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2156: FULL-TIME Arsenal 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Arsenal are safely through to the Champions League group stages with their first win at the Emirates Stadium. They progress 5-1 on aggregate.

2155: FULL-TIME Charlton 0-3 Man Utd
It's all over at The Valley with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's goal capping an enjoyable night for Sir Alex Ferguson's men, who go top of the Premiership.

2154: GOAL Arsenal 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Arsenal are set for their first victory at the Emirates Stadium as Mathieu Flamini drills home a right-wing cross from substitute Theo Walcott inside the six-yard box.

2153: FULL-TIME Middlesbrough 2-1 Chelsea
Chelsea must hate visiting the Riverside as they suffer their second successive defeat at the stadium after two late Boro goals.

2151: GOAL Fulham 1-1 Bolton
Across London there is a more important goal as Jimmy Bullard holds his nerve on his home debut to squeeze home an injury-time penalty to equalise for Fulham after handball by Abdoulaye Faye.

2151: GOAL Charlton 0-3 Man Utd
Substitute Ole Gunnar Solksjaer slots in his first Premiership goal for three years, four months and 11 days from Louis Saha's cross to make the game safe.

2149: GOAL Middlesbrough 2-1 Chelsea
It's happened again - surely. Just as last season when Boro beat Chelsea at the Riverside, they seem set to repeat the feat as substitute Mark Viduka turns 12 yards out to fire home and put Boro ahead with just a minute left on the clock.

2145: GOAL Blackburn 1-1 Everton
It's all-square at Ewood Park as Tim Cahill picks up the pieces to slot home Everton's equaliser from a rebound after James McFadden lifts the ball over Brad Friedel but then hits the post.

A delighted Cahill then performs a bizarre goal celebration by the corner-flag in front of the travelling fans.

2142: GOAL Arsenal 1-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Relief for Arsenal as Freddie Ljungberg scores to restore their three-goal aggregate lead.

2141: GOAL Charlton 0-2 Man Utd
Louis Saha doubles the lead with a low shot from the edge of the area.

2141: FULL-TIME AEK Athens 3-0 Hearts
Hearts' Champions League dream is over as three late goals and two early dismissals condemn them to a 4-1 aggregate defeat.

2140: FULL-TIME Man City 0-0 Portsmouth
A dull stalemate is finally over with the main talking-point the challenge by Ben Thatcher on Pompey's Pedro Mendes, which left him poleaxed on the sidelines.

2139: FULL-TIME Aston Villa 2-1 Reading
Martin O'Neill starts his home campaign with Villa with a victory over 10-man Reading.

2139: GOAL Middlesbrough 1-1 Chelsea
The Riverside erupts as substitute Lee Cattermole plants a firm header into the Chelsea net after a curling left-wing free-kick from Fabio Rochemback.

2137: Michael Carrick makes his Premiership debut for Manchester United - as a substitute for Park Ji-Sung.

2133: GOAL AEK Athens 3-0 Hearts
More misery for nine-man Hearts as Julio Cesar hits his second goal of the night to put Athens 5-1 up on aggregate. The Edinburgh side are desperate for the final whistle now.

2132: GOAL Fulham 0-1 Bolton
El-Hadji Diouf breaks the deadlock in a drab game with a well-taken penalty after Luis Boa Morte's foul on Gary Speed.

2130: The attendance is in from Villa Park and it is a bumper 37,329 - around 3,000 above last season's average under David O'Leary.

2128: GOAL AEK Athens 2-0 Hearts
That really is it now for Hearts as Nikos Liberopoulos doubles the lead on the night to make the aggregate score 4-1.

2124: GOAL AEK Athens 1-0 Hearts
Hearts' night turns from bad to worse as Fyssas gives away a penalty which Julio Cesar converts to surely put the Edinburgh side out of the Champions League. They now trail 3-1 on aggregate with 12 minutes left.

2122: What a chance for Yakubu. The Middlesbrough striker suddenly realises he is onside and unmarked just six yards out but he manages to head a right-wing cross well wide of the near post.

2121: Chelsea almost double their lead at Middlesbrough as Frank Lampard's hits the bar after a superb left-wing run and cross by Andriy Shevchenko.

