SPORTS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013

No festive cheer for West Ham, Sunderland

either side’s fortunes in the relegation and Fabio Borini all came in for the 21st minute, only for Guy Demel’s vol- Allardyce sent on Jack Collison for Matt battle. Sunderland enjoyed the best of Sunderland. ley to be ruled out for a foul. Jarvis. West Ham 0 the match at Upton Park, but the closest Narrowly beaten by Chelsea and then Sunderland quickly reasserted control, Mohamed Diame hit the side netting they came to breaking the deadlock was Tottenham Hotspur in their last two out- however, and they came within inches of from an angle for West Ham, but a first-half shot from that ings, Sunderland appeared eager to make taking the lead in the 34th minute when Sunderland continued to threaten, with came back off the frame of the goal. it third time lucky and they took the full-back Bardsley rattled the crossbar Giaccherini shooting wastefully wide and Sunderland remain bottom of the game to their hosts from the start. with an ambitious attempt from 25 yards. Jaaskelainen saving comfortably from Sunderland 0 table, five points behind fourth-bottom Ki Sung-yueng had an early shot Giaccherini had an effort deflected Altidore. West Ham, who inched a point clear of saved by West Ham goalkeeper Jussi narrowly wide, while Cattermole also Visiting manager Gus Poyet intro- the relegation places. West Ham were Jaaskelainen, while Sunderland striker tested Jaaskelainen from distance. duced Steven Fletcher and Adam without the suspended Kevin Nolan and dragged an effort wide after Morrison worked Sunderland goalkeeper Johnson as Sunderland pushed for a pre- LONDON: strugglers the injured Stewart Downing, with Ravel going clean through. West Ham had seen Vito Mannone early in the second half, cious three points, and Jaaskelainen had West Ham United and Sunderland played Morrison and Joe Cole deputising, while Modibo Maiga blaze over in the early but with the hosts struggling to break to come to West Ham’s rescue again to out a 0-0 draw yesterday that did little for Lee Cattermole, stages and they put the ball in the net in their opponents down, manager Sam turn away another effort from Ki. — AFP Everton late show destroys Fulham

Everton 4 Matches on TV (Local Timings)

