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Summary Tottenham inflicted Arsenal's fourth loss of Premier League season, winning north London derby 2-1.
Arsenal crashed to its fourth loss of the Premier League season at Tottenham while Frank Lampards hat trick helped Chelsea rout Bolton.Rafael van der Vaart and Kyle Walker secured Tottenhams 2-1 derby victory over Arsenal, which is just two points above the relegation zone after seven matches.Chelsea is third in the standings after Lampard proved his enduring value to the club in a 5-1 victory at bottom-place Bolton, having regained his place in the team.There was also a hat trick at Fulham for Andy Johnson as Queens Park Rangers was thrashed 6-0, while promoted Swansea beat Stoke 2-0 in Sundays other game.The weekend ended with Manchester still in control of the league, with United only ahead of City on goal difference after they both won on Saturday.And after seven games, Arsenal is already 12 points behind United and City, languishing just two points above the relegation zone.Arsenal conceded five minutes before half time when Van der Vaart scored the 10,000th goal in Tottenhams history, according to the club.But Wenger claimed Van der Vaart used his arm rather than chest to bring down Emmanuel Adebayors cross before striking into the bottom corner.Aaron Ramsey leveled for Arsenal six minutes after the break, dispatching the ball into the net after Van der Vaart failed to close down Alex Song on the left flank.But after Song blocked a shot from Luka Modric at the other end in the 73rd, the ball fell to Walker, who unleashed a swerving, dipping shot that went through goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesnys hands.Tottenhams fourth straight win after starting the season with losses to the Manchester clubs puts Harry Redknapps sixth-place side seven points behind the leaders with a game in hand.Chelsea is just three points behind the pacesetters in third.Daniel Sturridge set the tone for Chelseas emphatic win at Bolton by heading in a second-minute opener before setting up Lampard to score his first.Two errors in quick succession by Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bogdan allowed Lampard and Sturridge to each score again.The Hungarian let Sturridges shot from the edge of the box loop in off him when he should have saved it. Lampard buried his second after David Luizs strike was parried straight to the midfielder.Dedryck Boyata had given bottom-place Bolton a faint hope of a comeback at 4-0 with a 46th-minute headed goal, but Didier Drogba set up Lampards third.At Craven Cottage, Fulham moved two points clear of the drop zone thanks to Andy Johnsons treble, with the first coming after just two minutes.Johnson followed up by winning a penalty that was converted by Danny Murphy, before turning home a cross from Bobby Zamora before half time and bringing up his hat trick just before the hour mark.Zamora then set up Clint Dempsey, who returned the favor for his strike partner to score the sixth.
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