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Chelsea defeated Everton 2-1 at home to clinch third place in English soccer’s Premier League while Arsenal’s 1-0 victory at Newcastle allowed the Gunners to grab the final Champions League spot.
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Reading and Queens Park Rangers moved to the verge of relegation from English soccer’s Premier League today as Arsenal moved back into third place.
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Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan will have surgery on his right ankle today and miss the final two games of the season, the Premier League club said on its website.
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Liverpool won 1-0 at Bolton today to climb out of the relegation positions in English soccer’s Premier League. Newcastle defeated 10-man Sunderland 5-1.
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Manchester United beat West Ham 1-0 to stay atop English soccer’s Premier League as Chelsea played a second straight goalless draw for interim coach Rafael Benitez.
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Manchester City beat Tottenham 2-1 to go second in soccer’s Premier League as Chelsea was held to a 1-1 tie by Liverpool. Chelsea’s John Terry scored, then left the field injured on his return from a ban for racial abuse.
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Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson hailed a “famous victory” at Bolton yesterday that lifted the Reds out of the relegation positions in soccer’s Premier League.
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The following is a roundup of soccer stories from U.K. newspapers, with clickable links to the Web.
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Newcastle’s fiscal year loss narrowed following the English soccer team’s return to the Premier League and the sale of striker Andy Carroll for a record fee to Liverpool last season.
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Alex Ferguson criticized his Manchester United team for giving away “silly points” after Fulham snatched a 2-2 English Premier League draw with a last- minute goal from Brede Hangeland.