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LONDON (AP) -Arsenal routed Derby 5-0 behind Emmanuel Adebayor's three goals Saturday to remain in first place in the Premier League.
Abou Diaby and Adebayor scored in the first half at Emirates Stadium. Adebayor then completed his hat trick with goals sandwiched around one by Cesc Fabregas. Fabregas has scored in his six straight games.
Arsenal has 16 points, four more than Liverpool, which missed a chance to put more pressure on the Gunners when it drew 0-0 against visiting Birmingham.
"The team means business," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "They are not there to be showoffs. They want to achieve something together."
Manchester City stayed in second place with a 3-3 tie at Fulham, although Manchester United or Chelsea could trim Arsenal's lead when they play each other Sunday.
A key save by American goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann and a last-minute goal by midfielder James Harper earned Reading a 2-1 win over visiting Wigan. Sunderland gained a 2-2 tie at rival Middlesbrough when Liam Miller scored in the 89th minute.
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BERLIN (AP) - Hertha Berlin edged Borussia Dortmund 3-2 to take the lead in the Bundesliga, and Werder Bremen downed defending champion VfB Stuttgart 4-1.
Hertha Berlin moved a point ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt and favorite Bayern Munich, which plays Karlsruhe on Sunday.
Hugo Almeida set the pace in his first start for Bremen, scoring in the third and fourth minutes as the two teams combined for four goals in the first 15 minutes. It looked as if Stuttgart could turn the game around until Diego's 89th-minute deflected shot sealed Bremen's win.
"Both teams have a good football philosophy - they aren't afraid to attack and we should be thankful," Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf said.
Stuttgart fell to 12th place while Bremen moved to seventh, two points off the lead.
Berlin took the Bundesliga lead for the first time since Oct. 1, 2006, and ended Dortmund's three-game winning streak, which included a 3-0 rout of Bremen last week.
