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Premier League leaders Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the season as Fernando Torres scored twice to guide Liverpool to a deserved 2-0 victory at Anfield on Sunday. The Spaniard was back to his predatory best with two well-taken goals in the first half,inspiring Liverpool to their third successive league win following their dismal start to the season.
Torres gradually regaining his sharpness,struck after 11 minutes when he collected a lovely ball from Dirk Kuyt and tucked it beyond Petr Cech and he doubled the lead just before halftime with a brilliant curler after cutting inside.
Arsenal,however,were beaten 1-0 at home by Newcastle United courtesy of Andy Carrolls header late in the first half. Manchester City did gain ground with Italian striker Mario Balotelli scoring both goals in a comfortable 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion before being sent off in the second half.
The results squeezed the top of the standings with Chelsea still leading on 25 points,two ahead of Manchester United,who beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 on Saturday.
Arsenal and Man City have 20 with Newcastle up to fifth on 17 points. Liverpool,in the bottom three a week ago,jumped to ninth on 15.
Lazio beaten
ROME: Marco Borriello and Mirko Vucinic converted penalty kicks and AS Roma beat Serie A leader Lazio 2-0 Sunday. It was Lazios second loss of the season and it cut the Roman clubs lead to two points following AC Milans 3-2 win over Bari,with the Rossoneri getting goals from Massimo Ambrosini,Mathieu Flamini and Alexandre Pato.
Lazio has 22 points,Milan has 20 and five-time defending champion Inter Milan has 19 following its 1-1 draw with Brescia on Saturday. Juventus and Napoli,which both won,are tied for fourth with 18 points each.
Juventus beat 10-man Cesena 3-1 with goals from Alessandro Del Piero,Fabio Quagliarella and Vincenzo Iaquinta and Edinson Cavani scored both goals in Napolis 2-0 win over Parma.
Elsewhere,Daniele Conti gave Cagliari an early lead over Udinese,but Antonio Floro Flores equalised just before halftime in a 1-1 draw,while Sampdoria drew 0-0 at home with Catania. Alessio Cerci came off the bench and scored in the 80th minute to lead Fiorentina to a 1-0 win over Chievo Verona. AP
