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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2014 SPORTS Austin powers QPR off the bottom

the Foxes since the 34-year-old signed for free from Inter Milan in August. QPR 3 QPR gave away petty fouls as they tried to get back into the game but Leicester were hav- ing the better of the half and their pressure caused Rangers to lose the ball in the final third of the pitch. Leicester’s was proving Leicester 2 a menace in attack and the visitors’ play was directed at getting the ball to the target man. But QPR eventually got a lucky break thanks to good work down the left wing by defender LONDON: headed a dramatic Steven Caulker. He crossed the ball and Morgan winner to lift Queens Park Rangers off the bot- slid in to clear it. The ball missed the Leicester tom of the English table yester- captain’s right foot and caught the Jamaica day as they beat Leicester City in a 3-2 thriller. It defender’s trailing boot and went in the net. And was only QPR’s second win since August, the Rangers were soon in the lead thanks to Fer’s hosts having taken just six points from their cool finish just before the interval. Mauricio Isla previous nine matches in their battle for top- crossed from the right for QPR’s top scorer flight survival. Austin, who powered a header straight at Kasper Visitors Leicester took the lead in the fourth Schmeichel. The Leicester goalkeeper could only minute at Loftus Road through Esteban parry the effort and Netherlands midfielder Fer Cambiasso before Rangers equalised thanks to a was on hand to hammer the ball in from eight own goal in the 37th. yards out. Leroy Fer put QPR ahead on the stroke of Leicester came out determined to seek an half-time before Jeff Schlupp levelled for the equaliser and got it with a tremendous goal Foxes in the 67th minute. And as the match from Schlupp. After a Vardy shot was blocked, turned into a roller-coaster with both sides seek- the Ghana winger fired in a sweet left-foot strike ing the winner, Austin headed in the winner in a from 25 yards out to bring the Foxes level in the goalmouth scramble in the 73rd minute to send 67th minute. Rangers fans delirious. QPR rallied though and forced a tremen- The win in front of an 18,054-strong crowd : Stoke City’s Marc Wilson (right) and Liverpool’s battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match at dous save out of Schmeichel when Fur headed Anfield, Liverpool. — AP lifted QPR to 18th place in the table, one point a corner goalwards. But shortly afterwards, ahead of Leicester who were left rock bottom. with the ball pinging around in a goalmouth Cambiasso’s goal was well taken, the former Real scramble, Schmeichel conceded as Austin Johnson lifts Liverpool gloom Madrid man sending a right-foot shot into the far reacted quickly to head the ball in for a 3-2 corner beyond the dive of Rangers goalkeeper lead. Leicester went all-out again for another Rob Green. It was the second goal Argentina equaliser but the west Londoners clung for a play every game at this stage of his career”. Stoke, who had not scored in their previous defensive midfielder Cambiasso has scored for vital three points. — AFP With Lucas Leiva and Joe Allen shielding eight league matches at Anfield, then struck a Liverpool 1 Liverpool’s back four the hosts looked to have post on the hour when Bojan Krkic burst clear more defensive solidity than in recent weeks. into the penalty area. However, they also lacked a cutting edge in That seemed to shake Liverpool into life and attack and the result was the first 45 minutes they created a succession of chances from which Stoke 0 failed to yield a single shot on target by either they really should have scored. side. Stoke were dealt a blow in the 22nd minute A neat passing move saw Lucas bring a point- when midfielder Steve Sidwell injured his knee blank save out of Asmir Begovic and the Stoke after a collision with Reds striker Rickie Lambert goalkeeper then dived to gather Lambert’s skid- LIVERPOOL: gave struggling and was replaced by Glenn Whelan. ding effort. ’s influence on the Liverpool a much-needed lift as the defender’s Liverpool were presented with a free-kick game grew and he teed up Allen inside the six- dramatic late goal secured a hard-fought 1-0 win within shooting range shortly after, but Lambert yard box, but with the goal at his mercy the over Stoke at Anfield yesterday. fired his effort high into the crowd. Liverpool midfielder fired over the crossbar. Johnson’s stooping header five minutes from , Liverpool’s most impres- Gerrard replaced