THREE IN A ROW FOR CITY

THREE IN A ROW FOR CITY

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Emmanuel Adebayor hit the target for the third Premier League game in a row as Manchester Citydefeated struggling Portsmouth 1-0 at Fratton Park to make in nine points from nine.

Adebayor struck on the half-hour mark.

Gareth Barry's inswinging corner from the right found the former Arsenal striker, who escaped the attention of Mokoena and planted his header home from close range.

Pompey rarely threatened, managing only one shot on target from David Nugent in the closing stages which Shay Given did well to block.

City only won two away games last season and have matched that total already but it's three successive defeats and just one goal for Pompey.

Everton grabbed their first league points of the season, an injury-time penalty from Leighton Baines giving them a 2-1 win over Wigan.

Some of Wigan's tackling - they picked up six bookings - enraged the Goodison Park faithful but it looked as if Roberto Martinez's men were going to grab a point at least.

They led early in the second period through a Paul Scharner header before Louis Saha grabbed his fourth goal of the season to pull Everton level.

And the home side had to wait until the third minute of injury-time and Emmerson Boyce's foul on Jo for Baines to have the chance to smash home the penalty winner.

Gabriel Agbonlahor helped Aston Villa bounce back from their European exit as they easily defeated Fulham 2-0 to register their first home league win of the campaign.

The England striker's pressure forced Fulham defender John Pantsil to head into his own net for the opening goal after three minutes.

Then Agbonlahor struck the decisive second goal 14 minutes into the second period - his first of the season - to wrap up the points for Martin O'Neill's side.

It was the perfect pick-up for Villa after failing to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League after being beaten on away goals by Rapid Vienna.