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LONDON (AP) -- Rio Ferdinand headed in a last-minute goal Sunday to give Manchester United a 1-0 win over visiting Liverpool in the English Premier League. The win kept United in second place. Leader Chelsea was held to a 1-1 draw by Charlton, the first time this season the defending champions have failed to win a game at Stamford Bridge. Eidur Gudjohnsen's 19th-minute strike was answered by a second-half header from striker Marcus Bent, denying Chelsea victory for the third time in a total 23 league matches this season. Chelsea finished with 10 men after Ricardo Carvalho was sent off in the 81st. Chelsea has 62 points and United has 48. Liverpool is third with 44 points but has two extra games to play. "When you win so late on it's a great feeling," United manager Alex Ferguson said. "Liverpool are a very difficult side to play against, a very powerful side. "It was a very tight game, about two chances in the whole match. It's such an important fixture that you have to expect that," Ferguson added. At Old Trafford, a competitive match didn't mean shots on goal. In the first half, neither side challenged the goalkeepers. In the second half, United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar punched clear Peter Crouch's shot, while United striker Louis Saha shot over the bar. Ferdinand had to scramble to stop his own clearance from going into United's goal and Liverpool missed its best chance when Djibril Cisse kicked a rebound off van der Sar over the bar from close range. Ferdinand scored in by heading in a free kick from Ryan Giggs. Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina got a hand to the ball but couldn't stop it hitting the back of the net. "We lost a game we were controlling, we have to think about that. It was the last minute, so it was a disappointing day," Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez said. "It's always difficult to lose in the last minute. We know we have two games in hand, we know it's a long way and we have to keep going." At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea led after a goal-mouth scramble. Charlton goalkeeper Thomas Myhre spilled Hernan Crespo's header and Gudjohnsen volleyed the rebound into the net. Although defender Radostin Kishishev cleared the ball without it having touched the ground, the referee ruled the ball had crossed the line. Charlton leveled in the 59th, when Bent, who joined this week from Everton, headed Darren Ambrose's long ball over Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech. "The draw doesn't make you happy but in the context of the Premiership it is a result you have to accept," Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said. "When you arrive at the end of January and you lose your first two points at home, I think that is a magnificent achievement." Carvalho's sending off for two yellow cards made it the second straight match that Chelsea has finished with 10 men. Arjen Robben was sent off last week in a 2-1 win over Sunderland. "I don't agree with the sending off," Mourinho said. "We are a clean team." Charlton, the last club to beat Chelsea in English competition when it eliminated the Blues from the League Cup in October on penalties, is mid-table with 29 points. "We've lost our way in recent weeks, the hard work wasn't there but we're getting back to that now," Charlton manager Alan Curbishley said. "Hopefully we're on our way to turning it round." Arsenal stayed fifth Saturday when it lost 1-0 at Everton, Arsenal's seventh in the league this season and sixth away. James Beattie scored in the 13th to give Everton a fourth straight league win.

o.k. now who else is at work?!

who else is still at work?!

i had soup.

everyone forgets Tommy P in the afternoon!

jenn is O-U-T OUT!

that dripped with insincerity.

it wasn't!

i did see 2214 last night. gina's friends are the nicest.

did you win?

better than a strip mall!

when did Chinatown become a strip-mall? it has been stripped of all soul.

can't make it. i'm headed to cielo to see steve porter. tell michelle goodbye for me though.

Nuts!

what day is it?

i can't believe tiny all let us down today:rolleyes:

where is GK!

wind > umbrella #2!

you may need to break down that last statement even more so vic can get his head around it!

there is a force of nature called "wind" that destroys umbrellas . . . learn about it.

i'm still drying out from my 45 minute walk to work today.

if i go it will be early in the week, and i'll just be couch surfing. i'm gonna have a very transient couple of days! i won't know until the week before.