A rare goal from defender Wes Brown sent Manchester United on its way to a 3-0 home victory over 10-man Liverpool that kept it firmly in charge in the Premier League on Sunday. With Chelsea at home to second-placed Arsenal in a later kickoff, United temporarily went six points clear at the top of the table. Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani added late goals at Old Trafford as United extended its streak over fierce rival Liverpool to seven wins in their last eight meetings. Liverpool played all of the second half with 10 men after midfielder Javier Mascherano, who had been booked early on for a late tackle, was shown another yellow card followed by the red for dissent just before halftime. On Saturday Newcastle United eased its relegation fears with a 2-0 home win over Fulham as attention focused on the battle to stay in the Premier League. Sunderland, Reading and Middlesbrough also claimed important wins but nowhere was there more relief than at a wintry St. James' Park. Mark Viduka's early shot and a late Michael Owen header gave Kevin Keegan the winning feeling for the first time since returning as Newcastle manager in January. Newcastle rose to 13th, six points above third from bottom Bolton Wanderers who snapped a run of five consecutive league defeats by drawing 0-0 at home to Manchester City. Fulham remained four points from safety. Sunderland beat Aston Villa 1-0, Birmingham City went down 2-1 at Reading and Blackburn Rovers lost 3-1 to Wigan Athletic. Bolton has 26 points from 31 games, Fulham has 23 and Derby, who lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough, is almost down on 10 points. In the day's late match, Everton drew 1-1 with West Ham United.Juventus defeats Inter Mauro Camoranesi and David Trezeguet scored Saturday to give Juventus a 2-1 victory over Serie A leader Inter Milan. Inter stayed on 68 points, while AS Roma, which beat Empoli 2-1, has 64. Juventus is third with 58. In Rome, Christian Panucci headed in the winning goal in the 63rd to lead 10-man AS Roma over Empoli. AC Milan got a goal from Alexandre Pato in the 67th to defeat Torino 1-0. Pato's goal, his seventh in 13 Serie A games, kept Milan four points behind fourth-place Fiorentina. Giampaolo Pazzini scored his eighth goal of the season in the 79th to lead Fiorentina over Lazio 1-0. Massimo Maccarone scored in the 88th with a penalty kick and again in injury time to give Siena a 2-0 victory over visiting Parma. Franco Brienza scored in injury time to draw Reggina even with Napoli at 1-1. Napoli went ahead in the 76th when Roberto Carlos Sosa knocked in a pass with his chest from Ezequiel Lavezzi. Also, it was: Atalanta 0, Catania 0; Palermo 2, Genoa 3; Sampdoria 1, Cagliari 1; and Udinese 2, Livorno 0.Rangers down Hibernian Rangers beat Hibernian 2-1 in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday. It was the 12th straight league win for Rangers, which has 71 points - six more than Celtic. Dundee United moved to 65 points for third place with a 2-0 win over Motherwell. Hibernian is fourth with 47 points. In other matches, it was: Dundee United 2, Motherwell 0; Aberdeen 1, St. Mirren 1; Hearts 0, Falkirk 0; and Kilmarnock 4, Inverness 1.Atletico boosts hopes In Madrid, Atletico Madrid beat 10-man Sevilla 2-1 on Saturday to boost its hopes of taking the Spanish league's final Champions League spot. Argentina striker Sergio Aguero moved past two defenders into the box in the 57th minute to reach Antonio Lopez's cross and scored the match-winner past a beaten Andres Palop. Atletico, which has 50 points, stretched its fourth-place lead over Sevilla and Espanyol to five points. Sevilla is hoping to return to Europe's top-tier club competition after reaching the first knockout stage this season. A poor start has left it playing catch-up, however. Earlier, Juan Arango's long-range free kick led Mallorca past Deportivo La Coruna 1
