SPORTS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Soccer results/standings English Hammers climb Aston Villa 0 West Ham 2 (Nolan 46, 48); Chelsea Albion 2 (McMillan 24-og, Phillips 67) 3 (Hazard 27, 34, 63-pen) Newcastle 0; Crystal Stenhousemuir 0; Alloa 0 Dumbarton 1 Palace 3 (Ince 15, Ledley 27, Chamakh 69-pen) (Nish 31); Celtic 1 (Stokes 9) Aberdeen 2 West Brom 1 (Thievy 46); 5 (Skrtel 1, (Anderson 38, Pawlett 50); Forfar 0 St 10, Sterling 16, 52, Sturridge 20) Arsenal 1 Johnstone 4 (May 27, Wright 42, O’Halloran out of drop zone (Arteta 69-pen); Norwich 0 Manchester City 0; 64, Dunne 80); Hibernian 2 (Stanton 14, Southampton 2 (Lambert 6, Davis 41) Stoke 2 Nelson 45) Raith 3 (Moon 6, Hill 45, (Odemwingie 38, Crouch 44); Sunderland 0 Hull Anderson 63); Stranraer 2 (Grehan 45-pen, 2 (Long 16, Jelavic 62); 3 (Routledge Longworth 72) Inverness CT 2 (Doran 40, 47, Dyer 79, Bony 85) 0. McKay 74). Aston Villa 0 Playing today Playing today Manchester United v Fulham, Tottenham v Dundee United v St Mirren Everton German League West Ham 2 VfL Wolfsburg 3 (Rodriguez 59-pen, Dost Championship 66, Luiz Gustavo 75) Mainz 05 0; Werder Barnsley 2 Ipswich 2; 1 Bremen 1 (Aycicek 89) Borussia Dortmund 5 BIRMINGHAM: West Ham climbed out of the Nottingham Forest 1; Bolton 2 Bournemouth (Lewandowski 26, 85, Mkhitaryan 41, 62, Premier League relegation zone as ’s 2; Brighton 1 Doncaster 0; Burnley 3 Millwall 1; Friedrich 48); Nuremberg 0 Bayern Munich 2 quick-fire double earned a 2-0 win at Aston Villa Charlton 0 Birmingham 2; Huddersfield 1 (Mandzukic 18, Lahm 49); Freiburg 1 yesterday. Wigan 0; Leicester 2 Watford 2; Middlesbrough (Schmid 68) Hoffenheim 1 (Modeste 85); Nolan struck twice in the space of two min- 0 Blackburn 0;Reading 0 Sheffield Wednesday Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Flum 7, Maier 43, utes just after half-time and that was enough to 2; Yeovil 1 Leeds 2. Aigner 44) Eintracht Braunschweig 0. lift Sam Allardyce’s side into 14th place. The Hammers’ second consecutive victory Division One Playing today was the perfect end to a turbulent week which Bradford 3 Crewe 3; Carlisle 1 Gillingham 2; VfB Stuttgart v Augsburg, Schalke v was marred by the club’s two unsuccessful Leyton Orient 1 Peterborough 2; Notts County Hanover 96. attempts to overturn ’s three-match 3 Coventry 0; Oldham 1 Bristol City 1; Port Vale ban following his red card in last weekend’s win 2 Swindon 3; Sheffield Utd 2 Shrewsbury 0; Scottish Football League over Swansea. Tranmere 1 Preston 2; Walsall 0 Milton Keynes Championship Carlton Cole came in for Carroll and West Dons 3. Dundee 1 Hamilton 0; Queen of the Ham started brightly, with former Villa winger South 2 Falkirk 0. Stewart Downing fizzing a shot wide of Brad Division Two Guzan’s goal. AFC Wimbledon 0 Rochdale 3; Bristol Division One Downing then missed a golden opportunity Rovers 1 Oxford 1; Dagenham and Redbridge Brechin 3 East Fife 0. to break the deadlock midway through the first 0 Hartlepool 2; Exeter 1 Portsmouth 1; BIRMINGHAM: Aston Villa’s Christian Benteke executes an overhead kick during the English half. Matt Jarvis sent over a low cross from the Mansfield 2 Southend 1; Morecambe 0 Burton Division Two Premier League match against West Ham at . — AP left and Downing appeared certain to score from 1; Northampton 0 Plymouth 2; Scunthorpe 1 Annan Athletic 1 Montrose 0; Berwick 1 close-range, but somehow contrived to miss his time, but it was Nolan who changed the course when carelessly dwelt on the ball Chesterfield 1; Wycombe 0 Accrington 0; York Queen’s Park 0; East Stirling 3 Elgin City 0; kick and let the ball run between his legs. of the match in a stunning