First Star: A strong showing for Hull City against Manchester City, with the teams drawing 1-1. Jozy Altidore got the start and went 73 minutes. Shaun Wright-Phillips had Manchester City up in the 45th-minute, but Hull split the points on a Jimmy Bullard penalty in the 82nd. That prompted a creative goal celebration. Bullard and his teammates re-created their manager's on-field talk from last year's game at Manchester City. "I couldn't deliver my address because I was laughing so much," Hull manager Phil Brown said.
Second Star: Clint Dempsey went the distance for Fulham, who drew 1-1 with Bolton. Ivan Klasnic put the visiting Wanderers up in the 35th-minute, with Damien Duff answering back for Fulham in the 75th. "We were good value for the 1-1," Fulham manager Roy Hodgson said. "If anything, perhaps we can be a little bit sad that we didn't get the second goal. It was on the cards, with two balls cleared off the line and Jussi Jaaskelainen made two fantastic saves." Eddie Johnson was on the bench for Fulham.
Third Star: Benny Feilhaber went the full ninety for AGF Aarhus, 1-0 winners over Brondby at NRGi Park. Peter Graulund scored the game's only goal in the 16th-minute. Steffen Rasmussen picked up the shutout. Jeremiah White was an 83rd-minute substitute for Aarhus.
Also in England, Tim Howard was in goal for a forgettable Liverpool derby for the blue half of the city, with Everton losing 2-0 to Liverpool. Jonathan Spector went the full-ninety for West Ham United, beating Burnley 5-3. Brad Friedel was in goal for Aston Villa's 1-1 draw with Spurs. Marcus Hahnemann got the league start for Wolves, 1-0 losers to Birmingham City in a West Midlands derby. A league down, Frank Simek went the full-ninety on a tough afternoon for Sheffield Wednesday, 4-0 losers to West Bromwich Albion.
In France, Carlos Bocanegra went the full-90 for Rennes in their 1-1 draw with Lyon. He was yellow-carded in the 43rd-minute. In Portugal, Freddy Adu came on in the 80th-minute for Belenenses, drawing 2-2 with Maritimo. In the 2.Bundesliga, David Yeldell was in goal for TUS Koblenz's 2-1 loss to Karlsruhe.
SAS-Ligaen, and Michael Parkhurst went the full-ninety for Nordsjaelland, losing 1-0 to Silkeborg. Marcus Tracy started for Aalborg in their 1-1 draw with Esbjerg at the Blue Water Arena. Aalborg went up when Michael Jakobsen scored in the 42nd, but Esbjerg equalized in the 51st. Tracy subbed out in the 74th-minute.
Did Not Play: Brad Guzan (Villa 1 - Spurs 1), Maurice Edu and DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers 0 - Aberdeen 1), Dominic Cervi (Celtic 3 - St Mirren 1), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 0 - Bayern Munich 3), Danny Califf (Midtjylland 0 - Copenhagen 2), Michael Orozco (San Luis 0 - Toluca 1: Toluca advances)
Injured: Sal Zizzo (Hannover 0 - Bayern Munich 3), Oguchi Onyewu (Milan 2 - Catania 0), Charlie Davies (Sochaux 1 - Nice 0), Jay DeMerit (Watford 0 - Crystal Palace 3), Kenny Cooper (1860 Munich 2 - Fortuna Dusseldorf 2)
