22 Friday, February 2, 2018 SPORTS London earlier this season. hristian Eriksen scored Alexis Sanchez was within 11 seconds as handed his league debut by TottenhamC brushed aside Mourinho but by the end a below-par Manchester the Chilean’s contribution United to seal a crunch 2-0 was nothing more than victory in the race for the a footnote. Tottenham’s top four. own new star signing Lucas Spurs Eriksen’s strike, coming Moura was paraded on the after four Spurs passes, is pitch at half-time. the third fastest in Premier Four Tottenham players League history, slower only had touched ball before than and Alan Eriksen was celebrating. Shearer. Mousa Dembele laid the kick- A Phil Jones own-goal off back to , outclass then put Tottenham in who launched a pass forward charge before half-time to . at Wembley, with United Kane headed into the path fortunate not to suffer a more of and a feathered emphatic defeat. flick allowed Eriksen space Their chaotic display to finish past . was summed up by Jose Mourinho stood stone-faced Mourinho substituting on the touchline. Man Utd in the A frantic beginning second half, less than eight continued with Jesse Lingard minutes after the Belgian had being denied by the foot been brought on. of , but it was ’s Tottenham who looked most OTHER SCORES men stay fifth but have likely to capitalise. reduced the gap behind Son Heung-min almost Chelsea 0 AFC Bournemouth 3 Chelsea to three points and skipped past the hapless Newcastle United 1 Burnley 1 United to five. A pulsating Jones when left one against Southampton 1 Brighton 1 contest was played out in one and Spurs wanted Stoke City 0 Watford 0 Tottenham Hotspur’s celebrates front of a crowd of 81,978, a penalty when Kieran scoring the opener after just 10.48 seconds beating the previous Premier Trippier went down under (Pic courtesy: theguardian) League record set when a clumsy challenge from Spurs hosted Liverpool here . (PA Sport)

London Despite saying a couple of weeks recovering from a double heo Walcott’s maiden Everton ago and Gylfi fracture of his leg while on goals secured a first win in Sigurdsson could not play in the same international duty with the eightT matches as a 2-1 triumph over side Allardyce picked both, opting Republic of Ireland last March. Leicester arrested their slide under to give the former a deeper role in Allardyce still obviously has Sam Allardyce. midfield. some concerns about the The £20 million January signing Offensively it worked with Walcott, defence, however, and became the first Toffees player to a willing runner, a frequent beneficiary while this match Everton score twice in his maiden Premier but it cannot be considered even a was being League appearance at Goodison medium-term solution as there are played, a deal Park since against too many questions posed when to sign Newcastle in September 2013 with a Everton are not in possession. first-half double. Defender Seamus Coleman made Jamie Vardy’s penalty midway his first appearance in an overcome through the second half set up a Everton shirt for 319 nervous finish but Everton clung on days after Manchester to inflict the Foxes’ first defeat of 2018 City centre-back as they squandered the chance to close Eliaquim Mangala on loan the gap on sixth-placed Arsenal. was being thrashed out.(Espn) Leicester Chelsea is perfect for me: Giroud London 18-month contract at Stamford Bridge for the disappointing 3-0 loss livier Giroud says Chelsea is and is particularly looking forward to Bournemouth and could see the “perfect” club for him after to playing a part in the Champions plenty of action in the coming signingO from Arsenal on Deadline Day. League last-16 clash with Barcelona. weeks, with Alvaro Morata The France international signed an The 31-year-old was in the stands sidelined by a back injury. Asked why he had been keen on the move, Giroud said: “The most important thing was talking with the coach (). “I felt like he really wanted me and he really wanted to work with me. I wanted to sign for Chelsea and nowhere else, I really wanted to play more. “I wanted to stay in the , and Chelsea for me is perfect because I can even stay in London. “But the first reason is the sporting challenge, that has always been my first priority. Everything Theo Walcott celebrates the is here for me to be first of his two goals for Everton happy,” added Giroud. (Pic courtesy: theguardian) (skysports)