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  • Ryan Giggs' 100th Premiership goal helps Man Utd beat Derby 4-1
  • They move to within a point of league leaders Arsenal
  • Chelsea stay third by defeating Sunderland 2-0 at Stamford Bridge
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MANCHESTER, England -- Ryan Giggs scored his 100th Premier League goal as Manchester United beat Derby County 4-1 at Old Trafford and moved to within a point of leaders Arsenal.

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Giggs' 100th Premiership goal came in his 519th league outing in 16 years with United.

Chelsea remained third, two points by United, after a 2-0 win against Sunderland. Arsenal are at Middlesbrough on Sunday.

Liverpool suffered their first league defeat of the season when they lost 3-1 at Reading and now trail Arsenal by seven points.

Portsmouth pulled off their sixth successive away win by beating Aston Villa 3-1 to move up to fifth place, level on points with Liverpool and Manchester City.

Ayegbeni Yakubu's hat-trick helped Everton go level on points with Villa after a 3-0 win at home to Fulham, who have now gone 25 away league matches without a victory.

Habib Baye's first goal for Newcastle was the last-minute winner in a 2-1 home win over Birmingham.

Giggs put United in front five minutes before half-time when he followed up a Cristiano Ronaldo shot parried by Derby keeper Stephen Bywater.

The 34-year-old Welsh winger has made 519 league appearances in 16 years with the Old Trafford club.

Just before the break Ronaldo set up a second goal when his free kick, after Darren Moore fouled Wayne Rooney, was not cleared and Argentina striker Carlos Tevez struck from inside the box.

Tevez converted a right-wing cross from unsettled defender Wes Brown after 60 minutes and, although Steve Howard scored Derby's first away league goal this season, 14 minutes from time, Ronaldo made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the final minute.

Andriy Shevchenko helped Chelsea make light of Drogba's absence, after his fellow striker was ruled out earlier Saturday following an operation on his knee, by giving the Blues a 23rd minute lead at Stamford Bridge when he headed in a cross from Salomon Kalou.

Frank Lampard converted a 75th minute penalty after Danny Higginbotham's foul on Alex and there was further woe for Sunderland when Liam Miller was sent-off late on for retaliation.

Reading took the lead against Liverpool in the 17th minute when Jamie Carragher fouled Brynjar Gunnarsson. The offense appeared to be outside the box, but referee Andre Marriner awarded a penalty and Stephen Hunt beat Jose Reina with the spot-kick.

Liverpool were soon on terms when when Steven Gerrard burst through to beat Marcus Hahnemann.

Reading regained the lead after 60 minutes when Kevin Doyle flicked-on Nicky Shorey's free-kick and seven minutes later, after Gerrard had hit the bar, James Harper made it 3-1.

Sulley Muntari's spectacular double sealed Portsmouth's first win at Villa Park for 37 years after Craig Gardner's own goal gave Harry Redknapp's visitors an early lead as they stretched their unbeaten run to 11 games.

Ghana midfielder Muntari scored with a ferocious shot late in the first half before adding his second and Portsmouth's third with a sublime, curling, second-half effort.

Gareth Barry's late penalty was little consolation for Villa, who paid the price for failing to turn their early domination into goals.

Fulham kept out Everton until the hosts opened the scoring through striker Yakubu who scored from a 51st minute rebound after Australia midfielder Tim Cahill's volley was blocked by the feet of Fulham Keeper Antti Niemi.

The Nigeria forward then scored his eighth of the season, and fourth in three games, when he headed in from a flick-on by Phil Jagielka after a corner by Mikel Arteta.

Yakubu then completed his hat-trick in the 79th minute after being played in by South African midfielder Steven Pienaar.

Newcastle conceded a ninth minute goal when Cameron Jerome exploited defensive weakness before rounding keeper Shay Given to give Birmingham the lead.

Obafemi Martins, fouled by Mathew Sadler in the box, then equalized from the 37th minute penalty which was pushed onto the post by Birmingham keeper Maik Taylor before crossing the line.

And Senegal defender Beye completed the comeback in the 90th minute when he headed in an Emre free-kick. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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