Chelsea and Liverpool continued setting a hot pace at the top of the Premier League with emphatic away victories on Saturday. Liverpool briefly went top courtesy of a 2-0 victory at Bolton Wanderers with goals from Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard before Chelsea responded by thrashing bottom club West Bromwich Albion 3-0 at the Hawthorns. Jose Bosingwa's curling left-foot shot and two goals from Nicolas Anelka had the points in the bag by halftime for Chelsea who set a new Premier League record of 10 consecutive away wins. It climbed back above Liverpool on goal difference with both clubs on 32 points from 13 matches. Arsenal's title hopes suffered another blow as it was beaten 2-0 at home by Aston Villa, Gael Clichy's own goal and Gabriel Agbonlahor's strike condemning the Gunners to a fourth league defeat of the season. It ended a decade-long drought for Villa against the Gunners. Villa's last league win against Arsenal came at Villa Park on Dec. 13, 1998 in a match that ended 3-2. Manchester United moved above Arsenal into third place on 24 points by thumping Stoke City 5-0 at Old Trafford with Cristiano Ronaldo twice on target for the champions, who have a game in hand on their title rivals. Sunderland jumped from 19th to 11th place with a 2-1 victory at Blackburn Rovers, who dropped into the bottom three. Tottenham Hotspur is back in the relegation zone after a 2-1 reverse at Fulham, its first defeat under new manager Harry Redknapp. Ten-man Wigan Athletic drew 2-2 at Newcastle United while Portsmouth drew 0-0 at West Ham United. Liverpool fielded a virtual second-string side when losing at Tottenham in the League Cup on Wednesday but was back at full strength as it outclassed Bolton. Dutchman Kuyt repaid manager Rafa Benitez's decision to start him instead of Fernando Torres with a majestic opener after 28 minutes, craning his neck to head in Fabio Aurelio's cross after a mesmerizing spell of possession football. Torres replaced Keane and it was his beautiful cross that allowed Gerrard to glance in Liverpool's second goal with 17 minutes remaining. Burnley gets Arsenal Burnley of the second tier English Championship will face Arsenal at home as a reward for putting Chelsea out of the League Cup following Saturday's quarterfinal draw. Arsene Wenger's youngsters must travel up to Turf Moor with a place in the last four at stake while Manchester United in contrast will have home advantage as it meets Blackburn, coached by old United favorite Paul Ince, at Old Trafford. In the other encounters, holder Tottenham, conqueror of Liverpool and revitalized under Harry Redknapp, will travel the short distance to Watford and Stoke City will take on Derby County. The ties will be played Dec. 2 and 3. Beckham out, Bent in England has dropped David Beckham from the squad to face Germany in next Wednesday's friendly in Berlin because he's not playing competitive football and recalled Darren Bent for his goals in Tottenham's revival. Coach Fabio Capello has also again left out Michael Owen even though Wayne Rooney was ruled out with a calf injury. But the Italian has called up players from the under
