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| Last-placed Wigan beat Bolton 2-1 to keep alive its flickering hopes of avoiding relegation in the English Premier League on Saturday. Wigan remained rooted to the bottom of the table, but closed to within two points of safety. Bolton was two points ahead of Wigan, but stayed third-to-last and in relegation danger on goal difference. |
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| Manchester
United went top of the Premier League on Saturday with a 2-1 win
over Liverpool, where the Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra racism row
was reignited, while Chelsea dropped out of the top four.
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| Last-placed Wigan beat Bolton 2-1 to keep alive its flickering hopes of avoiding relegation in the English Premier League on Saturday. Wigan remained rooted to the bottom of the table, but closed to within two points of safety. Bolton was two points ahead of Wigan, but stayed third-to-last and in relegation danger on goal difference. |
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| Grant Holt spearheaded Norwich's second-half rally with two goals in a 3-2 win at Swansea in the Premier League on Saturday. Anthony Pilkington also scored for Norwich, which found the net three times in an 18-minute span after the break to climb to eighth place in the standings. Danny Graham had put Swansea in the lead in the 23rd minute and reduced the deficit from the penalty spot with three... |
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| Blackburn scored three first-half goals and held off a late comeback from Queens Park Rangers to win 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. Ayegbeni Yakubu opened the scoring for Blackburn in the 15th minute and teammate Steven Nzonzi extended the lead in the 23rd by converting Junior Hoilett's pass. |
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| Substitute Thierry Henry grabbed an injury-time winner as Arsenal snatched a 2-1 victory at Sunderland on Saturday to move above Chelsea into fourth place in the Premier League on Saturday. The former France striker volleyed home a cross from Andrei Arshavin in the first minute of stoppage time to complete Arsenal's comeback after James McClean gave Sunderland the lead in the 70th minute. |
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| Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over fierce rival Liverpool that lifted the reigning champions provisionally to the top of the Premier League on Saturday. Wayne Rooney scored twice for the second straight match to guide United to victory at Old Trafford but all the focus was on the pre-match handshake that never happened,... |
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| Steven Pienaar scored in his first game back at Goodison Park as Everton beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. The South Africa international, who rejoined the club last month on loan from Tottenham, opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a powerful shot into the roof of the net. Chelsea, which had yet to lose a league game in 2012, had several chances to equalize through Daniel... |
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| Substitute Thierry Henry grabbed an injury-time winner as Arsenal snatched a 2-1 victory at Sunderland on Saturday to move above Chelsea into fourth place in the Premier League on Saturday. The former France striker volleyed home a cross from Andrei Arshavin in the first minute of stoppage time to complete Arsenal's comeback after James McClean gave Sunderland the lead in the 70th minute. |
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| Blackburn scored three first-half goals and held off a late comeback from Queens Park Rangers to win 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. Ayegbeni Yakubu opened the scoring for Blackburn in the 15th minute and teammate Steven Nzonzi extended the lead in the 23rd by converting Junior Hoilett's pass. |
