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LONDON: Manchester United’s (left) competes for the ball with Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez during the English soccer match. —AP Rooney seals United triumph

goal by Kieran Gibbs that saw the left-back denied by Paddy McNair. half-hour mark when Wilshere was lucky to off an ankle injury following a fierce chal- deflect ’s cross into his own Welbeck then headed over in the ninth remain on the pitch after apparently aiming lenge by McNair. Man United 2 net after a mix-up with goalkeeper Wojciech minute from a pinpoint Oxlade-Chamberlain a headbutt at Marouane Fellaini. United took the lead within 60 seconds, Szczesny, who was injured in the process. cross. Seconds later, United left-back Luke After pushing Fellaini in the back, and in comical fashion. Szczesny clattered Olivier Giroud, on as a second-half substitute, Shaw appeared to turn his ankle as he Wilshere was frustrated by referee Mike Gibbs as he came for Young’s deep cross and replied deep into stoppage time for Arsenal, cleared the ball under pressure by Oxlade- Dean’s decision to award a free-kick to when Valencia smashed the rebound back but United held on to record a first competi- Chamberlain. The England international hob- United. into the area, Arsenal’s left-back diverted the Arsenal 1 tive away win since April 5. bled on, before he was replaced in the 16th As the midfield pair squared up, Wilshere ball into his own net. The victory took ’s side back minute by . By then, United seemed to plant his head into Fellaini’s chest, Prior to the opener, United had not regis- into the Champions League places, 13 points goalkeeper De Gea had made saves from but his relative lack of height in comparison tered a shot on target. Szczesny was forced behind leaders Chelsea. Arsenal manager Wilshere, twice, and Welbeck. The second of to the towering Belgian may have spared off after taking a blow to his side and : Wayne Rooney led Manchester Arsene Wenger was left to rue an afternoon De Gea’s saves to deny Wilshere came after him punishment. Martinez took over the gloves. United back into the top four of the Premier of wasted opportunities and inspired goal- he had made a poor clearance, but the Spain Having weathered Arsenal’s explosive Arsenal pushed for a leveller, but they League with a smash-and-grab 2-1 victory keeping by United’s , as well as international made amends with a smart start, the dust-up appeared to spur United were undone on the counter-attack as Di over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium yester- injuries to Szczesny and . save. into redoubling their attacking efforts. Angel Maria supplied Rooney, who raced clear and day. On the back of a successful week with Arsenal produced a lightning start at the di Maria curled a shot wide of the left-hand chipped the ball over Martinez. England, the United captain secured victory Emirates and should have been out of sight WILSHERE FORCED OFF post, Calum Chambers produced a superb Giroud’s blistering late effort from the with a coolly-taken 85th-minute chip over in the first quarter of the match. Ex-United Van Gaal’s side finally offered an attacking block to stop Rooney’s goal-bound effort, edge of the box-on his return to the side Arsenal substitute goalkeeper Emiliano striker was presented with a threat in the 21st minute, but Rooney bal- and miscued a volley follow- after a broken leg-set up a grandstand finish Martinez. sight of goal after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looned a free-kick horribly over the crossbar. ing a corner. Wilshere eventually did depart for the 60,074 spectators in attendance, but Rooney’s strike added to a comedy own- had been allowed to run in-field, but he was There was a flashpoint just before the the fray, on 55 minutes, after failing to shake United hung on. — AFP Chelsea cruise Ings brace hauls up

