In a Premier League showdown between American goalkeepers, some accounts had Brad Friedel outplaying Kasey Keller, but the latter emerged victorious as Tottenham defeated host Blackburn, 2-1 on a fluky late goal by Jamie Redknapp. Elsewhere, Earnie Stewart and NAC Breda helped Ajax regain a tie for first place in Holland.

ENGLAND

* Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Tottenham, 1-2.

Started: 90 minutes. In his first Premier League match across from fellow U.S. national team keeper Kasey Keller since he won the starting job in the World Cup, Friedel stood out prominently. According to Soccernet, ''Blackburn's Brad Friedel won the contest with Kasey Keller, as he did in the World Cup, with two outstanding saves at crucial moments but he ended up on the losing side.'' A mishit shot by Jamie Redknapp beat Friedel in the 89th minute to steal the win for Spurs.

* Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Blackburn, 2-1.

Started: 90 minutes.

* Joe-Max Moore (Everton, PL) at Manchester United, Monday.

* Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham, PL) at West Ham, 2-1.

DNP. Stern John continued his torrid scoring pace by notching both Birmingham goals.

* Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL) at Arsenal, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. Arsenal simply overpowered visiting Sunderland behind two goals from Nwankwo Kanu in the first 10 minutes. 'Two down after four minutes last year; it was a slight improvement to be two down after 10,' Sunderland coach Peter Reid said. ''It was game over at half-time. I must be speaking Swahili because the message didn't get through.'' To make matters worse, Sunderland's Danish goalkeeper, Thomas Sorenson, injured his elbow and will be out until January.

* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) at Grimsby, 3-0.

DNP.

* Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1) at Bradford, 1-1.

Started: 90 minutes.

GERMANY

* Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) at Kaiserslautern, 4-0.

Started: 90 minutes. Berhalter received a poor rating from Kicker magazine.

* Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D1) vs. Borussia Dortmund, 0-3.

Entered as a substitute, 87th minute. Casey got his first minutes of the season after sitting out with an injury.

* Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) vs. Borussia Dortmund, 0-3.

Started: 90 minutes.

* Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Hertha Berlin, 1-2.

Started: 90 minutes. Sanneh was unable to emerge victorious against his former club, but received a good rating from Kicker magazine.

* Mike Duhaney (Mainz, D2) at Greuther Furth, 0-2.

DNP.

* Cory Gibbs (St. Pauli, D2) vs. Oberhausen, 0-0.

Entered as a substitute, 59th minute. Gibbs saw his first action since the season opener, when he suffered a hamstring injury.

* Grover Gibson (Mainz, D2) at Greuther Furth, 0-2.

DNP.

* Jacob Thomas (Braunschweig, D2) at Burghausen, 2-4.

DNP.

FRANCE

* David Regis (Troyes, D1) at Strasbourg, 1-2.

Started: 90 minutes.

* Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1) vs. Nice, 0-2.

DNP – not on bench.

* Oguchi Onyewu (Metz, D2) vs, Beauvais, 1-0.

DNP – On Friday the French federal council agreed to reconsider its decision to block Onyewu's contract with Metz. A decision is expected this week that will allow him to begin playing for the club.

NETHERLANDS

* John O'Brien (Ajax, D1) at Feyenoord, 2-1.

DNP – injured. This huge road victory over third-place Feyenoord put Ajax back in a tie for first place in the Dutch Honor Division with PSV, which tied NAC Breda.

* Earnie Stewart (NAC, D1) vs. PSV Eindhoven, 2-2.

Started: 84 minutes. Breda sits in sixth place with 11 points, but trails third-place Feyenoord by only two points.

BELGIUM

* Alex Yi (Antwerp, D1) at K Lierse, 1-3.

DNP.

NORWAY

* Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1) at Lillestrom, 0-3.

Started: 90 minutes.

SWITZERLAND

* Frankie Hejduk (St. Gallen, D1) vs. Thun, 2-2.

Started: 56 minutes.

CHILE

* Jonny Walker (Universidad Catolica, D1) at Huachipato, 1-3.

Started: 90 minutes. Catolica's first loss of the season proved costly as Cobresal won and pushed Catolica down to third place in the overall standings. Cobreola leads the Chilean first division with 21 points while Cobresal has 18 and Catolica 17.

HONDURAS

* David Castellanos (Motagua, D1) vs. Real Maya, 1-0.

Castellanos started for the first time this season. The win pushed the club into third place in the standings, just three points behind league leader Platense.