MU beaten as Magpies rain on Gunners

Newcastle United midfielder Cheik Tiote celebrates after scoring a stunning 30-yard volley to equalise in their stunning match against Premiership rivals Arsenal at St James' Park on Saturday. Tiote's goal was Newcastle's fourth after they had fallen 4-0 behind within 26 minutes.Photo: AFP

Manchester United crashed to their first defeat of the season in a shock 2-1 loss at bottom club Wolves on Saturday after a day of drama and record goal-scoring across the Premier League.
League leaders United, who had started to entertain dreams of emulating Arsenal and Preston North End as the only clubs to go through a whole season unbeaten, saw their run end abruptly at Molineux.
A superb individual goal by winger Nani had fired United ahead on three minutes but Wolves equalised with a fine header by fullback George Elokobi.
Five minutes before half-time Kevin Doyle was deemed to have got the final touch on a Nenad Milijas free-kick to put Mick McCarthy's side 2-1 up.
Despite furious late pressure from Sir Alex Ferguson's side, Wolves held on to record a victory which gives the rest of United's title rivals hope.
"We are disappointed obviously. It's been a long run for us. The players have done us all proud but today in the second half we didn't really get going," Ferguson told ESPN afterwards.
The result reduced United's lead over second-placed Arsenal to four points with both sides having played 25 games each. Wolves however remain bottom, behind West Ham on goals scored.
The Gunners would have narrowed the deficit even further had they not squandered a 4-0 lead in an extraordinary game against Newcastle at St James Park which finished 4-4.
Arsenal looked to be cruising after goals from Robin Van Persie (2), Theo Walcott and Johan Djourou put them 4-0 up after 26 minutes.
However the sending off of Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby gave Newcastle a way back into the game and the Magpies produced a stunning fightback to draw courtesy of two Joey Barton penalties, a Leon Best strike and a rasping volley from Cheik Tiote on 87 minutes.
A total of 41 goals were scored across Saturday's eight games, shattering the previous record of 36 scored in a single day of the Premier League.
Third-placed Manchester City swept to a comfortable win over West Bromwich Albion at Eastlands, birthday boy Carlos Tevez netting a first-half hat-trick in a 3-0 victory.
Tevez's treble included two from the penalty spot as the Argentinian took his goals tally for the season to 18.
In a dramatic match at White Hart Lane, Niko Kranjcar struck a 90th-minute winner for Tottenham in a 2-1 victory over Bolton.
Rafael Van der Vaart put Spurs ahead from the penalty spot on six minutes, and looked to have doubled his tally moments later when he buried a second spot-kick only for the kick to be retaken for encroachment. Van der Vaart shot the same way but his effort went wide.
Bolton looked to have done enough to earn a share of the points courtesy of a Daniel Sturridge equaliser but Kranjcar's strike settled it for Spurs.
Elsewhere, Fulham twice came from behind to grab a share of the points in a 2-2 draw away to Aston Villa.
At Goodison Park, Louis Saha struck four goals as Everton came from behind to score a dramatic 5-3 win over Blackpool.
At the DW Stadium, relegation-threatened Wigan scored a vital 4-3 victory over Blackburn in a see-saw battle.
In the early kick-off, Robert Huth scored two goals in the final 10 minutes as Stoke City came from behind to defeat Sunderland 3-2.
Results
Aston Villa 2 (Pantsil 13-og, Walker 72) Fulham 2 (Johnson 52, Dempsey 78)
Everton 5 (Saha 20, 47, 76, 84, Beckford 80) Blackpool 3 (Baptiste 37, Puncheon 62, Adam 64)
Man City 3 (Tevez 17-pen, 22, 39-pen) West Brom 0
Newcastle 4 (Barton 68-pen, 83-pen, Best 75, Tiote 87) Arsenal 4 (Walcott 1, Djourou 3, Van Persie 10, 26)
Stoke 3 (Carew 32, Huth 83, 90) Sunderland 2 (Richardson 2, Gyan 48)
Tottenham 2 (Van der Vaart 6-pen, Kranjcar 90) Bolton 1 (Sturridge 55)
Wigan 4 (McCarthy 35, 56, Rodallega 50, Watson 65-pen) Blackburn 3 (Roberts 23, Samba 58, Dunn 81-pen)
Wolves 2 (Elokobi 10, Doyle 40) Man Utd 1 (Nani 3)