Chelsea, Arsenal held at home

Chelsea and Arsenal were denied victories by Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion, the away sides scoring late equalisers against them ...

Chelsea and Arsenal were denied victories by Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion, the away sides scoring late equalisers against them in the English Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea allowed a 2-0 lead to slip against Bolton who came back to draw 2-2 at Stamford Bridge, while champions Arsenal dropped two points in a 1-1 home draw with lowly West Bromwich Albion who equalised 11 minutes from time.

Everton closed the gap on the leading pair with a 1-0 home win over Fulham, while Middlesbrough also stayed in the hunt with a 2-0 win over Liverpool. Manchester United climbed up to fifth with a 2-0 home win over Charlton Athletic in Alex Ferguson’s 999th match in charge at Old Trafford.

With 14 matches played, Chelsea stay top with 33 points, followed by Arsenal on 31, Everton 29 and Middlesbrough 25. Manchester United moved on to 24 points and Bolton 23.

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At the other end of the table Norwich City won for the first time in the league this season at the 14th attempt, beating Southampton 2-1 at Carrow Road with Damien Francis scoring twice. That lifted them off the bottom, replaced by Blackburn Rovers who play Birmningham City at home on Sunday.

Across London Arsenal were just as dominant against West Brom, but Arsene Wenger’s men also stumbled and failed to take all three points from a game they should have won easily.

Robert Pires, who scored in Arsenal’s 5-4 win over Spurs last week, scored again when Russell Hoult failed to stop his curling shot after 54 minutes, but the visitors equalised when substitute Robert Earnshaw stole in at the far post to score his fourth goal in three games 11 minutes from time.

Ryan Giggs (41) and Paul Scholes (50) scored their first league goals of the season to give United a comfortable win over Charlton who never seriously threatened to escape with a point.

Reuters

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