Man Utd 1 Birmingham 0 - Rooney takes charge

Wayne Rooney took the goalscorer mantle to ensure Manchester United began the defence of their Premier League title with a 1-0 victory over Birmingham.
For United to continue prosper, Rooney must become United's main man. And with Ronaldo's absence United still created lot of chances that Rooney scored from his own rebounded header from Nani's cross after 34 minutes of play. Owen came on as a substitute for Berbatov on 75th minutes and manage to put the ball in the net only to be ruled offside. In the Rooney's goal enough for 3 points in the bag for United

EPL Summary

Wigan Athletic was the first shock of the Premier League season and has a first setback for the aspirations of the beaten Aston Villa with a 2-0 result at Villa Park

Hugo Rodallega open the season of Wigan account with a fantastic strike
Goals from Hugo Rodallega and Jason Koumas presents a good sign for the new Latics boss Roberto Martinez, in support for his first game of English football. Martin O'Neill, however, has a very disappointing afternoon.

Hull City nearly become surprise package but is unlucky, in the attempt, against Didier Drogba’s brace. Happiness was quite evident as Chelsea celebrated a 2-1 victory in luck.

Manchester City shows their intent in 2-0 defeat of Blackburn Rovers

Darren Bent has shown why Sunderland were willing to wait to signed him, as Steve Bruce was rewarded with the winner in the Black Cats' 1-0 win at Bolton. The home team has struggled to make an impact too.

Burnley had a tough introduction to Premier League life with a 2-0 defeat by Stoke City. Ryan Shawcross' headed of a Liam Lawrence free kick and Burnley problems were reinforced by Stephen Jordan own goal.

It is a similar story for the Wolves, surrendering 2-0 to West Ham at Molineux. Mark Noble score for the Hammers before Matthew Upson has his first goal in a while to secure win for Gianfranco Zola.

Portsmouth as many experts believe will struggle with relegation began the season with a loss of 1-0 at Fulham. Bobby Zamora, the subject of numerous transfer rumors during the summer has been on target via his rear end.

And in later game, Arsenal destroyed Everton at Goodison Park with a 6-1 victory with Denilson starts the thrashing. Thomas Vermaelen next before William Gallas also capitalizes on lacksaidical defending for a 3-0 at half-time.

Cesc Fabregas scored a double and Eduardo scored the last goals for Arsenal before Louis Saha has consolation goal for Everton.

Result Premier League

Results for Saturday, August 15, 2009
	Chelsea	2 - 1	Hull City	Stamford Bridge (41,597)
	Drogba 37,90		Hunt 28
	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Fulham	Fratton Park (17,510)
			Zamora 13
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 - 2	West Ham United	Molineux Stadium (28,674)
			Noble 22, Upson 69
	Blackburn Rovers	0 - 2	Manchester City	Ewood Park (29,584)
			Adebayor 3, Ireland 90
	Bolton Wanderers	0 - 1	Sunderland	Reebok Stadium (22,247)
			Bent 5
	Aston Villa	0 - 2	Wigan Athletic	Villa Park (35,578)
			Rodallega 31 Koumas 56
	Stoke City	2 - 0	Burnley	Britannia Stadium (27,385)
	Shawcross 19, Jordan o.g 33
	Everton	1 - 6	Arsenal	Goodison Park (39,309)
	Saha 90		Denilson 26, Vermaelen 37
			Gallas 41, Fabregas 48,70 , Eduardo 89

Premier League Result

Results for Saturday, August 15, 2009