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Sunday's Premier League photos

Sir Alex Ferguson and mascot Fred the Red

Man Utd 1-0 Birmingham City: Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United kick off their Premier League title defence at Old Trafford, where Birmingham City seek their first win against the Red Devils since 1978

Fans and players pay their respects to Sir Bobby Robson

Players and fans participate in a minute's applause in honour of Sir Bobby Robson, who lost his fight against cancer last month

Antonio Valencia and Birmingham City's Franck Queudrue

Ecuadorian winger Antonio Valencia has the tall order of filling Cristiano Ronaldo's boots on the right side of midfield as he makes his first competitive appearance since moving from Wigan for £18m

Stephen Carr of Birmingham City battles for the ball with Dimitar Berbatov of Manchester United

With Michael Owen on the bench, Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney spurn several chances in the opening 20 minutes, including a curling shot by Rooney from 25 yards which new Blues keeper Joe Hart does well to tip over

Wayne Rooney knocks in the rebound past Joe Hart

Wayne Rooney finally breaks the deadlock on 33 minutes, tapping home his rebound off the post from four yards to score his 99th goal for the title-holders

Alex McLeish looks on as new striker Christian Benitez, signed for a club record £8m from Santos Laguna, marks his debut with a cracking shot on goal which forces a good save from Edwin van der Sar stand-in Ben Foster

After coming on in place of Berbatov on 74 minutes, Michael Owen has an excellent chance to score in injury time, he runs onto a well-judged pass from Rooney but his tame punt comes off Hart's outstretched foot

Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool: Sebastien Bassong gets a first run-out for Spurs since his summer move from relegated Newcastle to partner Ledley King in defence, but fellow new boy Peter Crouch starts on the bench

Luka Modric floats a good ball from the bye-line to Robbie Keane in the box, but Spurs' captain heads straight at Reds keeper Pepe Reina; it's the first of three good first-half goal chances spurned by the Irishman

Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Luka Modric celebrate Spurs' opener

Tottenham's breakthrough instead comes from defence, full-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto rifling an absolute scorcher past Reina into the top corner to give Spurs the lead

Glen Johnson surges down the right flank and into the box where is is up-ended clumsily by Heurelho Gomes - a nailed-on pen. Steven Gerrard fires straight down the centre from the spot to equalise

Sebastien Bassong after scoring Spurs's winning goal

It's a game to remember for debutant Sebastien Bassong as he scores his first Premier League goal, heading a Luka Modric free-kick goal-ward past Glen Johnson and Jamie Carragher to seal Tottenham's victory

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