2121: Arsenal want to make sure there are no slip-ups in the remaining half hour and have Thierry Henry, Gilberto Silva and Theo Walcott all warming up on the touchline.

2118: The woodwork at Charlton is taking a real battering tonight as Park Ji-Sung becomes the third Manchester United player to strike it.

2115: How did he miss that, fans are saying at Arsenal as Emmanuel Adebayor somehow blazes the ball over the bar from an unmarked position inside the Dinamo Zagreb penalty area.

2112: GOAL Blackburn 1-0 Everton
Benni McCarthy opens his account in the Premiership with his side's first goal of the season with a falling shot from just inside the area after a good run by David Bentley.

2110: SENDING-OFF Neil McCann (Hearts)
Surely no way back for Hearts now as they are reduced to nine men with Neil McCann's dismissal. They still trail AEK Athens 2-1 from the first leg with just 25 minutes remaining.

2109: GOAL Charlton 0-1 Man Utd
United finally break though as Darren Fletcher robs Jonathon Fortune, who gets the ball tangled underneath his feet, and drills it home from close range.

2107: GOAL Aston Villa 2-1 Reading
An inspired substitution by Martin O'Neill pays off as replacement Peter Whittingham crosses for Gareth Barry to glance home a header across Marcus Hahnemann at the near post and put Villa ahead for the first time.

2107: And play is back on at Blackburn v Everton and Arsenal v Dinamo Zagreb.

2106: Almost an amazing start at The Valley as straight from the kick-off Darren Ambrose tries his luck from around 35 yards out and sees his looping shot clip the outside of a Manchester United post.

2105: Fulham's match with Bolton restarts.

2104: Play resumes at Middlesbrough with Didier Drogba receiving an immediate booking for returning to the pitch after the restart - without permission from the officials. Surely they are supposed to count how many players are present before restarting the match?

2056: Pedro Mendes is still lying stricken off the pitch as play resumes and Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp marches down the touchline to check on his player.

2054: Tempers flare at Eastlands after Ben Thatcher clatters Pedro Mendes into the advertising hoardings with what appears to be an elbow to the throat. The Portsmouth player has not moved and the oxygen tanks are being brought out by the medical staff. After things calm down Thatcher receives a yellow card.

2051: HALF-TIME Arsenal 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Once again Arsenal go a goal behind at their new stadium but at least in this match they have the cushion of a 3-0 first leg lead to rely on.

2051: As the players march off for tea at Ewood Park, the action resumes at Aston Villa, Manchester City and AEK Athens.

2051 HALF-TIME Blackburn 0-0 Everton
The final Premiership half-time whistle blows.

2049: HALF-TIME Charlton 0-0 Man Utd
Hard to see how this game is still goalless after United twice hit the woodwork through Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half.

2049: HALF-TIME Fulham 0-0 Bolton
The referee's whistle brings proceedings to an end at Craven Cottage.

2048: HALF-TIME Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea
The players troop off at the Riverside with Andriy Shevchenko's goal separating the sides.

2045: And Manchester United pour forward again with boo-boys target Cristiano Ronaldo thumping a shot against the Charlton bar.

2044: Suddenly some action at The Valley - and it's Ryan Giggs involved again, running at the Charlton defence and unleashing a low curling shot which is tipped away by Scott Carson.

2042: Play is still going on in the other four Premiership games and one Champions League match - just a quiet few minutes around the grounds.

2035: HALF-TIME AEK Athens 0-0 Hearts
Hearts are just 45 minutes away from a Champions League exit despite matching AEK for most of the first half after the controversial sending-off of Julien Brellier.

2034: HALF-TIME Manchester City 0-0 Portsmouth
By contrast a much duller first half is over at Eastlands. Little to report so far.

2034: HALF-TIME Aston Villa 1-1 Reading
A breathless first half ends at Villa Park with Juan Pablo Angel's penalty equalising Kevin Doyle's early opener for Reading, who later had Ibrahima Sonko sent off.

2029: Three-hundred miles north at exactly the same time, Andriy Shevchenko's free-kick is tipped away by a diving Boro keeper Mark Schwarzer for a corner.

2029: Those Zagreb fans are almost silenced as a Robin Van Persie shot is deflected by a defender on to the inside of the woodwork, on to the line and away from goal.

