minute winner for Manchester United put the Red Devils top of the Premier League after a 1-0 victory at Bolton on Saturday while Chelsea netted twice in the last three minutes to salvage a 2-1 win at home to Stoke. With Liverpool not in action until Monday, when it hosts neighbor Everton, Alex Ferguson's defending champion had the chance to go top for at least 48 hours. But United needed a late winner from its Bulgarian striker after Bolton looked set to hold on for a point. Even without injured striker Wayne Rooney, United had plenty of chances but was defied by Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. Chelsea appeared to be headed for an embarrassing home defeat when Rory Delap, famous for his long throw-ins, shot Stoke ahead after 60 minutes at Stamford Bridge. But Juliano Belletti equalized in the 88th minute and Frank Lampard scored an injury-time winner to take the pressure off manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who dropped striker Didier Drogba from the team. There was grim news for Chelsea before kickoff when Joe Cole was ruled out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury. Aston Villa came from behind to win 2-1 at Sunderland with goals by James Milner and Gareth Barry. Arsenal won 3-1 at Hull to remain fifth, currently six points off the lead but having played a game more than both Man United and Liverpool. Emmanuel Adebayor, Samir Nasri and Nicklas Bendtner scored the Gunners goals at the JJB Stadium although Daniel Cousin replied for the home side. In other games, Manchester City edged Wigan 1-0; Blackburn beat Newcastle 3-0; Robert Koren scored twice as last-place West Bromwich Albion beat Middlesbrough 3-0. Barca extends huge lead Two goals apiece from Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o and another from Lionel Messi fired Barcelona to a 5-0 win over Deportivo Coruna on Saturday, extending its Primera Liga lead to 15 points. Messi opening the scoring on 21 minutes when he received the ball from Xavi wide on the right, raced through a crowd of defenders and wrongfooted keeper Daniel Aranzubia with a low shot off the right-hand post. Henry netted shortly after with a powerful header from a Daniel Alves cross and then Eto'o drove home the rebound from Seydou Keita's diving header to hand Barca a 3-0 lead at the break. Henry grabbed his second with just under 10 minutes left, sidefooting into the net after a pass from Andres Iniesta released Xavi on the right. Aranzubia was then dismissed after he felled Carles Puyol in the penalty area and Eto'o stroked the ball in from the spot to seal an impressive display. Barca has now amassed a record number of points for the first half of a season, with 50 from 19 matches, eclipsing the previous best of 47 set by Real Madrid last season. In a late match Sevilla beat Numancia 1
