PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Burnley back in six-goal thriller, Keane on target for Spurs

Published: 07 Nov 2009 - 17:11:44

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PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Burnley back in six-goal thriller, Keane on target for Spurs

Aston Villa 5-1 Bolton FTBlackburn 3-1 Portsmouth FTManchester City 3-3 Burnley FTTottenham 2-0 Sunderland FT16.55 FA Cup upsets Congratulations to Bath City, Kettering, York, Oxford and STAINES. Luton, Gateshead and Stevenage earn replays. 16.48 GOAL! Burnley (Kevin McDonald 87) What a game. McDonald equalises and runs away to celebrate, Owen Coyle looks instinctively at his watch. 16.45 GOAL! Blackburn (Roberts 86) Roberts has made a huge difference since coming on and caps a great fightback with a fine streak. 16.35 GOAL! Villa (Carlos Cuellar 75) Milner crossed and Cuellar headed home the fifth. Thriller: Burnley's Kevin McDonald (right) celebrates his late equaliser 16.31 GOAL! Villa (Milner72)/Blackburn (Nelson 73) Milner bundled the ball into the net after his penalty had been saved and Sidwell had hit the post. 16.30 GOAL! Spurs (Tom Huddlestone 68) Defoe found Huddlestone on the edge of the D and he smashed a shot off the underside of the bar. 16.23 Premier League Spurs appear to have weathered the Sunderland storm and Manchester City are in control. O'Hara has been at the heart of Pompey's impressive display. 16.18 FA Cup Gateshead on level terms with Brentford but Kettering, Staines, Luton, Oxford, Bath City are all threatening upsets. 16.16 GOAL! Man City (Bellamy 58) Mark Hughes' side now lead after being two goals down. The mark of a top side. 16.15 GOAL! Man City (Kolo Toure 55)/Villa (Carew 53) Unhappy return: Heurelho Gomes saves Bent's spot kick 16.13 PENALTY SAVED Spurs keeper Gomes should have gone for bringing down Bent but he only got a yellow card and makes the most of the escape by saving Bent's penalty. 16.12 GOAL! Blackburn (Jason Roberts 53) Big Sam rewarded for changes at half-time with Roberts' strike. 16.05 Premier League City have made a storming start to the second half and Tevez went close with a free kick. Sunderland are still in control but a goal behind at the Lane. 15.45 GOAL! Bolton (Elmander 45) Cahill's effort deflected onto the post and the ball rebounded to Elmander, who tapped the ball into an empty net. Tap in: Johan Elmander scores for Bolton 15.45 GOAL! Man City (Wright-Phillips 43) Wright-Phillips' long-range effort deflected off Jordan and past Jensen's outstretched hand into th far corner. 15.44 GOAL! Villa (Agbonlahor 43) Carew pulled the ball back for Agbonlahor to drill a shot through the legs of Jaaskelainen. 15.43 Chimbonda escape The Spurs defender tussled with O'Hara and then took a wild swing at his former team-mate. But Chimbonda received just a booking, as did O'Hara. 15.40 FA Cup York equalise against Crewe. Spot on: Burnley's Graham Alexander scores the opening goal 15.33 GOAL! Burnley (Steven Fletcher 32) City's defence are all over the place. Eagles wriggled free and squared the ball for Fletcher to score from two yards. 15.30 FA Cup Luton are 3-0 up against Rochdale and Bath City lead at Grimsby. 15.28 Premier League Burnley are good value for their lead, Portsmouth are building in confidence but Spurs are struggling to retain possession despite holding the lead. 15.25 FA Cup Luton are 2-0 up against Rochdale and Staines Town have taken the lead at Shrewsbury. Ali C with the goal, get in! 15.19 GOAL! Burnley (Graham Alexander pen 19) Lescott raised his hands to protect his face as Mears' crossed and the ball cannoned off his arm. Alexander smashed the resulting penalty past Given. 15.15 GOAL! Portsmouth (Jamie O'Hara 15) Stunning strike from the Pompey midfielder, who smashed a 30-yard drive past the keeper. Keane and able: Spurs striker shoots between the legs of Craig Gordon 15.12 GOAL! Spurs (Robbie Keane 12) Assou-Ekotto floated cross was headed back by Crouch and Keane's shot went in off the arm of Gordon. 15.10 Premier League Burnley have made a bright start at City of Manchester Stadium. Blake had the ball in then net but the ref had already blown for a foul and then the striker went close from a Sheringham corner routine. 15.06 GOAL! VIilla (Ashley Young 5) Carew's header from Milner cross was parried by Jaaskelainen and Young slammed the rebound into the net. Young at heart: Villa winger celebrates his goal against Bolton 15.01 Fabio spotted England manager Fabio Capello at White Hart Lane and former Spurs striker Darren Bent will be out to impress. 14.59 Championship update Swansea claim South Wales bragging rights with a 3-2 victory over Cardiff. 14.50 FA Cup update Not much romance in the early kick offs as Paulton are crushed 7-0 by Norwich, Colchester win 4-0 at Bromley and Stourbridge go down 1-0 at home against Walsall. In the office we're rooting for Staines Town, Woking and Bath City. 14.39 Manchester City v Burnley team news Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure returned to the Manchester City line-up thisafternoon as Mark Hughes' men looked to cement their place in the PremierLeague's top four by beating Burnley at Eastlands. Stephen Ireland was also included in place of Nigel de Jong as Hughes went foran attacking approach in a bid to end a run of four successive draws. Burnley had their own sequence to alter, having lost every away match so far,former City defender Stephen Jordan nursing an added incentive to gain apositive result. 14.38 Blackburn v Portsmouth team news Former Blackburn defender Aaron Mokoena was fit to return to his former clubtoday as improving Portsmouth sought to build on last week's crushing 4-0 winover Wigan. Mokoena replaced Hassan Yebda at the back and Anthony Vanden Borre came in forthe injured Steve Finnan as boss Paul Hart sought the win which could liftPompey off the foot of the table. Rovers brought Jason Roberts back to the bench after his bout of swine fluwhile in their only change from last week, Morten Gamst Pedersen replaced KeithAndrews. 14.25 Aston Villa v Bolton team news Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill installed recalled midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker as captain for the home Barclays Premier League game with Bolton. Reo-Coker was starting a league game for the first time since his training ground spat with O'Neill and took over the captain's armband from the suspended Stiliyan Petrov. Full-back Luke Young made his first start of the campaign in place of Habib Beye, who was serving a one-game ban for his red card at West Ham. James Milner and Carlos Cuellar were also recalled while James Collins and Emile Heskey were sidelined through injury. Bolton boss Gary Megson brought in defender Paul Robinson in place of former Villa full-back Jlloyd Samuel, who was suspended after his sending-off against Chelsea last weekend. 14.24 Tottenham v Sunderland team news Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe returned from suspension for the BarclaysPremier League clash against Sunderland at White Hart Lane today. Spurs boss Harry Redknapp also fielded forwards Peter Crouch and Robbie Keane,while Jonathan Woodgate returned at centre-back following Sebastien Bassong'shamstring injury. The changes meant David Bentley was back on the bench. Sunderland started with former Spurs strikers Darren Bent and Fraizer Campbellin their attack. Campbell was drafted in because Kenwyne Jones was serving asuspension for his red card against West Ham. Black Cats boss Steve Bruce alsohad Lorik Cana banned. Tottenham old boy: Will Darren Bent have more reasons to celebrate at White Hart Lane? Andy Townsend's boot room: Manchester City hold the aces in clash of cultures against BurnleyDES KELLY: FACT! 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