Spurs Close Gap
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SPORTS Sunday, April 2, 2017 23 Premier League: Liverpool 3 Everton 1 Burnley 0 Tottenham 2 Chelsea 1 Crystal Palace 2 Leicester 2 Stoke 0 Man Utd 0 West Brom 0 Hull 2 West Ham 1 Watford 1 Sunderland 0 Zaha Southampton 0 Bournemouth 0 English Championship: Barnsley 1 Sheff Wed 1 Aston Villa 2 Norwich 0 Brentford 2 Bristol City 0 Brighton 1 Blackburn 0 Huddersfield 0 Burton 1 Crystal Palace’s Ipswich 1 Birmingham 1 Ivorian-born English stuns Newcastle 2 Wigan 1 striker Wilfried Zaha Preston 1 Nottm Forest 1 (L) vies with Chelsea’s Rotherham 0 Fulham 1 English defender Wolves 3 Cardiff 1 Gary Cahill Chelsea Reading 1 Leeds 0 Spurs close gap London Despite losing defenders James Victory lifted Liverpool to third ilfried Zaha rocked Chelsea Tomkins and Scott Dann -- place, two points above fourth- Russian Premier League: Was Crystal Palace breathed Tomkins’s replacement -- to injury, place Manchester City -- who visit Ufa 0 Lokomotiv Moscow 1 new life into the Premier League Sam Allardyce’s patched-up Palace Arsenal on Sunday -- having played Arsenal Tula 3 Tomsk 0 title race with a stunning 2-1 win side gallantly held on to stay four two games more. Scottish Premiership: over the leaders at Stamford Bridge points clear of the bottom three. Manchester United now lie four Hamilton 1 St Johnstone 0 yesterday. Tottenham kept their title hopes points off the Champions League Inverness 1 Kilmarnock 1 In a frantic start, the Ivory flickering after Eric Dier scored slots in fifth place after the latest in Coast winger cancelled out Cesc from close range and Son Heung- a number of frustrating afternoon Partick 2 Ross County 1 Fabregas’s opener and teed up Min converted a cross from Dele Old Trafford, this time against West Rangers 1 Motherwell 1 Christian Benteke for the winner Alli in the second half at Burnley. Brom. as Chelsea lost at home for the first However, victory came at the Anthony Martial and Marouane time since September 16. cost of injuries to midfielders Fellaini squandered good chances Second-place Tottenham Victor Wanyama and Harry Winks, for Jose Mourinho’s men either side Hotspur took advantage by winning who was taken to hospital with a of half-time. 2-0 at Burnley to trim Chelsea’s lead potentially serious ankle injury. But former United midfielder to seven points. Philippe Coutinho scored a Darren Fletcher almost snatched Liverpool closed to within 10 dazzling goal and made another for victory for West Brom with a shot points of the leaders, albeit having Divock Origi as Liverpool overcame that David de Gea pushed against played a game more, after sinking Everton at Anfield. the bar. Everton 3-1 in the Merseyside Sadio Mane put Liverpool in Leicester City’s resurgence derby. front in the eighth minute, drilling continued with a 2-0 home win Spanish La Liga: But Manchester United lost in following a one-two with Roberto over Stoke City that gave Craig Villarreal 2 Eibar 3 ground in the race for top-four Firmino, but was later forced off by Shakespeare a fifth successive Osasuna 1 Athletic Bilbao 2 places following a frustrating 0-0 a knee injury. victory since succeeding Claudio Real Sociedad 1 Leganes 1 draw at home to West Bromwich Ranieri as manager. Malaga 0 Atletico Madrid 2 Albion. Leicester resurgence continues The champions prevailed Zaha’s headline-grabbing display Matthew Pennington equalised, through a glorious 25-yard strike against Chelsea followed a week but Coutinho strolled past him from Wilfred Ndidi and a sharp of headlines about his decision to to restore Liverpool’s lead with a Jamie Vardy volley, leaving them six switch international allegiances fine, curling effort and then teed up points clear of the relegation zone. from England to Ivory Coast last Origi, Mane’s replacement, to slam Bottom club Sunderland remain year. home Liverpool’s third. seven points from safety after His side fell behind in the fifth Everton midfielder Ross Barkley Miguel Britos’s header earned minute when Eden Hazard crossed was fortunate to avoid a red card for Watford a 1-0 win at Vicarage Road. Liverpool’s Belgian striker from the left for Fabregas to score at a crude foul on Dejan Lovren, but Andy Robertson and Andrea Divock Origi (R) celebrates the near post. his manager Ronald Koeman felt Ranocchia wiped out Andy Carroll’s with Liverpool’s Dutch mid- But Zaha levelled matters in Liverpool’s protests were excessive. opener as third-bottom Hull City fielder Georginio Wijnaldum Serie A: the ninth minute, drilling home “I don’t like coaches from the came from behind to win 2-1 at Sassuolo 1 Lazio 2 after scoring through a posse of defenders, and bench the whole time shouting to home to West Ham United. Roma 2 Empoli 0 two minutes later his pass freed referees and linesmen, making a big It left Marco Silva’s side below Benteke to dink a cocky finish over show about tackles,” he said. “They fourth-bottom Swansea City on goal Thibaut Courtois. were crazy. It’s a man’s sport.” difference alone..