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Arsenal sinks Blackpool

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SOLID STRIKE:Emmanuel Eboue scored his first league goal of the season in Arsenal's 3-1 win.

LONDON: Arsenal got its challenge for the Premier League title back on track with a 3-1 win against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Sunday.

Arsenal survived a promising opening from Blackpool, which included a rejected penalty appeal for Laurent Koscielny's challenge on Gary Taylor-Fletcher, and took the lead in the 18th minute.

With Blackpool's defence backing off, Van Persie's cross allowed French midfielder Diaby to slot past Richard Kingson. Wenger's side increased its lead three minutes later as Ivory Coast defender Eboue ran onto Andrei Arshavin's pass and lashed in his first league goal of the season.

Taylor-Fletcher gave Blackpool a lifeline in the 52nd minute when he scored after referee Lee Mason waved played on when Lehmann rushed off his line to foul DJ Campbell.

But Mason turned down another Blackpool penalty appeal after Koscielny appeared to trip Taylor-Fletcher and Dutch forward van Persie made the points safe when he converted Theo Walcott's cross in the 76th minute.

The results: Blackpool 1 (Taylor-Fletcher 52) lost to Arsenal 3 (Diaby 18, Eboue 21, Van Persie 76).

On Saturday: Blackburn 1 (Hoilett 45) drew with Birmingham 1 (Bowyer 32); Bolton 3 (Sturridge 14, 51, Lee 20) bt West Ham 0.

Chelsea 1 (Malouda 67) bt Wigan 0; Manchester United 2 (Berbatov 12, Valencia 32) bt Fulham 0; Sunderland 2 (Shorey 10-og, Bardsley 31) lost to West Brom 3 (Odemwingie 28, Mulumbu 54, Scharner 72); Tottenham 3 (Crouch 11, 34, Modric 18) bt Stoke 2 (Etherington 27, Jones 41). — Agencies

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