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GOAL! Fulham 1-1 West Brom (Gareth McAuley) Fulham have had three goals disallowed for offside today and now West Brom have made them pay. Brunt delivers the corner and McAuley surges through a whole clutch of players to bullet his header into the net.

16.47 Into injury time and Manchester City look to be settling for a draw at the Britannia. It has not been their day today and Stoke will feel they should have taken all three points.

16.45 Another disallowed goal for Fulham, which makes it three in the match. Ruiz's shot crashes into the underside of the crossbar, the ball comes back to Rodallega and the striker bangs it in from an offside position.

16.43 Spurs are slightly lucky to still have 11 men on the pitch. Lloris comes to punch the ball and does so... but he's about a yard outside the penalty area. Just a yellow card for the Frenchman though.

Marc Melander has been in touch:

The Altidore incident has a precedent. 1988 FA Cup Final. Liverpool had a perfectly good goal disallowed only for the play to be pulled back for a foul against them! And regardless - I have no sympathy for the mackems after Beachballgate!

16.39 Long stoppage at the Britannia where Negredo clatters Huth and the Stoke man looks to be knocked out cold. The home side have already used all three substitutes though and the big centre-back is brought round by the doctors. He's going to soldier on! What a hero.

GOAL! Sunderland 1-3 Arsenal (Aaron Ramsey) How costly will that refereeing decision be for Sunderland? It looks to be game, set and match now with Giroud feeding Ramsey, who curls the ball past Westwood. That's the Welshman's fifth goal of the season.

GOAL! Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle (Yoan Gouffran) Ben Arfa is the man creating things for Newcastle. The Frenchman works his magic, fires in a shot which Guzan can only parry straight to Gouffran and the substitute puts the ball into the net.

16.30 What has happened here? Mr Di Canio is going to be fuming about this. Altidore looks to have equalised for Sunderland but referee Martin Atkinson pulls play back for a foul on the American. If there is ever a time to play advantage it should have been then. I look forward to the Italian's post-match press conference.

GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle (Christian Benteke) That's five goals in five games for the big Villa striker! The corner is swung in, Krul comes but can't get there and Benteke heads Villa's equaliser.

GOAL! Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal (Aaron Ramsey) What a strike! Jenkinson swings in the cross and Ramsey volleys the ball from the edge of the box to put Arsenal ahead. That's a cracker.

16.24 Paolo giving instructions to the bench or being a bit naughty?

16.20 Sunderland are suddenly flying! Fletcher has the ball in the net but he is correctly ruled out for offside. You wouldn't have expected it after the first-half performance but Arsenal are looking shaky now.

GOAL! Hull 1-1 Cardiff (Peter Whittingham) Level at the KC Stadium. Cowie clips the ball to the far post and Whittingham bursts between two defenders before putting the ball in the net.

16.17 Almost an equaliser at Villa Park. Lovely build up from Weimann who works some space on the flank and delivers a perfect cross only for Agbonlahor to poke the ball just wide.

16.13 Stoke cannot keep missing these chances. The ball is swung in and Jones really should score but heads the ball over. Manchester City have not been at the races at all today.

16.09 The ball is in the net at Craven Cottage but Berbatov is adjudged to be offside. It's a close one but the linesman has probably just about got that correct.

GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal (Craig Gardner) Well, this is certainly against the run of play. Koscielny clumsily brings down Johnson inside the box, the referee points to the spot and Gardner slots the penalty home.

GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Norwich (Gylfi Sigurdsson) The inclusion of Sigurdsson in the starting XI would have raised a few eyebrows before kick-off but he has now grabbed his second goal of the match, tapping in from close range after Paulinho's cross.

Matt Flack has an idea for what to do tomorrow.

Hi Ben. I have the answer for what to do tomorrow lunchtime. I will be re watching Ozils performance this afternoon....

