Manchester Derby

Manchester United (Carrick 90) 1-2 Manchester City (Vassel 24, Benjani45)

Vassel leaving United's defence in pain

Manchester City completed a league double over Manchester United on the day the city remembered the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster.

The last time City achieved such a feat was back in 1970 and the last time they won here was four years later.

Darius Vassell put City ahead in the 24th minute and Benjani Mwaruwari, on his debut, headed the second. United replied with an injury-time goal from Michael Carrick but City held on.

The minute's silence was immaculately observed inside the ground.

The teams were led out by managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Sven-Goran Eriksson, both of whom laid wreathes in the centre circle.

Every fan in the stadium held aloft red and blue scarves, distributed by the host club.

From the start, United were flowing towards their opponents' goal, Ryan Giggs seeing a seventh-minute volley touched over by Joe Hart.

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Aston Villa (Bouma 48, Carew 51,72, pen 90) 4 - 1 Newcastle (Owen 4)

Newcastle: Still unable to win

Kevin Keegan is still searching for his first win since returning to Newcastle United after hat-trick hero John Carew inspired a second-half comeback by Aston Villa.

The Magpies looked on course for their first win in nine Barclays Premier League matches after Michael Owen gave them a fourth-minute lead.

But Carew's treble blast after Wilfred Bouma's first-ever Villa goal kept Martin O'Neill's side on course for a European spot.

Villa were transformed in the second 45 minutes after barely causing the visitors a problem in the opening 45 half.

Villa clearly missed the presence of the injured Gabriel Agbonlahor up front in the first half.

But the introduction of Marlon Harewood at half-time made a big difference and the former West Ham United forward troubled Newcastle with his physical power.

Newcastle will take some heart from their first-half performance with James Milner a threat from the right flank against the club he spent a season on loan with.

But Keegan will be concerned with the way his side were overwhelmed for long periods once Villa had stepped up a gear.

Villa started brightly and Shaun Maloney did well to latch onto a flick-on from Carew and hold off the challenge of Cacapa before squaring the ball back to Stiliyan Petrov.

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Derby 0 - 3 Tottenham (Robbie Keane 68, Kaboul 81, Berbatov Pen 90)

Spurs are on fire at the moment

Tottenham Hotspur piled more misery on Derby County with three second-half goals in what proved to be a comfortable victory at Pride Park.

Captain Robbie Keane got the ball rolling midway through the second period before late goals from Younes Kaboul and Dimitar Berbatov's penalty sealed the win.

Derby had emerged from the half-time interval looking lively but fell behind in the 68th minute.

Steed Malbranque's right-foot shot was parried by Roy Carroll and the ball broke into the path of Keane, who simply stroked it home from six yards out for his 19th goal of the season.

Spurs took command and doubled their lead with nine minutes remaining. Aaron Lennon's corner bounced in front of Pascal Chimbonda, who headed the ball sideways to Kaboul.

He beat a man inside the area before firing a low left-foot shot into the bottom corner from 15 yards out.

Spurs were awarded a penalty in injury-time when Alan Stubbs was adjudged to have handled Malbranque's cross.

Berbatov coolly stepped up and sent Carroll the wrong way from the spot and added gloss to only the second away win of the season for the north London club.

A full house generated a terrific atmosphere in an end-to-end opening at Pride Park.

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