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Rooney brace sends United top
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 12 - 02 - 2012

Manchester United went top of the Premier League 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.
Arsenal made the most of another Chelsea slip-up to climb to fourth after coming from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 thanks to Thierry Henry's stoppage-time winner.
Third-placed Tottenham Hotspur, energized by the return of manager Harry Redknapp to the dugout, routed visitor Newcastle 5-0 at White Hart Lane.
Chelsea slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Everton to pile more pressure on manager Andre Villas-Boas whose training sessions have been closely monitored by Russian owner Roman Abramovich this week.
United's victory over its arch-rival at Old Trafford, courtesy of two Wayne Rooney goals, was marred by Liverpool striker Suarez's refusal to shake hands with United defender Evra before the match.
It was the first time the two players had met since Suarez was banned for eight matches for racially abusing the United defender in October's reverse fixture at Anfield.
The snub had United manager Alex Ferguson branding Suarez a “disgrace to Liverpool”.
The win lifted the champion a point above Manchester City before Roberto Mancini's men travel to Aston Villa Sunday.
At the other end of the table, Blackburn Rovers stayed in the relegation zone on goal difference despite a 3-2 victory at home to Queens Park Rangers that left the London side hovering just above them.
In another game between two struggling sides, Wigan Athletic got the better of local rival Bolton Wanderers with a 2-1 victory at the Reebok stadium.
Wigan stays bottom with 19 points but made up some ground on the other relegation battlers with second-from-bottom Bolton on 20 and Blackburn, QPR and Wolverhampton Wanderers on 21.
Norwich City rose to eighth after two goals from Grant Holt helped it to a 3-2 win at fellow promoted side Swansea City while Fulham beat Stoke City 2-1 in a mid-table meeting.
After a whirlwind week during which Tottenham manager was cleared of tax fraud and became the overwhelming favorite to replace Fabio Capello as England manager, Redknapp looked on as his team put in a stellar performance that allowed it to keep pace with league leader Manchester United.
Emmanuel Adebayor set up goals by Benoit Assou-Ekotto in the fourth minute, Louis Saha in the sixth and 20th and finally Niko Kranjcar in the 34th before scoring the fifth.
Tottenham remains third in the league, five points behind United and four points behind Manchester City.


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