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Soccer / English Premier League
By DPA
Tags: Israel sport

Arsenal moved up to second in the English Premier League yesterday after a thumping 4-1 win at lowly Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Two own goals and good finishes from Cesc Fabregas and Andrey Arshavin gave Arsenal a convincing win and lifted it above champion Manchester United, which plays at leader Chelsea today.

Joy Craddock got a late consolation for Wolves, but they remain just two places off the bottom of the table.
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Earlier, Tottenham Hotspur climbed to fourth after a hard-fought and controversial 2-0 win over Sunderland at White Hart Lane. Robbie Keane and Tom Huddlestone scored the goals for Spurs as they moved onto 22 points, five behind Chelsea.

Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers also claimed wins, while Manchester City and Burnley shared six goals in an entertaining 3-3 draw that left City sixth.

At White Hart Lane, Keane put Spurs ahead from close range early on, but Sunderland had plenty of possession and Andy Reid's brilliant volley almost brought them level only to rebound off the post. Darren Bent missed a penalty for Sunderland early in the second half, and Spurs made them pay when Huddlestone smashed in a brilliant strike from 25 yards.

"We were very fortunate," Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp said. "The keeper's had a fantastic day, but that's how it goes. We got three points, you can play well and get nothing."

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce felt the match turned when Huerelho Gomes was given only a yellow card for bringing down Bent.

"For me the goalkeepers denied him a goalscoring opportunity so I can't go along with the referee's explanation to me, which was he was going away from goal," Bruce said.

Aston Villa is sandwiched between Tottenham and City, after it thrashed Bolton Wanderers 5-1, where Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor and James Milner all scored in front of watching England manager Fabio Capello.

"We've started to win here, which is very important," Villa manager Martin O'Neill said. "We've had a tough run on the road since we last won here against Chelsea and the defeat against West Ham was very difficult to take."

At Eastlands, Graham Alexander and Steven Fletcher sent Burnley fans wild when they put their side 2-0 up within 32 minutes. But a deflected Shaun Wright-Phillips shot pulled one back for City just before half-time and goals from Kolo Toure and Craig Bellamy looked to have won it for City.

With just three minutes remaining, though, substitute Kevin McDonald popped up to snatch the equalizer for Burnley, much to the disgust of City manager Mark Hughes.

"It is frustrating and disappointing because we got ourselves into a winning position," Hughes said. "We have to learn to see games out because we have drawn two games at home from winning positions."

Portsmouth took the lead at Blackburn but eventually went down 3-1 to remain bottom of the table, thanks to two goals from Jason Roberts.
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