Champions Manchester United went back to the top of the Premier League on Saturday after they won 1-0 at Derby County and Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by Middlesbrough at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal looked set for a rare home defeat until Kolo Toure’s header went in off defender Matthew Taylor and goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer four minutes from time. Former Arsenal forward Jeremie Aliadiere marked his return from a fourmatch ban by scoring against his old club after 25 minutes with a volley into the roof of Manuel Almunia’s net. It was Arsenal’s fourth successive draw in the league and allowed United to move above them on goal difference. United have 67 points from 29 matches, Arsenal have 67 from 30 while Chelsea kept the pressure on the top two with a 1-0 win at Sunderland. They have 64 points from 29 matches and face Arsenal at Stamford Bridge next weekend. Cristiano Ronaldo was United’s hero at Pride Park, scoring with just 14 minutes to go as Derby, bottom of the table with only one league win all season and beaten 6-1 at Chelsea on Wednesday, offered far tougher resistance than United expected. Chelsea maintained their title challenge with a narrow away victory of their own, winning at Sunderland with John Terry grabbing the only goal after 10 minutes, his first of the season. On Sunday, Everton lost ground in the race for a Champions League place as Brian McBride’s header gave struggling Fulham a crucial 1-0 win at Craven Cottage on Sunday. Everton left bemoaning a lacklustre display that could cost them a top four finish. After Liverpool’s win against Reading on Saturday, David Moyes’s team are now three points behind their fourthplaced Merseyside rivals following their first league defeat of 2008.
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