Mourinho claimed Costa was now Burnley off bottom free of his hamstring and groin prob- Chelsea 2 lems and ready to play a full role in slipped one place to 10th. the crowded schedule leading up to Stoke manager the turn of the year. Stoke 1 made two changes to the team that And the striker appeared omi- had won 2-1 at Tottenham Hotspur in nously sharp right from the opening West Brom 0 their previous outing, with Geoff moments of the game as Chelsea Cameron and Marc Muniesa coming simply swept West Brom aside. It in for injured duo Marc Wilson and had taken a controversial late Burnley 2 Erik Pieters. Dyche, meanwhile, draft- LONDON: Diego Costa struck his penalty from Hazard to deny Albion ed Michael Kightly into the starting XI a deserved victory in last season’s 11th goal in 10 Premier League against his old club to replace injury games as leaders Chelsea cruised to a corresponding fixture, but 12 LONDON: Danny Ings’s quickfire victim Scott Arfield. comfortable 2-0 home win over 10- months on, there was never any doubt Chelsea would secure the LONDON: Chelsea’s Diego Costa (left) attempts to get his foot to the brace earned Burnley a 2-1 win at Burnley took the lead when Ings man West Bromwich Albion yester- tapped in from close range after day. three points. ball as it is cleared by West Bromwich Albion’s goalkeeper Stoke City yesterday that saw the pro- The home side would have been (right) during the English Premier League soccer match. — AP moted club climb off the foot of the Ashley Barnes’s left-wing cross was Costa put the hosts on course for parried by Stoke goalkeeper Asmir victory in the 11th minute and Eden ahead within five minutes but for Premier League table. It seemed only a matter of time beneath Foster via a slight deflection. Begovic. Hazard added a second in the 25th the sharp reactions of West Brom before a second goal came along, Things went from bad to worse for Sean Dyche’s side had claimed minute, shortly before Claudio Yacob goalkeeper Ben Foster, who stuck their first victory of the season by Kightly teed up Ings for the visi- despite the best efforts of Foster, the visitors when Yacob conjured an tors’ second less than two minutes was dismissed for an ugly, two-foot- out a leg to repel ’s close- who produced a full-length save to even more spectacular act of self- beating Hull City 1-0 prior to the later, motoring down the left and ed lunge on Costa. The one-sided range effort. block Oscar’s powerful shot. destruction that forced his side to international break and they made it win extended Jose Mourinho’s side’s Foster would continue to play a Chelsea’s passing and movement play for 61 minutes with 10 men. two wins in two games thanks to sending in an inviting low cross that lead at the head of the table to seven major role in the visitors’ efforts to were outstanding, with Fabregas, West Brom were facing humilia- Ings’s first-half double. the 22-year-old converted from close points, 48 hours before second-place keep Chelsea at bay. Willian, Oscar and Hazard combining tion, but they were spared by The England Under-21 striker range. Southampton travel to Aston Villa. But the England man had no to repeatedly expose the West Brom Chelsea’s failure to go for the kill after struck in the 12th and 13th minutes Republic of Ireland international And the manner of victory only chance with the 11th-minute open- back-line. the break. Nemanja Matic volleyed at the Britannia Stadium and Burnley Walters brought Stoke back into the reinforced the growing consensus ing goal, which demonstrated why The last thing Alan Irvine’s side over when he should have scored held on for victory despite Jon game 13 minutes before the interval Chelsea have been so formidable in that the title is destined to end up at needed, then, was to gift the home after being picked out by yet another Walters reducing the arrears in the when he met Bojan Krkic’s cross with Stamford Bridge next May. attack this season. team the opportunity to double their fine Oscar pass and Foster again a flying header. Oscar collected the ball wide on 32nd minute. Costa and Cesc Fabregas had both lead from a 25th-minute corner. saved well from Hazard. The win took Burnley above But Burnley survived a second-half been left out of the Spain squad for the left and, seeing Costa free in But when Stephane Sessegnon But Mourinho’s side were also onslaught to record their first away of space near the penalty spot, picked Queens Park Rangers and Crystal the recent international break to failed to track Hazard’s run towards guilty of over-elaborating in the final the season, with Begovic heading out his team-mate with a superb Palace and left the Lancashire club allow them to recover from niggling the near post, the Belgium winger third of the pitch and failed to trans- level on points with fourth-from-bot- over in injury time after going upfield injuries. cross that the striker collected on his was able to collect Fabregas’s corner late their territorial dominance into chest before volleying home. tom Leicester City, while Stoke for Stoke’s 13th corner of the after- Speaking before the game, unchallenged and drill the ball more goals. —AFP noon. — AFP