Sylvain Wiltord scored twice as lead Arsenal hammered Middlesbrough 4-0 yesterday, joining Manchester United and Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League.
The Gunners raced to a 3-0 lead by the 22nd minute with Thierry Henry, Gilberto Silva and Wiltord all scoring.
Wiltord added his second in the 60th.
Liverpool laboured to a 0-0 tie at Aston Villa in the day's other game although the biggest headlines from yesterday will be from the First Divison, where relegated West Ham fired Glenn Roeder.
A 1-0 loss at Rotherham on Saturday left the Hammers with four points from three games and the club, out of the top flight for the first time in 10 seasons, decided yesterday to terminate his contract.
The move comes just two months after Roeder recovered from surgery to remove a brain tumour.
Roeder collapsed after a Premier League game in April and club director Trevor Brooking took over for the last four games, only to fail to keep the club in the top flight.
At the Riverside, Henry gave the Gunners a fifth minute lead, tapping in after 'Boro goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer had done well to block Fredrik Ljungberg's angled shot with his right hand.
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MUNICH PREVAILS: Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV played the celebration match for the Bundesliga's 40th birthday yesterday but afterwards Bayern was the only one in the mood to party.
Claudio Pizarro headed in a 14th-minute goal and fellow forward Giovane Elber broke his drought, scoring for the first time this season as Bayern beat Hamburg 2-0.
Calgary midfielder Owen Hargreaves didn't play for Bayern Munich.
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SPORTING NEWS: Tonito scored two goals and former FC Barcelona midfielder Fabio Rochemback added another as Sporting opened its new Jose Alvalade stadium with a 4-2 win over Belenenses in the Portuguese soccer league.
Benfica, last season's runner-up, rebounded from an opening draw to beat Vitoria Guimaraes 2-0.
In other matches, it was: Rio Ave 1, Gil Vicente 1; Maritimo 1, Alverca 0; Academica 2, Uniao Leiria 0; Braga 1, Nacional 0; Pacos Ferreira 1, Moreirense 0.
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The Gunners raced to a 3-0 lead by the 22nd minute with Thierry Henry, Gilberto Silva and Wiltord all scoring.
Wiltord added his second in the 60th.
Liverpool laboured to a 0-0 tie at Aston Villa in the day's other game although the biggest headlines from yesterday will be from the First Divison, where relegated West Ham fired Glenn Roeder.
A 1-0 loss at Rotherham on Saturday left the Hammers with four points from three games and the club, out of the top flight for the first time in 10 seasons, decided yesterday to terminate his contract.
The move comes just two months after Roeder recovered from surgery to remove a brain tumour.
Roeder collapsed after a Premier League game in April and club director Trevor Brooking took over for the last four games, only to fail to keep the club in the top flight.
At the Riverside, Henry gave the Gunners a fifth minute lead, tapping in after 'Boro goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer had done well to block Fredrik Ljungberg's angled shot with his right hand.
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MUNICH PREVAILS: Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV played the celebration match for the Bundesliga's 40th birthday yesterday but afterwards Bayern was the only one in the mood to party.
Claudio Pizarro headed in a 14th-minute goal and fellow forward Giovane Elber broke his drought, scoring for the first time this season as Bayern beat Hamburg 2-0.
Calgary midfielder Owen Hargreaves didn't play for Bayern Munich.
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SPORTING NEWS: Tonito scored two goals and former FC Barcelona midfielder Fabio Rochemback added another as Sporting opened its new Jose Alvalade stadium with a 4-2 win over Belenenses in the Portuguese soccer league.
Benfica, last season's runner-up, rebounded from an opening draw to beat Vitoria Guimaraes 2-0.
In other matches, it was: Rio Ave 1, Gil Vicente 1; Maritimo 1, Alverca 0; Academica 2, Uniao Leiria 0; Braga 1, Nacional 0; Pacos Ferreira 1, Moreirense 0.
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgarySports/cs.cs-08-25-0080.html
