2 SATURDAY VISION, May 2, 2015 GOOAL! PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP TABLE Pos Team P W D L F A Pts

1 Juventus 21 18 2 1 51 15 56 21 AS Chelsea Roma 2134 15 24 5 8 1 2 45 68 11 27 50 80 32 Napoli Man City 2134 13 20 5 7 3 7 44 70 23 36 44 67 43 Fiorentina Arsenal 2133 12 20 5 7 4 6 40 63 23 32 41 67 54 Inter Man Milan United 21 34 198 9 8 4 7 38 59 24 34 33 65 6 Torino 21 8 8 5 34 27 32 5 Liverpool 34 17 7 10 47 37 58 7 Parma 21 8 8 5 32 27 32 6 Tottenham 34 17 7 10 55 49 58 8 G Verona 21 10 2 9 35 34 32 7 Southampton 34 17 6 11 47 26 57 NOT ALL IS OVER 9 AC Milan 21 7 7 7 34 31 28 108 H SwanseaLazio 2134 147 7 8 7 12 27 41 29 44 28 50 Chelsea poised to celebrate first 119 H Genoa Stoke 2134 137 6 8 8 13 23 39 27 42 27 47 1210 G Atalanta Everton 2134 117 3 11 11 12 21 44 30 43 24 44 1311 H Sampdoria West Ham 21 34 5 11 7 11 9 12 25 42 32 42 22 44 title in five years , Spurs battle City 1412 G Cagliari Crystal Palace 21 34 4 11 9 9 8 14 20 42 31 47 21 42 pool going off the boil and placed Sunderland who host 15 H Udinese 21 6 2 13 20 32 20 13 West Brom 34 9 10 15 32 46 37 TOTTENHAM v MAN CITY Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat against Southampton at the Stadium 16 G Chievo 21 4 6 11 16 27 18 14 Newcastle 34 9 8 17 36 57 35 Kick off Sunday 6pm SS3 Hull left Brendan Rodgers’s of Light, can condemn New- 17 H Bologna 21 3 9 9 20 36 18 15 Hull 34 8 10 16 32 45 34 side seven-points adrift of castle United to an eighth 18 G Sassuolo 21 4 5 12 22 46 17 their north west rivals. straight league defeat on 16 Aston Villa 34 8 8 18 26 48 32 19 H Livorno 21 4 4 13 19 37 16 Queens Park Rangers are the Saturday. STARS TO WATCH 2017 Catania Leicester 2134 3 8 5 7 13 19 13 36 37 54 14 31 visitors to Anfi eld on Saturday Bottom club Burnley, Kane v Aguero 18 Sunderland 33 5 15 13 26 49 30 and the 19th-placed side are fi ve points behind APPEARANCES ...... 30 APPEARANCES ...... 29 in desperate need of a victory, Leicester, face West 19 QPR 34 7 6 21 38 59 27 GOALS ...... 20 GOALS ...... 21 ASSISTS ...... 7 ASSISTS ...... 7 although three points against Ham United at 20 Burnley 34 5 11 18 26 52 26 Liverpool would still not be Upton Park on Sat- enough to lift them out of the urday having won LONDON worried about what people are relegation zone. one of their previ- saying about his team. Seventeenth-placed Leices- ous 13 league TOP SCORERS helsea have been “I know what I feel in relation ter, one point above 18th- fi xtures. to my work in the past two 1 Sergio Agüero Manchester City 21 accused of being C years, I don’t need other people 2 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 20 boring but they will not to recognise what we are,” he 3 Diego Costa Chelsea 19 mind one bit if they beat told Sky Sports. 4 Charlie Austin QPR 17 Crystal Palace at Stam- “I know exactly what we are. 5 Olivier Giroud Arsenal 14 ford Bridge on Sunday to We are what every team would like to be.” Alexis Sánchez Arsenal 14 win the Premier League Arsenal, in third, remain the 6 Eden Hazard Chelsea 13 title for the fi rst time in only side who can mathemati- 7 Saido Berahino West Brom 12 fi ve years. cally catch the leaders, hav- Wayne Rooney Manchester United 12 Jose Mourinho’s side were ing fi ve games left to play to jeered by Arsenal fans during 8 Papiss Demba Cissé Newcastle United 11 Chelsea’s four. last weekend’s 0-0 draw after Arsene Wenger’s team, Graziano Pellè Southampton 11 a season in which they have who face a resurgent David Silva Manchester City 11 been devastatingly effective but Hull City on Monday, 9 Christian Benteke Aston Villa 10 occasionally short on sparkle. are level on 67 points Wilfried Bony Manchester City 10 A 3-1 win against Leicester with last season’s Nacer Chadli Tottenham Hotspur 10 City on Wednesday, however, champions and second means the London club are Christian Eriksen Tottenham Hotspur 10 place Manchester City, who three points away from a fi rst have played a game extra and Diafra Sakho West Ham United 10 league title since Carlo Ance- travel to Tottenham Hotspur on Robin van Persie Manchester United 10 lotti led them to the double in Sunday. 10 Mame Biram Diouf Stoke City 9 2010. Fourth-placed Manchester Danny Ings Burnley 9 With a 13-point lead at the United have suffered two top, Mourinho is within touch- 11 Nikica Jelavic Hull City 8 defeats in a row but they host ing distance of a third league West Bromwich Albion on Sat- championship at Stamford urday hoping to cement their SAT Bridge after back-to-back Champions League qualifi ca- triumphs in 2005 and 2006 tion bid. 02 FIXTURES during his fi rst stint in charge. United’s cause has been MAY 2015 Sunderland v S’mpton, 5pm, SS7 And with the champagne on helped by fi fth-placed Liver- ice, the Portuguese coach is not Leicester v Newcastle, 2.45pm, SS3 Swansea v Stoke, 5pm Mourinho’s Chelsea could be champions today Aston Villa v Everton, 5pm, SS6 West Ham v Burnley, 5pm Liverpool v QPR, 5pm, SS3 Man Utd v West Brom, 7.30pm, SS3 Rooney doubtful as Van Gaal seeks response to Everton defeat SUN MANCHESTER Frustrating losses to Chelsea and leaving Rooney a doubt for ed face an examination of their 03 and Everton have hampered the visit of West Brom. United attacking prowess and the ab- MAY 2015 FIXTURES United’s attempts to ensure were afforded the lion’s share sence of their top-scorer would ouis van Gaal’s automatic qualifi cation for the of possession at both Stamford represent a blow. Radamel Chelsea v C. Palace, 3.30pm, SS3 Tottenham v Man City, 6pm, SS3 LManchester United UEFA Champions League, Falcao would likely be the man welcome West Brom with Rooney sustaining a UNITED v WEST BROM tasked with replacing Rooney, MON on Saturday seeking to knee injury in the clash with as Robin van Persie and Adnan avoid a third straight his former club. The England Bridge and Goodison but were Januzaj continue to work their 04 skipper was substituted dur- hit clinically on the counter at way back to full fi tness. Van MAY 2015 Premier League defeat, FIXTURES ing the second half of the 3-0 both venues. With Tony Pulis’ Persie scored twice in an Un- but may be without cap- Hull v Arsenal, 10pm, SS3 reversal at Goodison Park - men also likely to sit deep in der-21 match on Monday, while tain Wayne Rooney. compounding United’s misery their bid to claim points, Unit- Januzaj contributed two assists.