The defending champions Manchester United took a 3-1 victory inthe same day but in a quite different way.

England striker Jermain Defoe gave Tottenham Spurs, who had wontheir previous four matches, a dream start by scoring inside the opening 60 seconds.

But Man. United revealed their real capacity with Ryan Giggs played a key role in the midfield. The 35-year-old curled home a wonderful free-kick in the 25th minutes after Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov was tripped by Wilson Palacios.

Oliveira Anderson make it 2-1 just before the break, firing in his first United goal in his 76th appearance from the edge of the box.

Spurs launched a powerful counterattack after the break and Man. City suffered for Paul Scholes being sent off for two fouls. At the key moment, striker Wayne Rooney wrapped it up with a solo goal.

French midfielder Florent Malouda scored an injury-time winner as Chelsea battled back from a goal down to beat the hosts Stoke 2-1. The Blues led the standings with full 15 points out of five games.

Israeli Yossi Benayoun completed a hat-trick thrashed Burnley 4-0 at Anfield.

Blackburn claimed a comfortable 3-1 win over promoted Wolves and Sunderland crushed Hull 4-1.

Wigan edged West Ham 1-0 while Portsmouth still await for a point after being overplayed by Bolton 3-2.

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