SPORTS Sunday, May 7, 2017 23 Football Scores as of closing thrash English Premier League: City Palace Boost top four bid, Hull remain in trouble London minutes later. into stoppage-time. minutes when Wales forward anchester City Raheem Sterling’s cool If third bottom Swansea Sam Vokes swept home. improved their finish in the 82nd minute beat Everton later on Albion striker Salomon Mprospects of qualifying for the was followed by Nicolas Saturday, then Hull will drop Rondon equalised 10 minutes Champions League with a 5-0 Otamendi’s diving header into the bottom three with later and Craig Dawson, on demolition of Crystal Palace, in stoppage-time as City only two games remaining. his 27th birthday, headed the while relegation-threatened leapfrogged Liverpool on goal visitors in front in the 78th Man City 5 Crystal Palace 0 Hull suffered a damaging 2-0 difference. minute. Leicester 3 Watford 0 defeat against Sunderland Pep Guardiola’s side also Priceless point Vokes struck again with Bournemouth 2 Stoke 2 yesterday. moved four points clear of Bournemouth secured their just four minutes left, heading Burnley 2 West Brom 2 Frustrated by damaging fifth placed Manchester top-flight status for another in after Albion goalkeeper Hull 0 Sunderland 2 draws in their previous two United as the battle to finish year after a 2-2 draw against Ben Foster misjudged Robbie Swansea 1 Everton 0 games, City got back on in the top four heats up. Stoke at Dean Court. Brady’s cross. track and climbed to third United, who travel to When a Stoke corner Leicester piled pressure on Italian Serie A: in the table after a stylish Arsenal, and Liverpool, who curled into the penalty under-fire Watford manager display inspired by David host Southampton, are both area in the 33rd minute, Walter Mazzarri with a Silva’s return from injury at in action on Sunday. Bournemouth’s France 3-0 win at the King Power Eastlands. Palace’s third successive Under-20 international Lys Stadium. Silva, out for a fortnight defeat left them six points Mousset, making his first Mazzarri is reportedly after suffering a blow to his above the relegation zone and Premier League start, glanced fighting to save his job after knee during the FA Cup still not certain to stay up. the ball into his own net, a disappointing first season semi-final defeat by Arsenal, At the KCOM Stadium, giving the visitors their first in charge and Leicester took opened the scoring after two already relegated Sunderland away league goal in more than the lead in the 38th minute minutes. won for the first time in 11 10 hours. through Nigeria midfielder Vincent Kompany doubled games to leave fourth bottom Junior Stanislas equalised Wilfred Ndidi. City’s lead in the 49th minute Hull just two points above the for Bournemouth in the 62nd Riyad Mahrez doubled before Kevin De Bruyne’s relegation zone. minute before Stoke’s Mame Leicester’s advantage in long-range strike made Hull boss Marco Silva Biram Diouf bundled in his the 58th minute and Marc it three had been unbeaten in his first goal for 12 months in the Albrighton’s stoppage-time 1 0 previous 41 home league 73rd minute. strike condemned 15th placed games, a record dating back Eddie Howe’s side rescued Watford to a third to his time in charge of their priceless point thanks defeat in their Napoli 3 Cagliari 1 Portuguese side Estoril in to an 81st minute own goal last four Juventus 1 Torino 1 2014 and encompassing from Stoke defender Ryan games. spells with Sporting Lisbon Shawcross. and Olympiakos. Burnley were made to wait French Ligue 1: Having taken to confirm their survival 19 points from after being held to a a possible 21 at 2-2 draw by West home during his Bromwich four months as Albion at Hull boss, it was Turf Moor. a shock to the The hosts, Portuguese coach seven points when his side fell above the behind in the 69th bottom minute. three, John O’Shea went flicked on a corner ahead and Billy Jones after launched into a 5 6 diving header that flashed past Eldin Manchester City’s Jakupovic. Spanish manager Abel Pep Guardiola Hernandez Paris Saint-Germain 5 Bastia 0 was Guingamp 4 Dijon 0 denied Lille 0 Metz 2 a n Lorient 1 Angers 1 equaliser Nancy 0 Monaco 3 by Jordan Toulouse 0 Caen 1 Manchester City’s Belgian Pickford’s midfielder Kevin De Bruyne superb save (L) celebrates scoring his and Jermain Defoe Manchester CIty’s Russian Premier League: team’s third goal with steered in from an Argentinian Amkar Perm 0 CSKA Moscow 2 Manchester City’s German offside position to add to goalkeeper Willy Arsenal Tula 1 Rostov 0 midfielder Leroy Sane Hull’s misery two minutes Caballero celebrates Spartak Moscow 1 Tomsk 0