LONDON: Manchester City clung on to beat Wolverhampton 4-3 and provisionally topple Manchester United from the Premier League summit Saturday, while struggling champion Chelsea returned to winning against Blackburn and Arsenal compounded West Ham's woes. After Kolo Toure canceled out Nenad Milijas' opener for Wolves, City went 4-1 ahead in the second half through Carlos Tevez's double and Yaya Toure's strike. But Kevin Doyle and Ronald Zubar gave City a scare by reducing the deficit. While City went a point ahead of United, its neighbor plays the first of three games in hand at Tottenham on Sunday. Tottenham was dislodged from fourth place –temporarily at least – by Chelsea beating Blackburn 2-0 to halt a two-match winless streak. Arsenal remains third after a 3-0 victory at West Ham, whose manager Avram Grant was facing an uncertain future with the team rock bottom in the standings. Also, West Bromwich moved four points clear of the drop zone by beating Blackpool 3-2 to end a run of six successive defeats, Bolton was consigned to its fifth consecutive away defeat as Stoke won 2-0 and Andrew Johnson's late goal salvaged a 1-1 draw for Fulham at Wigan. Villarreal beats Osasuna Ruben “Cani” Garcia scored from the halfway line to help Villarreal to a 4-2 win over Osasuna Saturday and solidify its hold on third place at the midway point of the Spanish season. Villarreal's first win over Osasuna at El Madrigal in four seasons provisionally lifted the “Yellow Submarine” five points clear of fourth-place Valencia. Also, Real Sociedad routed Getafe 4-0, Sporting Gijon beat Hercules 2-0 and Zaragoza edged Levante 1-0. Napoli spoils chance Napoli failed to capitalize on its early kick-off and close in on leader AC Milan when it was held to a dull and frustrating 0-0 draw at home by Fiorentina Saturday. Having played so well a week ago, Napoli was a shadow of its usual self and created very little. The point keeps the southerners second in Serie A but still three points behind Milan which has a game in hand away to Lecce Sunday. Bayern drops points Bayern Munich wasted a chance to pull within a point of second place in the Bundesliga Saturday by conceding a late goal in a 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg in a match which saw the return of one star and an injury to another. Thomas Mueller scored an uncommon goal in the seventh minute for Bayern, which twice hit the post, including once on a missed penalty. Wolfsburg also failed to convert a penalty as new goalkeeper Thomas Kraft made a superb Bundesliga debut for Munich. Still, Sascha Riether equalized in the 86th for Wolfsburg. League leader Borussia Dortmund, 13 points up on Mainz, opened the 18th round on Friday with a 3-1 victory at Bayer Leverkusen.
