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November 19, 2012, Monday
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MANCHESTER United was humbled 0-1 by Norwich City and Chelsea upset at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday as champion Manchester City took advantage of its rivals' mistakes to go top with a 5-0 demolition of Aston Villa.
United, which suffered its third English Premier League defeat of the season in the late kickoff at Carrow Road, succumbed to a 60th-minute header from its former youth team player Anthony Pilkington.
Chelsea lost 1-2 at West Brom, with Peter Odemwingie's second-half winner sending the home side into fourth place and ruining the return of former Baggies manager Roberto Di Matteo.
City's victory at the Etihad Stadium, engineered with two goals apiece from Argentine duo Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez, took it top of the league for the first time this season.
Roberto Mancini's side has 28 points from 12 matches, with United on 27 points. Chelsea has 24 from 12 games with Albion a point further back.
Arsenal had kickstarted its season in the early Saturday kickoff by beating north London rival Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 after Spurs striker Emmanuel Adebayor was sent off for a reckless first-half challenge on Santi Cazorla.
In-form Luis Suarez scored twice to help Liverpool to a 3-0 win at home to Wigan Athletic, which lost midfielder Ben Watson to a broken leg, while Swansea City sealed a 2-1 win at struggling Newcastle United.
Southampton increased the pressure on Queens Park Rangers manager Mark Hughes by winning their basement battle 3-1 away and Reading - which also started the day in the bottom three - surprised Everton with a 2-1 home win, Adam Le Fondre's double leading it to its first league win this season.
United missed Wayne Rooney, who was sidelined with tonsillitis, though Alex Ferguson was still able to pair Robin van Persie with Javier Hernandez, who had claimed a hat-trick a week ago as United rallied from 0-2 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2.
Ferguson's men were suddenly facing another deficit when Pilkington got in front of defender Chris Smalling to glance a deft header from Javier Garrido's cross past goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard.
Ferguson had said earlier he could not remember Pilkington from his time at Old Trafford, though the midfielder joked after the game: "I was only about five, so that's probably why."
"We're disappointed, but they deserved it," Ferguson told ESPN. "We had one or two half-chances, and the players are used to making comebacks, but Norwich defended really well."
West Brom fans gave Chelsea manager Di Matteo a warm welcome on the Italian's return to the Hawthorns and their team showed him how far it had come since he was sacked in 2011.
Shane Long headed the host ahead in the 10th and after Eden Hazard equalized with a header six minutes before the break, it was another header that gave West Brom the points with Long turning provider and Odemwingie nodding the cross through Petr Cech's legs.
The result was a personal triumph for Steve Clarke, the West Brom manager and former Chelsea coach and player.
Clarke said: "There is a feel-good factor here. Our job is to keep our feet on the ground but if the supporters want to dream they can."
United, which suffered its third English Premier League defeat of the season in the late kickoff at Carrow Road, succumbed to a 60th-minute header from its former youth team player Anthony Pilkington.
Chelsea lost 1-2 at West Brom, with Peter Odemwingie's second-half winner sending the home side into fourth place and ruining the return of former Baggies manager Roberto Di Matteo.
City's victory at the Etihad Stadium, engineered with two goals apiece from Argentine duo Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez, took it top of the league for the first time this season.
Roberto Mancini's side has 28 points from 12 matches, with United on 27 points. Chelsea has 24 from 12 games with Albion a point further back.
Arsenal had kickstarted its season in the early Saturday kickoff by beating north London rival Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 after Spurs striker Emmanuel Adebayor was sent off for a reckless first-half challenge on Santi Cazorla.
In-form Luis Suarez scored twice to help Liverpool to a 3-0 win at home to Wigan Athletic, which lost midfielder Ben Watson to a broken leg, while Swansea City sealed a 2-1 win at struggling Newcastle United.
Southampton increased the pressure on Queens Park Rangers manager Mark Hughes by winning their basement battle 3-1 away and Reading - which also started the day in the bottom three - surprised Everton with a 2-1 home win, Adam Le Fondre's double leading it to its first league win this season.
United missed Wayne Rooney, who was sidelined with tonsillitis, though Alex Ferguson was still able to pair Robin van Persie with Javier Hernandez, who had claimed a hat-trick a week ago as United rallied from 0-2 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2.
Ferguson's men were suddenly facing another deficit when Pilkington got in front of defender Chris Smalling to glance a deft header from Javier Garrido's cross past goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard.
Ferguson had said earlier he could not remember Pilkington from his time at Old Trafford, though the midfielder joked after the game: "I was only about five, so that's probably why."
"We're disappointed, but they deserved it," Ferguson told ESPN. "We had one or two half-chances, and the players are used to making comebacks, but Norwich defended really well."
West Brom fans gave Chelsea manager Di Matteo a warm welcome on the Italian's return to the Hawthorns and their team showed him how far it had come since he was sacked in 2011.
Shane Long headed the host ahead in the 10th and after Eden Hazard equalized with a header six minutes before the break, it was another header that gave West Brom the points with Long turning provider and Odemwingie nodding the cross through Petr Cech's legs.
The result was a personal triumph for Steve Clarke, the West Brom manager and former Chelsea coach and player.
Clarke said: "There is a feel-good factor here. Our job is to keep our feet on the ground but if the supporters want to dream they can."
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