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Ghanaian players continued to glitter in Europe as Sam Yeboah was the only player to score over the weekend for his Israeli club, Hapoel Tel Aviv club who defeated Maccabi Natanya 3-0. In England, Chelsea went top of the Premiership when they silenced Liverpool 2-0 at the weekend. Michael Essien played in a holding role for the Blues, but his trademark thunderbolt effort was blocked by Liverpool goalkeeper in the first half of the match. Fulham won a vital point at West Ham United with just 10 men. John Pantsil maintained his position in defence for the Europa Cup contenders. Elsewhere, Portsmouth ended their poor start of the season by beating new entrants, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0.Ghanaian born, Kevin Prince Boateng�s 19th minute cross was converted by Algerian midfielder, Hassan Yebda. Mustapha Riga was did not play for Bolton who drew with Tottenham Hotspurs. In the Coca-Cola Championship, a 9-man Queens Park Rangers suffered a 0-2 loss at Swansea. Striker Patrick Agyemang was not part of the traveling team from Loftus Road. In Germany, Isaac Boakye watched from the bench as Bayer Leverkusen demolished Nurnberg 4-0. Left-back, Hans Adu-Sarpei did not play for current league leaders. In other matches, Mainz 05 edged TSG Hoffenheim 2-1 at the Stadion am Bruchweg, with Isaac Vorsah coming in the 61st minute for Hoffenheim. Elsewhere in Holland, FC Twente moved clear to the top of the Eredivisie table after coming from behind to beat Kwame Quansah�s side, Heracles Almelo 1-3. Kwame Quansah lasted the entire duration of the game. Luis Su�rez denied Roda JC all three points with a double strike in the 25th and 65th minutes. Eric Addo played in defence for Roda JC in the pulsating draw game with Ajax. Striker, Mathew Amoah failed to deliver for NAC Breda. Nana Kwasi Asare also played 90 minutes for FC Utrecht when they shared points with champions PSV Eindhoven. Both Francis Dickoh and young striker, Erixon Danso watched the game from the bench. Defender Emmanuel Boakye was conspicuously missing in action for Sparta Rotterdam who lost 2-0 away to Vitesse. Feyenoord Rotterdam dismissed newly promoted side, RKC Waalwijk 3-0. Anthony Obodai and Fred Benson played for RKC Waalwijk. Sulley Muntari made a return into the Inter Milan first team, but he had torrid time with Inter fans who jeered him after he missed some scoring chances. Ahmed Ampimah Barusso was also in action for Brescia in their 0-1 home loss to Vicenza. In France, AJ Auxerre ended Stade Rennes unbeaten run by beating them 1-0 in their own backyard. Asamoah Gyan played for Rennes who finished the game with 10 men. Moussa Narry was introduced by Auxerre with 20 minutes left on the clock. Prince Buaben saw red for Dundee United against Hibernian on the 90th minute mark after an off the ball incident with Graham Stack at the Easter Road Stadium. Laryea Kingston did not feature for Hearts of Midlothian in their game against St. Mirren after his outburst with manager, Laszlo Csaba. In Spain, Derek Owusu-Boateng came on in the hour mark for Getafe in their 2-1 win over Osasuna. In Russia, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie started the second half for Spartak Moscow who recorded a second straight win over FK Amkar Perm. Haminu Dramani came on in the 73rd minute for Kuban Krasnodar, but was replaced shortly after 9 minutes after suffering an injury. Black Stars left-back, Harrison Afful helped Esperance to seal a 3-0 win over Gafsa in the Tunisian League.