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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 SPORTS EPL results/standings Aston Villa 0, Arsenal 3 (Ozil 32, Welbeck 34, Cissokho 36-og); Burnley 0, Sunderland 0; Newcastle 2 (Cisse 73, 87) Hull 2 (Jelavic 49, Diame 68); QPR 2 (Caulker 42, Kranjcar 88) Stoke 2 (Diouf 11, Crouch 51); Swansea 0, Southampton 1 (Wanyama 80); West Ham 3 (Reid 2, Sakho 7, Amalfitano 88) Liverpool 1 (Sterling 26). English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Chelsea 4 4 0 0 15 6 12 Man United 4 1 2 1 6 3 5 Southampton 5 3 1 1 9 3 10 Everton 4 1 2 1 9 10 5 Aston Villa 5 3 1 1 4 4 10 Leicester 4 1 2 1 4 5 5 Arsenal 5 2 3 0 10 6 9 Stoke 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 Swansea 5 3 0 2 8 6 9 Sunderland 5 0 4 1 5 6 4 Man City 4 2 1 1 7 4 7 QPR 5 1 1 3 3 11 4 Tottenham 4 2 1 1 7 5 7 Burnley 5 0 3 2 1 4 3 West Ham 5 2 1 2 9 8 7 Newcastle 5 0 3 2 5 11 3 Hull 5 1 3 1 7 7 6 Crystal Palace 4 0 2 2 5 8 2 Liverpool 5 2 0 3 7 8 6 West Brom 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 Burnley, Sunderland settle for stalemate missed a chance to put the hosts ahead in the fifth minute. Burnley 0 It was Sordell’s first league start for Burnley who are without both Ings and Sam Vokes, who scored 47 goals between them last season. Sunderland 0 But Sordell struggled to make the differ- ence. Sunderland recalled Emanuele Giaccherini in place of Ricardo Alvarez but their best chance of an early goal came LONDON: Struggling Burnley and through a series of crosses from Swedish Sunderland remain searching for their first midfielder Sebastian Larsson. Premier League win this season after play- The Black Cats enjoyed greater posses- ing out an uninspiring goalless draw at Turf sion after the break with Jordi Gomez and LONDON: Liverpool’s French defender Mamadou Sakho (right) vies with West Ham United’s Senegalese striker Diafra Sakho during the English Moor yesterday. Jozy Altidore coming on for Larsson and Premier League football match. —AFP New boys Burnley have settled for goal- Adam Johnson. less draws in their last three matches hav- Burnley almost claimed the three points ing missed a chance to take all three points when Lukas Jutkiewicz and Scott Arfield at Crystal Palace last week. combined to set up Ashley Barnes but to West Ham inflict more Ashley Barnes had come close to the no avail. hosts’ first victory of the campaign only to Wes Brown then picked up one of the see his effort five minutes from time crosses only for Ben Mee and Jason deflected off the crossbar. Shackell to clear. Connor Wickham headed misery on Liverpool Sean Dyche’s side sit just above the drop another into the box where Jack Rodwell zone with three points from five games. failed to finish off. Patrick van Aanholt’s long-range drive also The game ended with the hosts West Ham manager Sam Allardyce started minutes, switching to three at the back by hit the Burnley post late as the Black Cats camped in the Sunderland box where the with Alex Song for the first time, the former replacing Javier Manquillo with Mamadou are just one point above Burnley in 15th Black Cats missed a last-gasp effort when West Ham 3 Arsenal midfielder having been borrowed from Sakho. position. Clarets striker Marvin Sordell, Van Aanholt’s strike crashed against the Barcelona for the season. It worked as Raheem Sterling smashed in a replaced the injured Danny Ings, but he post.—AFP There was an extraordinary start to the game reply in the 26th minute after Balotelli had seen as the home side took the lead after just 77 sec- a shot charged down. There were more prob- Liverpool 1 onds. lems for Liverpool however when Lovren was James Tomkins out-jumped Jordan hurt in a clash with Mamadou Sakho, his team- Henderson at the far post from Stewart mate, but the Croat was able to carry on with a Downing’s free-kick and Winston Reid was there bandage round his head. LONDON: Liverpool suffered a second succes- to head in off Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren. Liverpool made another change at half-time, sive Premier League defeat after losing 3-1 away Reid was then booked for a foul on Borini with Adam Lallana replacing the anonymous to West Ham yesterday. before West Ham made it 2-0 in the seventh Lucas. Sterling fired wide before Borini forced Brendan Rodgers’s side had lost 1-0 at home minute. Mark Noble’s ball found Diafra Sakho in Adrian into a save as the visitors began to look to Aston Villa the previous weekend before space on the right of the box and the Senegal more menacing, with Balotelli next to see an marking their Champions League return with a striker floated what appeared to be a cross over effort saved. 