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| January 4, 2002 | Friday | Shawwal 19, 1422 |
United go second with 6th straight victory
LONDON, Jan 3: Resurgent Manchester United roared up to second place in the Premier League Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over Newcastle United at Old Trafford, their sixth straight victory.
The champions, who had slipped to ninth in the table after their 1-0 home defeat by West Ham on Dec 8, now trail leaders Leeds United by only two points.
Two Paul Scholes goals and Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first-half strike gave Alex Ferguson’s side victory against a Newcastle team who would have gone top had they won. Alan Shearer’s scored the visitors’ consolation.
In the night’s other game a Horacio Carbonari own goal gave Fulham a 1-0 win at struggling Derby County, who stay third from bottom.
P W D L F A Pts
Leeds United 21 11 8 2 33 17 41
Manchester United 21 12 3 6 51 31 39
Arsenal 20 11 6 3 41 24 39
Newcastle United 21 12 3 6 39 28 39
Liverpool 20 11 5 4 30 20 38
Chelsea 21 8 9 4 33 20 33
Tottenham 21 9 4 8 32 27 31
Charlton Ath 21 7 8 6 27 24 29
Aston Villa 21 7 8 6 27 26 29
Fulham 20 6 9 5 20 20 27
Sunderland 21 7 6 8 18 23 27
West Ham 21 6 7 8 25 34 25
Everton 21 6 5 10 23 29 23
Bolton W. 21 5 8 8 24 32 23
Blackburn 21 5 7 9 25 26 22
Middlesbrough 20 6 4 10 19 28 22
Southampton 20 7 1 12 23 33 22
Derby County 21 5 4 12 15 36 19
Ipswich Town 21 4 6 11 26 31 18
Leicester City 20 3 7 10 14 36 16
—Reuters
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