Chelsea defeated Portsmouth 2-0 on Saturday for an 11-point edge over second-place Arsenal in the English Premier League.
Hernan Crespo put the Blues ahead in the 27th minute at Fratton Park with midfielder Frank Lampard adding the clincher on a 67th-minute penalty.
It was Lampard's 160th consecutive league game, breaking a Premier League record. The old record was 159 by Manchester City goalkeeper David James.
"I'm happy to get there, it's a nice landmark to break and I'm happy with the goal because it finished them off," Lampard said.
It was also the first game in charge for Pompey assistant Joe Jordan, who replaced Alain Perrin after the Frenchman was fired earlier in the week.
Arsenal moved into second place with a 3-0 victory at Highbury behind goals from Francesc Fabregas, Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie. The victory was Arsenal's 13th straight at home in the league.
Newly promoted Wigan, the surprise club of the season, lost its second straight match, going down 2-1 at home to Tottenham. Wigan had won six consecutive games before losing last weekend to Arsenal. Wigan slipped into third place and next plays at Liverpool.
Robbie Keane gave Tottenham a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute, with Edgar Davids scoring in the 77th -- the Dutchman's first goal since joining Spurs this season.
In other games Saturday it was: Aston Villa 1, Charlton 0; Manchester City 0, Liverpool 1; Sunderland 0, Birmingham 1.
Chelsea leads the league with 37 points followed by Arsenal (26), Wigan (25) and Manchester United and Tottenham (24).
Crespo hit the target in the 27th minute -- his third goal in three games -- then limped off 10 minutes later with what looked like a back injury. Petr Cech made a key save in the 18th to stop Lomana LuaLua from giving Pompey an early lead.
Mourinho said he wasn't sure how serious Crespo's injury was.
"It was a strong knee in his back," Mourinho said. "We don't know if it's muscular or something in that region."
Lampard scored his penalty after Joe Cole was brought down in the area. It was Lampard's 12th goal of the season.
Fabregas scored for Arsenal in the fourth minute, with Henry adding his in first-half injury time, and Van Persie doing the same in second-half injury time.
"Even if we are a bit flat, we can always score goals -- and we know that," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose club has lost only once in the last 46 home league games.
Arsenal defeated Swiss team FC Thun 1-0 earlier in the week in the Champions League.
Henry's goal made him the first Arsenal player to score 100 league goals at Highbury. He is also the first Premier League player to reach the 100-goal mark in the same stadium.
"This is his garden here and he feels completely at ease," Wenger said. "You know when he walks on the pitch here that he will score a goal. The quality of his goal was great, with the quality of the pass from Robert Pires and the timing of his finishing."
All games in Britain scheduled a minute of silence before the kickoff to honor George Best, the former Manchester United star who died Friday at age 59.
In at least two games -- at Wolverhampton and Glasgow's Celtic -- fans broke into a minute's applause rather than remaining silent.
Best is expected to be buried Friday in Belfast, Northern Ireland, alongside his mother, Ann. The funeral will be one of the biggest in Britain since the death of Princess Diana in 1997.
League Championship leader Reading won 2-0 at Plymouth, while second-place Sheffield United lost 4-2 at Leicester. Reading leads on 50 points, with Sheffield United on 46.
Scottish Premier League leader Celtic suffered a surprise loss, falling 1-0 to last-place Dunfermline.
Celtic stayed in first place with 38 points, while Hearts scored a last-minute penalty to draw 1-1 at Motherwell and improve to 37.
Dunfermline, which broke a seven-game losing streak with the victory, got the winning goal in the 17th from defender Greg Ross.
The victory improved Dunfermline to eight points -- the same as Livingston.
Paul Hartley's last-minute penalty gave Hearts a second draw in two games for Hearts' new manager Graham Rix.
Defending champion Rangers is at Hibernian today, entering the game with 23 points. Hibernian entered has 31 points in third place, one spot above Rangers.
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