2-1 success against Bulgarian club Ludogorets in Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and into Liverpool had the momentum, with the midweek. the net. speedy Sterling the biggest threat, and Allardyce Poor defence, their Achilles heel when finish- Enner Valencia, another new recruit, came made changes, bringing off Guy Demel and then ing runners-up to champions Manchester City in rushing in to make sure but the ball was already Song for Carl Jenkinson and Amalfitano respec- last season’s Premier League, cost Liverpool dear over the line but the goal belonged to Sakho. tively. at Upton Park where West Ham were 2-0 up Rodgers introduced England forward Rickie inside seven minutes. Although Liverpool were TOILING LIVERPOOL Lambert in place of Borini for the final 15 min- the better side for almost an hour after that, a Liverpool continued to toil and Mignolet had utes and the Hammers sent on an extra defend- late goal by home substitute Morgan Amalfitano to tip a long-range shot from Aaron Cresswell er in James Collins, who replaced Valencia. made sure there was no comeback for the round a post before Mario Balotelli became the Liverpool’s hopes of a point ended in the Merseysiders’ travelling supporters to celebrate centre of attention at the other end. 88th minute when Downing, a former Anfield in east London. The Italy forward went in late on West Ham player, threaded a through-ball to Amalfitano, Rodgers handed Italian forward Fabio Borini a goalkeeper Adrian, who reacted angrily, and ref- who poked a shot past Mignolet and into the far first start since January last year and the first in eree Craig Pawson ended up booking both men. corner to cue frenzied celebrations from the the Premier League since September 2012. Rodgers made a tactical change after just 22 home fans.—AFP Preview Newcastle hold Hull Van Gaal looks for son, it seemed Hull’s two-goal blast might lead from signal the end of their Newcastle manager’s Newcastle 2 reign. But within five minutes of his arrival, ‘privileged’ Rooney Cisse had dragged Newcastle back into the game with his first goal since March, and he MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Louis van struck again with just three minutes remain- Gaal has suggested Wayne Rooney has “privileges” as Hull 2 ing to hand Pardew at least a temporary he prepares his side to travel to Leicester today. reprieve as he battles to save his job. United got their season up and running with a 4-0 Newcastle’s point lifted them off the bot- Premier League win over QPR last weekend-van Gaal’s tom of the table, but they remain without a first competitive victory since moving into the hot seat NEWCASTLE: Embattled Newcastle manag- win after five league matches this season. at Old Trafford-and they will hope to continue that er Alan Pardew was handed a lifeline as Fans arriving at St James’ Park were pro- form against another newly-promoted side at the King Senegal striker Papiss Cisse scored twice to vided with placards urging Mike Ashley to Power Stadium. salvage a 2-2 draw against Hull yesterday. dismiss Pardew, although the owner had Such has been the turmoil at the start of van Gaal’s Cisse came off the bench as a 69th earlier indicated privately that there would SWANSEA: Southampton’s English defender Nathaniel Clyne (left) vies with Swansea reign that only four players-Rooney, David de Gea, minute substitute on his return from a knee be no knee-jerk reaction to the current situa- City’s English midfielder Wayne Routledge during the English Premier League foot- injury with the Magpies trailing 2-0 to tion. Despite talk all week of concerted ball match. —AFP Tyler Blackett and Juan Mata-have started all four of their Premier League matches so far. superb strikes from Nikica Jelavic and protests, the 53-year-old was initially booed After United added the attacking talent of Angel di Mohamed Diame. only sporadically on his forays into the tech- Maria and Radamel Falcao during the recent transfer On a tense day when Newcastle fans nical area. Saints end Swansea once again called for Pardew’s sacking after window, much has been made of how van Gaal will Unfortunately for Pardew, Newcastle their woeful start to the Premier League sea- were unable to convert their first half accommodate all of his forwards.
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