Manchester City win Premier League

Harry Redknapp is urging Tottenham Hotspur to put the English Premier League's top three on notice that their monopoly is over with victory over Manchester City at Eastlands on Wednesday.He wants his charges to prove his theory that the stranglehold on Champions League places and the battle for the title is no longer the right of just Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.A win for Tottenham would secure them a fourth place finish at the expense of Roberto Mancini's men and a place in next season's Champions League for the first time in the club's history.

Park Ji-Sung scored the only goal of the game as Manchester United moved to the top of the Premier League table with a 1-0 win over former leaders Arsenal at Old Trafford here on Monday.South Korea midfielder Park was on target four minutes before half-time when, after Nani's cross deflected off Gael Clichy, he scored with an improvised header.Victory left United two points in front of Arsenal with a game in hand over the Gunners and fellow title rivals Manchester City, champions Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

Chelsea reasserted their credentials as Premier League title favourites on Saturday with a 7-2 demolition of Sunderland that manager Carlo Ancelotti hailed as their best performance of the season.Manchester United, who have played a game more than the leaders, remained one point off the pace after a 3-0 win over Burnley at Old Trafford.But it was another frustrating day for Liverpool, who conceded a last-minute equaliser at Stoke and wasted an opportunity to close the gap on Manchester City and Tottenham in the battle for top-four places.

Fulham produced the latest twist in a see-saw Premier League title race with a shock 3-0 win over champions Manchester United at Craven Cottage on Saturday.Goals from Danny Murphy, Bobby Zamora and Damien Duff condemned injury-hit United to their fifth league loss of the season.Manchester City boss Mark Hughes, meanwhile, was rumoured to be close to the sack after his club called an evening press conference, despite seeing his side defeat Sunderland 4-3 in a thrilling game at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Mario Balotelli scored a hat-trick as Manchester City maintained their push for the Premier League title with a crushing 4-0 win over a struggling Aston Villa at Eastlands here on Tuesday.The win ensured City moved to the summit of English football for the first time since August 2007, although that honour may only last a few hours, with Manchester United playing in the late kick off at Birmingham.Balotelli opened the scoring with a penalty with just seven minutes gone and Joleon Lescott added a second with a header five minutes later.

Manchester City's early-season momentum was halted at Sunderland on Sunday as Darren Bent's last-gasp penalty gave the hosts a shock 1-0 win.Bent scored in stoppage-time after being fouled by City right-back Micah Richards as Sunderland sealed their first Premier League win of the season, and a first success over City for nearly 10 years.City boss Roberto Mancini has spent 130 million pounds of owner Sheikh Mansour's riches in his quest to upset the Premier League's established order.

New Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insisted his team could yet emerge as English Premier League title contenders after a 3-0 win away to Wolverhampton Wanderers.Carlos Tevez scored twice and Javier Garrido struck a brilliant, if controversial, free-kick as City won Monday's match here at Molineux in style to move to within 10 points of current leaders Chelsea.Victory also preserved their perfect record under former Inter Milan boss Mancini after the Italian began his City career by overseeing Saturday's 2-0 home win against Stoke.

Manchester City shrugged off a penalty miss, an injury to striker Sergio Aguero and falling 2-1 behind in the second half, to register a thrilling 3-2 opening win over Southampton Sunday in their defense of the English Premier League title.