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PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Follow the action from this afternoon's fixtures
SCORESPortsmouth 2-0 Burnley FT[LNB]Arsenal 2-0 Stoke FT[LNB]Aston Villa 3-0 Hull FT[LNB]Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool FT[LNB]West Ham 0-4 Man Utd FT[LNB]Wigan 2-3 Birmingham FT[LNB]Wolverhampton 2-1 Bolton FT[LNB][LNB]UPDATES[LNB]16.57 WENGER HANDSHAKE[LNB]Arsenal have won so Wenger offers his hand to Pulis at full-time.16.48 WES BROWN INJURED[LNB]United are down to 10 men at Upton Park but more importantly, they don't have a fit centre-half left as Brown, Ferdinand, Neville and Evans are injured and Vidic has gone down with an illness.[LNB]GOAL! Wigan 2-3 Birmingham (Gomez 87)[LNB]16.45 Wolverhampton 2-1 Bolton[LNB]Wolves are wobbling. Klasnic has wasted two chances to equalise.[LNB]GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Stoke (Ramsey 79)[LNB]GOAL! Wolverhampton 2-1 Bolton (Elmander 79)[LNB]Wolves fans face a nervous last 11 minutes after the Swedish striker taps in from close range.[LNB]16.35 QPR 1 Middlesbrough 4[LNB]You'll all be delighted that Strachan's on course for his first victory as Boro boss.[LNB]16.33 GREEN OFF[LNB]Hammers keeper had to go off because he felt sick... as a parrott, possibly.[LNB]GOAL! Wigan 1-3 Birmingham (Benitez 72)[LNB]GOAL! West Ham 0-4 Man Utd[LNB]Rooney and Valencia make it a romp. Hammers keeper Green then substituted, no word on whether he's injured or just embarrassed.[LNB]16.29 WHAT A MISS[LNB]Ngog just six yards out has the goal at his mercy but a bad bobble results in him fluffing the chance.[LNB]16.26 GIBSON OFF[LNB]Darron Gibson's reward for another goal and another impressive display... to be replaced by Berbatov.[LNB]GOAL! Wigan 1-2 Birmingham (Benitez 66)[LNB]What a turnaround. McLeish's men had looked dangerous despite being behind at the interval.[LNB]GOAL! Wolverhampton 2-0 Bolton (Milijas 67)[LNB]Wolves on their way to their first win in 10 games and off the bottom of the table with a super strike from Milijas.[LNB]GOAL! Wigan 1-1 Birmingham (Larsson)[LNB]GOAL! West Ham 0-2 Man Utd (Gibson)[LNB]Darron Gibson follows his midweek brace with a stunning strike with the outside of his right foot into the top corner.[LNB]16.14 Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool[LNB]Gerrard fortunate not to receive a yellow card for a dive on his 500th appearance. The Liverpool midfielder goes down in the box under pressure from Nzonzi.[LNB]RED CARD Kevin Nolan (Newcastle - professional foul)[LNB]16.08 BULLARD INJURY[LNB]Early reports from Villa Park offer a glimmer of hope as the midfielder has injured his left knee - not his troublesome right knee.[LNB]16.06 Wigan 1-0 Birmingham[LNB]Sub keeper Pollitt makes another great save to deny Jerome.[LNB]16.03 Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool[LNB]Early chance in the second half. Di Santo beats the offide trap and races clear but he takes so long to get his shot away that Carragher gets back to clear.[LNB]15.49 HALF-TIMES[LNB]Arsenal 1-0 Stoke, Aston Villa 2-0 Hull, Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool, West Ham 0-1 Man Utd, Wigan 1-0 Birmingham, Wolverhampton 1-0 Bolton.[LNB]GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Man Utd (Scholes 45)[LNB]Just a day after the veteran midfielder was bemoaning his contribution this season he comes up with a rocket to break the deadlock. His career 99th goal for United.[LNB]15.40 Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool[LNB]Dull stuff at Ewood., Liverpool are no Chelsea and not having enough up front to make things happen. Blackburn finding it tough to weave their way through Liverpool's massed ranks.[LNB]15.35 WHAT A MISS[LNB]Fabregas six yards out with the goal gaping, hits Eboue instead of the back of the net.[LNB]GOAL! Wigan 1-0 Birmingham (N'Zogbia 33)[LNB]Both sides have gone close in an entertaining game and the Wigan midfielder curls a great effort into the corner.[LNB]15.33 GARY NEVILLE INJURED[LNB]Another injury blow for United and Carrick comes on to partner Brown in heart of the defence.[LNB] Red hot: Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin shoots past Stoke keeper Thomas Andersen[LNB]GOAL! Aston Villa 2-0 Hull (Milner 29)[LNB]The winger grabs his fifth of the season.