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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2015 SPORTS

EPL results/standings

LONDON: English table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost,goals for, goals against, points): Man City 14 9 2 3 30 14 29 Watford 14 5 4 5 15 16 19

Leicester 14 8 5 1 29 21 29 Stoke 14 5 4 5 11 14 19

Man Utd 14 8 4 2 20 10 28 West Brom 13 5 2 6 12 17 17

Arsenal 13 8 2 3 23 11 26 Swansea 13 3 5 5 14 18 14

Tottenham 13 6 6 1 24 11 24 Chelsea 13 4 2 7 17 23 14

Crystal Palace 14 7 1 6 19 14 22 Norwich 13 3 3 7 16 24 12

Everton 14 5 6 3 27 19 21 Sunderland 14 3 3 8 16 26 12

West Ham 13 6 3 4 24 20 21 Bournemouth14 2 4 8 17 30 10

Southampton 14 5 5 4 20 17 20 Newcastle 14 2 4 8 14 30 10

Liverpool 13 5 5 3 17 15 20 Aston Villa 14 1 2 11 12 27 5 Sunderland blank Stoke

Costel Pantilimon produced a miracu- lous save from Jon Walters’s close range Sunderland 2 shot. Just as the half drew to a close, went close for the visitors but glanced his header over the bar. Sunderland had enjoyed plenty of pos- Stoke 0 session but looked toothless up front. That all changed, though, after Shawcross’s 47th minute sending off as he received a second yellow for trip- SUNDERLAND: Two goals in two min- ping Watmore, having been booked in utes late in the game gave Sunderland the first half for a foul on Steven a 2-0 victory over Stoke City yesterday Fletcher. that took the Black Cats out of the rele- That was the cue for Sunderland to gation zone. Dutch forward Patrick Van turn the screw and Stoke goalkeeper Aanholt and English youngster Duncan had to make two saves in Watmore scored inside the final 10 min- quick succession from Yann M’Vila and a utes to punish 10-man Stoke who had LONDON: Crystal Palace’s English Jason Puncheon (left) vies against Newcastle United’s French midfielder during the Sebastian Coates header. But 10 minutes English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Newcastle United yesterday. —AFP Ryan Shawcross sent-off for two book- from time, the away side’s resistance ings. The result moved Sam Allardyce’s crumbled as Van Aanholt sent home a men above north-east rivals Newcastle screamer from 25 yards. Two minutes lat- United and out of the Premier League’s er, Watmore broke free down the right Five-star Palace deepen McClaren’s gloom bottom three. But until Shawcross’s dis- after a defensive error before drilling missal, Stoke had been the better side home low across goal. That gave Sunderland striker set up to last just four minutes as Wickham did bril- and had created the clearer chances. Allardyce a third win in six games since A tepid first half saw Sunderland lose goals for McArthur, Bolasie and liantly to hold off Fabricio Coloccini and tee replacing Dick Advocaat and strength- Palace 5 to put the hosts 3-1 up by half-time. Bolasie up McArthur for a shot that found the net via striker Jermain Defoe to a thigh injury ened the feeling around the Stadium of and McArthur netted again in the second a sizeable deflection off Paul Dummett. around the half-hour mark. Moments Light that they have the right manager later, Stoke almost went ahead but to beat the drop this season.— AFP half, sealing Palace’s first win over Newcastle The visitors’ defending left much to be since March 1998 and ramping up the pres- desired and three minutes later Palace went Newcastle 1 sure on the beleaguered McClaren, whose in front when Wickham’s low cross was side host Liverpool next weekend. allowed to reach Bolasie, who drilled in at Stanislas caps crazy finish as Palace climb four places to sixth in the the back post. Palace extended their lead in LONDON: and James table, while Newcastle drop into the bottom the 41st minute with Wickham again the Bournemouth rescue a point McArthur each scored twice in a 5-1 victory three, two points from safety. While Palace provider, the former England Under-21 as Crystal Palace manager were unchanged, Newcastle made two international crossing for Zaha to score with heaped fresh misery on his Newcastle United changes, with Cisse and the fit-again Jack a volley that hit the turf and looped over successor Steve McClaren yesterday. Beaten Colback replacing Aleksandar Kolarov and Rob Elliot. Any hopes of a Newcastle come- 3-0 at home by Leicester City last weekend, Bournemouth 3 the injured Cheick Tiote. The newcomers back were dashed within two minutes of Matches on TV Newcastle’s defense was torn apart again as were quick to leave a mark. Colback became kick-off in the second period when Bolasie (Local Timings) Pardew, who left St James’ Park in January, embroiled in a flare-up with Zaha after chop- pounced on a Damian Delaney knock-down sent his old club back into the Premier ping the Palace winger down in the early to deepen the misery of the travelling fans. Everton 3 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE League relegation zone. stages and after the dust had settled, Cisse McArthur completed the rout in stoppage Newcastle took a 10th-minute lead nodded in Daryl Janmaat’s cross to put time, finishing from close range after Hotspur v Chelsea 15:00 through Papiss Cisse at , but ex- Newcastle ahead. But Newcastle’s lead was Bolasie’s cross was not cleared.