United's army of loan players enjoyed mixed fortunes over the weekend. Three won, five drew and three lost, with two scoring and one being sent off...
Fraizer Campbell scored twice as Royal Antwerp came from behind to draw 3-3 with Dessel Sport. Andy Welsh's side were 2-0 down within six minutes, but Campbell's double restored parity before the interval. Antwerp fell behind again on 51 minutes, only to snatch an 86th-minute equaliser through Alexandre Di Gregorio. In an ill-tempered game Jonny Evans was sent off and Danny Simpson booked. Darron Gibson, meanwhile, is still to make his Antwerp debut because of injury. The result preserves the Belgians' unbeaten start to the season.
Phil Bardsley, in his second start for Rangers, scored a magnificent 30-yard free-kick to set the Gers on their way to a 4-0 win over Falkirk. Lee Martin was not involved due to injury.
Tim Howard made several key saves and kept a clean sheet as Everton romped to a 3-0 win over Liverpool in the 204th Merseyside derby. The Toffees sit third in the Premiership as a result, six points ahead of their local rivals.
Ben Foster was cruelly denied his first Premiership clean sheet as Bolton snatched a late 1-0 win over Watford at the Reebok Stadium. The Hornets had dominated the game throughout, but succumbed to Gary Speed's last-minute penalty.
Adam Eckersley's Brondby were held to a 1-1 draw by league leaders Aab, who scored an injury-time equaliser to maintain their four-point lead over Rene Meulensteen's side in the SAS-Ligaen.
Giuseppe Rossi made his debut for Newcastle as a second half substitute. The Italian striker replaced Obafemi Martins on 72 minutes, but defensive errors in the last eight minutes saw the Magpies convert a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 defeat.
Chris Eagles played half an hour as a second-half substitute for NEC Nijmegen, but couldn't prevent the Dutch outfit slipping to a 2-0 home defeat against AZ Alkmaar.
Gerard Pique was an unused substitute as Real Zaragoza hammered Espanyol 3-0 at the Estadio La Romareda. Zaragoza climb to eighth, with three points after two games.
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