Ashley Cole scores in 85th minute to lead Chelsea

 
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LONDON (AP) — Ashley Cole scored in the 85th minute for his first goal in two years Saturday, sending Premier League leader Chelsea to a 1-0 victory over Stoke.

photo -   Chelsea's Ashley Cole, right, scores against Stoke City during the English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge, London, Saturday Sept. 22, 2012. Chelsea won the match 1-0. (AP Photo/PA, Anthony Devlin) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
Chelsea's Ashley Cole, right, scores against Stoke City during the English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge, London, Saturday Sept. 22, 2012. Chelsea won the match 1-0. (AP Photo/PA, Anthony Devlin) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

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Cole lifted the ball over Asmir Begovic at Stamford Bridge to give Chelsea a three-point lead in the standings over Everton and West Bromwich Albion. Everton won 3-0 at Swansea, and West Brom beat Reading 1-0.

Southampton climbed out of last place by rallying past Aston Villa 4-1 for its first points of the season. Ricki Lambert scored twice to beat U.S. goalkeeper Brad Guzan. Fulham won 2-1 at Wigan, and West Ham drew 1-1 with Sunderland.

On Sunday, Manchester United visits Liverpool and champion Manchester City hosts Arsenal.

American forward Robbie Findley started and played until the 50th minute in his debut for fourth-tier Gillingham, which won 2-0 at Port Vale. Findley, a member of the 2010 U.S. World Cup team, was obtained Friday from second-tier Nottingham Forest on a one-month loan.

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BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund's 31-match unbeaten run in the Bundesliga ended with a 3-2 loss to Hamburger SV.

Son Heung-Min scored twice and Rafael van der Vaart provided two assists to deal Dortmund its first league loss in over a year and preserve Hamburg's record of 36 games unbeaten set in January 1983.

"Not a lot pleased me today," Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said.

Bayern Munich maintained its winning run with Thomas Muller scoring and setting up Toni Kroos for a 2-0 win at Schalke.

Wolfsburg drew 1-1 with Greuther Fuerth, Mainz beat Augsburg 2-0 thanks to first-half strikes from Andreas Ivanschitz and Adam Szalai, and Freiburg drew 0-0 at Fortuna Duesseldorf, the only club yet to concede a goal.

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Xavi Hernandez scored 3 minutes from time to seal Barcelona's 2-0 home win over Granada, keeping the Spanish leaders perfect through five rounds.

Barcelona opened a provisional 11-point gap over defending champion Real Madrid, which faces a Spanish-capital derby at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.

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