West Ham 2 Manchester United 4
West Ham opened the scoring after Carlton Cole broke clear of the United defence and attempted to lift the ball over Patrice Evra but the French defender clearly handled the ball inside the box.
Referee Lee Mason pointed straight to the spot and Noble made no mistake sending Tomasz Kuszczak the wrong way from the penalty kick.
The hosts at Upton Park were awarded their second penalty of the game on 25 minutes when Nemanja Vidic was adjudged to have brought down Cole inside the area.
Noble kept his nerve and struck the penalty into the top right hand corner to make it a dream start for the home side.But United showed the true signs of champions when their amazing comeback started on 65 minutes when Rooney curled a free-kick past Green into the back of the net to start the revival.
The visitors were back on level terms just eight minutes later when Antonio Valencia played the ball into Rooney who combined a great first touch with a clinical finish past Robert Green.
Mason awarded the third spot kick of the game on 79 minutes after Fabio da Silva wove into the penalty area and struck the ball against West Ham captain Matthew Upson.
Rooney sent Green the wrong way from the penalty spot to celebrate his hat-trick and complete the comeback for the league leaders.
Once again, the difference.
United sealed all three points on 84 minutes when Ryan Giggs' cross into the box was tapped in by Hernandez at the far post.
Everton 2 Aston Villa 2Everton went into the game with resources so stretched that none of their substitutes had any Premier League experience.
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But they were ahead in the 39th minute when Osman skipped inside Richard Dunne and fired in a strike that Friedel got a hand to but could not stop from rolling over the line.
Villa came out for the second half fired up and were level within two minutes when Downing's dangerous cross was smashed into the roof of the net by Bent. Walker then blasted over from close range as the visitors pushed for a second.
They rode their luck when Jonny Heitinga's close-range header from a corner hit Friedel on the head and away to safety.In the 68th minute, Beckford smashed a strike against the underside of the bar, which was ruled to have not crossed the line.
And to add insult to injury, Villa broke to the other end of the pitch and Bent slid home Ashley Young's flick-on.
With 15 minutes to go, Osman failed to hit the target with the goal at his mercy.
But the equaliser finally came when Makoun was adjudged to have brought down Jagielka for Everton's first penalty of the season, which Baines dispatched.
Stoke 1 Chelsea 1Robert Huth's early miss was soon forgotten as Walters ran at Michael Essien and cut back on his right foot to beat Petr Cech with a ferocious cross-shot after eight minutes.
Chelsea's strikers did re-pay manager Carlo Ancelotti's faith as they linked up perfectly in the 33rd minute with Drogba meeting Anelka's perfectly-weighted chipped pass for a textbook diving header.
The drama continued after the interval with both sets of strikers firing at everything but the net.
Five minutes into the second half, Raul Mereiles drove a corner into the home penalty area. Skrtel made a late run and rose high above Paul Scharner to power his header into the roof of the net from 12 yards.
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WBA's Odemwinge turned Sotirios Kyrgiakos on the edge of the penalty area before sprawling under the Greek defender's challenge, and Brunt sent Reina the wrong way with his penalty kick in the 62nd minute.
With just two minutes remaining, Odemwinge again the catalyst, went through on goal, and as he turned past Reina, the keeper's legs took him down.
Despite Reina's vehement protests, Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot again and Brunt made no mistake, smashing the ball into the far corner of goal.
Arsenal 0 Blackburn 0Arsenal fans booed their team off the field after being held to a frustrating 0-0 draw with Blackburn at the Emirates on Saturday.
Blackburn parked a bus at their goal.
The Gunners missed a series of chances and even when Rovers had Steven N'Zonzi harshly sent off in the 75th minute they could not find a way past a well-organised Blackburn defence.
The draw leaves Arsenal seven points behind Premier League leaders Manchester United.
Premier League table
| # | Team | MP | D | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 31 | +36 | 66 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 30 | +30 | 59 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 30 | +29 | 55 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 30 | +18 | 53 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | +7 | 50 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 31 | +4 | 45 |
| 7 | Everton | 31 | +1 | 41 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | +0 | 40 |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 31 | +2 | 39 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 31 | -2 | 38 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 30 | -4 | 38 |
| 12 | West Bromwich … | 31 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Fulham | 30 | +0 | 35 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | -12 | 34 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 30 | -12 | 34 |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 31 | -14 | 34 |
| 17 | Blackpool | 30 | -15 | 33 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 31 | -15 | 32 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton … | 31 | -17 | 32 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 31 | -22 | 31 |
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