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AS IT HAPPENED

As it happened: Premier League 3pm kick-offs

Ryan Giggs might not make his 1000th appearance just yet, but there was still plenty going on in today’s 3pm kick-offs.

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Chelsea 1-0 West Brom (FT)
Everton 3-1 Reading (FT)
Man United 4-0 Norwich (FT)
Southampton 1-2 QPR (FT)
Stoke City 0-1 West Ham (FT)
Sunderland 1-2 Fulham (FT)
Swansea 1-0 Newcastle (FT)

Chelsea v West Brom

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cole, Ramires, Lampard, Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Ba
Subs: Turnbull, Torres, Mikel, Moses, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand

West Brom: Foster, Reid, Olsson, McAuley, Ridgewell, Yacob, Mulumbu, Morrison, Dorrans, Fortune, Long
Subs: Myhill, Rosenberg, Thomas, Odemwingie, Jones, Tamas, Isaiah Brown

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

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Everton v Reading

Everton: Mucha, Coleman, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Mirallas, Gibson, Osman, Pienaar, Fellaini, Jelavic
Subs: Springthorpe, Heitinga, Oviedo, Naismith, Hitzlsperger, Neville, Anichebe

Reading: Stuart Taylor, Kelly, Mariappa, Pearce, Harte, Kebe, Leigertwood, Akpan, McAnuff, Le Fondre, Hunt
Subs: Henly, Gunter, Karacan, McCleary, Morrison, Robson-Kanu, Blackman

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

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Man Utd v Norwich

Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Anderson, Carrick, Kagawa, Rooney, van Persie
Subs: Lindegaard, Da Silva, Hernandez, Nani, Young, Welbeck, Cleverley

Norwich: Bunn, Martin, Bassong, Turner, Garrido, Snodgrass, Johnson, Howson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt
Subs: Camp, Whittaker, Fox, Kamara, Elliott Bennett, Becchio, Ryan Bennett

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)

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Southampton v QPR

Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Fox, Puncheon, Ramirez, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Lambert
Subs: Kelvin Davis, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Richardson, Shaw

QPR: Julio Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill, Traore, Park, Granero, Mbia, Hoilett, Bothroyd, Remy
Subs: Green, Taarabt, Mackie, Onuoha, Jenas, Da Silva, Townsend

Referee: Howard Webb

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Stoke v West Ham

Stoke: Begovic, Shotton, Shawcross, Wilson, Wilkinson, Walters, Whelan, Nzonzi, Kightly, Jerome, Crouch
Subs: Sorensen, Cameron, Palacios, Jones, Adam, Whitehead, Shea

West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Reid, O’Brien, Jarvis, Joe Cole, O’Neil, Diame, Taylor, Carroll
Subs: Spiegel, Carlton Cole, Collison, Maiga, Vaz Te, Pogatetz, Chamakh

Referee: Jon Moss

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Sunderland v Fulham

Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, O’Shea, Bramble, Colback, Sessegnon, N’Diaye, Larsson, Johnson, Fletcher, Graham
Subs: Westwood, Bardsley, Vaughan, Mangane, McClean, Cuellar

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Riise, Duff, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Ruiz, Berbatov
Subs: Etheridge, Petric, Frimpong, Richardson, Hughes, Rodallega, Emanuelson

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

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Swansea v Newcastle

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Monk, Davies, Hernandez, Britton, Routledge, de Guzman, Dyer, Michu
Subs: Tremmel, Bartley, Lamah, Shechter, Moore, Tiendalli, Ki

Newcastle: Elliot, Debuchy, Steven Taylor, Yanga-Mbiwa, Santon, Gouffran, Cabaye, Sissoko, Tiote, Gutierrez, Cisse
Subs: Alnwick, Anita, Perch, Haidara, Marveaux, Ameobi, Obertan

Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)

As today’s matches get going, here are all the teams…

We’ve had a pulsating start in the match between Everton and Reading, with Nikica Jelavic missing two quickfire chances to put the Toffees ahead at Goodison. What has happened to the Croatian striker?

A clever one-two between Van Persie and Rooney sends the former through on goal.

