First Star: Marcus Hahnemann started again for Wolverhampton, getting early support when Jody Craddock scored in the 3rd-minute. Nenad Milijas made it 2-0 in the 63rd before Johan Elmander spoiled the shutout in the 79th-minute. Hahnemann finished with seven saves. "We got involved in a scrap after they scored but I thought we defended them really well," Wolves manager Mich McCarthy said. "As soon as they get one they were lifted but that game should have been over long before they scored the goal."
Second Star: Tim Howard came up with a big late save to deny Tottenham's Jermaine Dafoe in stoppage time. "It was a vital save and it was important because I think the players had worked incredibly hard, stuck at it, never gave in and we tried to get something out of it," Everton manager David Moyes said. "Because of that we earned a bit of good fortune when the penalty came around." That capped a late comeback for Everton, drawing 2-2 with Spurs. Dafoe opened the scoring in the 47th-minute and Michael Dawson made it to 2-0 in the 59th. Luis Saha pulled a goal back for Everton in the 78th and Tim Cahill got the equalizer in the 86th-minute.
Third Star: An easy game for Brad Friedel in goal for Aston Villa, who didn't need a save in his club's 3-0 win over Hull City. "The team were playing really great - there was great fluidity about us. The second half was really stop-start and it never really got going. But overall, I am delighted - really pleased with the win." Jozy Altidore came on in the 54th-minute for Hull. Brad Guzan was on the bench for Villa.
Scotland, and DaMarcus Beasley was a 62nd-minute substitute for Nacho Novo in Rangers' 3-1 win over Falkirk. Kris Boyd scored in the 17th and 36th-minutes, and Kenny Miller converted a 74th-minute penalty for Rangers' goals. In France, Carlos Bocanegra went the full-ninety in Rennes' 1-0 win over Lorient. Moussa Sow got the game's only goal early, scoring three minutes in.
Bundesliga, and Steve Cherundolo was back in the starting lineup for Hannover, drawing 0-0 with Bayer Leverkusen. Michael Bradley started and played 79 minutes for Borussia Moenchengladbach, who were beaten 2-1 by Bayern Munich. Bradley had the assist on Roel Brouwers' 28th-minute goal. David Yelldell was in goal for Koblenz who lost 5-1 to St Pauli.
Michael Parkhurst went the full-ninety with Nordsjaelland beating Midtjylland 3-0. Marcus Tracy got the start and played 77 minutes in Aalborg's 2-0 loss to Sonderjyske.
Did Not Play: Freddy Adu ( Belenenses 0 - Rio Ave 0), Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern 1 - Rostock 0), Jay DeMerit (Watford 0 - Newcastle 2), Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday 0 - Reading 2), Ed Johnson (Fulham 1 - Sunderland 0)
Injured: Oguchi Onyewu (Milan 3 - Sampdoria 0), Charlie Davies (Sochaux 0 - St Etienne 0), Maurice Edu (Rangers 3 - Falkirk 1), Dominic Cervi (Celtic 3 - Aberdeen 0), Sal Zizzo (Hannover 0 - Bayer Leverkusen 0), Kenny Cooper (1860 Munich 1 - RW Oberhausen 0)