[LNB]GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Stoke (Arshavin 26)[LNB]Fine right-footed strike by the Russian after linking up with Fabregas.[LNB]15.24 KIRKLAND INJURY[LNB]The keeper forced by a back injury.[LNB]15.22 Score updates[LNB]Newcastle 1-0 Watford, MK Dons 1-2 Yeovil[LNB]15.20 PENALTY MISS[LNB]Poor effort from Fabregas easily saved by Sorensen after Arshavin was brought down by Delap[LNB]15.18 Wolverhampton 1-0 Bolton[LNB]Craddock has an effort disallowed for a foul.[LNB] Distraught: Hull City's Jimmy Bullard (centre) limps off the pitch injured[LNB]15.17 BULLARD INJURY[LNB]Bullard in a bad way and forced off with another knee injury. Phil Brown puts an arm around the midfielder but he's in tears.[LNB]15.15 Wolverhampton 1-0 Bolton[LNB]Wolves booed off after the 1-0 home defeat by Birmingham have responded with a sensational start and could have easily be three up.[LNB]15.13 Aston Villa 1-0 Hull (Dunne 13)[LNB]The big defender takes advantage of some sloppy defending to smash a shot off the underside of the bar.[LNB]15.11 West Ham 0-0 Man Utd[LNB]United go close with a Valencia header which grazes the bar from a Giggs corner.[LNB]15.09 West Ham 0-0 Man Utd[LNB]The Hammers have made a bright start and almost grab an early lead but Giggs makes a last-ditch tackle to deny Collison.[LNB]15.08 Arsenal 0-0 Stoke[LNB]Arsenal have already twice gone close through Fabregas and Arshavin.[LNB]15.05 Paul Ince[LNB]Under pressure Paul Ince needs a win but MK Dons fall behind to Yeovil after one minute.[LNB] Golden boy: Top scorer Jody Craddock (centre) scores the opening goal for Wolves[LNB]GOAL! Wolverhampton 1-0 Bolton (Craddock 3)[LNB]What a start for McCarthy's men. Lose this and they look doomed but top scorer Craddock grabs his fourth of the season.[LNB]14.49 Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool[LNB]Good to see Big Sam back at Ewood after his heart op. Nice easy game too for his return. As he's wired up, with mobile and earpiece.[LNB]14.46 West Ham v Manchester United teams[LNB]United forced to field a makeshift defence with Gary Neville and Wes Brown as centre backs and Darren Fletcher at right-back. Darron Gibson also was given a rare start after his starring role in the Carling Cup win over Spurs With Carlton Cole out until the new year with a knee injury, Guillermo Franco led the line for the Hammers.[LNB]14.44 Blackburn v Liverpool teams[LNB]Big day for Steven Gerrard, making his 500th game for the club, supporting the lone front man Dirk Kuyt. Blackburn made four changes with Michel Salgado, Nikola Kalinic, Morten Gamst Pedersen and Jason Roberts dropping to the bench, with Gael Givet, Vince Grella, El-Hadji Diouf and Franco Di Santo coming in.[LNB]14.40 Portsmouth 2-0 Burnley[LNB]Portsmouth move off the bottom of the table. Pompey go above Wolves on goal difference.[LNB]14.37 Wolves v Bolton teamsA must-win for both sides and Wolves manager Mick McCarthy made two changes to his side and recalled Stephen Ward and Nenad Milijas. Bolton showed one change to the side that drew against Fulham with Chung-Yong Lee replacing the suspended Kevin Davies.[LNB]14.33 Aston Villa v Hull teams[LNB]Brad Friedel was the only change from the side which defeated Portsmouth in midweek. Former Villa midfielder George Boateng earned a recall at the expense ofGeovanni in the only alteration to Hull's starting XI from the side which drawat Manchester City last weekend.[LNB]14.32 Arsenal v Stoke teams[LNB]More problems for Arsene Wenger with the late withdrawl of striker Eduardo through injury. Andrey Arshavin was back as the Gunners made eight changes from the side that lost 3-0 at Manchester City in midweek. Stoke suffered a blow after Ryan Shawcross failed a late fitness test but they were able to call on Abdoulaye Faye, Rory Delap and Tuncay Sanli.[LNB]14.26 Wigan v Birmingham teams[LNB]Wigan and Birmingham both enjoyed impressive victores last week so no surprise managers Roberto Martinez and Alex McLeish both named unchanged line-ups.[LNB] Run chase: Portsmouth's Aruna Dindane has his run on goal cut off by Clarke Carlisle of Burnley[LNB][LNB] [LNB] Explore more:People:El-Hadji Diouf, Steven Gerrard, Kevin Nolan, Ryan Shawcross, Darren Fletcher, Paul Ince, Andrey Arshavin, George Boateng, Tuncay Sanli, Nenad Milijas, Jason Roberts, Alex McLeish, Kevin Davies, Gary Neville, Mick McCarthy, WES BROWN, Jimmy Bullard, Phil Brown, Roberto MartinezPlaces:Newcastle, Liverpool, Birmingham, Upton Park
