Four of the six matches played in the 6th week of the Premiership saw players scoring from the spot! These included Burnley V Sunderland, Aston Villa V Portsmouth, Bolton V Stoke and West Ham V Liverpool matches.

Arsenal dominated Wigan at home, scoring 4 goals with defender Thomas Vermaelen scoring two.

The Burnley Vs Sunderland match looked like it would end in a draw, until David Nugent came on and scored two for Burnley.

Aston Villa sealed the match against bottom-placed Portsmouth in the first-half itself, scoring through Milner’s 33rd minute penalty and Agbonlahor added another in the 42nd minute. Milner was the player of the match for Villa, with the winger netting one and assisting the second.

Villa celebrate Milner's penalty versus Portsmouth

Bolton managed to draw the game versus Stoke, Matt Taylor leveled in the dying minutes. It was a tough match for the Wanderers who’ve managed to win just one match out of five in the league.

Hull City Vs Birmingham was a keenly contested encounter. Both keepers were kept busy and produced some good saves, especially Birmingham’s Joe Hart who made as many as seven saves. However, Garry O’Connor headed in a winner in the 75 minute to see Birmingham home.

The game between West Ham and Liverpool was a thrilling one, four goals (two per side) were scored and two injury substitutions by West Ham were seen in the first half! Torres created an amazing goal from an acute angle, the Hammers equalized through Alessandro Diamanti’s penalty. A well directed Benayoun corner was headed towards goal by Gerrard but needed a slight tap-in by Kuyt to put the Reds ahead. West Ham made another comeback with Carlton Cole scoring a header from Mark Noble’s corner. Ryan Babel came in as a substitute and effected the winner for Liverpool, he crossed in the ball towards the far post which was sweetly met by Torres’ head.

Premiership matches lined up for tomorrow:

Manchester United     v     Manchester City        13:30    Old Trafford      (17:55 IST on ESPN)
Wolverhampton Wanderers    v     Fulham        14:00    Molineux
Everton    v     Blackburn Rovers        15:00    Goodison Park       (19:25 IST on Star Sports)
Chelsea    v     Tottenham Hotspur        16:00    Stamford Bridge     (20:25 IST on ESPN)