STOKE CITY 3-2 ASTON VILLA

Mamady Sidibes late, late strike earned Stoke a first ever Premier League win, and the fact that he seemed to know very little about it made it all the sweeter. A Stoke side that looked much stronger than the one that had faced up against Bolton a week before kicked off against Villa, who many expect to achieve highly this year, especially after th

Gerard Houlliers return to Anfield was not to be a happy one as even in the absence of their three main players; Carragher, Gerrard and Torres, Liverpool ran out 3-0 winners.Roy Hodgsons pre-match preparations were thrown into turmoil mere hours prior to kick-off upon the revelation that Fernando Torres would not be playing as his wife had gone int