Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, received a guard of honour, and the renaming of Old Trafford's North Stand after him as he celebrated 25 years in charge with a 1-0 win against Sunderland.
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Using a "starburst filter", dusk casts over Old Trafford as Nicklas Bendtner, left, and Rio Ferdinand tussle for the ball as a Wes Brown own goal helped Manchester United to a 1-0 win against Sunderland.
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Yaya Toure heads in the winning goal in Manchester City's 3-2 win against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.
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David Silva scores to put Manchester City 2-1 up against QPR, in a back-and-forth contest in the Premier League which City eventually won 3-2.
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Tim Howard, the Everton goalkeeper, cannot keep out Ryan Taylor's (unseen) rocket to put Newcastle 2-0 up. The Magpies would eventually win 2-1.
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Steven Taylor, the masked Newcastle United centre-back, left, challenges Louis Saha, the Everton striker, for a header during his team's 2-1 win at St James' Park.
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Robin van Persie, who else, continued his rich scoring form and also created two in Arsenal's 3-0 win against West Brom.
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Thomas Vermaelen, the Arsenal centre-back, heads back across goal. The Belgian international scored the Gunners' second in their 3-0 win against West Brom.
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Ashley Cole, the Chelsea left-back, collides with Petr Cech, his goalkeeper, which left the Czech custodian with an injury.
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Frank Lampard celebrates scoring the only goal of the game at Ewood Park as Chelsea inflicted more misery on Blackburn Rovers, who remain in the relegation zone.
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Gabriel Agbonlahor, the Aston Villa forward, tries to dribble past the Norwich defender, Leon Barnett, during Villa's 3-2 win.
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Steve Morison, the Norwich striker, heads in the Canaries second past a scrambling Shay Given in the Aston Villa goal. Villa would win 3-2.
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Dirk Kuyt, the Liverpool forward, has his header saved by Michel Vorm, who was in fine form to earn Swansea City a point at Anfield.
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John W Henry, the Liverpool owner, with his wife Linda Pizzuti before Liverpool's 0-0 draw with Swansea City at Anfield.
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The best shots from week 11 of the English Premier League including Sir Alex Ferguson's surprise gift at Old Trafford.
