London Derby Day: 8/23

Everything's coming up Spurs!

West Ham United 1-2 Tottenham

Carlton Cole put the Hammers ahead early in the second half with a spectacular strike, only to set up Spurs' equalizer five minutes later on a horrible back pass attempt. Aaron Lennon's 79th minute winner then sent Spurs back to the top of the Premier League.

Burnley 1-0 Everton

Perhaps I underestimated Turf Moor, Burnley's home stadium, and the effect it might have in keeping the Clarets up. Wade Elliott scored for the home team, and in the second half Louis Saha missed a purportedly undeserved penalty for the Toffees.

Fulham 0-2 Chelsea

The strike team of Drogba and Anelka paired to bring home three points from their West London rivals. Chelsea joined Spurs with three wins from three games, and sit in second on goal differential.

Italy:

Inter Milan got a penalty tally from new striker Samuel Eto'o, but Serie A noob AS Bari drew level again in the 74th minute to force a draw against the defending champions. Among other notable teams, Roma lost their opener at Genoa, 3-2, despite taking a 2-1 lead with 25 minutes to play. Genoa subsequently find themselves atop the table with that result. Also, Juventus opened with a 1-0 victory over Chievo Verona.

Germany:

Despite a goal from former Newcastle forward Obafemi Martins, defending champions Wolfsburg lost at home to Hamburg, 4-2, and failed to reclaim the top position. The win put Hamburg second to Bayer Leverkusen. Elsewhere, Werder Bremen got their first victory of the campaign thanks to a double by Claudio Pizarro.

Midweek Soccer:

Liverpool takes on Aston Villa tomorrow on ESPN2 to finish the Prem's week, and after that there is an assortment of Carling Cup second round matches, the second legs of qualifying rounds in UEFA Champions Leage And Europa League. If you must, you can throw in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage matches!