16.04 We are back underway and Eriksen has already gone close for Spurs. It's been a great debut for the Dane so far and the home side enjoyed 73% possession in the first half.

15.59 Witty wordplay from angry Newcastle fans

15.48 That's it for the first half around the grounds and there's only one place to look for the story so far: Mesut Ozil has been almost untouchable at the Stadium of Light. It'll take a lot to justify £42 million but he's not started badly.

15.46 Chance for Aston Villa as Weimann screws his shot wide from the edge of the penalty area. No equaliser though.

15.44 Almost half-time at the Britannia and Manuel Pellegrini has plenty of work to do. Manchester City have been utterly dominated by Stoke, who have come close to taking the lead a couple of times.

GOAL! Hull 1-0 Cardiff (Curtis Davies) Huddlestone swings in a cross and Davies pounces at the far post, swooping to head Hull into the lead.

15.36 One-way traffic at White Hart Lane, although Rose has just been forced into making a brilliant last-ditch tackle.

15.34 Big let off for Manchester City, who are finding it tough against Stoke. Nasri gets caught on the ball and Jones nicks it off him but he can't provide the finish. Meanwhile, Jores Okore has limped off at Villa Park.

15.32 It was Christian Eriksen who provided the assist for Sigurdsson so what a day it is for the Premier Leagure new boys. The Dane has been the stand out player so far at White Hart Lane, while Ozil is "tearing it up" at the Stadium of Light.

GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Norwich (Gylfi Sigurdsson) Well they've gone closer now! Spurs break down the pitch and it's Sigurdsson who finishes it off with a clinical curling shot.

15.28 Spurs almost take the lead at White Hart Lane with Dembele playing in Soldado, whose shot is well blocked by Bassong. That's the closest they've come so far.

15.25 Great stat alert: Aston Villa have gone 26 Premier League games without a clean sheet.

GOAL! Fulham 1-0 West Brom (Steve Sidwell) A Fulham corner is swung in, Myhill half punches it clear but the ball falls straight to Sidwell's feet and he hammers it in from about 12 yards out.

GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Newcastle (Hatem Ben Arfa) They may not have any money to spend but they've still got a very dangerous Frenchman in the middle of the park. Remy does the hard work on the flank, passes inside and the ball falls to Ben Arfa who makes no mistake.

15.18 Do you think Jack Wilshere's hair moves if you touch it or is it like Lego hair?

15.15 So nearly an instant equaliser for Sunderland as Diakite's header thunders against the crossbar. Ozil may be the answer to Arsenal's attacking problems but it's not his job to sort out the defence. Straight down the other end though and Westwood saves well with Walcott through on goal. End-to-end stuff.

GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal (Olivier Giroud) He's done it already! It has taken just 10 minutes but Mesut Ozil has masterminded his first Arsenal goal. The German plays the ball across the face of goal and Giroud is left with a simple tap in. The Ozil-Giroud partnership may well prove to be quite prolific this season.

15.10 Oh Danny Graham you've got to be scoring that! Aluko's shot is parried by Lewis and the ball falls to the Hull City striker who sticks it straight over the bar with an empty net gaping in front of him.

15.07 The match is being played at a frenetic pace at the Britannia as Toure plays in Nasri, but the Frenchman's shot is weak and fails to trouble Begovic.

15.05 But how did he deal with him? We shall never know.

15.03 Early chance for Sigurdsson at White Hart Lane who finds some space in the box and shoots just over the bar. Meanwhile at the Britannia, Stoke are dominating the opening stages against Manchester City.

15.00 Thunderbirds are go.

14.57 With just a few minutes to go until the action begins, there is just about enough time to read this marvellous piece by Jim White, who went to Gelsenkirchen and tracked down Ozil's old school teachers to reveal how the German became the man he is today. It's really very good and there are some lovely old photos. Go on, have a quick read and come back here in three minutes.

