Chelsea has home unbeaten streak snapped by Liverpool

Oct 26, 2008 - 9:54 PM By PA SportsTicker

Chelsea's long unbeaten streak at Stamford Bridge is over.

The Blues had their 86-game home unbeaten run halted Sunday with a 1-0 loss to Liverpool.

Midfielder Xabi Alonso provided the lone offense in the 10th minute with a shot that glanced off defender Jose Bosingwa. It marked the first goal Chelsea allowed in seven league and cup matches.

Chelsea had not lost at home since falling to Arsenal in February 2004.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech had dove to block Alonso's shot until Bosingwa diverted the ball away from Cech and into the net.

Alonso nearly doubled the lead in the 62nd minute when he rang a free kick off the post.

The victory moved Liverpool to the top of the table with 23 points.

Harry Redknapp took less than 24 hours to deliver what Tottenham wanted all season - a victory to kick-start their Barclays Premier League campaign.

Roman Pavlyuchenko and Darren Bent grabbed the goals against Bolton at White Hart Lane but all eyes were on Redknapp after his appointment to succeed Juande Ramos as Spurs boss.

They are still bottom of the table but made up ground on the other strugglers with a first league win of the season at the ninth attempt.

Bolton had Gavin McCann sent off in the second half for two bookable offenses.

British record signing Robinho completed his first Manchester City hat-trick to take sorry Stoke apart at Eastlands.

The $64 million Brazilian opened his account after just 14 minutes, then added another from Daniel Sturridge's excellent pass just after the re-start.

But he saved the best until last, finishing off a flowing four-pass move 17 minutes from the end with a clinical finish past Thomas Sorensen.

Gabriel Agbonlahor further enhanced his claims to be a part of Fabio Capello's England plans by creating two goals and scoring another as Aston Villa thrashed Wigan 4-0.

Agbonlahor won a controversial first-half penalty which Gareth Barry converted and then stole the show in the second half with a predatory strike and a brilliant assist.

In the 57th minute he bundled home a close-range shot and then embarked on a delightful run and inch-perfect cross for substitute John Carew to head home five minutes later.

Substitute Steve Sidwell curled home a superb fourth goal in the last minute at the JJB Stadium.

Portsmouth could not find a win to make up for Redknapp's departure as two Fulham substitutes combined at Fratton Park for a late equalizer.

Peter Crouch had fired Pompey ahead on 61 minutes from Jermain Defoe's pass but Fulham kept battling despite four defeats in their last five matches.

Erik Nevland, who had been on the field for only four minutes, cleverly set up Clint Dempsey for an 87th-minute equalizer.

Emmanuel Adebayor came off the bench to inspire Arsenal to victory over West Ham at Upton Park.

The Togo international created the breakthrough after 75 minutes when his cross-shot was turned into his own net by West Ham full-back Julien Faubert.

As the Hammers pushed for an injury time equalizer, Adebayor finished off an incisive counter-attack by rounding Robert Green to rifle home the second.

West Ham finished the game with 10 men after Carlton Cole was sent off in injury-time for a foul on Alex Song.