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Chelsea, City remain unbeaten
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 07 - 10 - 2012

LONDON — Chelsea extended its lead at the top of the Premier League to four points with a 4-1 win against Norwich, while champion Manchester City got back on track by crushing Sunderland 3-0 Saturday.
Roberto di Matteo's unbeaten Chelsea has made a flying start to its title challenge and this was the European champion's sixth win in seven league matches.
The Blues recovered from the shock of Norwich striker Grant Holt's 11th minute opener at Stamford Bridge to take complete control before half-time.
Fernando Torres equalized with his fifth goal of the season when the Spaniard headed home from a Branislav Ivanovic cross in the 14th minute.
Frank Lampard put Chelsea in front in the 22nd minute with a drive from the edge of the area and Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard, netting a cool 31st minute strike from Juan Mata's pass, shattered Norwich's resistance.
Ivanovic rubbed salt into Norwich's wounds when he bagged the fourth goal with 14 minutes left.
Roberto Mancini's City spluttered through the start of its title defense and assault on the Champions League, but a convincing display at Eastlands secured a second victory in its last seven fixtures in all competitions and its first cleansheet of the season at the 10th attempt.
The host was ahead after five minutes when Serbian defender Aleksandar Kolarov curled a superb free-kick past Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. Argentine substitute Sergio Aguero got the second goal on the hour when he steered in a Kolarov cross from close-range for his first goal at Eastlands since the dramatic strike that won the title on the final day of last season.
And England midfielder James Milner ensured City would move into second place with an 89th minute free-kick that glanced in off Sunderland's Craig Gardner.
Third-placed Everton salvaged a 2-2 draw at Wigan thanks to a late penalty from Leighton Baines.
Wigan went ahead in controversial circumstances when Arouna Kone finished off a fine run from Shaun Maloney even though the Ivory Coast striker was clearly offside.
Everton hit back one minute later through Nikica Jelavic, the Croatia forward heading home for his 13th goal in 16 league starts.
The Latics regained the lead through Franco di Santo in the 23rd minute, but England left-back Baines fired home from the spot following Maynor Figueroa's foul on Kevin Mirallas with three minutes to go.
West Bromwich Albion continued its surprising start to the season as the Baggies climbed to fourth place with a 3-2 victory over bottom of the table QPR at the Hawthorns.
Reading blew a chance to secure its first league victory of the season as Swansea recovered from two goals down to draw 2-2 at the Liberty Stadium.
The Royals opened the scoring through Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak's 31st minute goal and Noel Hunt doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time.
But Michu's 71st minute goal gave Swansea a lifeline and winger Wayne Routledge leveled seven minutes later. — Agencies


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