The good, the bad and the aesthetically displeasing from the weekend's Premier League action.

WINNERS

Arsene Wenger

In the light of Martin Taylor-gate and recent whinges by Fergie, Wenger kind of had to defend referee Chris Foy after he sent off Gunners midfielder Abou Diaby for a reckless tackle on Gretar Steinsson. Instead of claiming to have missed the incident or complaining that his players are being targeted by officials, the Arsenal boss held his hands up and accepted his player was "too high" and deserved to see red. Fair enough.

Also further credit is due to Arsenal in general after their quite phenomenal comeback at Bolton, down a man and two goals at half-time to win 3-2 at the death.

Kevin Keegan

These pages have been happy to playfully mock Mike Ashley's regression from no-nonsense business mogul to drooling infant at the sight of the black and white, but his beloved King Kev might just have got Newcastle close to showing the kind of football the fans crave. OK, Spurs have nothing to play for but after a shocking couple of months where Toon looked more ho than gung, at least now they seem as likely to score as concede.

The Red Half of Manchester

Or Sussex if you're particularly cynical, but Manchester United have been quite simply awesome since losing 2-1 at home to their City rivals in February, whereas Sven-Goran Eriksson's men appear to have run out of steam, ideas and anything interesting to say during an extended reflection period of post-coital guilt. The spanking of Villa by United was neatly offset by City's dreadful defeat at ten-man Birmingham.

LOSERS

Nigel Reo-Coker

Bless him, and he tried so hard too. A top-drawer box-to-box midfielder, Reo-Coker was the latest Aston Villa player asked to play out of position by the Smallest Squad In The World's manager Martin O'Neill, who could have picked a better opponent than United for the 23-year-old to start at right back for the first time in his career. Was given a torrid time by Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and the rest, as Villa were torn to shreds by United's most devastating display of the season.

Dean Leacock

Categorising Leacock as a winner or a loser is a tough one - his tenth-minute shot took a deflection off team-mate Emanuel Villa to give Derby the lead against his former club Fulham, but he then scored a late own-goal that saw the Rams gain a point but ultimately fail to avoid relegation to the Championship. We'll miss the bandanna at any rate...

Afonso Alves

The man can't buy a goal, and after missing several good chances against Chelsea he managed to hit the woodwork twice, first with a placed shot to the bottom right post after dispossessing Carl Cudicini outside his penalty area and then with the first header of a quite remarkable goalmouth scramble that also saw David Wheater strike the crossbar. Boro's record signing took his frustration out on the goal frame and he looks low on confidence.

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