LONDON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Gabriel Agbonlahor headed home a late winner to give Aston Villa a 1-0 win in Birmingham derby on Sunday. Fulham came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 at Premier League.
Tim Cahill's header put Everton ahead after half hour, but Paul Konchesky and Damien Duff both scored after the restart, assisting the hosts to grab three points at last.
Fulham was ranked 10th while Everton only managed to be better than the struggling Portsmouth, which suffered a five-game losing streak.
The England striker Agbonlahor nodded in the only goal in the game after 85 minutes, helping Villa claiming their third victory out of four Premier League matches.
Both sides struggled to gain control in the midfield and the home side showed aspiration of revenging the 5-1 defeat when the two met last time. But it was the visitors that made the first threat as England international James Milner shot wide in the seventh minute.
The first real test for the Villa defense came when Garry O'Connor chest down a ball and had a shot blocked by Steven Warnock. The left back then held off Sebastian Larsson's strike in time.
Agbonlahor finally broke the deadlock with five minutes remaining when he headed home in the penalty box after substitute striker John Carew's nodding Ashley Young's free-kick towards him.
Villa equalized Liverpool at nine points as the Reds thrashed Burnley 4-0 at Anfield on Saturday.
Also on Saturday, French midfielder Florent Malouda scored an injury-time winner as Chelsea battled back from a goal down to beat the hosts Stoke 2-1, enabling the Blues leading the standings with full 15 points out of five games.
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