Manchester United beat Wolves

Manchester United beat Wolves 5-0 to move four points clear of City in English Premier League table. Reigning champions Manchester United won 5-0 away to 10-man Wolves on Sunday, moving four points clear of Manchester City at the top of the English Premier League. Goals from Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez s second-half double sent Wolves, already in the relegation zone, to the bottom of the table. The heavy defeat for the Molineux club was made worse by the 39th-minute red card shown to defender Ronald Zubar for two bookable offences. However, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson put his team s performance in perspective by telling Sky Sports: "It was okay, I don t think it was anything special. I think we ve taken our goals well. At 1-0 down, Wolves were not yet out of the game but they then saw Zubar, already shown a yellow card for a heavy challenge on Wayne Rooney, sent off by referee Anthony Taylor after diving in on Welbeck. United made Wolves pay by scoring two more goals before the break for a 3-0 half-time lead, with the unchallenged Valencia netting before setting up Welbeck for United s third goal in first half stoppage-time. Hernandez, completely unmarked, made it 4-0 with a close-range header in the 56th minute and minutes later he scored his second and United s fifth with a half-volley at the far post after getting on the end of Valencia s cross. Victory left United four points clear of title rivals City before their cross-town foes  match at home to Chelsea on Wednesday. Sunday s other Premier League match saw Newcastle win for the first time in five league matches as they reignited their push for a Champions League spot by beating Norwich 1-0. Papiss Cisse scored the only of the game in the 11th minute but Newcastle keeper Tim Krul had to save from Anthony Pilkington and Zak Whitbread before Steve Morison missed a late chance for Norwich. Victory left Newcastle five points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.