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Arsenal's captain Robin Van Persie, bottom, under pressure from Liverpool's Martin Skrtel, top, during their English Premier League soccer match at A...
Arsenal's captain Robin Van Persie, bottom, under pressure from Liverpool's Martin Skrtel, top, during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England, Saturday, March. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, top right, scores against Bolton Wanderers during their English Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium,...
Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, top right, scores against Bolton Wanderers during their English Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, March 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Arsenal's Robin van Persie, right, scores against Liverpool during the English Premier League soccer match at Anfield, Liverpool, England, Saturday M...
Arsenal's Robin van Persie, right, scores against Liverpool during the English Premier League soccer match at Anfield, Liverpool, England, Saturday March 3, 2012. Arsenal won the match 1-2. (AP Photo/PA, Peter Byrne) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
Chelsea's chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League and Andre Villas-Boas' chances of keeping his job as coach were hit Saturday when the former Premier League champions lost 1-0 at West Bromwich Albion.
Gareth McAuley's 82nd-minute goal _ coupled with Arsenal's dramatic 2-1 win at Liverpool _ left Chelsea three points behind the crucial top four places in the Premier League and with a record of one win from its last seven away matches.
Robin van Persie scored his second goal in injury time to give Arsenal its comeback win at Anfield, while leader Manchester City kept control of the title race with a record-equaling 19th straight home win.
Mario Balotelli added to a first-half own-goal in City's 2-0 win over Bolton.