2027: The Dinamo Zagreb fans, many of whom are bare-chested, at the Emirates Stadium are making a lot of noise now and seem to believe their side can complete a remarkable comeback.

2027: Ryan Giggs is inches away from putting Manchester United ahead at Charlton as his curling free-kick crashes away off the post.

2023: The sending-off of Ibrahima Sonko prompts Reading boss Steve Coppell to make a change, replacing striker Leroy Lita with Brynjar Gunnarsson.

2022: Jimmy Bullard is endearing himself to Fulham fans with his free-kicks. One pinpoint delivery sees Ian Pearce heading just wide of the Bolton net.

2020: GOAL Aston Villa 1-1 Reading
Villa are back on level terms as Juan Pablo Angel sends Marcus Hahnemann the wrong way from the penalty spot after a foul on Luke Moore by Ibrahima Sonko, who is sent off for his troubles.

2018: SENDING-OFF Julien Brellier (Hearts)
Hearts' task is really hard now as Julien Brellier is sent off for what looks like an innocuous elbow. It is his second yellow card and comes moments he is booked for wearing an earring.

2018: GOAL Arsenal 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Is there a shock on the cards? Zagreb take the lead after Da Silva Eduardo scores from 12 yards after a one-two with Eto and a slip by Djourou.

2017: GOAL Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea
It's happened - a goal! Boro are stunned as £30m man Andriy Shevchenko turns in Wayne Bridge's left-wing cross at the near post after good work by Michael Essien.

2016: Maybe one of these chances will produce the night's second goal in a minute. This time it is Blackburn striker Jason Roberts' chance to curse his luck as he shoots wide after a mazy run against Everton.

2015: And another near miss at Craven Cottage as Fulham striker Brian McBride climbs above the Bolton defence thwarted by Jussi Jaaskelainen.

2014: Almost a goal at the Riverside as Yakubu cannot quite connect properly with a header from Stewart Downing's cross against Chelsea.

2013: The first noteworthy incident in north London as Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini is shown a yellow card for a crunching tackle.

2010: Almost a dream moment for Hearts teenager Jamie Mole as he plays a one-two with Paul Hartley but sees his shot cleared off the line by an AEK Athens defender.

2009: Middlesbrough make a busy start against Chelsea to recall memories of last season's shock win over the champions.

2006: Drama at Villa Park as Juan Pablo Angel's joy turns to despair as his firm header into the bottom corner of the Reading net is ruled out by the waving flag of the referee's assistant for offside.

2005: And there is action in all eight of our featured games now as Dinamo Zagreb, in all-blue, kick off in the first competitive night game at the Emirates Stadium.

2003: Reading go close again as Steve Sidwell shoots narrowly wide.

Meanwhile there is some debate about whether Seol Ki-Hyeon let the ball go out of play before he crossed for Kevin Doyle to score, but television replays show the whole of the ball did not cross the line.

2002: The action commences for two west London clubs - champions Chelsea at Middlesbrough and Fulham at home to Bolton. The matches at Blackburn and Charlton are now also under way.

Meanwhile Arsenal and Dinamo Zagreb are lining up on the pitch at the Emirates Stadium for their Champions League qualifier with flashlights going off all around the ground.

2000: Who is Steve McClaren watching at Ewood Park as he takes his seat for the Blackburn-Everton game. England play two games at the start of September so is the new England boss running the rule over some new faces? Only time will tell.

2000: A late team change for Chelsea at the Riverside as Salomon Kalou replaces Arjen Robben, who was injured in the warm-up.

1958: Fans at the remaining four Premiership grounds are on their feet as the teams emerge from the tunnels.

1956: Spotted in the crowd at the Riverside watching Middlesbrough and Chelsea are Newcastle management duo Glenn Roeder and Terry McDermott.

1955: Pleasure turns to pain for Reading scorer Kevin Doyle as he is the recipient of a late tackle from Villa's Gavin McCann, which earns the miscreant a yellow card.

1950: GOAL Aston Villa 0-1 Reading
The early goal arrives at Villa Park but it is not the one which Martin O'Neill wants as Kevin Doyle heads in Seol Ki-Hyeon's right-wing cross at the far post to give Reading a shock lead.