However, Mark Bunn is off his line quickly to smother the ball before Van Persie can get to it.

This is Paul Fennessy, by the way, taking over from Tony Cuddihy.

For those interested in La Liga, it’s currently Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona.

Messi has just equalised, after Benzema opened the scoring.

GOALS FOR QPR AND FULHAM!

Dimitar Berbatov (who else?) has given Fulham the lead with a penalty against Sunderland (16 mins).

Meanwhile, Loic Remy, who is in the side today as Bobby Zamora is injured, has scored for QPR with a classy finish after Junior Hoilett’s assist (14 mins).

Man United have unsurprisingly been quite dominant against Norwich so far.

Norwich, though, have been disciplined defensively, meaning their opponents have found it tough to break them down thus far.

Chelsea 1-0 West Brom: Demba Ba has just boosted Chelsea’s Champions League hopes by putting them ahead against West Brom, blasting home after the ball falls to him from a corner (28 mins).

Meanwhile, Rafa Benitez shows no emotion on the bench.

Sunderland 1-2 Fulham: Two goals in quick succession. Sascha Riether scores after Ashkan Dejagah’s shot rebounds into his path (35 mins).

Craig Gardner responds almost immediately for Sunderland though (37 mins).

Rafa in!

Everton 1-0 Reading: Fellaini has just made a lot of Fantasy Football players happy by giving Everton the lead (42 mins).

Man United 1-0 Norwich: Van Persie controls Valencia whipped in cross, and Shinji Kagawa is on hand to finish (45 mins).

United haven’t been at their best today, so Norwich will be particularly disappointed at having conceded.

There’s been more late goals.

Stoke 0-1 West Ham: West Ham are looking good to secure a rare away win, with Jack Collison handing them the lead (45 mins).

Southampton 1-1 Queens Park Rangers: Gaston Ramirez beats the offside trap and finishes well to leave it level at the break (45 mins).

It’s now half-time in all the Premier League games.

It’s also Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona.

The second half is underway…

(Chelsea fans show banners regarding Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez in the stands before kick-off – Adam Davy/PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Great ball from Kagawa finds Rooney, but Bunn produces an unorthodox but well-timed sliding tackle on the England international.

Shortly before, Vidic made a good interception to prevent Snodgrass from connecting with a dangerous cross.

Everton 2-0 Reading: Pienaar looks to have made the game safe for the Toffees.

A victory would keep their feint hopes of Champions League qualification alive.

Chelsea fans are now beginning to chant “Jose Mourinho”.

Would Roman Abramovich have him back though?

Robin van Persie has been replaced by Dabnny Welbeck after 65 minutes.

United fans will be relieved he managed to get through today’s game relatively unscathed, with their vital Champions League game on the horizon.

Everton 3-0 Reading: Game, set and match. Kevin Mirallas has killed off any hopes of a Reading fightback (66 mins).

Sunderland 2-2 Fulham: Great comeback from the Black Cats. Stephane Sessegnon scores after an Adam Johnson cross is deflected into his path (70 mins).

Man United 2-0 Norwich: Kagawa has just gotten his and United’s second with a clever finish.

Even on auto-pilot, they can comfortably beat most Premier League sides.

Controversial…

Everton 3-1 Reading: Hal Robson-Kanu has got what looks to be a consolation goal for Reading (84 mins).

Swansea 1-0 Newcastle: Luke Moore mishits it into the net. They all count, I suppose (85 mins).

Man United 3-0 Norwich: Shinji Kagawa slots home his hat-trick after being set up by Rooney (86 mins).

Man United 4-0 Norwich: It’s becoming a rout.

Wayne Rooney beats his marker easily, and curls his shot into the top corner (89 mins).

In non-Premier League news…

It’s now full-time in every game bar Southampton-QPR, with the latter leading through a late Jay Bothroyd g0al.

And the full-time whistle has blown at Southampton, with QPR earning a priceless three points.

Perhaps boozy trips aren’t such a bad idea after all.

Right, that’s all from me. However, I’ll be back very shortly to liveblog Liverpool’s game with Wigan.

Thanks for reading and commenting.

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