Arsenal, Liverpool grab wins
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October 26, 2010, Tuesday
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ARSENAL enjoyed a memorable victory over Manchester City on Sunday to stay on the coat tail of champion Chelsea in the battle for the Premier League title.
Arsenal had not beaten any of its current big four rival, Chelsea, United or Manchester City, for 18 months but helped by the fifth-minute sending off of Dedryck Boyata it triumphed 3-0 at Eastlands.
Chelsea, which beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 on Saturday, leads the standings on 22 points with the two Manchester clubs and Arsenal on 17.
Earlier, Manchester United ended a run of four successive away draws with two goals for Wayne Rooney's stand-in Javier Hernandez in its dramatic late 2-1 win at Stoke City.
Liverpool, normally challenging those sides for a Champions League slot, remains in the bottom three despite claiming its second win of the season when Fernando Torres' first goal since August secured a 2-1 Anfield win over Blackburn Rovers.
Arsenal had Cesc Fabregas back pulling the strings in a league game for the first time in five weeks and he made a huge difference with a display full of promptings and probings.
Mad moment
One of his passes, into the path of Marouane Chamakh, produced Boyata's mad moment with a rash trip outside the box.
Arsenal soon made its numbers pay when Samir Nasri finished a neat move to open the scoring after 21 minutes and, although Joe Hart did well to save a Fabregas penalty, the Spaniard made amends by setting up Alex Song for the killer second after 66.
Nicklas Bendtner came off the bench for his second appearance of the season to complete the scoring.
"We played some outstanding football at times and it's very difficult to stop a team playing at that tempo," Fabregas told Sky Sports. "Even if they had 15 (players) and we had 11 we would still go and win."
Liverpool remains in the relegation zone on nine points but there was a real feeling of relief around Anfield as it not only chalked up a rare win but played some enterprising soccer.
Torres and Steven Gerrard, both rested from Thursday's Europa League trip to Naples, looked sharp.
Sotirios Kyrgiakos put Liverpool ahead early in the second half with a header and after a Jamie Carragher own goal in the 52nd minute, Torres grabbed the winner a minute later with his second goal of the season.
Arsenal had not beaten any of its current big four rival, Chelsea, United or Manchester City, for 18 months but helped by the fifth-minute sending off of Dedryck Boyata it triumphed 3-0 at Eastlands.
Chelsea, which beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 on Saturday, leads the standings on 22 points with the two Manchester clubs and Arsenal on 17.
Earlier, Manchester United ended a run of four successive away draws with two goals for Wayne Rooney's stand-in Javier Hernandez in its dramatic late 2-1 win at Stoke City.
Liverpool, normally challenging those sides for a Champions League slot, remains in the bottom three despite claiming its second win of the season when Fernando Torres' first goal since August secured a 2-1 Anfield win over Blackburn Rovers.
Arsenal had Cesc Fabregas back pulling the strings in a league game for the first time in five weeks and he made a huge difference with a display full of promptings and probings.
Mad moment
One of his passes, into the path of Marouane Chamakh, produced Boyata's mad moment with a rash trip outside the box.
Arsenal soon made its numbers pay when Samir Nasri finished a neat move to open the scoring after 21 minutes and, although Joe Hart did well to save a Fabregas penalty, the Spaniard made amends by setting up Alex Song for the killer second after 66.
Nicklas Bendtner came off the bench for his second appearance of the season to complete the scoring.
"We played some outstanding football at times and it's very difficult to stop a team playing at that tempo," Fabregas told Sky Sports. "Even if they had 15 (players) and we had 11 we would still go and win."
Liverpool remains in the relegation zone on nine points but there was a real feeling of relief around Anfield as it not only chalked up a rare win but played some enterprising soccer.
Torres and Steven Gerrard, both rested from Thursday's Europa League trip to Naples, looked sharp.
Sotirios Kyrgiakos put Liverpool ahead early in the second half with a header and after a Jamie Carragher own goal in the 52nd minute, Torres grabbed the winner a minute later with his second goal of the season.
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