Edwin van der Sar lost his record-breaking run without conceding but Manchester United won 2-1 at Newcastle to move seven points clear at the top of the English Premier League with a game in hand on Wednesday. After stretching his record to 1,311 minutes without conceding a goal since Nov. 8, Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar handed Newcastle a ninth-minute lead at St. James' Park by failing to hold a shot, only for Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov to make up for the mistake. The result means Alex Ferguson's team has 65 points from 27 games. Chelsea, which won 1-0 at Portsmouth on Tuesday and Liverpool, which beat Sunderland 2-0, have 58 from 28. Fourth-place Aston Villa lost further ground with a 2-0 loss at Manchester City and only leads Arsenal by three points in the race for the fourth Champions League spot. The Gunners won 3-1 at last-place West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday. Everton and Blackburn drew 0-0 and West Ham won 1-0 at Wigan thanks to a goal by Carlton Cole although the striker was then sent off for his second yellow card. Stoke eased its relegation worries with a 2-0 victory over Bolton, Tottenham did the same by outplaying struggling Middlesbrough 4-0, and Hull won 1-0 at Fulham. Bayern eliminated Defending champion Bayern Munich crashed out of the German Cup when it lost to Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in Wednesday's quarterfinals. Bayern trailed by three goals before scoring twice within two minutes to get back into the match. But Juergen Klinsmann's team could not get the third goal to send the match into extra time and lost the first of the two domestic titles it swept last season. Tranquillo Barnetta opened the scoring in the 54th, Arturo Vidal made it 2-0 in the 61st and Patrick Helmes notched the third in the 70th. Bayern appeared headed for a crushing defeat but defender Lucio scored in the 72nd and Miroslav Klose added another two minutes later. Stefan Kiessling secured the victory when Leverkusen capitalized on an error by Bayern defender Martin Demichelis. In other quarterfinals, Claudio Pizarro and Diego each scored twice to help Werder Bremen win 5-2 at Wolfsburg, while Hamburger SV beat second-division Wehen Wiesbaden 2
