In the sixth round of fixtures in this Barclays Premier League season, things took quite a shocking turn. Saturday's theme appeared to be upsets as the underdogs hit back at the expense of their significantly more fancied counterparts.

The day's action began at Eastlands where Carlos Tevez inspired Manchester City to pick up a 1-0 win over defending champions Chelsea.

I don't know about all of you, but it seems like ages since I've seen Arsenal play. It seems like ages since I've seen any football at all! I'm feeling some serious withdrawal, to the point where I pondered whether or not I should watch this year's Superliga final. Turns out I'm not that desperate.

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Last four head-to-head:
1-1 (a) 04.04.10
2-2 (h) 11.09.09
2-2 (a) 04.26.08
0-0 (h) 09.22.07
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-0 West Brom (h); 2-1 Trabzonspor (a); 0-3 City (a)
Brum: 2-2 Bolton (a); 3-2 Rochdale (h); 2-1 Blackburn (h)
Referee: Mark Halsey
Halsey's one of the few PL refs I actually like.

The ex-Arsenal midfielder Alexandr Hleb left the Emirates a couple of years ago in dubious circumstances, as he pulled out all the stops to force Arsene Wenger to sell him to Barcelona, but now he returns to the Premier League with Birmingham with his reputation and confidence in tatters. He realises that he made a BIG [.

Liverpool travel to the Midlands to take on Alex McLeish's Birmingham City today. That much is known. However, not many are aware of an interesting subplot in the build-up to the day's only Premier League fixture.

Blues defender Scott Dann, 23, was once a Kop season-ticket holder and after a fine start to the new season, he is being tipped as one of the players Roy Hodgson's men will particularly need to watch out for.

Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has revealed that injury-plagued midfielder Alexander Hleb, who arrived from the recent international break lacking full fitness, could now face Liverpool after all.

Former Arsenal player Hleb, who represented Belarus in their recent Euro 2012 qualifiers, which included a famous 1-0 away win against France, just arrived at St.

Roy Hodgson has named his starting line up to face Birmingham City at St Andrews today, with Raul Meireles on the bench.

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Roy Hodgson has named his starting line up to face Birmingham City at St Andrews today, with Raul Meireles on the bench.

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Johnson Carragher Skrtel Konchesky
Maxi Lucas Poulsen Jovanovic
Gerrard
Torres
Awful. Just despicably awful. The only reason Liverpool's coming away with a point is the sheer brilliance of Pepe Reina. Have I mentioned that I absolutely hate matches against Birmingham?

Patience maybe a virtue but in many walks of life it is an absolute necessity, the world of football is no different.

As the dust settles and fans reflect on a 0-0 draw away at Birmingham, switching their focus to the Europa League on Thursday, patience is a word that is only going to be heard more often.

At present as soon as the Liverpool team sheet is confirmed, especially away from home, hopes are either heightened or sent rapidly plummeting towards the ground and the trip to St.Andrews proved to be little different, even with a jump up to 5th place in the table in the offering.

The reason.

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Birmingham midfielder Alexander Hleb has called on his teammates to improve. The Belarusian has played at some of the biggest clubs in world football during his career, including Premier League giants Arsenal and La Liga champions Barcelona, but he is looking forward to playing regular first team football with the Blues this season.

The Premier League table is starting to take some sort of shape. Six games in and the expected top four already is the top four (Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal and Man City), Blackburn, Sunderland and Bolton are in the middle, and Wolves, Wigan and West Ham are towards the lower end. There'll clearly be a few movers up and down over the next few months – West Brom Liverpool and Everton the obvious candidates for change.