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Chelsea, Juventus, Bayern continue impressive starts
ENGLAND Champions Chelsea notched up their fifth Premier League victory of the season with a routine 2-0 win over bottom club Sunderland as their main title rivals both dropped points.
Arsenal's stuttering start continued with a 2-1 defeat at Middlesbrough, while Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by local rivals City to end their 100 percent record.
Charlton Athletic recorded their fourth successive win, 1-0 at Birmingham City, while European champions Liverpool drew 0-0 at Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea have 15 points, three more than Charlton who have a game in hand. The sides meet next week at Charlton. Manchester City have 11 points, with United a point back on 10. ITALY France forward David Trezeguet scored twice to help Juventus romp to a 4-0 win at Empoli and maintain a 100 percent start to the season. Juve were 3-0 up within 16 minutes thanks to Trezeguet's opener, compatriot Patrick Vieira's first goal for the club and a deflected strike from Mauro Camoranesi. Udinese, who will make their Champions League debut on Wednesday, also have two wins from two after a 1-0 victory at AS Roma, as do Livorno who won 1-0 at Treviso thanks to an injury-time goal from Cristiano Lucarelli. Inter Milan fell to a 3-2 defeat at Palermo and AC Milan
beat Siena 3-1 with Andriy Shevchenko and Brazilian Kaka both on target.
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