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London. Chelsea beat West Ham 4-1 on Saturday to retake the provisional lead in the English Premier League, while Arsenal drew level on points after a stoppage-time winner by Nicklas Bendtner earned a 2-1 victory at 10-man Hull.

Didier Drogba scored twice for Chelsea and Alex and Florent Malouda also hit the target at Stamford Bridge.

“We had a lot of chances and played well, and we maintained a good control of the game also when we were level,” Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said. “We had a good performance.

“It will be a long race to win this title. They are strong teams, Manchester United and Arsenal, so we have to maintain our confidence, our play. We want to play our best every game.”

Arsenal appeared headed for a draw at Hull after Jimmy Bullard converted a penalty for the home side following a foul by Sol Campbell on Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. The spot kick canceled out Andrey Arshavin’s early strike for Arsenal.

Hull had George Boateng dismissed in first-half stoppage time for his second yellow card and spent almost the entire second half on defense. Bendtner netted the winner after Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill failed to hold a shot from Denilson.

The results mean Arsenal and Chelsea are level on 64 points. Manchester United, which led going into Saturday’s games, has 63 points and faces Fulham on Sunday.

In Saturday’s other games, Tottenham beat Blackburn 3-1, Birmingham and Everton drew 2-2, Stoke and Aston Villa finished 0-0, Wolves won 2-1 at Burnley and Bolton outplayed Wigan 4-0.

Roman Pavlyuchenko scored twice in Tottenham’s victory over Blackburn as Harry Redknapp’s team held on to fourth place.

After Blackburn lost former Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson with a leg injury, Jermain Defoe turned the ball home from a corner in first half stoppage time and Pavlyuchenko added two more goals in the second half, his first a shot that went under the body of replacement keeper Jason Brown.

“People have always got doubts about everything, all I’ve said is we have got a chance,” Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp said. “It’s not impossible, we have had a great year.”

Aston Villa’s hopes of catching Tottenham for fourth were hit by a goalless draw at Stoke. Villa remains six points behind Spurs, although Martin O’Neill’s team has two games in hand.

 

Associated Press