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LONDON: Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 2- fifth goal in his last three build-up. 0 to move up to second in the Premier games. “We won the game relatively com- To their credit, ’s men were League yesterday, while Tottenham’s trou- fortably,” said Chelsea boss Frank not downhearted and survived another bles continued with a draw at home to Lampard. “A nice, solid win with a clean VAR review when ’s cross Sheffield United. sheet.” from the right evaded everyone and found League leaders host Leicester can leapfrog Lampard’s men the bottom corner. Manchester City in a highly-anticipated on goal difference and open up a nine- West Ham’s woes continued as Manuel clash between the champions of Europe point gap between fourth and fifth with Pellegrini’s men were beaten 3-0 at Burnley and champions of England at Anfield today. victory at home to Arsenal later. to stretch their winless streak to seven And Chelsea took advantage of kicking Tottenham slip to 12th and were lucky to games. Ashley Barnes opened the scoring off a day earlier to move a point ahead of even escape with a 1-1 draw as Sheffield after 11 minutes as Burnley never looked City and close to within five of Liverpool United impressed once more to move up to back. Chris Wood doubled the hosts’ with a patient performance to break down fifth. struck the post for advantage after earlier having a goal ruled a defensively dogged Crystal Palace at the visitors with the best effort of the first out by VAR for offside and a miserable day Stamford Bridge. Tammy Abraham moved half, but a rare defensive error from the for the visitors at Turf Moor was summed level with Leicester’s Jamie Vardy as the Blades set up Son Heung-min to open the up when goalkeeper Roberto punched a top scorer in the Premier League with 10 scoring with his eighth goal of the season corner into his own net. goals as the England striker pounced on a just before the hour mark. Newcastle are now seven points clear of deft flick through by Willian seven minutes David McGoldrick thought he had lev- the drop zone as they came from behind to LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (top) avoids a chal- into the second half. elled almost immediately, but after a three- beat Bournemouth 2-1 at St James’ Park lenge by Sheffield United’s English goalkeeper Dean Henderson during the English Christian Pulisic then secured all three minute delay the goal was ruled out for thanks to goals from DeAndre Yedlin and Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United at points when the American headed home his Lundstram being millimetres offside in the Ciaran Clark. — AFP Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, yesterday. — AFP

win at home this season — remain in the drop zone , but the Turkish striker headed his marker on the right and squared the ball for Danny Everton win 2-1 in 19th place on eight points. effort from a few yards out over the crossbar. Ings to tap in from close range. “We deserved the three points, we were the best Everton created the most chances in the first half But with 15 minutes to go, Djibril Sidibe sent in a team on the pitch,” Silva told BBC. “The first half was while the home side failed to muster a single shot on pin-point cross to the far post where at Southampton really good but we should kill the game. goal, leading to boos and jeers from the home sup- made it 2-1 with a left-footed first-time finish for his Southampton reacted and scored, but to show again porters at the halftime whistle. “Again we conceded a first goal in eight league matches to consign Saints LONDON: Goals from Tom Davies and Richarlison the character to go back and win the game was very early goal and it kills the mentality of our team,” to their eighth league defeat. gave Everton their first away win of the season at good.” Hasenhuettl said. “The first half was horrible. No one “It’s not a nice situation,” Hasenhuettl added. “I Southampton yesterday, taking some pressure off The visitors took the lead in the fourth minute wanted the ball anymore, you could feel the lack of can guarantee the players try to fight to win games. Toffees manager but putting more of it when the unmarked Davies headed in a corner kick self confidence.” At the moment we are not good enough. “It’s my job on his opposite number Ralph Hasenhuettl. for his first goal since May 2018 - which also came However, the Saints were quick off the blocks in to be strong in that moment. It’s why I’m here. I will The result moved Everton up to 13th in the table against the Saints. Cenk Tosun had a chance to make the second half and the constant pressure paid off try to invest everything and try to work hard and get on 14 points while Southampton — who are yet to it 2-0 minutes later when he played a one-two with when halftime substitute Sofiane Boufal beat his better. I think we can play better.” — Reuters