Source: Eurosport
City stun Arsenal in Premiership test
LONDON (AFP) - Manchester City's determination to break into the top four of English football was underlined in stunning fashion with a 4-2 win over Arsenal on Saturday.
It was the first significant test for Mark Hughes's expensively assembled squad and they passed it with flying colours to extend their winning start to the season to four matches on a day when Chelsea needed a stoppage-time winner at Stoke to maintain their 100 percent record.
City had claimed a first-half lead when a Micah Richards shot spun off Manuel Almunia into the net for what was recorded as an own goal by the Gunners goalkeeper.
Arsenal equalised just after the hour mark when Robin Van Persie turned 24-million-pound centreback Joleon Lescott and fired a low shot past Shay Given.
It was the first goal City had conceded this season and they responded superbly with a Craig Bellamy strike and a superb header from former Gunners striker Emmanuel Adebayor effectively killing the contest.
Shaun Wright-Phillips added a fourth for City before Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky, making his first appearance for Arsenal since January 2008, claimed a late consolation.
Chelsea had looked destined to drop their first points of the season before Florent Malouda popped up deep into injury time to claim a goal that keeps Carlo Ancelotti's men top of the table.
Stoke had been gifted a 32nd-minute lead by an uncharacteristic misjudgement from Petr Cech, who came charging off his line, got caught in no-man's land and could do nothing when Abdoulaye Faye looped his header over him and into the net.
That setback was cancelled out by a Didier Drogba's drive on the stroke of half-time, setting the stage for Malouda's late, late show.
Yossi Benayoun capped a superb all-round display with a hat-trick as Liverpool overran Burnley in a 4-0 win at Anfield. Dirk Kuyt was also on the mark as Rafael Benitez's side continued their recovery from a stuttering start to the campaign.
Blackburn claimed their first win of the season and climbed out of the relegation zone with an impressive 3-1 win over top-flight newcomers Wolves.
El Hadji Diouf gave Rovers a first-half lead and two goals in eight second-half minutes, from Jason Roberts and David Dunn, killed off Mick McCarthy's side.
Austrian striker Stefan Maierhofer marked his Wolves debut with a late consolation effort for the visitors.
Centreback Gary Cahill scored an 89th-minute winner as Bolton claimed their first points of the season with a 3-2 win at Portsmouth, who are still pointless after five games.
A thunderbolt strike from Bolton's Israeli midfielder Tamir Cohen was cancelled out by Younes Kaboul's 25th-minute equaliser before former Pompey star Matt Taylor put Bolton ahead again from the penalty spot four minutes before the break.
Kevin Prince-Boateng marked his debut for Portsmouth with a second equaliser but Cahill finally sealed the points for Gary Megson's side a minute from time.
Sunderland's strong start to the season continued with a 4-1 win over Hull.
Kamil Zayatte had cancelled out Darren Bent's early penalty to ensure Hull were still on level terms at the break.
But Steve Bruce's side were too strong for them after the restart with an Andy Reid strike and a Zayatte own goal sandwiched around Bent's second of the afternoon.
Colombian striker Hugo Radallego claimed the only goal of the game as Wigan took the points against West Ham.
