United extend lead with Wolves thrashing

Reigning champions Manchester United won 5-0 away to 10-man Wolves on Sunday, moving four points clear of Manchester City at the top of the English Premier League.Goals from Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandezs second-half double sent Wolves, already in the relegation zone, to the bottom of the table.The heavy defeat for the Molineux club was made worse by the 39th-minute red card shown to defender Ronald Zubar for two bookable offences.However, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson put his teams performance in perspective by telling Sky Sports: It was okay, I dont think it was anything special. I think weve taken our goals well.The finish from Valencia was fantastic. Antonio is back in the team and his form was fantastic. Hes made one for Danny Welbeck before half-time that killed the match.Its difficult for them (Wolves) with 10 men, they were honest and kept plugging away but the 3-0 advantage was too much for them.Asked about the title race, Ferguson added: Hopefully we achieve what we want to achieve.Whats significant today is its reduced the goal difference by five goals and thats down to three now and it may make a difference at the end of the season, he added.I expect it to go to the wire.Central defender Evans scored his first goal for United in the 21st minute with a close range shot after being teed up by Michael Carrick following a United corner.At 1-0 down, Wolves were not yet out of the game but they then saw Zubar, already shown a yellow card for a heavy challenge on Wayne Rooney, sent off by referee Anthony Taylor after diving in on Welbeck.United made Wolves pay by scoring two more goals before the break for a 3-0 half-time lead, with the unchallenged Valencia netting before setting up Welbeck for Uniteds third goal in first half stoppage-time.Hernandez, completely unmarked, made it 4-0 with a close-range header in the 56th minute and minutes later he scored his second and Uniteds fifth with a half-volley at the far post after getting on the end of Valencias cross.Victory left United four points clear of title rivals City before their cross-town foes match at home to Chelsea on Wednesday.Sundays other Premier League match saw Newcastle win for the first time in five league matches as they reignited their push for a Champions League spot by beating Norwich 1-0.Papiss Cisse scored the only of the game in the 11th minute but Newcastle keeper Tim Krul had to save from Anthony Pilkington and Zak Whitbread before Steve Morison missed a late chance for Norwich.Victory left Newcastle five points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.