United's army of loan players enjoyed mixed fortunes over the
weekend. Three won, five drew and three lost, with two scoring and
one being sent off...
Fraizer Campbell scored twice as Royal Antwerp came from behind to
draw 3-3 with Dessel Sport. Andy Welsh's side were 2-0 down within
six minutes, but Campbell's double restored parity before the
interval. Antwerp fell behind again on 51 minutes, only to snatch
an 86th-minute equaliser through Alexandre Di Gregorio. In an
ill-tempered game Jonny Evans was sent off and Danny Simpson
booked. Darron Gibson, meanwhile, is still to make his Antwerp
debut because of injury. The result preserves the Belgians'
unbeaten start to the season.
Phil Bardsley, in his second start for Rangers, scored a
magnificent 30-yard free-kick to set the Gers on their way to a 4-0
win over Falkirk. Lee Martin was not involved due to injury.
Tim Howard made several key saves and kept a clean sheet as Everton
romped to a 3-0 win over Liverpool in the 204th Merseyside derby.
The Toffees sit third in the Premiership as a result, six points
ahead of their local rivals.
Ben Foster was cruelly denied his first Premiership clean sheet as
Bolton snatched a late 1-0 win over Watford at the Reebok Stadium.
The Hornets had dominated the game throughout, but succumbed to
Gary Speed's last-minute penalty.
Adam Eckersley's Brondby were held to a 1-1 draw by league leaders
Aab, who scored an injury-time equaliser to maintain their
four-point lead over Rene Meulensteen's side in the
SAS-Ligaen.
Giuseppe Rossi made his debut for Newcastle as a second half
substitute. The Italian striker replaced Obafemi Martins on 72
minutes, but defensive errors in the last eight minutes saw the
Magpies convert a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 defeat.
Chris Eagles played half an hour as a second-half substitute for
NEC Nijmegen, but couldn't prevent the Dutch outfit slipping to a
2-0 home defeat against AZ Alkmaar.
Gerard Pique was an unused substitute as Real Zaragoza hammered
Espanyol 3-0 at the Estadio La Romareda. Zaragoza climb to eighth,
with three points after two games.
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