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Lampard stars in Chelsea’s victory

LONDON: Frank Lampard helped Chelsea move into third place, within three points of Arsenal, as his goal set up a 2-0 win at Wigan in the English Premier League football on Saturday.

Lampard followed his midweek League Cup hat-trick against Leicester by giving Avram Grant’s side an 11th minute lead at the JJB Stadium.

Seven minutes later, full-back Juliano Belletti scored his first goal since his move from Barcelona and Chelsea was well on the way to its seventh successive win, while Wigan has now lost six in a row.

Liverpool’s stuttering form continued as it was forced to settle for a 0-0 draw against Blackburn.

Rafa Benitez’s side has won only one of its last four league games and is in danger of losing touch with the leaders.

Dirk Kuyt squandered a host of chances as the Reds ended Blackburn’s seven-match winning run, but still finished disappointed.

New Tottenham manager Juande Ramos was denied a first league win as Middlesbrough fought back to draw 1-1 at the Riverside Stadium.

In another match Everton scored twice in stoppage time to clinch a 3-1 win over Birmingham.

The results:

EPL: Aston Villa 2 (Martin Laursen 57, Ashley Young 61) bt Derby 0; Everton 3 (Yakubu Aiyegbeni 10, Lee Carsley 90+3, James Vaughan 90+4) bt Birmingham City 1 (Olivier Kapo 80); Fulham 3 (Simon Davies 18, Clint Dempsey 72, David Healy 90) bt Reading 1 (Kevin Doyle 54); Middlesbrough 1 (Luke Young 52) drew with Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Darren Bent 35); Newcastle United 1 (Sol Campbell 16-og) lost to Portsmouth 4 (Noe Pamarot 8, Benjamin Mwaruwari 9, John Utaka 11, Niko Kranjcar 71); Wigan Athletic 0 lost to Chelsea 2 (Frank Lampard 11, Juliano Belletti 18).

Serie ‘A’: Lazio 0 lost to Fiorentina 1 (Pazzini 19); AC Milan 0 drew with Torino 0.

Spanish League: Real Mallorca 0 lost to Valencia 2 (Morientes 45, 62); Sevilla 2 (Keita 18, Fabiano 21) bt Real Madrid 0. — Agencies

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