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OF GOOAL! SATURDAY VISION, October 5, 2013 3 PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL Kop face Palace v PALACE

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rystal Palace go in C away win since October 2004 when they visit Liverpool on Saturday. ONES TO WATCH The newly promoted club have Giaccherini v Rooney gone 16 top-flight games without a victory away from Selhurst Park, APPEARANCES ...... 6 APPEARANCES ...... 6 GOALS ...... 2 GOALS ...... 2 with their last success coming ASSISTS ...... 0 ASSISTS ...... 1 courtesy of Andrew Johnson’s goal in a 1-0 triumph at Birmingham City in the 2004-05 campaign, With boos heard around “He enjoys playing football, he enjoys which ended in relegation. at the end of the West Brom defeat, playing with his partners,” said Wenger. Ian Holloway’s side have United fans may think they have got it “Of course he has given everyone at the endured a tough start to life back bad but next up for Moyes’s men is a club a lift and belief, and belief is a part in England’s top tier after an trip to bottom club Sunderland, who of the success of football.” eight-year absence, collecting just sacked coach last month Liverpool, two points behind the one win in six games and losing following a string of poor results. leaders, host struggling Crystal Palace all three of their away fixtures at Whatever the result on Saturday, on Saturday boosted by last weekend’s Stoke City, Manchester United and Moyes is unlikely to suffer the same goalscoring return of striker Luis Suarez Southampton. fate any time soon, according to former against Sunderland after a 10-match Palace have now gone three United defender Gary Neville, now a ban for biting Chelsea’s Branislav games without scoring and face a pundit for Sky Sports. Ivanovic. daunting trip to Anfield to take on “David Moyes will be given time over “He’s just given us more confidence,” a Liverpool side who are second three or four years to build a football team mate Lucas Leiva told the club top, having won four of their six club and learn the ropes. It takes time website (www.liverpoolfc.com). Premier League fixtures. and he’ll be given time, just as Arsenal “The squad that we had without him have done with Arsene Wenger,” said was a good one, but with him back in it, Fulham Neville, who retired as a player in 2011 we’ll be even better. He’s one of the best after almost 20 years at the club. in the world.” “If you think about the early years Seventh-placed Manchester City, who of Sir , he was allowed have yet to win in the league away from defiant to develop into a presence. In the first home after losing 3-2 at Aston Villa last three or four years he was at the club he time out, return to the Etihad Stadium FULHAM v STOKE was coming under intense pressure. to face Everton on Saturday. “David Moyes, there’s no doubt about City will be looking to rebound after LONDON it, is still learning to come to terms suffering a humbling 3-1 defeat at home with his squad and getting to know his to Bayern Munich on Wednesday as last truggling Fulham will players and the culture of the club,” he season’s Champions League winners added. handed out a masterclass in possession S On Sunday, West Brom host league football. game winless run in the leaders Arsenal, who have been reju- Chelsea travel to Norwich City on Premier League when they venated since the arrival of Mesut Ozil Sunday without striker Fernando welcome Stoke City on from Real Madrid on transfer deadline Torres, who was already suspended for Saturday. day. Arsenal are unbeaten in 10 games the match but limped off with a knee Martin Jol’s side slipped into the in all competitions and the Germany injury during the 4-0 win over Steaua bottom three with a last-gasp 2-1 playmaker was central to the Gunners’ Bucharest in the Champions League defeat to Cardiff City last weekend 2-0 win over Napoli in the Champions midweek, and Tottenham Hotspur, in and they have not won at Craven League on Tuesday, scoring his first goal third, take on London rivals West Ham Cottage in their last seven league for the club. United. matches. Fulham’s home record against Stoke does offer some cause for optimism, however, with the London club having prevailed in seven of their last eight meetings. pain on hosts Man City at Etihad Dimitar Berbatov’s first-half strike proved the difference last They are the Premier points from winning positions they dropped just seven points However, they will take Moyes. His new side have season, but the Bulgarian striker League’s top scorers this (six), a figure that is in stark from winning positions across comfort from the fact that started strongly, boasting the is yet to score a league goal this season with 14 so far, but they have found the net in only unbeaten record in the term. they have been susceptible “I STILL BELIEVE IN JOE. I BELIEVE HE IS THE 53 successive home Premier division thus far. In fact, no Fulham player has to conceding soft goals and League games in a run going After three draws from the managed more than one goal currently sit seventh in the RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB AND I DON’T BELIEVE back to November 2010. opening three league games, in the top flight so far in this table, five points adrift of HE WILL LET ENGLAND DOWN.”.” Everton are also under new Martinez’s side have won campaign, although Berbatov and leaders Arsenal. management this season, their last three games to climb Darren Bent were both on target Pellegrini’s side have lost with Martinez coming in to to fourth in the table, three in the 2-1 League Cup victory over a league-high number of contrast to last season, when the entire campaign. replace the departed David points behind Arsenal. Everton.