Premier League

Eugene YS Han takes a look at the best and the worst from the sixth weekend of the Barclays Premier League.

Heroes

Hull City
Hull City's earth-shattering win at Arsenal elevated them to the upper echelons of shock results – results such Bradford City’s 1-0 win over Liverpool in 1999-2000. The Gunners had been in great form and thrashed Sheffield United 6-0 in the League Cup earlier in the week. But the Tigers refused to be overawed. Hull City combined organisation, punch and class to go away from London with a victory. Geovanni's strike for Hull is already a contender for goal of the season. The Brazilian shot down Manchester United last season while he was with Manchester City and he is fast earning a reputation for scoring against the big clubs. Phil Brown has rightly said Hull are looking for survival first and foremost lest they end up like Reading. But it was a hard-earned win which they should be allowed to savour for a while at least.

Fernando Torres
ESPN STAR Sports football analyst Steve McMahon once said the true mark of a striker is when he regularly scores away from home. Fernando Torres scored 24 league goals in his first season in England but most of them came at Anfield. Torres has now scored three away goals for the Reds in the Barclays Premier League - the same number of goals he scored the whole of last season. The Spaniard just has to start scoring at Anfield now.

Cristiano Ronaldo
The Manchester United winger’s return from injury was timely for a stuttering Manchester United side lacking bite in attack. Ronaldo was involved in both goals in the 2-0 win over Bolton. Although he was unfortunately involved in one of the worse refereeing decisions ever seen, Ronaldo still took his penalty well. Ron's return also meant good news for NFC Manager Players who have him in his team - the winger scored 14 points in his first league start. The boy from Portugal is back and Premiership defences had better beware.

Wigan Athletic
Wigan threatened to steal the thunder from Hull after they shocked Manchester City 2-1 at the JJB Stadium but the Latics deserve their six-minutes of fame. With the previously unknown Amr Zaki leading the goal-scoring charts and Emile Heskey leading the line for club and country, Steve Bruce must be pinching himself as Wigan's great start to the season continues.
 
Zeroes

Arsenal
The higher they are, the harder they fall. Arsenal were praised to the skies after their string of impressive victories following that stumble at Fulham last month. But the Gunners topped that with a mauling by Hull City in their own backyard. It didn't help that William Gallas again became a paper tiger with a limp captain's performance while Kolo Toure admitted he was scared to face the Tigers. A frustrated Arsene Wenger questioned his side's desire and commitment but in his 12th anniversary as Arsenal manager, the Frenchman again failed to see the error of his ways. Arsenal still don't know how to defend set-pieces. Invincibles what?

Everton
There seems to be an underlying problem at Goodison Park where everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. Everton have started this season miserably and it culminated in the Merseyside derby defeat at home. The Toffees still have trouble building a new stadium and manager David Moyes has gone public with his contract problems. If the unrest at Everton is not quelled, the Toffees may find themselves in a relegation scrap.

Rob Styles
Perhaps the penalty decision was payback for Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson said, but referee Rob Styles' error made it a horrible first two months for officials. Styles' apology to Bolton seemed to make matters worse. If Bolton end up relegated, will the Trotters go to court to get this game replayed?

Liam Lawrence
The Stoke City midfielder fell over his pet dog and injured his ankles. His name will be mentioned in any list of footballers who were injured in the silliest ways.

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