Saturday

Portsmouth 1 - 4 Man Utd

Wayne Rooney's hat-trick helped guide Manchester United to victory over bottom-of-the table Portsmouth.
Rooney put the visitors ahead from the spot after he was brought down by Michael Brown only for Kevin-Prince Boateng's penalty to haul Pompey level. 
Ryan Giggs crossed for Rooney to slot in and the Welsh winger was then fouled to allow the England striker to grab his third with a second penalty. 
Giggs added a late free-kick as United kept the pressure on leaders Chelsea. 
The win moved United to within two points of Premier League table-toppers Chelsea, who play Arsenal on Sunday. 
It was Giggs' 100th Premier League goal and capped a performance of vision and verve which has been the trademark of an illustrious career - and this a day ahead of the his 36th birthday.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had to watch from the stands as he began the first of a two-game touchline ban and, in an even first half, it was far from comfortable viewing for the Scot before his team eased away to victory. 
Portsmouth had new manager Avram Grant in charge and, although he will take encouragement from the display, he knows his side need to start converting some promising play into points. 
The Fratton Park side have bemoaned a lack of fortune this season with seven of 10 Premier League defeats being by the odd goal. 
They certainly did not lack a fight and fervour to their play against United but it was a lack of composure in front of goal against the top-flight champions rather than luck which proved their downfall.
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Scunthorpe 1 - 1 Leicester

Martyn Woolford scored with the final kick to earn Scunthorpe a point against promotion-hunting Leicester.
Martyn Waghorn outpaced David Mirfin to latch on to Jack Hobbs' header before firing past Joe Murphy from an acute angle as Leicester opened the scoring. 
But substitute Woolford struck sweetly from the edge of the box as Leicester paid for some poor finishing. 
The visitors should have been out of sight by then while Scunthorpe were indebted to Murphy for some fine saves. 
Leicester manager Nigel Pearson: 
"I am disappointed because we had chances in the first half to score more goals. 
"But I am not going to have a go at my players because overall this was another good away performance. 
"There was just one ball into the box that we did not deal with - and it has cost us. 
"But we have scored a lot of late goals to win games in recent weeks. It was somebody else's turn to do the same to us." 
Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins:
"I thought we deserved it. Obviously we made life difficult for ourselves by giving away a poor goal in the opening few minutes. 
"Leicester are a difficult side to break down and don't concede many goals. 
"But we showed great spirit, we kept going until the end and finally got the goal we deserved. 
"Our home form has generally been good this season, and this was another good result for us against a team up there near the top of the table."

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Saturday's failure

Coventry 1 - 1 Leicester
Leicester substitute Martyn Waghorn's second-half goal cancelled out Sammy Clingan's earlier effort for Coventry, to earn the visitors a point.
Clingan gave Coventry the lead just before the break with an unstoppable free-kick into the top corner. 
Waghorn levelled on 71 minutes, beating goalkeeper Keiren Westwood from the edge of the box. 
Leon Best and Clinton Morrison had shots blocked and Leicester's Jack Hobbs headed wide as the sides pressed. 
Leicester goalkeeper Chris Weale twice denied Aron Gunnarsson in the first half, while Paul Gallagher almost put Leicester ahead with a curling shot that struck the crossbar on 21 minutes. 
Gallagher then handled and Clingan scored from the resulting free-kick, while Elliott Ward shot wide soon afterwards as Coventry looked to put daylight between themselves and their visitors. 
The introduction of Waghorn, on loan from Sunderland, and Steve Howard on the hour paid dividends for the Foxes as the striker combined with his fellow substitute to level the scores.

Coventry manager Chris Coleman:

"Sammy was caught late and was off the pitch when we conceded but what can we do? 

Because we wanted to win the game and the one time we've knocked off defensively from the second phase we've been punished.
Leicester manager Nigel Pearson:
"We have a strong bench and we really did feel that we could win the game."

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Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Portsmouth

Portsmouth ended a turbulent week with their first Premier League win of the season courtesy of Hassan Yebda's goal.
The Algerian midfielder, who is on loan from Benfica, powerfully headed in Kevin Prince Boateng's right-wing cross after Wolves failed to clear a corner. 
Home keeper Wayne Hennessey then pulled off a fine save, low to his right, from Aruna Dindane's first-time strike. 
Wolves were denied a second-half penalty after Marc Wilson appeared to handle Michael Kightly's cross. 
Entire seasons can change on pieces of good fortune and Portsmouth's may well have done just that on Saturday at Molineux with two important calls going their way.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy:

"The big thing for me is we defended the corner but we didn't block the ball coming back in. 
"We are coming off with a defeat because we didn't defend properly. We were not outplayed, we just didn't do the basics properly.
Portsmouth manager Paul Hart:
"I am relieved and delighted and proud of the players because we've been through the mill. 
"We didn't play as well as we have done in the last few weeks, but they grafted hard."

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart:
"I am relieved and delighted and proud of the players because we've been through the mill. 
"We didn't play as well as we have done in the last few weeks, but they grafted hard."
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Leicester 2 - 1 Swansea

Two goals in three second-half minutes saw Leicester come from behind to mark their return to the Championship with victory over Swansea.
Ashley Williams had given the Swans the lead after 17 minutes heading home Mark Gower's corner. 
Dorus de Vries saved Steve Howard's penalty. 
But Martyn Waghorn got the Foxes level on 69 minutes, his effort deflecting off Williams, before Dany N'Guessan wrapped up the win three minutes later. 
The result was Swansea's third successive opening day defeat and first defeat for new boss Paulo Sousa.
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