Arsenal stunned Premier League leader Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as two Robin van Persie goals earned the Gunners a 2-1 victory. Johan Djourou's own goal gave Chelsea a halftime lead but Dutchman van Persie struck twice in three second-half minutes as Chelsea slid to a second home league defeat of the season to turn the spotlight on manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. Champion Manchester United is now just five points behind Chelsea with a game in hand after it won 1-0 at Manchester City despite having Cristiano Ronaldo sent off. Wayne Rooney poached United's winner just before halftime. Tottenham Hotspur was beaten 1-0 at home by Everton while Portsmouth beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 at Fratton Park. United manager Alex Ferguson would have cheered Van Persie's contribution after his side deservedly won the Manchester derby with Wayne Rooney's 100th club goal. Rooney scored a tap-in three minutes before halftime after the ball pinged around the area and Michael Carrick's shot was parried into his path by City goalkeeper Joe Hart. United had to play the last 23 minutes with 10 men after Ronaldo was shown a second yellow card when he inexplicably met a corner using his hands rather than his head and referee Howard Webb deemed it to be gamesmanship. Inter extends lead Inter Milan extended its lead in Serie A on Sunday after Ivan Cordoba and Sulley Muntari scored first-half goals in a 2-1 victory over Napoli. Cordoba scored his second goal of the year in the 16th minute to put Inter in front. Muntari also got his second tally of the season to make it 2-0 in the 25th, after also scoring last week against Juventus. Ezequiel Lavezzi responded in the 36th for Napoli, which has lost its last three road games. Inter moved to 33 points, six more than AC Milan and Juventus, which defeated Reggina on Saturday. Napoli is fourth with 24 points. Palermo, which had only one victory in its previous seven games, got goals in the second half from Fabrizio Miccoli, Edison Cavani and Fabio Simplicio to defeat AC Milan 3-1. In Rome, Francesco Totti scored in the 59th to give AS Roma a 1-0 victory over Fiorentina. After falling to one point clear of relegation, Roma is moving toward the middle of the standings after three straight wins. After six wins at home so far this year, Genoa managed only a 1-1 draw at its stadium against relegation-zone Bologna. Genoa's Diego Milito, who leads Serie A with 11 goals, missed a good chance in injury time. Also Sunday, it was: Atalanta 2, Lazio 0; Cagliari 1, Sampdoria 0; Siena 1, Torino 0; and Udinese 0 Chievo Verona 1. Villarreal, Valencia win Villarreal beat last-place Recreativo Huelva 2-1, and 10-man Valencia recovered to defeat Real Betis 3-2 as both teams moved ahead of injury-ravaged Real Madrid on Sunday in the Spanish league. Spain winger Santi Cazorla and Ariel Miguel Ibagaza scored first-half goals at the Nuevo Colombino stadium for Villarreal, which improved to 28 points and trails leader Barcelona by four. Valencia is alone in third place with 27 points after Ruben Baraja scored the winner with a 73rd-minute header as Valencia blew a two-goal and overcame the 63rd-minute ejection of Carlos Marchena. Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-0 on Saturday to improve to 32 points – six better than Madrid, which lost several more of its international players to injury in a 3-1 loss at Getafe. Diego Forlan scored two goals and set up the other two as Atletico Madrid rallied for a 4-1 victory against 10-man Racing Santander to stay sixth. Also Sunday, it was: Almeria 0, Deportivo La Coruna 1; Valladolid 3, Mallorca 0; Malaga 4, Osasuna 2; Athletic Bilbao 2, Numancia 0; and Espanyol 0, Sporting Gijon 1.