Lucas with 16 minutes time earned Liverpool’s first win of November in sive performer in a subdued first half, injected a remaining, although it was Stoke that initially all competitions and ended a run of three con- bit of life on the stroke of half-time with a jinking threatened following his arrival as Diouf’s shot secutive Premier League defeats to ease the run toward goal only to be dispossessed at the on the turn was cleared off the line by Sterling. pressure on manager . key moment. However, Liverpool’s overall pressure finally Rodgers had responded to Liverpool’s recent told when right-back Johnson put them ahead poor form with a surprise team selection as he HIGHER TEMPO in the 85th minute. Henderson’s high cross was dropped from his starting line- The home side started the second half with a met by Lambert and his header bounced down up. The Liverpool skipper, who made his debut higher tempo, and Henderson went close with a off the bar towards Johnson, who stooped to for the Reds exactly 16 years ago to the day left-foot shot from the edge of area which went head the ball over the line from close range. against Blackburn, relinquished the armband to just past a post. Stoke threw everything at Liverpool in the fellow midfielder . With Liverpool more expansive, Stoke also remaining minutes but the home side hung to Rodgers said before kick-off he wanted “to showed greater ambition and Reds goalkeeper secure a vital three points which took some of freshen up team” and admitted Gerrard, who is Simon Mignolet saved well at his near post from the heat off Rodgers, while also raising ques- out of contract at Anfield in June next year, “can’t Mame Biram Diouf’s low effort. tions about Gerrard’s future. — AFP Hammers ends Newcastle run

West Ham 1

Newcastle 0

LONDON: ’s first goal for West Ham was enough to bring Newcastle’s six-match winning run in all competitions to an end with a 1-0 win at LONDON: Queens Park Rangers’ Joey Barton ( left) tries to stop Leicester’s Jeffrey Schlupp Upton Park yesterday. during an English Premier League soccer match at the Loftus Road ground. — AP Cresswell collected Cheikhou Kouyate’s pass in the area on 55 minutes and fired the ball low into the bot- tom right hand corner with visiting goalkeeper Rob Elliott beaten. Palace hold Swansea Newcastle, with a patched-up defence and a string of injuries to key players, almost hit back immediately the game that had taken Swansea when Perez’s shot from the right side of the box was to a new level and that compliment seemed saved in the bottom left corner. Swansea 1 justified as Palace were overrun in the opening Despite having the greater share of possession, 20 minutes. Jefferson Montero caused mayhem Newcastle’s cause was dealt a killer blow when in-form down Palace’s right flank and Bony twice went Moussa Sissoko was sent off a quarter-of-an-hour close and Gylfi Sigurdsson sent over an angled from the end for a second booking inside 40 seconds. free-kick before Swansea took a deserved 15th Crystal Palace 1 The second was for a bad foul on former Magpies minute lead. striker Andy Carroll after he had kicked the ball away Sigurdsson, so often the provider for in disgust for his first yellow card. Swansea this season, found Bony on the edge Even then, and Carroll had of the penalty area and his smart turn and shot chances to put it beyond Newcastle’s reach at the SWANSEA: Australia captain Mile Jedinak paid death, but both hit their shots wide. an emotional tribute to Phillip Hughes and gave Julian Speroni no chance in the Palace The winning streak had taken ’s men then scored the goal that gave Crystal Palace a goal. It was the Ivorian’s 18th Premier League from 18th into the top six, but the Hammers made 1-1 draw at Swansea yesterday. goal of the calendar year - the best in the divi- sure there was no happy return to east London for the Palace midfielder Jedinak laid a bat on the sion. It seemed a matter of time before manager who took them to within seconds of FA Cup field before kick-off at the in Swansea would build on their lead, but the final glory against Liverpool at Wembley in 2006. honour of the 25-year-old Australia cricketer, game turned in the 25th minute when Jonjo There was revenge in the air, though, for Allardyce, whose death on Thursday after being hit by a Shelvey got on the wrong side of in a congested penalty area and the who was dismissed by Newcastle six years ago after a ball while batting earlier in the week has poor run of results and fan protests at the style of foot- shocked the world of sport. Palace forward fell to