Paul Scholes' 100th Premier League goal midway through the second half saw United claim all three points at Molineux. Scholes settled a tense encounter 17 minutes from time, when he kept a cool head to beat Marcus Hahnemann after Jody Craddock's clearance had fallen nicely for the veteran midfielder. The Red Devils laboured badly at times without injured talisman Wayne Rooney, who Sir Alex Ferguson rates as "a big doubt" for Wednesday's Champions League return with AC Milan. And they were hugely relieved when Sam Vokes blazed a clear opportunity over in stoppage time. The victory took United two points clear of Chelsea at the top, though the Blues have a game in hand. Arsenal missed a host of chances but still managed to see off Burnley 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium, putting them level on points with the Blues. Arsene Wenger's side took the lead in the 34th minute through Cesc Fabregas but Burnley levelled in the 50th minute when David Nugent pounced to make the most of some hesitancy in the home defence. Arsenal grabbed a second 10 minutes later when England winger Theo Walcott took a pass from Nicklas Bendtner - who was guilty of a hat-trick of misses himself - to put the Gunners ahead. Andrey Arshavin completed the scoring in added time to leave Burnley rooted just one place off the bottom. In Saturday afternoon's only other game, Bolton leapfrogged West Ham with a fine 2-1 success over their struggling rivals at Upton Park. Bolton had not won on the road since last September but Owen Coyle's side were two ahead inside the first 16 minutes when goals from Kevin Davies and Arsenal loanee Jack Wilshere stunned the home side. West Ham tried to fightback but Alessandro Diamanti's 84th minute strike was too little too late for Gianfranco Zola's side.
