Charlton beat London rival Crystal Palace 1-0 on Sunday with an injury time winner from substitute Dennis Rommedahl.

The win was Charlton's second away win of the season and lifted the club three places to 10th. Charlton goalkeeper Dean Kiely saved a 57th-minute penalty from Andy Johnson.

Aki Riihilahti hit the bar for Palace and Jerome Thomas and Matt Holland went close for Charlton.

Saturday, Arsenal won for the first time in five matches, getting two goals from Thierry Henry to beat Birmingham 3-0 while Chelsea and Manchester United also posted comfortable wins.

Arsenal dropped its German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who had started every match in the club's record 49-match unbeaten league streak, for Manuel Almunia.

The Spaniard kept Arsenal's first clean sheet in 14 matches, but didn't have a lot to do. Robert Pires added the other goal at Highbury.

Chelsea stayed in first place, five points ahead of Arsenal, with a 4-0 win over Newcastle.

Manchester United beat Southampton 3-0 on second-half goals from Paul Scholes, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo for its seventh straight win in all competitions.

Everton stayed in third place by snatching a 3-2 win over Bolton thanks to a Radhi Jaidi own-goal with five minutes left.

Also Saturday, it was: Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 1; Norwich 0, Fulham 1; and Portsmouth 3, West Bromwich Albion 2. Tottenham beat Blackburn 1-0, with Robbie Keane's 56th-minute strike ending Rovers' five-match unbeaten run.

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