Salomon Kalou came off the bench to rescue a point for Chelsea against Man United in their BPL clash at Stamford Bridge.Ji-Sung Park had given Sir Alex Ferguson's side a deserved lead in the 18th minute when he tapped in from close range after Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech had fumbled Dimitar Berbatov's shot.
Nicolas Anelka missed a great chance to level the scores in the 72nd minute but he could not make contact with Joe Cole's superb ball into the six-yard box.
Luiz Felipe Scolari replaced Michael Ballack with Kalou and the Ivory Coast forward repaid the Brazilian with an equaliser in the 80th minute.
Wayne Rooney was booked for a crude lunge at Ashley Cole, and the punishment was doubled when Kalou headed Jon Mikel Obi's free-kick beyond a static Tomasz Kuszczak.
In the day's lunchtime kick-off Aston Villa continued their impressive start to the season with a 2-1 victory over West Brom at The Hawthorns.
John Carew headed home Ashley Young's free-kick in the 27th minute and two minutes later Gabriel Agbonlahor capitalised on Leon Barnett's failure to clear Young's long ball and smashed the ball into the bottom-left corner of the net.
Tony Mowbray's side pulled a goal back in the 34th minute when Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel spilled Robert Koren's 25-yard shot and James Morrison slotted home but the Baggies were unable to equalise.
Manchester City responded to the news that the formal takeover of the club by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan will be completed on Tuesday with a 6-0 thrashing of Portsmouth at Eastlands.
Brazilian striker Jo put City ahead in the 13th minute when he rounded David James before slotting home after he was put through by compatriot Robinho.
Skipper Richard Dunne doubled the lead in the 20th minute with a close-range finish and this time Jo set up Robinho who latched on to his knockdown and finished expertly with a low strike to make it 3-0 in the 57th minute
City were not done though and Shaun Wright-Phillips (68), Ched Evans (78) and Gelson Fernandes (83) all got on the scoresheet to complete the rout.
Everton came back from a two-goal deficit to claim a point against Hull at the KC Stadium.
Michael Turner gave the Tigers the lead in the 18th minute when he turned home Dean Marney's corner and Phil Neville put through his own net two minutes after half-time to put Hull 2-0 up.
But David Moyes' side refused to give in and Tim Cahil pulled a goal back in the 73rd minute when his shot rebounded off the crossbar and was adjudged to have crossed the line.
Five minutes later Leon Osman steered home Ayegbeni Yakubu's cross from inside the penalty area to level and despite a frantic final 12 minutes neither side could find a winner.
Juande Ramos' problems continued as his Tottenham side remained at the bottom of the table after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Wigan at White Hart Lane.
by espnstar.com
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