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(AP). "It would be a wonderful experience. London: Manchester United kept a firm grip on the Premier League title race by sweeping to a 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic on the first day of 2013 to maintain their seven-point lead.Champions Manchester City remain United's nearest rivals after a 3-0 success at home to Stoke City, while Tottenham Hotspur climbed to third by coming from behind to defeat second-bottom Reading 3-1 at White Hart Lane.Javier Hernandez had already had a goal ruled out for offside at the DW Stadium when he put United 1-0 up against Wigan by tapping in after Ali Al Habsi saved from Patrice Evra in the 35th minute.Robin van Persie got off the mark for the New Year eight minutes later,mexico world cup shirt, collecting a pass from Hernandez and sending Ivan Ramis to the turf with a dummy before curling the ball inside the right-hand post.Hernandez added a third in the 63rd minute, swivelling to dispatch a half-volley when a van Persie free-kick arrived at his feet, before the Dutchman completed a brace of his own in the 88th minute with his 16th league goal of the campaign."Javier Hernandez is a goal-scorer, a real penalty-box player," said United manager Alex Ferguson, who turned 71 on New Year's Eve."Van Persie's first goal was magnificent.
London: Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny has conceded the 12-point gap between his team and Premier League leaders Manchester City is "too big" for the Gunners to dream about challenging for the title this season.But he insisted there is still something worth fighting for this term - finishing higher than arch north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.Szczesny believes Arsenal will have to wait until the new year before they reassess their targets for the season following Sunday's 1-0 loss to City.Defeat at Eastlands left Arsenal in fifth place, three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and five shy of Spurs in third.Results over the busy Christmas period, starting on Wednesday away to Aston Villa are key to the Gunners' hopes of making up ground,nigeria world cup shirt, according to Szczesny."It is too big a gap but we hope we can make it smaller and then we can talk about challenging for the title,spain world cup 2014 jersey," said the Poland international.