Saturday's football photos

West Ham 0-4 Chelsea: Frank Lampard silences his former employers' fans by drilling home an early penalty

Fellow former Hammer Joe Cole adds a second before Michael Ballack puts the visitors 3-0 up after just 20 minutes

Hero turns villain as, to the delight of the home crowd, Lampard is sent off after a tussle with Luis Boa Morte

But even with 10 men Chelsea dominate and Ashley Cole seals a win in a fiery clash with a shot from a tight angle

Birmingham 4-1 Tottenham: Mikael Forssell puts the home team ahead early on with deft a header from six yards

Sebastian Larsson clips a delightful free-kick beyond the sprawling Paul Robinson as the hosts dominate

But the day, and the match-ball, belong to striker Forssell who destroys Spurs with a superb hat-trick

Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading: James Harper scores in injury-time to give the Royals a crucial win in their relegation battle

Fulham 0-3 Manchester United: In the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, Owen Hargreaves curls in a free-kick for the opener

Ji-Sung Park puts Manchester United in full control before Simon Davies' own goal helps United close the gap on Arsenal

Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa: Gabriel Agbonlahor can hardly believe his luck as Philippe Senderos's gaffe hands Villa the lead

But substitute Niklas Bendtner rescues a point for the below-par Gunners 10 seconds from the full-time whistle

Derby 0-0 Sunderland: There's little to choose between last season's Championship sides in this dour draw

Newcastle 0-1 Blackburn: Skipper Michael Owen rounds Brad Friedel but fails find the net at St James' Park

Tempers fray in Newcastle after this square up between Habib Beye and Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen

But Blackburn keep their cool and Matt Derbyshire scores at the death, sparking celebrations for the proud new father

Man City 0-0 Wigan: After a flurry of goals in the earlier games, chances are limited in the stalemate at Eastlands

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