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Leaders Chelsea beat Wolves 4-0

LONDON (AP) Michael Essien scored twice Saturday as Chelsea romped to a 4-0 win over Wolves to lead the Premier League by five points, while Arsenal tumbled 1-0 at Sunderland and Manchester United rose to second with a 3-0 victory over Everton.

Liverpool and Manchester City fell further out of contention with a 2-2 draw.

Goals by Florent Malouda and Essien put injury-hit Chelsea 3-0 up inside the first 22 minutes before Joe Cole scored his first goal in 13 months in the second half.

Real Madrid go top in Spain

MADRID (AP) Real Madrid led the Spanish league after beating Racing Santander 1-0 and Barcelona could only draw 1-1 against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

Madrid has 28 points and Barcelona 27. The teams meet on Nov. 29 in Barcelona. (MORE)

Inter Milan win 3-1 at Bologna

MILAN (AP) Inter Milan defeated Bologna 3-1 and extended its lead in the Serie A to eight points on Saturday.

Parma improved to third following a 3-2 win against Fiorentina. (MORE)

Zidane says Henry is no cheat

PARIS (AP) World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane says former France teammate Thierry Henry "is not a cheat" despite his handball helping his country qualify for the World Cup at Ireland's expense.

Zidane, who won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship with Henry, said on Saturday on French radio that the captain "made a big on-field error" but "is not a cheat." (MORE)

Man Utd beat Everton 3-0 to go second

MANCHESTER, England (AP) Manchester United cruised to a 3-0 victory over Everton on Saturday to rise to second in the Premier League and keep the pressure on leader Chelsea.

Darren Fletcher volleyed the defending champions ahead in the 35th minute, and Michael Carrick and Antonio Valencia added goals in the second half as Everton was completely overwhelmed. (MORE)

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