spell just after the on the edge of the area, allowing Nolan to seize 0 Cheltenham 0. Stirling 1 Peterhead 2. Moments later, the Hammers created another restart. possession and fire past Guzan for his sixth goal glorious chance when Jarvis sprang the Villa off- In the 46th minute, Downing surged away of the season. Villa substitute Marc Albrighton English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals side trap, only to drag his shot wide under pres- from Ryan Bertrand and drove in a low cross floated a cross for Christian Benteke but the against, points): sure from Nathan Baker. towards Nolan, who turned it home with an striker poked wide as the hosts tried to respond. Chelsea 25 17 5 3 47 20 56 Rangers 23 22 1 0 76 11 67 Villa were back on the attack just before the improvised backheel. Albrighton added more thrust to Villa’s attack Arsenal 25 17 4 4 48 26 55 Dunfermline 23 14 2 7 50 39 44 break and Ashley Westwood slammed his right- Just two minutes later Nolan, who also scored and Benteke flicked an effort against the cross- Man City 25 17 3 5 68 27 54 Ayr 23 10 6 7 40 41 36 foot volley just wide of Adrian’s far post from the twice in the win against Swansea last weekend, bar from the winger’s teasing cross. Liverpool 25 15 5 5 63 30 50 Stranraer 21 10 5 6 39 29 35 edge of the area. struck again to put the visitors in complete con- Although Benteke went close again in the Everton 24 12 9 3 37 25 45 Brechin 24 9 4 11 40 46 31 Allardyce sent on Italy forward Marco trol. closing moments, West Ham held firm to secure Tottenham 24 13 5 6 31 32 44 S’housemuir 23 7 6 10 32 45 27 Man Utd 24 12 4 8 39 29 40 Forfar 22 7 5 10 33 32 26 Borriello, on loan from Roma, for Cole at half- This time the Hammers pounced their third successive clean-sheet. — AFP Newcastle 25 11 4 10 32 34 37 East Fife 23 7 2 14 20 45 23 Southampton 25 9 9 7 36 29 36 Arbroath 23 5 2 16 32 52 17 Swansea 25 7 6 12 32 35 27 Airdrie 23 4 5 14 25 47 17 Hull 25 7 6 12 25 30 27 Crouch Aston Villa 25 7 6 12 27 36 27 Division Two Stoke 25 6 8 11 26 40 26 Peterhead 23 13 6 4 46 28 45 Hull end winless run C Palace 25 8 2 15 18 34 26 Annan 22 11 5 6 42 31 38 rescues Stoke West Ham 25 6 7 12 26 33 25 Clyde 23 11 5 7 30 29 38 Norwich 25 6 7 12 19 37 25 Stirling 24 9 7 8 33 31 34 Manchester United defender Brown was sent off for a Sunderland 25 6 6 13 25 38 24 Berwick 24 9 6 9 40 31 33 professional foul on Long bringing the number of red West Brom 25 4 11 10 29 37 23 Stirling 23 9 6 8 34 36 33 Sunderland 0 cards in matches between the two sides to seven in the Cardiff 25 5 6 14 19 44 21 Albion 23 8 7 8 30 30 31 Southampton 2 Fulham 24 6 1 17 22 53 19 Montrose 24 7 7 10 31 35 28 last eight meetings. Sunderland manager Gus Poyet Elgin 23 6 6 11 38 44 24 reacted by removing Italian striker Fabio Borini and English Football League Queen’s Park 23 3 5 15 19 48 14 replacing him with defender Santiago Vergini but it Championship didn’t prevent the visitors from taking the lead shortly Leicester 30 21 4 5 54 30 67 German Bundesliga Stoke 2 Hull 2 afterwards. It was appropriately Long who punished Burnley 29 15 11 3 45 24 56 Bayern Munich 20 18 2 0 53 9 56 QPR 28 16 8 4 36 20 56 Leverkusen 20 14 1 5 37 20 43 them as the Ireland international helped on Jake Derby 29 15 7 7 57 40 52 Dortmund 20 12 3 5 47 24 39 Livermore’s shot with a sharp header to beat Vito Nottingham 29 13 12 4 47 30 51 Schalke 04 19 10 4 5 37 29 34 SUNDERLAND: made a winning return to Mannone in the 16th minute. Hull piled on the pressure Reading 30 13 8 9 47 35 47 M’gladbach 20 10 3 7 36 25 33 LONDON: A goal by against one Sunderland yesterday as his side Hull ended a winless seeking to put the