HULL, England (AP) -U.S. forward Jozy Altidore scored his first Premier League goal Saturday in helping relegation-threatened Hull upset big-spending Manchester City 2-1.
Altidore, playing his 18th Premier League match, scored in the 31st minute after being fed by Jan Venegoor of Hesselink on the edge of the penalty area and curling into the bottom corner past goalkeeper Shay Given. The 20-year-old's only other goal for Hull came in the League Cup against Southend on Aug. 25, his second match after arriving on loan from Spain's Villarreal.
``It was just good to score, but mostly importantly it's good we won the game,'' Altidore said. ``We've been unlucky the last few games. This is well deserved.''
George Boateng scored a second in the 54th as Hull won for the first time since November despite Emmanuel Adebayor's consolation goal for City, which lost for the second time since Roberto Mancini replaced Mark Hughes as manager in December.
Altidore is set to make the American squad for the World Cup in South Africa, where the U.S. opens against England on June 12.
While Manchester City (11-4-8) is fighting for a berth in next season's Champions League, Hull (5-11-8) climbed out of the relegation zone with the win.
Manchester United returned to the Premier League summit by routing bottom-place Portsmouth 5-0. Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov each scored for United, while three Portsmouth players scored own goals to add to the debt-ridden club's woes.
Defending champion United will retain its one-point lead in the standings if third-place Arsenal beats Chelsea on Sunday.
The top four regained a familiar look after Man City lost and Liverpool climbed to fourth with a 1-0 victory over Everton, while Tottenham drew 0-0 with Aston Villa.
After a lackluster start to the season, Liverpool has now collected 17 points from a possible 21 in the last seven matches.
Burnley climbed out of the relegation zone and sent West Ham back into the bottom three with a 2-1 victory.
Bolton is just one point above West Ham after drawing 0-0 with Fulham and Wigan is a further point ahead after holding Sunderland to a 1-1 draw.
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FRANKFURT (AP) - Bayern Munich extended its winning streak to eight games with a 3-1 victory at Wolfsburg that pulled it even with Bundesliga leader Bayer Leverkusen, which was held to a 1-1 draw at Bochum.
Bayern outclassed defending champion Wolfsburg, with Arjen Robben and Daniel van Buyten scoring in the first 26 minutes before Andrea Barzagli struck an own goal in the second half.
Wolfsburg striker Grafite then had his penalty saved by Bayern goalkeeper Jorg Butt in the 66th, as Wolfsburg extended its streak without a win to nine games.
Grafite scored a consolation goal in the final minute for Wolfsburg. Bayern climbed to 45 points after 21 rounds to tie with Leverkusen atop the league, but is two goals behind on goal difference.
Leverkusen took the lead through Eren Derdiyok just before the break, but Zlatko Dedic equalized for Bochum with 22 minutes left.
Also, Hamburg gave up a two-goal lead in the final 15 minutes to draw 3-3 at Cologne, missing a chance to take over fourth place.
Ruud van Nistelrooy came on as a substitute with two minutes left to make his debut for Hamburg, which got two goals from Mladen Petric.
Hoffenheim scored its first goals of 2010 and gained its first points in winning 2-1 at home over Hannover for 28 points in seventh place.
Stuttgart is just one place behind also on 28 points after beating Nuremberg 2-1 on the road to extend its winning streak to five games and its unbeaten streak to seven matches.
Nuremberg, which allowed Roberto Hilbert to score in the 87th minute, missed a chance to leave the relegation zone and has just 16 points.
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MADRID (AP) - Valencia beat Valladolid 2-0 in the Spanish league with goals from Ever Banega and David Villa.
Valencia remains in third place with 42 points. Barcelona, which plays Getafe later, is top on 52 points. Real Madrid, second on 47 points, plays Espanyol.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Holder Rangers will have to replay its fifth-round Scottish Cup match against St. Mirren after being held to a 0-0 draw.
Rangers will also play St. Mirren in the League Cup final on March 21 at Hampden Park.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Ismael Blanco scored twice to help AEK Athens overcome an early deficit and beat visiting Xanthi 3-1.
Leonardo scored AEK's other goal. Mugurel Buga had given Xanthi the lead.
The victory moved AEK into fourth place with 33 points after 21 games. Panathinaikos, which visits Larissa on Sunday, leads with 49 points and Olympiakos are next with 43. Olympiakos hosts Levadiakos and PAOK plays at Iraklis on Sunday.
The game between Aris Thesaloniki and visiting Panthrakikos was suspended at the end of the first half when referee Christos Mitsios decided the heavy rain had made the waterlogged field unplayable.
Panthrakikos was leading 1-0 with a 42nd minute goal by Fotis Papoulis.
The second half will be played Sunday on the same field if the conditions allow.
Also Saturday, Kavala beat Giannena 1-0.
