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03/14/2010 - Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wayne Rooney scored two more goals to increase his Premier League-leading total to 25 and Manchester United defeated Fulham 3-0 on Sunday at Old Trafford to reclaim first place.

Arsenal and Chelsea passed United with wins on Saturday, but Rooney scored one minute after halftime and added his 32 in all competitions in the 84th.

Dimitar Berbatov, who assisted on Rooney's second goal, added his 10th Premier League goal in the 89th to seal United's 21st win of the season.

"The start to the second half was crucial and we got a good one to put us in a good position. After that our confidence grew," United coach Sir Alex Ferguson told MUTV.

Rooney handed United the lead less than one minute into the second half after a great give-and-go with Nani. Rooney had the ball in the middle and passed to the left to Nani, who threaded a pass through four Fulham players to get the ball back to Rooney for an easy finish to the bottom right.

Berbatov set up the second goal after he drove into the area from the right to slip a pass through three Fulham players to Rooney, who slotted to the left to beat Mark Schwarzer for the second time.

"The second was the star goal really," Ferguson said. "The work by Berbatov was fantastic football and he just laid it on a plate for Wayne, who took it well."

Substitute Ji-Sung Park delivered a cross to Berbatov in the 89th, and he dove to head the ball inside the right post from five yards for the third goal.

Fulham lost for just the second time in its last seven matches, but still sits in the top half of the standings in 10th. American Clint Dempsey, who returned in Thursday's Europa League match, made his first start since suffering a knee injury earlier this year.

Adam Johnson scored in the 91st minute as Manchester City escaped the Stadium of Light with a 1-1 draw against Sunderland.

Johnson latched onto a corner kick on the far side of the area in injury time, and lofted a perfect shot into the upper-left corner.

Kenwyne Jones scored in the ninth minute for Sunderland, and Craig Gordon made seven saves before Johnson left him no chance in the final seconds.

City is in fifth place, two points behind Tottenham for fourth and a berth in the Champions League. Sunderland is seven points clear of relegation in 14th.

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Coaches and bettors alike are desperate to make sense of the new time-keeping rules on the NCAA gridiron. One of the big stories to come out of the Ohio State-Texas clash last weekend was Texas coach Mack Brown's criticism of the NCAA's new clock rules that are intended to shorten the duration of college football games, therefore affecting college football betting.

"They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything," Brown told ESPN.com. "I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over."

Sure, it might be sour grapes; the Buckeyes thoroughly trounced the defending national champion Longhorns 24-7. However, Brown isn't alone in giving the changes their due thought. Bettors are also wondering about them, albeit for a completely different reason. Most experts agree that the changes will result in games being shortened by anywhere from 10 to 20 plays. The obvious consequence is lower scores, with more time rolling off the clock during changes of possession. (The Ohio State-Texas game flew well under the total of 52.)

According to research at the online sportsbook MySportsbook.com, more than 18 plays a game disappeared last weekend into thin air. That's a 10-percent reduction. In 2005, a typical game had 168.58 plays. For 2007 already, it's down to 150.26.

As a result, teams combined to gain an average of about 100 fewer yards a game last weekend versus the 2005 openers. Scoring was also down by about 4.5 points (attention Las Vegas sports lines).

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