United go top,Liverpool sunk by beach ball

Manchester United went top of the Premier League with a 2-1 home win over Bolton Wanderers on Saturday as Chelsea went down...

Manchester United went top of the Premier League with a 2-1 home win over Bolton Wanderers on Saturday as Chelsea went down 2-1 at Aston Villa and Liverpool lost at Sunderland to a goal that went in off a beach ball.

Arsenal continued to bang in the goals with a 3-1 home victory over Birmingham City while Tottenham Hotspur survived a 60th-minute red card for Jermain Defoe to secure a 2-1 win at Portsmouth. On Sunday,Manchester City missed the chance to move into the top four when they were held to a 1-1 draw at Wigan Athletic on Sunday. City remained in fifth spot with 17 points from eight matches. Blackburn Rovers edged Burnley 3-2.

Champions United lead with 22 points from nine games. Chelsea are second on 21,Spurs have 19 and Arsenal have a game in hand on 18.

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It was an own goal that put United ahead as Zat Knights attempted clearance flew in after five minutes. The second goal came after 33 minutes through Antonio Valencia. Some loose defending allowed Matt Taylor to pull one back for Bolton after 75 minutes and set up a nervous finale for the United fans.

Liverpool suffered their fourth loss in nine league games,though they were furious Sunderlands controversial goal stood. Darren Bents shot after the fifth minute cannoned in off a loose beach ball which had Liverpool written on it. Bent said: The beach ball was sitting there in their six-yard box so if they leave it there they pay the penalty.

The RJD’s key face and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav, party supremo Lalu Yadav’s son, will again contest from his stronghold Raghopur.

Amid Mahagathbandhan crisis, RJD unveils list of 143, drops 36 MLAs, focuses on ‘M-Y’

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The RJD, lead player of the Mahagathbandhan, released its full list of 143 candidates for the November Bihar Assembly elections. Its key face Tejashwi Yadav will contest from Raghopur, and 41 sitting MLAs have been renominated. The party has dropped 36 sitting MLAs and fielded young leaders, signaling a bid to consolidate its core Muslim-Yadav vote base. The Congress has fielded 60 candidates.

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