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Man City go top, while Chelsea's Torres sent off

Last updated on: September 24, 2011 22:32 IST

Manchester City's Mario Balotelli (left) celebrates his goal with teammate Gareth Barry during their English Premier League soccer match against Everton at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, on Saturday

Manchester City went top of the Premier League, at least until Manchester United play at Stoke City later on Saturday, when they beat Everton 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium with goals from second-half substitutes Mario Balotelli and James Milner.

The 21-year-old Balotelli came off the bench to score after 68 minutes following good work by Sergio Aguero who created the move for the Italian's first league goal of the season.

Balotelli shot from the edge of the box, took a deflection off defender Phil Jagielka and evaded Tim Howard in the Everton goal.

Milner scored his first goal of the season after 88 minutes when he raced on to a through ball from David Silva and poked the ball home.

City have 16 points from six matches but United, on 15 points, will reclaim first place if they win or draw at Stoke City.

Chelsea taste 4-1 victory

Last updated on: September 24, 2011 22:32 IST

Chelsea's Fernando Torres is shown a red card by referee Mike Dean during the English Premier League soccer match against Swansea City at Stamford bridge in London, on Saturday

Chelsea stayed third after a dramatic 4-1 win over Swansea City at Stamford Bridge where their record 50.0 million pounds ($77.0 million) striker Fernando Torres scored and was sent off within 10 minutes in the first half. Ramires scored twice for Chelsea and Didier Drogba the other on his return from injury.

Torres, who before last weekend had scored just once for Chelsea since his record move from Liverpool, finally got on the scoresheet this season with a well-taken goal at Manchester United last week, and scored again after 29 minutes against Swansea.

It was an excellent strike following a pass from Juan Mata with Torres chesting down the ball before firing home to put Chelsea 1-0 ahead in the Premier League game.

Ten minutes later the Spanish striker flew in at Swansea's Mark Gower with both feet off the ground and referee Mike Dean showed him an immediate red card.

Gunners gun down Bolton Wanderers

Last updated on: September 24, 2011 22:32 IST

Arsenal's Robin Van Persie (right) shoots and scores his goal against Bolton Wanderers during their English Premier League soccer match at the Emirates Stadium in London on Saturday

Arsenal, struggling at the wrong end of the table after their worst start for 58 years, moved up five places to 12th with a 3-0 win over Bolton Wanderers with Robin van Persie scoring his 99th and 100th goals for Arsenal and Alex Song grabbing a late third to leave Bolton bottom.

Liverpool edge Wolverhampton Wanderers

Last updated on: September 24, 2011 22:32 IST

Liverpool's Luis Suarez (right) celebrates after scoring during their English Premier League soccer match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield in Liverpool, on Saturday

Liverpool are fifth after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at Anfield where a Roger Johnson own goal and a second from Luis Suarez gave Liverpool the points.

Newcastle maintain unbeaten run

Last updated on: September 24, 2011 22:32 IST

Demba Ba of Newcastle scores his team's second goal during the Barclays Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers at St James' Park on Saturday

Newcastle United maintained their unbeaten start to the season and stayed fourth with Senegal international Demba Ba scoring a hat-trick in their 3-1 home win over Blackburn Rovers.

Tottenham Hotspur continued their revival with their third straight League victory, winning 2-1 at Wigan Athletic to climb to sixth with first half goals from Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale.

In the other afternoon match, West Bromwich Albion drew 0-0 at home with Fulham.