LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) – Everton can take a huge step towards an unlikely top-four finish and Champions League soccer next season if they can maintain their recent run of great form by winning at Arsenal for the first time in 17 years on Tuesday.

To do that, they will have to overcome opponents who have risen to third in the table on the back of a superb run of results just as the race for Champions League qualification enters the finishing straight.

LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United closed in on their 20th title when they won 2-0 at struggling Stoke City on Sunday and need only seven points from their remaining six matches to reclaim the Premier League crown.

Michael Carrick toe-poked United ahead with a scrappy goal after four minutes and Robin van Persie ended his 10-match scoring drought with a 66th-minute penalty to seal the points in a game United dominated from start to finish.

LONDON (Reuters) – Sunderland won their first match under new manager Paolo Di Canio, beating Newcastle United 3-0 in a thunderous Tyne-Wear derby to ease their Premier League relegation woes on Sunday.

Di Canio, who replaced Martin O’Neill and saw them beaten in his first match in charge at Chelsea last week, celebrated their goals from Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan with an outpouring of emotion.

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – Manchester United closed in on their 20th title when they won 2-0 at struggling Stoke City on Sunday and need only seven points from their remaining six matches to reclaim the Premier League crown.

Michael Carrick put United ahead with a scrappy goal after four minutes and Robin van Perise ended his 10-match scoring drought with a 66th minute penalty to seal the points from a game United dominated from start to finish.

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – Sunderland won their first match under new manager Paolo Di Canio, beating Newcastle United 3-0 in a thunderous Tyne-Wear derby to ease their Premier League relegation woes on Sunday.

Di Canio, who replaced Martin O’Neill and saw them beaten in his first match in charge at Chelsea last week, celebrated their goals from Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan with an outpouring of emotion.

LONDON (Reuters) – Sunderland won their first match under new manager Paolo Di Canio, beating Newcastle United 3-0 in a thunderous Tyne-Wear derby to ease their Premier League relegation woes on Sunday.

Di Canio, who replaced Martin O’Neill two weeks ago and saw them beaten in his first match in charge last week at Chelsea, celebrated their goals from Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan with an outpouring of emotion.

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – Sunderland won their first match under new manager Paolo Di Canio, beating Newcastle United 3-0 in a thunderous Tyne-Wear derby to ease their Premier League relegation woes on Sunday.

Di Canio, who replaced Martin O’Neill two weeks ago and saw them beaten in his first match in charge last week at Chelsea, celebrated their goals from Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan with an outpouring of emotion.

LONDON (Reuters) – Sunday’s second FA Cup semi-final between holders Chelsea and Manchester City was always going to overshadow the first between Wigan Athletic and Millwall, and that will still be the case despite the violence at Wembley on Saturday.

Eleven Millwall fans were arrested and four police officers suffered injuries after Millwall fans fought with each other in scenes now rarely seen at English grounds — and even more rarely at Wembley — as their team were beaten 2-0 by Wigan who reached the FA Cup final for the first time in their 81-year-history.

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – Sunday’s second FA Cup semi-final between holders Chelsea and Manchester City was always going to overshadow the first between Wigan Athletic and Millwall, and that will still be the case despite the violence at Wembley on Saturday.

Eleven Millwall fans were arrested and four police officers suffered injuries after Millwall fans fought with each other in scenes now rarely seen at English grounds — and even more rarely at Wembley — as their team were beaten 2-0 by Wigan who reached the FA Cup final for the first time in their 81-year-history.

LONDON (Reuters) – Police arrested 10 people in the Millwall supporters’ section of Wembley Stadium on Saturday after violence marred the London club’s FA Cup semi-final defeat by Wigan Athletic.

Trouble escalated midway through the second half of Wigan’s 2-0 victory with Millwall fans fighting each other and the police.