Fulham 1 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Norwich City V Swansea City 16:30 Aljazeera Sport +7 LIVERPOOL: Defender Seamus Coleman and Aljazeera Sport HD 3 Gareth Barry were the unlikely goalscorers as Everton Aston Villa v Man United 16:30 scored three late goals to beat Fulham 4-1 Saturday at Aljazeera Sport HD 1 Goodison Park and provisionally move fourth in the Aljazeera Sport +9 Premier League. Tottenham v Liverpool 19:00 For a long spell in the second half, it seemed the Aljazeera Sport HD 1 hosts had squandered the lead given to them in the Aljazeera Sport +9 18th minute by Leon Osman on his 300th Premier League appearance when Dimitar Berbatov equalized ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE from the penalty spot in the 67th. Genoa CFC v Atalanta BC 17:00 However, Coleman struck with 17 minutes remaining NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United’s French midfielder Moussa Sissoko (C) runs with the ball under pressure from Aljazeera Sport +5 Sunderland’s English midfielder (R) during the English Premier League football match between Newcastle and Barry nodded home from close range in the 84th Aljazeera Sport HD 4 United and Southampton at St James’ Park in Newcastle Upon Tyne, northeast England, yesterday. — AFP before Kevin Mirallas added a fourth in injury time. Parma FC v 17:00 That brought Fulham’s second-half revival to a shud- Aljazeera Sport +2 dering halt and extended its losing run at this ground to Rodriguez earns Saints SS Lazio v Livorno Calcio 17:00 21 games. Everton lost on-loan Barcelona prodigy Aljazeera Sport +4 Gerard Deulofeu to a hamstring injury which could see Fiorentina v Bologna 17:00 draw with Newcastle him miss the festive programme. Aljazeera Sport +8 A nondescript opening was eventually brought to Aljazeera Sport HD 2 life by a goal of some quality both in its creation and 27th minute as Gouffran slotted home their legion of French players, Mathieu Juventus v Sassuolo Calcio 20:30 his sixth of the season-the 10th succes- Debuchy, seeing his shot well saved execution. Centreback Sylvain Distin picked up the ball Aljazeera Sport +7 sive goal scored by a Frenchman for the by Gazzaniga. However, the on the halfway line and played it short to Bryan Oviedo, Newcastle 1 Aljazeera Sport HD 3 Magpies-although it stemmed from a Argentinian had Remy to thank for the who slipped it inside for Steven Pienaar. The South Napoli v Internazionale 22:45 dreadful error by Jos Hooiveld. sides staying level as a minute later he African instantly shuffled the ball across to Osman, who Aljazeera Sport +7 Southampton had almost gifted an made a mess of his clearance kick with having controlled it with his right foot transferred it to Aljazeera Sport HD 3 opener to Newcastle in the opening the ball going to the former Marseille his left before curling a composed effort inside Maarten Southampton 1 minutes as Gouffran stole the ball off striker, but he just shot high over the Stekelenburg’s post from just inside the penalty area. It Argentinian ‘keeper Paulo Gazzaniga bar. SPANISH LEAGUE and teed up Loic Remy but the Play had to be held up while referee should have promoted a rush of goals as Everton was Malaga CF v Getafe CF 0:00 Frenchman’s goalbound shot was Mike Jones received attention after he well on top at that point but could not press it home. Aljazeera Sport +5 NEWCASTLE: Jay Rodriguez scored his cleared before it crossed the line by was accidentally hit by Moussa Sissokho Deulofeu provided Everton’s greatest attacking threat Almeria v Espanyol 14:00 sixth goal of the season to secure a 1-1 Calum Chambers. The visitors, though, which gave the hosts some time to down the right but he lacked an end product. draw for Southampton with in-form Aljazeera Sport +8 came out fired up in the second-half gather themselves under incessant Aljazeera Sport HD 2 Newcastle in their Premier League clash with Steven Davis hitting the bar with a Southampton wave of attacks. yesterday. Yoann Gouffran had given On-loan striker Real Sociedad v Real Betis 19:00 fine effort before he set up Rodriguez The match ended with an unseemly On-loan striker Romelu Lukaku unusually struggled Newcastle the lead in the first-half only playing a neat one-two with the free for all between the two sides after Aljazeera Sport +8 for Rodriguez to reply in the second to England international who fired past the hosts reacted angrily to a Morgan to impose himself in the Fulham area, with his best Aljazeera Sport HD 2 leave Newcastle in sixth spot-having Tim Krul. Schneiderlein challenge on Massadio effort an instinctive chest down from Pienaar’s corner Sevilla FC v Bilbao 21:00 taken 16 points from the last 21 — and Newcastle, though, almost retook Haidara-Jones bringing proceedings to which Stekelenburg brilliantly tipped around the post. Aljazeera Sport +5 the Saints in eighth. the lead immediately with another of an end shortly afterwards. — AFP Osman looked most likely to add to Everton’s lead and The hosts took a deserved lead in the Aljazeera Sport HD 4 his dipping volley after Ross Barkley’s shot had bal- Atletico v Valencia 23:00 looned back off a defender dropped just wide. Everton Aljazeera Sport H+8 narrowly went into the break ahead as Berbatov fired Aljazeera Sport HD 2 over with the last kick of the half. Fulham looked a different side after the interval and GERMAN BUNDESLIGA twice early on forced into saves, firstly from Schalke 04 v SC Freiburg 17:30 Scott Parker and then Steve Sidwell. Everton’s chances Dubai Sports became more infrequent and although Oveido had a Bayer 04 v Eintracht 19:30 goalbound shot virtually headed off the line by Sascha Dubai Sports Riether, Fulham deservedly equalized when Barry was adjudged to have brought down Alex Kacaniklic and FRENCH LEAGUE Berbatov stroked home. Bordeaux v Valenciennes 16:00 The Toffees’ chance seemed to have gone but they Aljazeera Sport +6 are unbeaten at Goodison in 2013 and rallied with Aljazeera Sport HD 5 Pienaar, who looked to be offside, cutting back for Lille OSC v Bastia 19:00 Coleman to score. Aljazeera Sport +6 Barry atoned for his error in his own penalty area by Aljazeera Sport HD 5 heading in from close range after a scramble at a corner Lyonnais v Marseille 23:00 and in added time Mirallas ensured the scoreline flat- Aljazeera Sport +6 tered Everton. — AP Aljazeera Sport HD 5

CARDIFF: West Bromwich Albion’s Chris Brunt, left, is challenged by Cardiff City’s Jordon Mutch during the English Premier League soccermatch at The Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, yesterday. — AFP Cardiff ease away from danger with WBA win

the day one and two points above throughout. The Nigerian, who the drop zone but the Welsh team’s moved to Cardiff in the summer, has victory means they now have a little not been forgiven for trying to engi- Cardiff 1 breathing space having opened up a neer a move away from the Baggies gap of four points to Crystal Palace in to QPR last January without his club’s 18th place. West Brom dropped to permission. 16th after a fourth Premier League Neither goalkeeper was seriously West Brom 0 defeat in a row, and sixth game since tested in the first half although their last win against Palace at the Cardiff’s Steven Caulker came close beginning of November. Cardiff with a volley, while Albion’s best snapped their own five-match win- effort came from an inadvertent CARDIFF: Cardiff City eased their rel- less streak. The game was a turgid intervention from home defender egation fears with a crucial 1-0 win affair with little entertainment to Andrew Taylor, who forced his own over fellow strugglers West Bromwich warm the spirits of the fans who goalkeeper David Marshall into a Albion yesterday. braved the chilly conditions. smart stop. Just before the goal, WBA scored the only goal of the game on West Brom’s travelling support did almost took the lead but Gary Medel 65 minutes when he showed great at least keep themselves busy jeering cleared Gareth McAuley’s shot off the LIVERPOOL: Everton’s Kevin Mirallas left, scores the fourth goal of the game for his side during their English determination to turn in Craig their former striker Peter Odemwingie line. — AFP Noone’s cross. The two sides started Premier League soccer match against Fulham at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, yesterday. — AP