— AFP beIN SPORTS BOURNEMOUTH: Junior Stanislas grabbed a dramatic equalizer eight min- West Ham v Albion 17:05 utes into stoppage-time as beIN SPORTS Bournemouth staged a remarkable Liverpool v Swansea 19:15 fightback to draw 3-3 against Everton yesterday. Eddie Howe’s side looked beIN SPORTS dead and buried with 10 minutes Norwich v Arsenal 19:15 remaining at Dean Court after falling beIN SPORTS two goals behind to first half strikes from Argentina defender Ramiro Funes Mori and Belgian forward Romelu SPANISH LEAGUE Lukaku. Las Palmas v Coruna 0:00 But Adam Smith got one back for the hosts, who appeared to have completed beIN SPORTS 12 HD EN their revival after Stanislas equalized Vigo v Gijon 0:05 with three minutes left. In a jaw-drop- beIN SPORTS 7 HD. ping conclusion, Ross Barkley put Everton back in front deep into stop- Getafe v Villarreal 14:00 page-time, only for Stanislas to equalize beIN SPORTS again with virtually the last kick. Eibar v Real Madrid 18:00 Bournemouth remain in the relegation zone after failing to win for an eighth beIN SPORTS successive league match, but they are Rayo Vallecano v Bilbao 20:15 only two points from safety and the beIN SPORTS manner of this spirited draw suggests they won’t go quietly in their first ever Sevilla v Valencia 22:30 top-flight campaign. Bournemouth’s fail- beIN SPORTS ure to turn their early pressure into a tangible reward was punished as ITALIAN LEAGUE Everton took the lead in the 25th minute. Roberto Martinez’s side Chievo v Calcio 17:00 breached the creaky Bournemouth rear- beIN SPORTS guard through Funes Mori, who rose highest from a corner to head his first Calcio v Hellas 17:00 Everton goal since his pre-season move beIN SPORTS from River Plate. With Everton now firm- Genoa v Carpi 17:00 ly in the ascendancy, Lukaku doubled their lead in the 36th minute with his beIN SPORTS eighth goal in his last eight league Roma v Atalanta 17:00 games. Gerard Deulofeu curled a superb beIN SPORTS long pass towards Lukaku’s run and the powerful Belgian took one touch on his Empoli v Lazio 20:00 thigh before lashing his shot beyond beIN SPORTS Adam Federici. Federici was forced off Citta v Juventus 22:45 with an injury at half-time, but Bournemouth were much improved beIN SPORTS after the break and a Stanislas effort was : Aston Villa’s Micah Richards (left) scores his side’s first goal of the game against Watford during the English Premier League turned away by Tim Howard, who also GERMAN LEAGUE match at yesterday. — AP had to be alert to keep out a Ritchie drive. Borussia v Stuttgart 17:30 With 10 minutes left, Smith gave beIN SPORTS Watford edge Villa in five-goal thriller Howe’s side hope when he smashed a Bayer v Schalke 19:30 superb 25-yard strike past Howard. beIN SPORTS game in charge before last week’s 4-0 thumping Play was held up for six minutes as Watford Everton found it impossible to stem the at Everton. ‘keeper Heurelho Gomes was stretchered off tide of Bournemouth attacks and the Augsburg v Wolfsburg 19:30 Villa 2 Watford’s Spanish coach Quique Sanchez after a nasty head collision with his own equaliser arrived in the 87th minute. beIN SPORTS Flores seems to have instilled a vibrant feelgood defender Craig Cathcart. But an Alan Hutton King surged past Brendon Galloway factor in his charges, who have now notched up own goal put Watford back in front as play before cutting the ball back to Stanislas, 19 points from 14 games. Their 26-year-old restarted on 69 minutes when he toe-poked who was perfectly placed to fire home. It FRENCH LEAGUE Watford 3 Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo was the man of the the ball past his own ‘keeper in a desperate seemed Everton had recovered to match as he scored one and had a hand in attempt to stop the ball rolling to Ighalo to Etienne v Guingamp 16:00 snatch the points five minutes into stop- Watford’s other two goals. First he took his sea- make it 2-1. The Nigerian was in the thick of the page-time as Barkley’s shot trickled beIN SPORTS son’s tally to eight on 17 minutes when a loose third goal too, swiveling before lashing in a under substitute goalkeeper Ryan Girondins v Caen 19:00 BIRMINGHAM: Rock-bottom Aston Villa were ball fell to him eight yards out and he stroked it shot from the edge of the area that Richards Allsop’s weak attempted save. But beaten 3-2 by an Odion Ighalo inspired Watford past Brad Guzan in the Villa goal. Former blocked before the onrushing Troy Deeney beIN SPORTS Stanislas rescued a point in the final sec- yesterday and have just five points after a deflat- Manchester City defender Micah Richards headed powerfully home to make it 3-1 for the onds, heading in from Ritchie’s cross to Marseille v Monaco 23:00 ing 11th defeat in 14 Premier League games. bagged an equalizer for Villa just before the visitors. Ghana international then break with a glancing header after he rose to curled in a peach of a consolation goal late in spark wild celebrations from the home beIN SPORTS Villa’s recently-installed boss Remi Garde over- fans.—AFP saw a draw with Manchester City in his first meet a deep free kick. the game to peg it back to 3-2.— AFP