Stumble by Arsenal gives Chelsea rare opportunity

Manchester United was beaten by Portsmouth, 2-0.
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LONDON -- Chelsea capitalized on a rare stumble by Arsenal to join the Gunners in first place in the Premier League on Saturday with a 4-1 victory at West Bromwich Albion.
Chelsea got goals from William Gallas, Damien Duff, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Frank Lampard to bring its point total to 26. Arsenal, coming off its first league loss in 17 months, remains ahead on goal difference after salvaging a last-minute 2-2 tie at home with Southampton.
Thierry Henry missed a first-half penalty kick but scored in the 67th minute. Rory Delap evened it in the 80th minute and put Saints ahead five minutes later. Robin van Persie saved a point for Arsenal in the 90th minute.
"When you play 49 games unbeaten and you lose a game, it is a mental shock and it takes some time to digest that," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "We did not find our fluency. I would say that had we lost today it would have put us in a confidence crisis."
Manchester United, which ended Arsenal's streak, lost 2-0 at Portsmouth on a penalty kick by David Unsworth and a goal by Aiyegbeni Yakubu.
"It's a kick in the teeth after last Sunday's performance," Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said.
Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Martin Petrov scored all four goals and Wolfsburg rallied from a two-goal deficit to stay in first place in the Bundesliga with a 4-3 victory over Mainz.
Schalke jumped to second place with its fifth straight victory, beating Stuttgart 3-2 after scoring twice in the first two minutes. Bayern lost to Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0, finishing one man down and dropping two places to fifth.
Defending champion Werder Bremen rallied to tie Hamburger SV 1-1 while Hannover moved up from seventh to fifth with its fifth straight victory, a 3-0 rout of Bochum.
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