Unlike last weekend's 4-0 brush aside of Portsmouth, league leaders Chelsea was made to work hard for a 1-0 win by Wigan Athletic with new signing Deco getting his second of the season with a well taken free kick.
Olympique Marseille continued its unbeaten start to the French Ligue 1 with a hard fought 1-0 win away at newly promoted Le Havre courtesy of a Boudewijn Zenden goal in the 55th minute.
Ukraine Striker Andrei Shevchenko will return to old club AC Milan after completing a medical and both Chelsea and Milan agreed terms which club officials state will remain confidential.
Cottagers Fulham inflicted an early set-back on the Premier League ambitions of Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal with a 1-0 win over the Gunners to leave Liverpool on top of the Premier League at least till Sunday evening.
He may have not won gold when Dream team Iv was beaten in far away Beijing by Argentina in the Olympic football final but Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi's German club, Hoffenheim went top of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win later on Saturday.