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| December 4, 2005 | Sunday | Ziqa’ad 1, 1426 |
Arsenal lose at Bolton
LONDON, Dec 3: Arsenal slipped 14 points off the Premier League pace on Saturday when they lost 2-0 at Bolton Wanderers as champions Chelsea edged Middlesbrough 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
John Terry headed his first league goal for a year after 62 minutes to take Chelsea to 40 points.
Liverpool are second on 28 after beating Wigan Athletic 3-0 thanks to two goals for Peter Crouch to make it six wins in a row and reach their highest league position for three years.
Manchester United, who host Portsmouth later on Saturday, have 27, with Tottenham behind them on goal difference after a 3-2 home win over bottom club Sunderland.
Arsenal and Bolton both have 26, first-half goals by Abdoulaye Faye and Stelios Giannakopoulos having given Bolton their eighth straight home win.
Everton made it four wins in five games with a 2-0 success at Blackburn Rovers, who had Andy Todd sent off after half an hour.
Results:
Blackburn Rovers 0 Everton 2
Bolton Wanderers 2 Arsenal 0
Chelsea 1 Middlesbrough 0
Liverpool 3 Wigan Athletic 0
Newcastle United 1 Aston Villa 1
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Sunderland 2
West Bromwich Albion 0 Fulham 0
—Reuters
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