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Manchester City's Kelvin Etuhu (right) celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal as Bolton Wanderer's goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen watches during their English Premier League match in Manchester yesterday. Manchester City won 4-2.

LONDON (Reuters):

MANCHESTER CITY came from behind to beat Bolton Wanderers 4-2 yesterday to keep their 100 per cent home record and go fourth in the Premier League while the big guns enjoyed a day off.

The four leading contenders are in action today with champions Manchester United playing Liverpool at Anfield before leaders Arsenal host third-placed Chelsea.

Arsenal have 37 points from 16 games to United's 36, with Chelsea on 34 and City on 33.

Portsmouth could have gone fourth but fell to seventh after losing 1-0 to Tottenham Hotspur at Fratton Park. They remain on 30 points, behind Liverpool and Everton - who won 2-0 at West Ham United - on goal difference.

"We got well beaten today," said Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp of his side's first home league defeat of the season and Tottenham's first away win. "I thought Tottenham were the better team today, we just never got started."

Took the lead

City, the only club in the top flight to have won all nine of their home league games this season, went ahead through Rolando Bianchi's seventh minute tap-in.

El Hadji Diouf equalised with a left-footed shot in the 31st and Kevin Nolan made it 2-1 to Bolton five minutes before halftime.

A Lubomir Michalik own-goal put Sven-Goran Eriksson's side back into the game three minutes after the break and Darius Vassell slotted in a third in the 77th before Kelvin Etuhu grabbed the fourth in stoppage time.

"I think we deserved to win," said Eriksson. "We spoke a little bit at halftime and credit to the players, they came out and were different in the second half and showed they really wanted to win."

Struggling Wigan Athletic were the day's top scorers, beating 10-man Blackburn Rovers 5-3 at the JJB Stadium after squandering an early 3-0 lead.

A hat-trick by Roque Santa Cruz pulled Blackburn level, but their victory chances took a knock when Brett Emerton was sent off in the 57th minute.

Wigan, who had England striker Emile Heskey carried off injured after 38 minutes, went back in front when Marcus Bent grabbed his second goal of the game in the 66th before claiming his own hat-trick in the 81st.