14.50 Here are all of today's teams.

Aston Villa v Newcastle

Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Okore, Luna, Westwood, El Ahmadi, Delph, Agbonlahor, Benteke, Weimann. Subs: Clark, Bacuna, Helenius, Steer, Sylla, Tonev, Kozak.
Newcastle: Krul, Debuchy, Yanga-Mbiwa, Coloccini, Santon, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Anita, Sissoko, Remy, Cisse. Subs: Gouffran, Elliot, Marveaux, Tiote, Steven Taylor, Sammy Ameobi, Dummett.

Fulham v West Brom

Fulham: Stockdale, Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Richardson, Ruiz, Sidwell, Parker, Kacaniklic, Kasami, Berbatov. Subs: Karagounis, Duff, Taarabt, Rodallega, Zverotic, Amorebieta, Etheridge.
West Brom: Myhill, Billy Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Amalfitano, Mulumbu, Yacob, Brunt, Anelka, Anichebe. Subs: Popov, Morrison, Rosenberg, Sinclair, Luke Daniels, Dawson, Berahino.

Hull v Cardiff

Hull: McGregor, Elmohamady, Chester, Davies, Figueroa, Koren, Huddlestone, Livermore, Brady, Aluko, Graham. Subs: Rosenior, Bruce, Meyler, McShane, Jakupovic, Boyd, Quinn.
Cardiff: Lewis, Theophile-Catherine, Turner, Caulker, Taylor, Kim, Cowie, Gunnarsson, Medel, Whittingham, Campbell. Subs: Hudson, Odemwingie, Gestede, Noone, Mutch, Maynard, Moore.

Stoke v Man City

Stoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Pieters, Walters, Nzonzi, Adam, Wilson, Etherington, Jones. Subs: Whelan, Pennant, Palacios, Arnautovic, Crouch, Sorensen, Ireland.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Javi Garcia, Nastasic, Kolarov, Toure, Rodwell, Milner, Jovetic, Nasri, Negredo. Subs: Lescott, Dzeko, Jesus Navas, Aguero, Fernandinho, Pantilimon, Boyata.

Sunderland v Arsenal

Sunderland: Westwood, Celustka, Diakite, Roberge, Colback, Johnson, Ki, Vaughan, Mavrias, Altidore, Fletcher. Subs: Brown, Larsson, Gardner, Wickham, Cuellar, Mannone, Borini.
Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Sagna, Koscielny, Gibbs, Wilshere, Flamini, Ozil, Walcott, Giroud, Ramsey. Subs: Vermaelen, Monreal, Fabianski, Frimpong, Miyaichi, Gnabry, Akpom.

Spurs v Norwich

Spurs: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Rose, Dembele, Paulinho, Townsend, Eriksen, Sigurdsson, Soldado. Subs: Kaboul, Holtby, Naughton, Defoe, Friedel, Sandro, Lamela.
Norwich: Ruddy, Whittaker, Turner, Bassong, Garrido, Snodgrass, Fer, Johnson, Redmond, Elmander, van Wolfswinkel. Subs: Martin, Howson, Hooper, Pilkington, Bunn, Olsson, Tettey.

14.44 Good afternoon and welcome to today's edition of "3pm Football With The Telegraph".

Do I have to do the umlaut? Let me check. The verdict is no. Sorry Mesut, today your Ö becomes an O. The big team news is that Arsene Wenger has wasted no time in throwing his new star man in at the deep end with Ozil starting for Arsenal against Sunderland. After a summer of discontent, Arsenal fans were finally given what they wanted with a whopping great £42 million signing and today is the day they get to see him in action. Let's hope he doesn't get injured.

Elsewhere Tottenham will also have a debutant in their ranks with Christian Eriksen named in the starting XI. Andre Villas-Boas' side host Norwich and will be looking to bounce back from defeat at the Emirates pre-international break. Did everyone enjoy the international break? Nope, me neither. Let's not mention it again.

Instead let's marvel at Tom Huddlestone's hair.