game to bed but saw the woodwork Ipswich 30 11 11 8 43 34 44 Wolfsburg 20 10 3 7 33 24 33 of his former teams earned Stoke just their sev- run of five matches with a 2-0 win over the hosts who defy them twice, first former Everton striker Jelavic’s Brighton 29 11 10 8 31 25 43 Mainz 05 20 9 3 8 29 35 30 enth point away from home from this season as Blackburn 30 11 10 9 37 35 43 Hertha Berlin 19 8 4 7 28 24 28 played almost the whole match with only 10 men. header coming back off the bar and then Long fired a Leeds 29 12 6 11 43 38 42 Augsburg 19 8 4 7 26 28 28 they secured a creditable 2-2 draw with Bruce-whose side had not won since demolishing cracking drive from outside the box beating Mannone Wigan 28 11 7 10 30 28 40 Hanover 96 19 7 3 9 29 33 24 Southampton at St Mary’s yesterday. Fulham 6-0 at the end of last year-saw his transfer win- all hands down but it came back off the post. M’brough 30 9 12 9 41 35 39 Hoffenheim 20 5 7 8 40 43 22 All the goals came in the first half as the dow signings and Nikica Jelavic-the lat- Sunderland came out for the second-half fired up H’field 29 10 7 12 38 38 37 Frankfurt 20 5 6 9 24 34 21 Saints twice took the lead, only to be pegged ter’s first in over 16 hours-score after Wes Brown was and Hull ‘keeper had to pull off a brilliant Watford 28 8 11 9 42 37 35 Werder 20 5 5 10 24 45 20 Bournemouth 29 9 8 12 36 49 35 Stuttgart 19 5 4 10 32 37 19 back on both occasions by a determined Stoke sent off in the third minute. Hull’s win sees them move save to deny Korean Ki Sung-yeung and that was to Blackpool 30 8 10 12 28 42 34 Freiburg 20 4 6 10 20 36 18 side, who followed up their fine 2-1 win over four points above the relegation zone while prove crucial as the visitors went on to double their Sheffield 28 7 12 9 36 34 33 Nuremberg 20 2 11 7 24 36 17 Manchester United last week with another Sunderland are only a point clear of the bottom three. lead. It was Jelavic who struck, his excellent header Birmingham 29 8 9 12 36 37 33 Hamburg 19 4 4 11 33 44 16 good result. Southampton went ahead as early Sunderland’s chances of extending their four match from ’s shot beating Mannone to Bolton 29 6 11 12 34 47 29 Braunschweig 20 3 3 14 11 37 12 as the sixth minute with a free kick from a tight unbeaten run suffered a serious blow as former bring much relief to the Tigers bench. — AFP Doncaster 30 7 8 15 26 45 29 Millwall 29 6 8 15 29 57 26 angle on the edge of the area from striker Rickie Charlton 28 5 9 14 23 38 24 Lambert, his eighth goal in the Premier League Barnsley 28 4 10 14 27 47 22 this season. Yeovil 28 5 5 18 25 46 20 Matches on TV Despite largely dominating the early West Brom fall into drop zone exchanges, Southampton failed to add to their Division One (Local Timings) Brentford 29 19 6 4 51 27 63 lead and paid the price in the 38th minute Speroni. Eager to atone, Dann was quick to threaten Wolves 29 18 7 4 49 20 61 when Stoke equalised after at the other end, but the former Blackburn Rovers Leyton Orient 29 18 6 5 60 28 60 English Premier League latched onto a wonderful defence-splitting pass Crystal Palace 3 centre-back’s chested effort from a corner was cleared Preston 29 15 10 4 40 28 55 off the line by . Rotherham 29 14 9 6 51 38 51 Tottenham v Everton 16:30 from , and slotted home. Peterborough 29 15 3 11 50 41 48 beIN SPORTS It was the Nigerian striker’s first goal for the Ince, a loan signing from Blackpool, would not be denied a debut goal, however, and he fired his new Walsall 30 12 10 8 36 29 46 Man United v Fulham 19:00 Potters since moving from Cardiff. A stung Swindon 30 13 5 12 49 41 44 Southampton re-took the lead almost immedi- West Brom 1 side into the lead