Aussie boys among the goals

Aussie players were on fire over the weekend, with Scott McDonald, Bruce Djite and Nick Carle all scoring for their respective clubs, while Mark Viduka laid on the winning goal for Newcastle United against Tottenham Hotspur.

Aussie players were on fire over the weekend, with Scott McDonald, Bruce Djite and Nick Carle all scoring for their respective clubs, while Mark Viduka laid on the winning goal for Newcastle United against Tottenham Hotspur.

Viduka-s sublime back-heel pass set up Damien Duff for the late winner that gave Newcastle a priceless 2-1 win over Spurs. He came on after half an hour of the match and was prominent in attack for the Magpies in the second half.

Scott McDonald was back amongst the goals for Celtic, grabbing a late third goal with an excellent finish, while also supplying a superb cross for George Samaras to open the scoring against Falkirk.

Meanwhile Nick Carle provided a classic finish, volleying home a superb shot in the 95th minute that earned Crystal Palace a 2-2 draw with Sheffield United. In Turkey, Bruce Djite equalised for his Genclerbirligi on the stroke of half time, but Michael Petkovic-s Sivasspor ran out 2-1 winners.

Mark Schwarzer kept a clean sheet against his former club Middlesbrough, as Fulham won 3-0; Brett Emerton played 85 minutes as Blackburn Rovers ended their winless run with an emphatic 3-0 win over Stoke City; Richard Garcia finally got to start a game for Hull City, but was replaced after 57minutes, as Sunderland ran out 4-1 winners, while Lucas Neill had to endure double the misery, as it was his deflection into his own net that saw Aston Villa grab all three points at the Boleyn Ground.

Mark Bresciano played 85 minutes in Palermo-s 1-0 loss to Lazio; Carl Valeri a full game in Grosseto-s 1-0 loss to Brescia; Jason Culina played a full game in PSV Eindhoven-s 1-0 win against fierce rivals Feyenoord; Brett Holman played 80 minutes for AZ Alkmaar in a 2-0 win over FC Utrecht, while Josip Skoko played a full game in Hajduk Split-s 2-1 win over Sibernik in Croatia.

In the lower English league, Chris Coyne played a full 90 minutes in Colchester-s encouraging 0-0 draw with Scunthorpe, while Aaron Downes scored Chesterfield-s winning goal at Port Vale.