Denilson's cross into the goal. And that was the match. In the 87th minute, Denilson completed a stylish attack by slotting the ball home from Emmanuel Adebayor's cross. It was a classy display, and Arsenal's reward is a one-point lead over Chelsea and Liverpool in the table.

Chelsea fell a goal down to defensive-minded Manchester United in the 18th minute when Petr Cech failed to hold onto Dimitar Berbatov's shot. Ji-sung Park was first on the scene to tap in the rebound, and Chelsea's 84 match unbeaten streak at Stamford Bridge was in jeopardy. The Blues left it late but finally scored the tying goal in the 80th minute when substitute Salomon Kalou was somehow left unmarked in front of goal. Kalou headed Jon Mikel Obi's free-kick past substitute keeper Tomasz Kuszczak. Edwin van der Sar, United's regular keeper, was forced to leave with an injury in the first half. Chelsea were also hit with the injury bug as Decon pulled a leg muscle in pre-match warm-ups, and Ricardo Carvalho left with a knee injury in the first half. Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo came on in the second half for their first action of the season, but neither made much impact, except for a couple of dives and a yellow card on Ronaldo's part.

Soccerword's Premiership Team of the Week - 05

We're going with a 3-4-3 formation for this week's team:

Goalkeeper: Craig Gordon (Sunderland)

Defenders: Alex (Chelsea), Richard Dunne (Man City), Pascal Chimbonda (Sunderland)

Midfielders: Ji-Sung Park (Man United), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City), Denilson (Arsenal), Stephen Ireland (Man City)

Forwards: David Di Michele (West Ham), Robinho (Man City), Michael Chopra (Sunderland)

Soccerword's Premiership Team of the Week - 04

We're going with a 3-4-3 formation for this week's team:

Goalkeeper: Manuel Almunia (Arsenal)

Defenders: Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Kolo Toure (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Mikel Arteta (Everton), Tim Cahill (Everton), Chris Brunt (West Brom)

Forwards: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Marlon King (Hull City), Jermain Defoe (Portsmouth)

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man United
The big match of the weekend was undoubtedly Liverpool against Manchester United, and for a change, the Reds had the upper hand. But it didn't look like it would go that way early on. Carlos Tevez put United into the lead in the third minute, sliding the ball home from a nice pull back from the newly signed Dimitar Berbatov. But Liverpool tied the match with a ping pong goal in the 27th minute. Xavi Alonso's shot deflected off Patrice Evra, and then keeper Edwin van der Sar's diving punch deflected off Wes Brown and into the goal. It stayed 1-1 until the 77th minute when Dirk Kuyt picked out an unmarked Ryan Babel with a pass. Babel did not connect squarely with the ball, but his shot bounced into the goal anyway. The win keeps Liverpool even on points with Chelsea, while United find themselves in 14th place, albeit with a game in hand.

Man City 1 - 3 Chelsea
Chelsea also fell behind early in their match with Manchester City. Robinho, who almost signed with Chelsea but instead opted for Man City, but his club into the lead with a brilliant free kick in the 13th minute. Ricardo Carvalho, who had given away the free kick, made amends almost immediately. Frank Lampard's corner kick was headed down by John Terry, and Joe Cole's touch directed the ball into the path of Carvalho, who slammed the ball into the back of the net. Frank Lampard put the Blues into the lead with a clever play in the second half. Lampard cut to his left, and then fired a left-footed shot back across goal and just inside the right post. Nicolas Anelka sealed the victory, running on to a perfect pass from Joe Cole and steering the shot past a diving Joe Hart. Moments later, John Terry grabbed City striker Joe around the waist and pulled him down in the center circle. The referee harshly showed Terry a red card, even though he was not the last defender. Carvalho was covering behind Terry and Belletti was near by as well.

The official ruling was that the card was given for "serious foul play" rather than a "professional foul" which is the usual ruling when a player is sent off for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity. Chelsea appealed the red card against Terry, and their appeal was upheld by the FA, meaning the card was rescinded and Terry can now play against Manchester United this weekend.

There were several other exciting games this past weekend. Everton blew a 2-0 lead at Stoke, only to recover and win the game on a late header from Tim Cahill. Arsenal won convincingly at Blackburn with Emmanuel Adebayor scoring a hat-trick. Newcastle, a team in turmoil after the departure of manager Kevin Keegan, lost at home 1-2 to Hull City. And to make matters worse, Danny Guthrie was sent off for a horrible challenge, a deliberate kick, that broke Craig Fagan's leg. The final match of the weekend was actually on Monday, and it was more bad news for Tottenham. Spurs lost 1-2 to Aston Villa with Nigel Reo-Coker and Ashely Young scoring the goals for Villa. The loss leaves Spurs in last place in the Premiership.

