LONDON — Manchester United scored three times in eight minutes to beat bottom-placed Queens Park Rangers 3-1 and move back to the top of the Premier League Saturday. QPR, being watched from the stands by Harry Redknapp who was named as its new manager Saturday, took the lead with a 52nd-minute Jamie Mackie tap-in, but was left reeling as quick goals from Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher and Javier Hernandez gave United its sixth comeback win in the league this season. Now without a win in 13 league matches, QPR stays nailed to the bottom with four points. United moved on to 30 points, two clear of champion Manchester City (28) which can regain top spot if it wins at Chelsea (24) Sunday. West Bromwich Albion moved on to 26 points and above Chelsea into third place - at least until Sunday's match at Stamford Bridge - when it won 4-2 at Sunderland for a fourth successive league win, giving it its best start to a season since 1953-54. Everton was minutes away from beating Norwich City but had to settle for a 1-1 draw after a late Sebastian Bassong header canceled out Steven Naismith's early opener for Everton. Wigan Athletic beat Reading 3-2 with a hat trick from Jordi Gomez and Stoke City beat Fulham 1-0 with a first-half goal from Charlie Adam. Bayern crushes Hanover In Berlin, striker Mario Gomez was on target in his first league appearance since surgery in August as Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich crushed Hanover 96 5-0 and extend its advantage at the top to nine points. Superb first-half goals from Javi Martinez and Toni Kroos and another from Frenchman Franck Ribery gave the host, which had drawn its two previous games, a 3-0 lead at the break. Defender Dante headed in another on the hour and Gomez slipped past one defender to slot in seconds after coming on for his first league appearance this season after missing the first three months recovering from an ankle operation in August. The show of force lifted Bayern to 34 points from 13 games with champion Borussia Dortmund, its opponent in seven days time, leapfrogged into second place nine points behind with a 2-1 win at Mainz 05 – its third straight win in the league. Schalke 04 dropped to third on 24 after drawing 1-1 with visiting Eintracht Frankfurt, whici is fourth on goal difference. Frankfurt ended the game with 10 men after the sending off of Karim Matmour with a second booking. Osasuna holds Sociedad Real Sociedad squandered a chance to continue its climb up the Spanish league after being held to a 0-0 home draw by struggling Osasuna Friday. After two consecutive wins, Sociedad failed to take its chances at Anoeta stadium. Carlos Vela came closest for the host in the ninth minute when the Sociedad forward met Carlos Martinez's in-swinging cross, only for goalkeeper Andres Fernandez to turn the ball round the post. Sociedad stays in ninth place, two points off a Europa League spot. Osasuna, meanwhile, remains in the relegation zone despite stringing together its third game without loss. — Agencies
