Blackburn remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table after Bobby Zamora’s equaliser gave Fulham a 1-1 draw against Rovers yesterday.
In yesterday’s opening gane, West Brom secured their first league points as an early goal from Peter Odemwingie beat Norwich 1-0 at Carrow Road.
At Craven Cottage, Steve Kean’s struggling side had taken the lead through a fine strike from Ruben Rochina in the first half, but Zamora equalised soon after to leave Blackburn still waiting for their first league win this season.
There was more bad news for Kean as midfielder David Hoilett was stretchered off wearing a neck brace after a nasty collision with Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.
Fulham are also without a victory in their first four league games and, like Blackburn, they were unable to climb out of the bottom three after a scrappy encounter in west London.
“He’s got three or four stitches in the side of his head and a bang on his eye,” Kean said of Hoilett’s injury.
“It’s not a great challenge and he’ll have some concussion. It’s a bad one.
“He was out for a little bit of time and it might affect him for the next game, but he’ll be fine.”
West Brom’s Odemwingie was making his first start of the season after an ankle injury and the Nigerian striker had an eventful return.
He opened the scoring in the third minute after confusion in the Norwich defence but then went from hero to zero as his second-half penalty was saved by young Norwich goalkeeper Declan Rudd.
That spot-kick miss couldn’t spark a Norwich fightback however and Roy Hodgson’s team held on to end a run of three successive defeats, while the Canaries are still waiting for their first victory.
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Man. United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 12 |
| Man. City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12 |
| Chelsea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Stoke | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Wolves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Wigan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Everton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Arsenal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| West Brom | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Bolton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| Tottenham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| QPR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Sunderland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Norwich | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Fulham | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Swansea | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Blackburn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Playing today: 21.00 QPR vs Newcastle.
The Championship: Birmingham vs Millwall 3-0.