in the 15th minute. Milton Keynes 29 11 6 12 44 42 39 beIN SPORTS ately when a cross-cum-shot from Northern The England Under-21 international was released Port Vale 28 12 3 13 41 45 39 by and showed great pace to beat Gillingham 31 11 5 15 42 53 38 Italian League Ireland international midfielder in Coventry 29 13 8 8 57 51 37 the 41st minute embarrassed Asmir Begovic in Gareth McAuley to the ball before clipping a shot past Bradford 29 7 14 8 41 37 35 Torino v Bologna 14:30 Stoke’s goal and sneaked into the net. But the LONDON: and scored on their West Brom goalkeeper . Ince turned Colchester 26 8 10 8 35 34 34 beIN SPORTS home side were only able to hold onto the lead debuts as Crystal Palace sent West Bromwich Albion provider for the hosts’ other debutant 12 minutes lat- Oldham 30 9 7 14 34 42 34 into the Premier League relegation zone with a 3-1 er, bending in a corner that was headed home by the Sampdoria v Cagliari Calcio 17:00 for a minute with Stoke instantly pegging them Crawley 25 7 10 8 29 34 31 win yesterday. Having both joined Palace on the final unmarked Ledley, who joined Palace from Scottish Tranmere 30 8 7 15 33 52 31 beIN SPORTS back through a headed goal from Crouch, who day of the January transfer window, Ince and Ledley champions Celtic. West Brom manager Mel made two Crewe 30 8 7 15 33 57 31 played for Southampton back in 2004/05. Parma v Calcio Catania 17:00 scored in the first half to set the London club on their changes at half-time, introducing Bifouma and Scott Notts County 31 9 3 19 40 50 30 Neither side were able to snatch a winner in Carlisle 29 8 6 15 33 51 30 beIN SPORTS way to a third win in four league outings. Sinclair, and the substitutions paid dividends within Sheffield Utd 28 7 8 13 28 38 29 Livorno Calcio v Genoa 17:00 a largely lacklustre second half. Despite domi- West Brom debutant Thievy Bifouma replied early seconds. Anichebe created Bifouma’s goal, pulling the Bristol City 30 5 13 12 42 49 28 beIN SPORTS nating possession and having 17 shots to in the second half, but Marouane Chamakh’s subse- ball back from the left for the 21-year-old former Shrewsbury 30 6 9 15 28 41 27 Hellas Verona v Juventus 17:00 Stoke’s five, Southampton were unable to force quent penalty completed a victory for Palace that sent Espanyol forward to score his first West Brom goal Stevenage 27 7 4 16 27 45 25 a decisive third goal and the game petered out Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering beIN SPORTS ’s West Brom tumbling into the bottom with his first touch in English football. into a draw. It was the second between these administration SS Lazio v AS Roma 17:00 three. Palace manager handed debuts to The goal allowed the visitors to push Palace back, two in the Premier League this season following three deadline-day signings in Ince, Ledley and Scott with Speroni repelling a 25-yard effort from Brunt beIN SPORTS Division Two a 1-1 draw at the Britannia last November. The Dann, but they did not all enjoy stress-free starts to before producing a stunning save to claw away a Chesterfield 30 15 10 5 48 27 55 Inter v Sassuolo Calcio 22:45 result — Southampton’s fifth home draw of the Scunthorpe 30 13 13 4 42 28 52 life at Selhurst Park. close-range effort from Sinclair. Oxford Utd 30 13 12 5 40 24 51 beIN SPORTS season — left the Saints in ninth place with Dann’s failure to deal with a clipped pass from However, having survived the storm, Palace made Rochdale 29 15 5 9 46 34 50 Stoke three places and 10 points further back gifted Victor Anichebe an early sight of sure of victory in the 69th minute when Chamakh Burton Albion 29 14 8 7 33 28 50 Spanish League on 26 and just three