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"&lt;p&gt;               &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; LONDON (AP) - Arsenal and Manchester City showed no sign of slowing up in the race for the Premier League title by grabbing routine home wins on Saturday to stay 1-2 in the standings.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Spain playmaker Santi Cazorla scored second-half goals in a five-minute span for Arsenal in a 2-0 victory over lowly Fulham that keeps the Gunners in the lead by a point.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; ''We have played 22 games and have 51 points. If you compare that to any other season you will see that it is one of the best, if not the best ever,'' Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said after his side's fifth straight league win.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; City put on another attacking clinic to breeze past Cardiff 4-2 and pass the 100-goal mark this season in all competitions - after just 34 matches. Edin Dzeko, Jesus Navas, Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero netted for City, which has now scored four or more goals in a game on 12 occasions this campaign.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; ''It's not easy to score 103 goals by the middle of the season,'' City manager Manuel Pellegrini said. ''It reflects how we think this team must play. We are always an attractive team.''    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Chelsea side of last season had been the previous fastest to reach a century of goals in the Premier League era, after 42 games, but Pellegrini's entertainers have set a high bar.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The defeat dumped Cardiff into last place and ensured a miserable return to Manchester for its coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who spent 11 successful years across the city at United.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Third-place Chelsea will look to stay a point behind City by beating Manchester United at home on Sunday in the standout game of the weekend.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Liverpool lost ground in fourth by drawing 2-2 at home to Aston Villa, which raced into a two-goal lead after 36 minutes thanks to strikes by Andreas Weimann and Christian Benteke.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard - from the penalty spot - salvaged a draw for Liverpool, which is now eight points behind Arsenal after spending Christmas Day on top of the table.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The scrap for survival is even tighter than the battle for first place, with three teams now locked on 18 points in the relegation zone.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Crystal Palace started the day in last place but Jason Puncheon made up for his awful penalty miss against Tottenham last week by converting from the spot against Stoke, sealing a 1-0 win.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Sunderland remains second from bottom after coming from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Southampton and West Ham makes up the bottom three following a 3-1 loss to Newcastle, for whom France midfielder Yohan Cabaye scored twice while compatriot Loic Remy netted the other.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Norwich climbed five points clear of the drop zone thanks to a 1-0 win over Hull, secured by Ryan Bennett's 87th-minute goal.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright 2014 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.      &lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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