LONDON: Manchester United's unbeaten start to the Premier League season finally ended Saturday with a surprise 2-1 defeat at last-place Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nani put the league leader ahead in the third minute but George Elokobi and Kevin Doyle scored before halftime for a defensively superb Wolves side. But Arsenal was unable to take full advantage of United's slip up, throwing away a four-goal lead to draw 4-4 at Newcastle in the highest scoring day in Premier League history. The second-place Gunners were 4-0 up at halftime but had Abou Diaby sent off in the 50th minute for pushing over Joey Barton's in reaction to the Newcastle midfielder's tough challenge. Barton scored a penalty to spark the comeback before a goal by Leon Best, another penalty by Barton and Cheik Tiote's 87th-minute equalizer. United is four points ahead of Arsenal after a day that featured a record 41 goals from eight matches. Carlos Tevez scored all Manchester City's goals in a 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion, and Louis Saha hit four as Everton beat Blackpool 5-3. Niko Kranjcar's injury-time winner gave Tottenham a 2-1 win over Bolton, Clint Dempsey hit his 10th goal of the season to earn Fulham's 2-2 draw at Aston Villa, Stoke beat Sunderland 3-2, and Wigan beat Blackburn 4-3 to climb out of the relegation zone. United was unbeaten in 29 Premier League matches since April, equaling a club record partly set in its treble-winning 1998-99 season. That run looked like being beaten when Nani cut inside onto his left foot to score with a fierce shot past goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey. But Wolves withstood the little pressure that United created and equalized just eight minutes later, the unmarked George Elokobi adding to the goal he scored against United in the League Cup with a firm header past Edwin van der Sar. The move that led to Doyle's 40th-minute winner started when Rooney lost the ball with his back to goal on the edge of Wolves' area. Wolves carried the ball up the middle of the pitch and won a free kick just outside United's box. Nenad Milijas hit the free kick to the near post, where Doyle deflected it in. United's passing was awry and its players increasingly frustrated in the second half as Wolves held on for a first win over the Red Devils since January 2004 – when the teams were also first and last in the standings. United could have paid heavily for the loss but Arsenal became the first team in the Premier League's 19-year history to surrender a 4-0 lead. The Gunners beat Newcastle 4-0 in the League Cup in October and led by the same margin after just 26 minutes Saturday. Nottingham Forest is seven points behind League Championship leader Queen's Park Rangers and has two games in hand after a 1-0 win over Watford. QPR won its latest game 1-0 at Reading Friday. Third-place Norwich lost 2-1 at Burnley. Bilbao blanks Gijon Athletic Bilbao beat 10-man Sporting Gijon 3-0 to move into fifth place ahead of Espanyol, which lost 3-2 at Almeria. David Lopez put Bilbao in front in the 16th from the penalty spot after Sporting's Gregory Arnolin was sent off for his second yellow card after fouling Fernando Llorente in the area. Gaizka Toquero doubled Bilbao's lead after an excellent assist from Iker Muniain in the 27th with his third goal in two games, and Llorente scored his 13th goal this season to cap the win in the 74th. Also, Getafe downed Deportivo La Coruna 4-1, while Mallorca drew 1-1 at Osasuna and Racing Santander drew 1-1 at Zaragoza. Di Natale nets 100th goal Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale scored his 100th Serie A goal for the club as they climbed to fifth with a 2-0 home win over struggling Sampdoria Saturday.
