Tim Howard helped his loan club Everton to beat United's old rivals on Saturday afternoon - and go top of the Barclays Premiership, at least for few hours.
The American goalkeeper shut out Liverpool for 90 minutes as the Toffees cruised to a 3-0 victory in his first Merseyside derby. Howard's opposite number Jose Reina had a nightmare, spilling the ball to Andy Johnson for his second and Everton's third goal in the 90th minute. Johnson and Tim Cahill had previously put the home side 2-0 up at the break.
Away from Merseyside, it was a low-scoring day in the Premiership. Chelsea were restricted to two in their home win over Charlton. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink brought the Addicks on level terms early in the second half, only for Ricardo Carvalho to grab the winner just nine minutes later. Didier Drogba scored Chelsea's first goal in the 5th minute.
Arsenal failed to score from open play again, and had Thierry Henry's 66th minute penalty equaliser to thank for a measly point against Middlesbrough at the Emirates Stadium. Morrison scored midway through the first half for the long-distance visitors.
Bolton won the battle with Watford at the Reebok Stadium but only just - Gary Speed's winner came in the 90th minute. Fulham also left it late, winning 2-1 at Newcastle with goals by McBride and Bocanegra in the 81st and 88th minutes respectively.
The afternoon's other results saw Portsmouth maintain their superb start by beating Wigan 1-0 at home and Blackburn grind out a goalless draw at Sheffield United.
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