Score Roundup 21/11/10

English Premier League :

Blackburn Rovers 2 Aston Villa 0

Blackburn Rovers new owners had plenty to cheer as a brace from Morten Gamst Pedersen ensured they made a winning start against Aston Villa.

Fulham 1 Manchester City 4

Carlos Tevez showed old boss Mark Hughes no mercy at Craven Cottage as Manchester City romped to a victory that saw them close to within three points of the Premier League summit.

Spanish Primera Division :

Deportivo La Coruna 3 Malaga 0

Deportivo La Coruna continued their climb up the Primera Division standings with a convincing victory over a Malaga side who slumped to their first defeat under new coach Manuel Pellegrini.

Espanyol 3 Hercules 0

Espanyol preserved their perfect home record in the Primera Division this season with a win over 10-man Hercules to move back into the top four after 12 rounds of the championship.

Levante 3 Racing Santander 1

Felipe Caicedo struck twice as Levante comfortably beat Racing Santander 3-1 in the Primera Division this evening to move out of the relegation zone and end their miserable four-match losing streak.

Osasuna 1 Sporting Gijon 0

Sporting Gijon's miserable away form continued after they lost to Shojaei Massoud's second-half strike at Osasuna.

Sevilla 1 Mallorca 2

Pierre Webo struck a last-minute winner to help Real Mallorca consign former coach Gregorio Manzano and his Sevilla side to a 2-1 defeat at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Real Sociedad 2 Atletico Madrid 4

Atletico Madrid were indebted to their formidable strike duo of Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan as they hit back from a half-time deficit to win 4-2 at Real Sociedad.

Italian Serie A :

Genoa 0 Juventus 2

Juventus moved up to third in Serie A thanks to a 2-0 win at Genoa today.

Brescia 1 Cagliari 2

Cagliari climbed away from the Serie A relegation zone with a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Brescia.

Catania 1 Bari 0

Christian Terlizzi's late goal gave 10-man Catania victory at home to bottom side Bari today.

Cesena 1 Palermo 2

Cesena remain in trouble at the foot of the Serie A table after falling to a home defeat against Palermo.

Chievo 2 Internazionale 1

Samuel Eto'o may find himself in trouble after he was filmed headbutting Chievo defender Bostjan Cesar as the defending champions suffered their second successive defeat to heap more pressure on manager Rafael Benitez.

Lecce 2 Sampdoria 3

Sampdoria edged an unlikely classic as Giampaolo Pazzini provided the goal touch they have been missing with a hat-trick to end Lecce's unbeaten start to the season at Stadio Via del Mare.

Parma 1 Lazio 1

Lazio lost ground on Serie A leaders AC Milan after being held to a 1-1 draw at Parma.

Napoli 4 Bologna 1

Two goals from Marek Hamsik guided Napoli to an emphatic victory against Bologna to move up to third in Serie A.

German Bundesliga :

VfB Stuttgart 0 FC Cologne 1

Lukas Podolski's late penalty gave Cologne a crucial victory in the fight against relegation, winning at Stuttgart to move out of last place and go level on points with their opponents.

St Pauli 1 VfL Wolfsburg 1

St Pauli and Wolfsburg fought out a draw in a tough battle in Hamburg with the result hardly helping either team in the Bundesliga.

French Ligue 1 :

Arles 2 Bordeaux 4

Arles remain cut adrift at the bottom of Ligue 1 after suffering their fifth home defeat of the season to Bordeaux.

Lille 2 AS Monaco 1

Lille went to the top of the Ligue 1 table after Ludovic Obraniak's second-half goal guided them to a win over Monaco.

Lens 1 Lyon 3

Lyon scored three second-half goals to come from behind and beat Lens 3-1.

Kanga Akale had given Lens the lead on the counter-attack, but Lyon turned things around after the break to pick up their sixth win of the season.

Major League Soccer Cup Final :

Colorado Rapids 2 FC Dallas 1

A dramatic extra-time goal handed Colorado Rapids a 2-1 win over FC Dallas in the MLS Cup, giving the Rapids their first title at Toronto's BMO Field.