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Liverpool hung on to beat Stoke City in the English Premier League’s opening fixture on Saturday as Simon Mignolet saved a penalty.
Robin van Persie ended his goal drought as Manchester United closed in on the English Premier League title.
Dimitar Berbatov and Robin van Persie each recorded hat tricks as Manchester United and Arsenal took advantage of Manchester City’s loss.
Manchester United stormed to the top of Premier League with a 7-1 demolition of Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford.
Manchester City’s Shay Given was star of the match as the home team came from behind to beat Premier League leader Chelsea 2—1 on Saturday.
If ever there was a way for Sir Alex Ferguson to make a statement to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez after the latter’s defiant statement about the way the Manchester United manager gets off lightly when criticizing referees, it was to beat Chelsea in a convincing manner 3—0 and that was exactly what happened.
Arsenal was beaten by a much better Aston Villa team 2—0 in the English Premier League on Saturday.
