LONDON, Sept 10: Champions Chelsea notched up their fifth consecutive Premier League victory of the season with a routine 2-0 win over bottom club Sunderland on Saturday.

Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by local rivals City at Old Trafford, both sides continuing their unbeaten starts to the season, and Charlton Athletic recorded their fourth successive win, 1-0 at Birmingham City.

England striker Michael Owen enjoyed a quiet Newcastle United debut as his side were held to a 1-1 home draw by Fulham.

Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool drew 0-0 at White Hart Lane, Wigan Athletic won 2-1 at West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth were 1-0 winners at Everton.

Arsenal travel to Middlesbrough later on Saturday, Bolton Wanderers face Blackburn Rovers on Sunday and West Ham United meet Aston Villa on Monday. #

RESULTS:

Birmingham City 0 Charlton Athletic 1

Chelsea 2 Sunderland 0

Everton 0 Portsmouth 1

Man United 1 Man City 1

Newcastle United 1 Fulham 1

Tottenham Hotspur 0 Liverpool 0

WBA 1 Wigan Athletic 2

German league

Kaiserslautern 1 Werder Bremen 5

Nuremberg 1 Bayern Munich 2

Bayer Leverkusen 1 Schalke 04 1

Borussia M’bach 2 MSV Duisburg 1

Mainz 1 Hamburg SV 3

Hanover 96 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0

VfB Stuttgart 1 Arminia Bielefeld 1

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 2 Aberdeen 0

Falkirk 1 Rangers 1

Hibernian 2 Dundee United 1

Inverness 1 Motherwell 2

Kilmarnock 3 Dunfermline Athletic 2.

—Reuters