the floor. Jedinak stepped up to hammer the result- ball his team were playing. Jedinak followed his mark of respect to West Ham, whose home form had already seen Hughes by delivering a dynamic display ing penalty past Lukasz Fabianski for his fifth goal in eight games. Suddenly Palace were a them beat Liverpool and champions Manchester City capped by the first half equaliser that cancelled at the , are now fifth, but Newcastle out Wilfried Bony’s opener for the hosts. different proposition. Chamakh had a clear opportunity to put slipped back to eighth. The point kept Palace away from the relega- A cagey opening had brought an early booking for Palace ahead when Ashley Williams miscued tion zone and built on the momentum from Newcastle’s Michael Williamson on 18 minutes for a Martin Kelly’s cross, but Fabianski was off his their shock 3-1 win over Liverpool last week- bad foul on Matthew Jarvis on the left wing, but saw a end. Eagles manager said before line smartly to smother the shot. —AFP flurry of chances towards the end of the half. Newcastle’s Ayoze Perez was first to go close on 37 minutes when his shot from an awkward angle from LONDON: West Ham United’s Andy Carroll (right) tussles with Newcastle United’s Jack Colback EPL results/standings Sammy Ameobi’s cross was wide of the mark. —AFP during the English Premier League soccer match at Upton Park. — AP Burnley 1 (Ings 87-pen) Aston Villa 1 (Cole 38); Liverpool 1 (Johnson 85) Stoke 0; Manchester United 3 (Smalling 16, Rooney 42, Van Persie 66) Hull 0; QPR 3 (Morgan 37- og, Fer 45, Austin 73) Leicester 2 (Cambiasso 4, Schlupp 67); Sunderland 0 Chelsea 0; Ings snatches Burnley draw Swansea 1 (Bony 15) Crystal Palace 1 (Jedinak 25-pen); West Bromwich 0 Arsenal 1 (Welbeck 60); West Ham 1 (Cresswell 56) Newcastle 0. defender Jores Okore brought down . Weimann cross. After the interval Villa missed three Playing today: Ings stepped up and fired into the roof of the net chances to pull further ahead through Weimann and v Manchester City; Tottenham v Everton. Burnley 1 for his fourth goal in the last five games to extend Cleverley. Burnley’s chances came through George Burnley’s unbeaten run to three. It added to the pres- Boyd and Ings before a late flurry of substitutions saw English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals sure on Villa boss Paul Lambert following the resigna- Cole replaced by Jack Grealish. for, goals against, points): tion of his assistant earlier in the week. After securing the penalty, Burnley poured forward Former England midfielder Cole came in for in search of the winner with Ings’ bid for a double hit- Chelsea 13 10 3 0 30 11 33 Liverpool 13 5 2 6 16 18 17 Aston Villa 1 Charles N’Zogbia in Villa’s only change from the team ting the right post, as a Lukas Jutkiewicz header also Southampton 12 8 2 2 24 6 26 Stoke 13 4 3 6 13 16 15 that drew against Southampton on Monday. Burnley missed the mark. Man City 12 7 3 2 24 13 24 Sunderland 13 2 8 3 12 19 14 made one change as they sought a third straight vic- A Grealish shot at goal was kept out by Heaton in Man Utd 13 6 4 3 22 15 22 Crystal Palace 13 3 4 6 18 22 13 tory, with Michael Keane making his first Premier the last action of the evening, to leave Villa winless in West Ham 13 6 3 4 21 16 21 West Brom 13 3 4 6 13 18 13 BURNLEY: A late penalty snatched a 1-1 League start in place of the injured Michael Duff. their last nine matches, following up six defeats in a Arsenal 13 5 5 3 21 15 20 Aston Villa 13 3 4 6 7 18 13 home draw for Burnley as Aston Villa’s winless run Cole made his presence felt early as he was instru- row with successive draws. Victories over Hull and Swansea 13 5 4 4 17 14 19 Hull 13 2 5 6 14 20 11 extended to nine games yesterday. mental in two crosses to Gabriel Agbonlahor and Tom Stoke had taken Burnley’s points tally into double fig- Newcastle 13 5 4 4 14 16 19 QPR 13 3 2 8 14 25 11 Joe Cole had scored on his first Premier League Cleverley in the first 20 minutes, which were both ures and lifted them off the bottom of the table. They blocked by Thomas Heaton in the Burnley goal. are now second from bottom one point ahead of Everton 12 4 5 3 22 19 17 Burnley 13 2 5 6 9 21 11 start for Villa when he picked up a cross to fire the visi- tors ahead after 38 minutes. But Burnley were award- But 33-year-old midfielder Cole broke the dead- tailenders Leicester, with Lambert’s side only two Tottenham 12 5 2 5 16 17 17 Leicester 13 2 4 7 13 21 10 ed a penalty three minutes from time when Villa lock seven minutes before the break off an Andreas points above the Clarets. — AFP