In pictures – derby day in the Premier League

Despite two defeats in his first two matches as Liverpool's interim boss – both away from home – King Kenny is still greeted with delight by the supporters on the Kop Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Fernando Torres, making his 100th league start for Liverpool, is hunting his 64th league goal for the club. In the 16th minute he outmuscles Sylvain Distin, cuts inside Johnny Heitinga and fires a shot beyond goalkeeper Tim Howard ... Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images ... only to be denied by the upright Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Liverpool's pressure mounts and after a fine double-save from Howard – denying Dirk Kuyt's header and subsequent shot – the ball falls to Raul Meireles Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Meireles's shot squeezes in at the near post giving the home side a 1-0 half-time lead Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images But no sooner are the sides back for the second half than Distin's far post header threatens to creep in ... Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Glen Johnson has a chance to clear the ball off the line, but instead helps the ball into his own net via the underside of the crossbar Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Six minutes later and Everton are 2-1 up. Lax marking from Meireles allows Jermaine Beckford to capitalise from close range Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Liverpool are reprieved when Maxi Rodríguez is brought down in the box by Howard, gifting the Reds a penalty in front of the Kop Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA ... a penalty which Kuyt glides into the bottom corner, sending Howard the wrong way, to earn Liverpool a draw Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images At St Andrew's, Roger Johnson's close-range goal in the 49th minute gives Birmingham the lead against neighbours Aston Villa Photograph: SIMON DAWSON/AP For these two relegation-threatened clubs, it could have been a critical goal ... Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images But James Collins's volley 17 minutes from time salvaged a point for Villa to lift them out of the drop-zone, a place below Birmingham Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images In the Tyne and Wear derby, Newcastle's supporters wasted little time in reminding the opposition fans what the score was last time these two sides met ... Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Kevin Nolan's back-heel in the 52nd minute gave Newcastle the lead Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Reuters But there was no repeat of the 5-1 drubbing they enjoyed last time around, as Asamoah Gyan scored a fortuitous equaliser four minutes into injury time. The ball hit the unsuspecting Ghanaian after Steve Harper had saved a shot from Phil Bardsley. Harper was then pushed to the ground by a young pitch-invader amid unruly scenes at the Stadium of Light Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images