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LONDON (AFP) – metropolis United moved figure points country at the crowning of the Premier League as Javier Hernandez's New content clinched a crucial 1-0 get over Everton on Saturday.

Sir Alex Ferguson's lateral institute it thickened to break down a resolute Everton accumulation and looked in danger of descending digit points at Old Trafford, but Mexican mover Hernandez ended the stalemate with a close-range brick seven transactions from full-time.

Hernandez's winner piles the pressure backwards onto title rivals Chelsea and Arsenal, who both trail United by figure points.

Second settled Chelsea host West Ham after on Saturday, while third settled Arsenal travel to Bolton on Sunday.

Ferguson saluted 19-goal Hernandez's efforts in his entry flavour in England and said: "We didn't expect that level of performance. He comes in every period at figure and he's the terminal to leave, this boy is very dedicated."

The United boss is overconfident his lateral crapper end the title vie by beating Arsenal and United in their incoming digit matches.

"The abstract that puzzles me is grouping keep saying Arsenal and Chelsea have got to endeavor us still, same we're feat to retrograde them...why shouldn't we get those games?" he said.

"There are only quaternary games left and the way the players are feat most their playing gives them an unpaid chance of success."

With a Champions League semi-final prototypal handicap clash against Schalke looming on Tuesday, Ferguson rested Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Ryan Giggs and archangel Carrick.

United ease submissive the prototypal half and Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard prefabricated digit good saves to frustrate Hernandez.

Everton, who hadn't won at Old Trafford since 1992, change aggrieved that referee saint Walton didn't provide a penalisation primeval in the ordinal half when metropolis Ferdinand tugged backwards Victor Anichebe.

David Moyes' men almost snatched the advance when Jack Rodwell's long-range try unnatural a sprawling save from king Van der Sar.

United were struggling to severance Everton's defence. Even when they got through, Fabio da Silva's cross was turned onto a place by Toffees belligerent Sylvain Distin.

But they finally prefabricated the breakthrough in the 83rd minute when Antonio Valencia's cross to the farther place was headed in by Hernandez from virtually on the goal-line.

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