RECORD-SETTING Arsenal racked up a 4-1 victory Saturday over Leeds to stay atop the Premier League, and Michael Owen broke his scoring slump with a hat trick as second-place Liverpool won 3-0 at Manchester City.

　　Middlesbrough moved into third place with a lopsided 3-0 whitewash at Tottenham. Manchester United won its fourth straight match, taking a 3-1 victory at Charlton to move into fourth place.

　　In other scores Saturday in the Premier League: Birmingham 0, Newcastle 2; Bolton 1, Southampton 1; Chelsea 2, West Ham 3; Everton 2, Fulham 0; Sunderland 1, Aston Villa 0.

　　On Monday West Brom was home to Blackburn.

　　Defending champion Arsenal leads with 20 points followed by Liverpool (18), Middlesbrough (14), Manchester United (14), Chelsea (13), Tottenham (13), Leeds (12) and Fulham and Everton with 11 each.

　　Despite its first victory of the season, West Ham stayed in last place with five points with Charlton and Southampton two points above.

　　In Arsenal's win, Nigerian Kanu notched two as Arsenal scored in a record-47th consecutive league match. The mark topped the old record of 46 set in 1929-30 by Chesterfield. It was Arsenal's 29th unbeaten game in the Premier League to equal Manchester United's record, and also an English record of 23 straight away games unbeaten.

　　Kanu scored after just nine minutes and again in the 86th. Ivory Coast international Kolo Toure and Thierry Henry also found the back of the net. Australian Harry Kewell scored for Leeds.

　　Middlesbrough now finds itself near the top of the standing thanks to goals from Massimo Maccarone, Njitap Teremi and Joseph-Desire Joe.

　　Manchester United trailed 1-0 at halftime on a goal by Charlton's Claus Jensen, but roared back in the second with Ryan Giggs, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Paul Scholes getting the others. Scholes returned after knee surgery only three weeks ago.