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PL roundup: Portsmouth finally off the mark, Tottenham battle for a point and Burnley's 100% home form continues

Portsmouth gained their first points of the season at Wolves, Spurs drew at Bolton whilst Burnley and Hull claimed victories. At the eighth time of asking Paul Hart's Portsmouth finally registered their first points of the season with a 1-0 win at Wolves.

The all important winner arrived in the 19th minute from a Hassan Yebda header.

Pompey rode their luck in the second half when Marc Wilson handled in the penalty area but no decision was given.

Wolves then brought the best out of David James who saved well from Gregg Halford's late free kick.

Hull eased the pressure on boss Phil Brown by climbing out of the bottom three with a 2-1 home victory over Wigan.

Two second half goals at the KC Stadium within the space of eight minutes decided the spoils.

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink glanced home a near-post header and Geovanni adding a second soon after.

The Tigers were had a tense last three minutes after Scott Sinclair has reduced the deficit for the visitors.

Tottenham came from behind twice at the Reebok Stadium to earn a share of the spoils in a 2-2 draw.

Ricardo Gardner gave the hosts an early lead only for Niko Kranjcar to level before the break.

Kevin Davies scrambled effort restored the Wanderers lead, but almost immediately Vedran Corluka restored parity.

Earlier Peter Crouch had missed a sitter but Spurs will be satisfied with the point.

Birmingham became the latest club to leave Burnley's Turf Moor pointless.

The Clarets continued their 100% home record after a 2-1 win over the Blues, all the action being in the second half.

It was Birmingham keeper Joe Hart's error that handed the home side the lead through Steven Fletcher and soon after Andre Bikey doubled their advantage.

Sebastian Larsson claimed Birmingham's consolation with a superb free kick in the dying seconds.

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