LONDON (AP) _ Middlesbrough scored twice in the final 10 minutes and rallied to beat Chelsea 2-1 Wednesday, leaving Manchester United alone atop the English Premier League standings.
Two-time defending champion Chelsea led on a 16th-minute goal from Andriy Shevchenko before Emanuel Pogatetz equalized and substitute Mark Viduka scored in injury time to win it for Middlesbrough.
Manchester United moved ahead with a 3-0 win at Charlton. In other matches, it was Aston Villa 2 Reading 1, Blackburn 1 Everton 1, Fulham 1 Bolton 1, and Manchester City 0 Portsmouth 0.
Shevchenko scored against the run of play, converting a cross from Wayne Bridge. He also had a free kick palmed away by 'Boro goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer in the first half.
Chelsea midfielder Arjen Robben was injured during the warmup and replaced by new acquisition Salomon Kalou, who missed a scoring chance just before halftime.
Pogatetz headed in Fabio Rochemback's free kick in the 80th minute and Viduka scored from close range past goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini to give manager Gareth Southgate his first win as a manager in the Premier League.
Southgate, 35, retired as a player after last season.
At Charlton, Darren Fletcher gave Manchester United the lead in the 49th minute. Louis Saha scored the second in the 80th, and substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made it 3-0 in injury time.
United played without Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes, both starting their three-match suspensions for being sent off in pre-season games at a tournament in the Netherlands.
However, new signing Michael Carrick dressed for the match and was available despite a pre-season ankle injury that was expected to sidelined him until September.
Reading took the lead when Kevin Doyle headed the ball past Villa goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen in the fourth minute. The Premier League newcomer was reduced to 10 men in the 35th minute when Ibrahima Sonko was sent off for a foul on Villa's Luke Moore.
Juan Pablo Angel converted the resulting penalty and Gareth Barry scored the winner for Villa in the 61st minute.
At Ewood Park, Blackburn led on Benni McCarthy's goal in the 50th minute. Tim Cahill equalized for Everton in the 84th.
A last-minute penalty from Jimmy Bullard earned Fulham a 1-1 with Bolton, who led when El-Hadji Diouf converted a penalty in the 73rd minute.
