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Man U hangs on to the top spot

LONDON: Manchester United hung on to the top spot in the Premier League with late goals from Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo sealing a 2-0 victory at Reading on Saturday.

United failed to put any daylight between itself and Arsenal, however, with Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor scoring twice as the Gunners returned to form with a 3-0 rout of Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Third-placed Chelsea rode luck to beat Birmingham City 1-0 away thanks to Claudio Pizarro’s late header.

It stays four points behind the top two who have 54 points from 23 matches.

Saturday’s results: Birmingham 0 lost to Chelsea 1 (Pizzaro 79); Blackburn 1 (Derbyshire 75) drew with Middlesbrough 1 (Wheater 13); Fulham 0 lost to Arsenal 3 (Adebayor 19 & 38, Tomas Rosicky 81).

Portsmouth 3 (Mwaruwari 38, 42, 55) bt Derby 1 (Nyatanga); Reading 0 lost to Manchester United 2 (Rooney 77, Ronaldo 90+3); Tottenham 2 (Lennon 2, Keane 90) bt Sunderland 0; Newcastle 0 drew with Bolton 0. — Agencies

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