Luis Garcia sparks strike revival
A match mired in mediocrity took an amazing turn to provide both teams with a measure of delight and despair during a breathless final half-hour. The Observer
Bruce happy to survive eruption with a point
Let us hope this slow-burner of a match will serve as an inspiration for the rest of the Premiership season. Just when everybody was preparing to write it off as yet another example of the elite division's descent into deadly dullness, it exploded into the sort of life that might justify even some of the exorbitant ticket prices said to be driving fans away. The Telegraph
Benitez calls for inquiry into leaks
After 68 minutes of more or less unrelenting tedium, by which point those parents who had paid £60.50 to bring themselves and a child along would have been easy converts to the End This Premiership Rip-off campaign, at last a football match broke out. The Independent
Cisse ensures Birmingham pay penalty
Birmingham boss Steve Bruce had suggested that the Premiership was failing to provide good value for money but four goals in 17 second half minutes, a penalty and a sending-off must have sent every one of the 27,733 spectators home happy. The Times