points above the relegation goal, but the former Everton striker’s mishit shot was beat Foster from 12 yards after being upended by the Fleetwood 28 15 3 10 45 33 48 places. — AFP Southend 29 13 8 8 36 25 47 Almeria v Atletico de Madrid 0:00 comfortably saved by Palace goalkeeper Julian England international. — AFP Newport 26 10 9 7 35 30 39 beIN SPORTS Dagenham 30 10 9 11 37 38 39 Osasuna v Getafe 14:00 Plymouth 29 10 9 10 27 31 39 Hartlepool 30 10 8 12 32 35 38 beIN SPORTS Wimbledon 30 10 8 12 32 36 38 Real Valladolid v Elche CF 19:00 Swansea blank Cardiff Morecambe 29 10 8 11 33 38 38 beIN SPORTS York 31 8 12 11 34 37 36 Cheltenham 29 8 12 9 35 39 36 Real Sociedad v Levante 21:00 SWANSEA: Swansea City made a winning start to life Monk and he quickly caught the eye, teeing up Exeter 29 9 8 12 34 38 35 beIN SPORTS after Michael Laudrup by beating Cardiff City 3-0 yes- Routledge for an early shot that David Marshall saved Mansfield 30 8 11 11 32 40 35 Swansea 3 terday to leave their fierce rivals mired in the Premier comfortably. The Cardiff goalkeeper was fully extend- Accrington 28 8 9 11 32 38 33 Sevilla v Barcelona 23:00 Portsmouth 30 7 12 11 34 43 33 beIN SPORTS League relegation zone. Laudrup was sacked as man- ed moments later, however, sliding in and brilliantly Bury 28 7 11 10 32 35 32 ager on Tuesday and replaced by rookie coach Garry clawing the ball off Bony’s toes as the Swansea striker Bristol Rovers 29 7 10 12 27 32 31 German Bundesliga Monk, but second-half goals from , advanced into the visitors’ box. Wycombe 29 7 9 13 32 38 30 Cardiff 0 and saw Cardiff blown Gradually Swansea’s early fire burnt out and Torquay 28 7 8 13 28 41 29 Stuttgart v Augsburg 17:30 away in the . Cardiff began to find openings. Twice Northampton 28 5 8 15 21 39 23 Dubai Sports Having won only one of their previous 10 league teed up Kenwyne Jones, but the former Stoke City Scottish Football League Schalke 04 v Hannover 96 19:30 games, Swansea moved four points clear of the bot- striker could not find the target on either occasion, Championship Dubai Sports tom three, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Cardiff now while worked Swansea goalkeep- Dundee 23 13 4 6 37 20 43 three points from safety with 13 games remaining. er with a well-struck half-volley. Falkirk 23 11 7 5 35 18 40 Writing in the match-day programme, Swansea chair- Swansea roused themselves before half-time, Dyer Hamilton 23 11 6 6 32 22 39 French League man Huw Jenkins justified Laudrup’s sacking by drilling a low shot across goal, but Manchester United Q of South 23 10 5 8 34 27 35 Nantes v Olympique Lyonnais 16:00 Dumbarton 23 9 5 9 40 41 32 claiming that the club’s “strong principles” were “slow- loanee served a reminder of Cardiff’s Raith 22 8 6 8 27 30 30 beIN SPORTS ly being eroded” under the Dane’s stewardship. threat with an incisive run and wayward shot. Monk Livingston 23 8 5 10 36 38 29 Bordeaux v Lorient 19:00 Whatever the reasons for Laudrup’s dismissal, elected to introduce Pablo Hernandez at half-time Alloa 22 8 5 9 22 26 29 beIN SPORTS Swansea’s players seemed determined to impress and it proved a masterstroke as the Spanish midfield- Cowdenbeath 23 7 3 13 32 49 24 Morton 23 3 6 14 18 42 15 AS Monaco v Saint-Germain 23:00 Monk-who was promoted from the playing staff-as er teed up the opening goal within two minutes of beIN SPORTS they flew out of the traps at a rain-lashed Liberty coming on. He used the outside of his right foot to Division One Stadium. Middlesbrough loanee was stab a carefully weighted pass down the inside-left one of four players drafted into the starting line-up by channel and Routledge drew Marshall from his line