The transfer window has officially closed, and several last minute deals went through involving Premier League Clubs. The most notable transfer involved Dimitar Berbatov finally moving from Tottenham to Manchester United, a deal that was in doubt when Spurs accepted a bid from Manchester City. City lost out on Berbatov, but they signed Robinho from Real Madrid, beating Chelsea to the Brazilian striker's signature. Here are all the deals from the final day of the transfer window:

In: Blackburn (Bunn), Everton (Saha, Nash), Hull (Cousin), Liverpool (Flora, Gulacsi, Riera), Man City (Robinho), Man Utd (Berbatov), Newcastle (Gonzalez, Xisco), Portsmouth (Belhadj), Sunderland (McCartney), Stoke (Higginbotham, Soares), Tottenham (Pavlyuchenko, Corluka, Campbell), West Brom (Donk)

Out: Bolton (Dzemaili), Fulham (Zakuani, John, Smertin), Liverpool (Finnan, Voronin), Man City (Corluka, Vidal), Man Utd (Saha, Campbell), Portsmouth (Cranie, Christophe), Sunderland (Higginbotham), Stoke (Parkin), Tottenham (Berbatov), West Ham (McCartney), Wigan (Bouaouzan, Nash, Sibierski)

Soccerword's Premiership Team of the Week - 03

We're going with a 4-3-3 formation for this week's team:

Goalkeeper: David James (Portsmouth)

Defenders: Callum Davenport (West Ham), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Kolo Toure (Arsenal), Vedran Corluka (Man City)

Midfielders: Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City), Antonio Valencia (Wigan), Stephen Ireland (Man City)

Forwards: Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Jermain Defoe (Portsmouth), Amr Zaki (Wigan)

Chelsea 1 - 1 Spurs
After three weeks, there is not a single team that has a 100% record. Chelsea and Liverpool were the only clubs to win their first two matches, but they both were held to draws over the weekend. Chelsea took the lead when Darren Bent's attempted clearance went in the Spurs goal off Juliano Belletti, who was making a rare start. But Bent redeemed himself just before half time when he collected an errant pass from Frank Lampard. The draw gave Spurs their first point of the season.

Aston Villa 0 - 0 Liverpool
Liverpool were held to a goalless draw at Villa Park. Gareth Barry, whose transfer to Liverpool fell through, played for Aston Villa, but neither team found the net. Liverpool's Fernando Torres left the match in the first half with a hamstring injury and looks to miss two or three weeks. Villa's John Carew had the best chance to score, but Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina denied the striker with a fine kick save.

Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle
Arsenal pulled to within a point of the leaders with a fine attacking display against Newcastle. Robin van Persie scored two goals, the first coming from the penalty spot, and the second coming in spectacular fashion. Eboue started the move with a pass to Adebayor on the right. Adebayor's return pass found Eboue in the box, and Ebou then backheeled the ball into the path of van Persie, who slammed the ball into the back of the net. The Gunners extended their lead in the second half when Adebayor set up Denilson in the box. His shot took a slight deflection and rolled past Given into the goal. Arsenal could have scored even more, but Shay Given pulled off a few fine saves, and van Persie hit the crossbar from an acute angle.

Sunderland 0 - 3 Manchester City
Shaun Wright-Phillips marked his return to Man City with a pair of second half goals after Stephen Ireland had put City ahead in the first half. The win moves City into third place in the Premiership, and with new owners taking over the club, manager Mark Hughes may be able to bring in reinforcements before the transfer deadline.

Hull City 0 - 5 Wigan
Wigan gave Chelsea a tough fight last week despite losing 0-1 to the Blues, and they looked even better against Hull. Egyptian striker Amr Zaki scored twice, and Antonio Valencia and Emile Heskey each added a single goal. An own goal from Hull's Sam Ricketts started the scoring as Hull were thoroughly outplayed by Wigan. Valencia was the creative force in midfield and Zaki is proving to be a top class finisher.

Man United had the weekend off after losing the Euro Super Cup to Zenit St. Petersburg, and with Liverpool and Chelsea only picking up a point, the chasing pack closed in on the leaders. Currently the top six clubs are within a point of one another: Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, West Ham, and Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough kept up their improved form with a 2-1 win against Stoke, with Alves and Sanli scoring the goals. Meanwhile, West Ham scored two very late goals to win 4-1 at Blackburn in a game that was much closer than the score indicated. Down 1-2, Blackburn were denied a perfectly good goal when Matt Derbyshire was incorrectly ruled off side. Davenport, Bellamy, and Carlton Cole scored for the Hammers, while Jason Robers grabbed Blackburn's only goal with a clever turn around Davenport and a cool finish in the box. The other goal came from an own goal from Blackburn's Samba.