Premier League review:Arsenal self-destructed in a terrible second-half display against Blackburn to leave manager Arsene Wenger once more in the firing line. This match was preceded by a march of Blackburn fans demanding the head of Steve Kean — but by the final whistle there was only one club left looking in crisis.
Own goals by Alex Song and Laurent Koscielny, plus two poachers goals by Rovers debutant Ayegbeni Yakubu, dealt crushing blows to the Gunners, who had been apparently cruising at half-time thanks to goals from Gervinho and Mikel Arteta.
Maroune Chamakh’s header made it 4-3 and a nervy last five minutes for Kean, but the league table now shows Blackburn above Wenger’s men.
Swansea
earned their first ever Premier League win with a convincing 3-0 victory over
West Brom
as all three top flight newcomers enjoyed victorious afternoons.
The Swans led 2-0 at half-time, with Scott Sinclair scoring their first league goal from the penalty spot after Paul Scharner brought down Joe Allen.
Sinclair then set up Leroy Lita, who doubled Swansea’s advantage by heading home from Sinclair’s corner.
Nathan Dyer added a third shortly after the break when goalkeeper Michael Vorm’s long punt was nodded on by Lita, Dyer firing his shot through Ben Foster’s legs to give the Swans a comfortable win.
The result lifted Swansea into 13th place, pushing West Brom into the bottom three.
Norwich
beat
Bolton
2-1 at the Reebok thanks to two first-half goals, securing their first league win of the campaign.
Anthony Pilkington prodded in from close range in the 37th minute before a Bradley Johnson strike three minutes before half-time doubled the Canaries’ lead.
Bolton were reduced to 10 men just before the break when Ivan Klasnic was sent off for an apparent head-butt on Marc Tierney, but they fought back and won a penalty when Leon Barnett barged David Ngog.
Martin Petrov scored from the spot but it wasn’t enough for Owen Coyle’s men.
QPRbeat Wolves 3-0 thanks to early goals from Joey Barton and Alejandro Faurlin and a late strike by DJ Campbell at Molineux.
Barton’s shot from Shaun Wright-Phillips’ scuffed cross did enough to beat Wayne Hennessey before Faurlin directed an effort past the goalkeeper from the edge of the area.
Campbell then struck home from 12-yards with just three minutes left on the clock to seal the win.
Everton beat Wigan 3-1 at Goodison Park thanks to late goals from substitutes Apostolos Vellios and Royston Drenthe.
Teenage Greek striker Vellios met Tony Hibbert’s inch-perfect cross with a header from 14 yards out before Drenthe scored his debut goal for the Toffees to give Everton their second league win of the season.
Earlier, Phil Jagielka’s header cancelled out Franco di Santo’s goal, one minute after the Argentinian had opened the scoring for the visitors.
The spoils were shared by Aston Villa and Newcastle in a tight 1-1 draw at Villa Park.
Gabriel Agbonlahor put the home side in front in the 13th minute after holding off Fabricio Coloccini and sweeping the ball into the net.
However, Ireland striker Leon Best levelled things for the Magpies 10 minutes into the second half to leave both sides still unbeaten in the league this season.