1948: The second game starts and it's Portsmouth who get the ball rolling at Manchester City. Seconds later the AEK Athens-Hearts game kicks off with the Edinburgh side hoping to claw back their first leg deficit and reach the Champions League group stage for the first time.

1947: Finally some action and it's Villa who get us under way against Reading attacking their beloved Holte End in the first half.

Doug Ellis is in the crowd, looking out on the beautiful new £800,000 pitch which looks in pristine condition. Meanwhile Reading boss Steve Coppell watches the first half from the stands rather than the touchline.

1946: It could be a long night - none of the scheduled 1945 kick-offs are under way yet. Players are still completing their final warm-ups and fans finding their seats.

1943: Out comes Martin O'Neill at Villa Park to a superb welcome. He trots self-consciously down the touchline, dodging the scrum of photographers trailing his every move, waving to fans as he goes.

1936: It's the first European night at the sparkling new Emirates Stadium with Arsenal defending a 3-0 Champions League lead against Dinamo Zagreb.

Thierry Henry starts the game on the bench while Jens Lehmann is out with a slight knee injury, allowing Manuel Almunia the chance to play in goal. Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor start up front while Justin Hoyte is at left-back.

1930: A pleasant surprise for Manchester United fans as £18m signing Michael Carrick makes the bench at Charlton after recovering from injury. Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes are suspended and Gary Neville injured so Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung and Mikael Silvestre come in.

Charlton make one change from the side which lost at West Ham with Jon Fortune replacing the suspended Djimi Traore at the back.

1926: Blackburn bring in Zurab Khizanishvili for the suspended Lucas Neill, but Andy Todd is available after winning an appeal against the red card he received in the opening day defeat at Portsmouth. Brett Emerton, who has been struggling with a calf injury, replaces Aaron Mokoena.

Everton recall Gary Naysmith in place of the injured Nuno Valente (dead leg), while Kevin Kilbane and Leon Osman come in for Simon Davies and Tim Cahill in midfield.

1922: Just down the road from BBC towers, Fulham also make a solitary change with Brian McBride taking over from Collins John in attack.

Bolton boss Sam Allardyce names the same side which beat Tottenham 2-0 on Saturday.

1921: The teams are now in at a rain-soaked Villa Park. Villa boss Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line-up for his home debut although Peter Whittingham is on the bench after Kevin Phillips' move to West Brom.

Reading are forced into one change for their first-ever Premiership away game with Leroy Lita, who scored the winner against Middlesbrough after coming on as a substitute, keeping his place at the expense of the injured Dave Kitson.

1916: It's a big night for two Manchester City goalkeepers - Nicky Weaver and Joe Hart. Weaver, who played his first Premiership game for over five years at Chelsea on Sunday, keeps his place with Joe Hart, signed from Shrewsbury, on the bench. Andreas Isaksson is still recovering from injury.

Up front Darius Vassell and Paul Dickov replace Ousmane Dabo and the suspended Bernardo Corradi.

Portsmouth make one change with Saturday's goalscoring substitute Kanu rewarded for his double by starting the match in place of Svetoslav Todorov, who drops to the bench.

1913: Five Live's Pat Murphy reports that nearly 10,000 more fans than expected are set to turn up at Villa Park for Martin O'Neill's first home game in charge. No team news yet for their clash with Premiership new boys Reading.

1911: There is a shock in the Hearts line-up as 18-year-old Jamie Mole is selected up front for their Champions League qualifier against AEK Athens. Mole has not played a competitive game this season.

Fit-again midfielder Paul Hartley plays his first game since last season's Scottish Cup final.

AEK, who lead 2-1 from the first leg, are without injured first choice goalkeeper Stefano Sorentino, who is expected to be sidelined for a month after being injured in a minor car crash.

1910: The night's first team news is finally in and it's for the game at the Riverside.

Middlesbrough bring in Andrew Davies, Gaizka Mendieta and Andrew Taylor while Julio Arca is sidelined after breaking his foot at the weekend.

Chelsea field Claude Makelele for Shaun Wright-Phillips in the only change to the side which beat Manchester City on Sunday. New signing Khalid Boulahrouz is among the substitutes

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