document: Rooney Scores 3 Goals for United ; Chelsea Slips LONDON -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Wayne Rooney 's hat trick kept Manchester United on track to win the English Premier League with a 4-2 comeback victory over West Ham on Saturday . Chelsea 's hopes of retaining the title were hurt by a 1-1 tie at Stoke . Chelsea , in third place , needed a 33rd-minute header by Didier Drogba to escape with a draw against a club in the middle of the standings . Rooney 's first hat trick in 14 months allowed Man United to bounce back from a 2-0 halftime deficit , boosting their chances for a record 19th English championship . '' `` We played like champions , '' '' United manager Alex Ferguson said . '' `` It was a real championship performance as far as I 'm concerned . '' '' Liverpool , which shares the record of 18 titles with United , lost 2-1 against a West Bromwich Albion team led by its former manager , Roy Hodgson . Tottenham 's prospects of a second straight top-four finish dimmed with a 0-0 draw at Wigan . Chelsea has eight games left and is 11 points behind United , which has played one more game . Second-place Arsenal can keep United 's lead at five points with victory over Blackburn in Saturday 's late match . Two penalty kicks by Mark Noble put relegation-threatened West Ham ahead 2-0 by the 25th minute at Upton Park . Rooney curled in a 65th-minute free kick for just his eighth league goal of the season . Eight minutes later , he struck his 100th goal in the top tier of English soccer , creating room on the edge of the penalty area and shooting past goalkeeper Robert Green . The England striker then scored a 79th-minute penalty kick following Matthew Upson 's inadvertent hand ball . Javier Hernandez scored from Ryan Giggs ' cross with six minutes left . '' `` We do n't give up , no matter what the score , '' '' Rooney said . '' `` We were brilliant all over the park , but even when we have n't been playing well we have been grinding out results . '' '' Also , Aston Villa drew 2-2 at Everton ; Newcastle beat Wolverhampton 4-1 ; and Birmingham defeated Bolton 2-1 . ___ BERLIN -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Borussia Dortmund rallied to beat Hannover 4-1 at home and stay seven points ahead in the Bundesliga . Hannover slipped to fourth after Arjen Robben 's goal was enough for Bayern Munich to reclaim third place with a 1-0 win at home over Borussia Moenchengladbach . Mohammed Abdellaoue opened the scoring for Hannover in the 57th minute , and Mario Goetze tied it two minutes later . Lucas Barrios ' header gave Florian Fromlowitz no chance in the 64th minute , and he made the game safe in the 73rd . Kevin Grosskreutz rounded off the scoring in the 83rd . Second-place Bayer Leverkusen won 1-0 at Kaiserslautern and there were 1-1 draws between Werder Bremen and Stuttgart , and Mainz and Freiburg . ___ GLASGOW , Scotland -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Rangers lost at home to Dundee United for the first time in a decade , a 3-2 defeat that cost the defending champions first place in the Scottish Premier League . Rangers are in second place with 65 points , two fewer than Glasgow rival Celtic . Both clubs have played 28 matches . Rangers led 2-1 on goals by Nikica Jelavic and Steven Naismith , but Johnny Russell tied it in the 77th minute . Steven Whittaker hit the bar with a header from a Rangers corner kick , and Tangerines striker David Goodwillie raced up the other end to score with a minute to go .
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