SPORTS SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014 Soccer results/standings West Brom see off Swansea English Accrington 1; Southend 0 Bury 0; York 2 Everton 2 (Deulofeu 59, Coleman 90) Wycombe 0. The Congolese ’s goal gave West Brom corner and narrowly failed to apply the finishing Cardiff 1 (Cala 68); Fulham 1 (Dejagah 68) manager a first victory at the ninth touch to a centre from Wayne Routledge. Newcastle 0; Hull 0 Manchester City 2 (Silva Playing today Swansea 1 attempt, lifting the club three points clear of Routledge then teed up Bony to lash a shot 14, Dzeko 90); Southampton 4 (Schneiderlin Newport v Exeter third-bottom Sunderland and to within one over the top, before the livewire Lamah sent in a 5, Lambert 57, Rodriguez 72, Gallagher 90) point of 14th-place Swansea. cross that eluded Bony and could not be turned Norwich 2 (Elmander 85, Snodgrass 86); West Brom sacked Anelka late on Friday after in by Jonathan De Guzman. Stoke 3 (Odemwingie 33, 79, Arnautovic 69) Dundee Utd 3 (Graham 79, Armstrong he claimed to have unilaterally terminated his Swansea captain Ashley Williams, meanwhile, West Ham 1 (Carroll 5); Sunderland 0 Crystal 84, Ciftci 90) St Mirren 2 (McGowan 20, West Brom 2 contract and the French striker’s departure could only direct a free header into the ground Palace 0; Swansea 1 (Lamah 2) West Brom 2 Thompson 40); Partick 3 (Erskine 44, Mair should allow the club to focus purely on their bid and over the bar from eight yards out. West Brom (Sessegnon 52, Mulumbu 85); Aston Villa 1 60, Higginbotham 90) Hibernian 1 to avoid the drop. Mel brought Sessegnon, James attacked the second period with vigour, equalis- (Delph 82) Chelsea 0. (Watmore 62). SWANSEA: scored an 85th- Morrison, and Craig Dawson ing in the 52nd minute when Sessegnon sent a minute winner as West Bromwich Albion won 2-1 into his starting XI, switching to a 3-5-2 forma- low shot skidding past Vorm from 25 yards. Playing today Playing later at Swansea City yesterday to clamber three tion, but he saw his side fall behind with less than Swansea had a penalty appeal turned down Manchester United v , St Johnstone v Ross County points clear of the Premier League relegation 120 seconds on the clock.’s pass after a shot from Bony appeared to strike Tottenham v Arsenal. zone. Playing hours after sacking Nicolas Anelka from deep split the visiting defence and Lamah Gareth McAuley on the arm and the hosts Scottish Football League following his five-match ban for performing a cut in from the left before beating then introduced Michu from the bench, fol- Championship ‘quenelle’ salute, West Brom fell behind to a sec- from a prohibitive angle. lowing a three-month absence with an ankle Championship Alloa 0 Queen Of The South 1; ond-minute strike by Roland Lamah at the In response, Victor Anichebe shot straight at problem. Bolton 0 Brighton 2; Bournemouth 0 Dumbarton 5 Cowdenbeath 1; Hamilton 3 Liberty Stadium. Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm, but the hosts, De Guzman forced Foster to save with his feet Middlesbrough 0; Burnley 2 Leeds 1; Falkirk 1; Livingston 0 Dundee 2; Raith 2 However, Stephane Sessegnon marked his characteristically dominating possession, contin- after a driving run and with five minutes remain- 2 Blackburn 4; Ipswich 1 Morton 1. first start since New Year’s Day by equalising early ued to threaten. Foster thwarted Bony at point- ing, Mulumbu guided a shot between Jordi Wigan 3; Leicester 3 1; Millwall 0 in the second period before Mulumbu complet- blank range after the Ivorian attacked a cross Amat’s legs and past a motionless Vorm to give Charlton 0; Nottingham Forest 0 Doncaster Division One ed the visitors’ comeback with an elegant finish. from Lamah, who put a header off-target from a West Brom a much-needed victory. — AFP 0; QPR 3 Yeovil 0; Reading 0 Derby 0; Arbroath 0 Airdrie 1; East Fife 0 Ayr 5; Sheffield Wednesday 4 Birmingham 1; Forfar 1 Stranraer 0; Rangers 2 Dunfermline Watford 3 Barnsley 0. 0; Stenhousemuir 4 Brechin 2. Odemwingie brace lifts Division One Division Two Bradford 1 Gillingham 1; Bristol City 0 Clyde 1 Stirling 0; Elgin City 2 Annan Stoke past West Ham Swindon 0; Carlisle 0 Stevenage 0; Crawley Athletic 3; Montrose 2 East Stirling 0; 1 Colchester 0; Crewe 1 Oldham 1; Leyton Peterhead 3 Berwick 0; Queen’s Park 4 punch the ball away. It was 25-year-old Orient 0 Brentford 1; Milton Keynes Dons 0 Albion 0. Carroll’s first start since his sending-off Peterborough 2; Rotherham 1 Walsall 1; Stoke 3 at the start of February, and his first Tranmere 3 Notts County 2; Wolves 0 German Bundesliga results goal since last April. Shrewsbury 0. Borussia Dortmund 1 (Jojic 77) Bor. Stoke pulled level after 33 minutes Moenchengladbach 2 (Raffael 31, Kruse 40); when Crouch’s acrobatic shot deflect- Playing today Werder Bremen 1 (Hunt 79) VfB Stuttgart 1 West Ham 1 ed in off Odemwingie on the line. Both Coventry v Port Vale (Niedermeier 55); Hoffenheim 2 Polanski 49, Steven N’Zonzi and Stephen Ireland Roberto Firmino 53) Mainz 05 4 (Choupo- missed chances to give the hosts the Playing tomorrow Moting 67, Saller 73, Okazaki 75, 90+2); advantage before the break. Kevin Preston v Sheffield Utd Eintracht Braunschweig 1 (Bellarabi 48) VfL STOKE-ON-TRENT: Nolan thought he had made it 2-1 to Wolfsburg 1 (Luiz Gustavo 36); Hertha Berlin netted a brace and Marko Arnautovic the visitors in the 61st minute only for Division Two 0 Hanover 96 3 (Stindl 49, Schlaudraff 57, also scored to lift Stoke City to a 3-1 his effort to be controversially ruled Burton 1 AFC Wimbledon 1; Cheltenham Huszti 90+1). win at home against Premier League offside. 1 Torquay 0; Chesterfield 3 Oxford 0; rivals West Ham yesterday. Both were But Austrian winger Marko Dagenham and Redbridge 1 Morecambe 1; Playing today equal on points before the clash with Arnautovic put Stoke ahead after 69 Fleetwood 3 Portsmouth 1; Hartlepool 4 Hamburg v Nuremberg, Eintracht only goal difference separating the minutes before Odemwingie slammed Bristol Rovers 0; Northampton 1 Mansfield Frankfurt v Freiburg. midtable sides scrambling to move home his second from an angled shot 1; Plymouth 0 Scunthorpe 2; Rochdale 2 away from the drop zone. off an Ireland pass ten minutes later. But the hosts were trailing after just It gave manager five minutes when striker something more to celebrate on his English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals scored from a set piece pairing with 300th Premier League game as a man- against, points): SUNDERLAND: Crystal Palace’s English striker Cameron Jerome (left) is Mark Noble at the Britannia Stadium. ager.Hughes becomes the 10th man- challenged by Sunderland’s Spanish defender Marcos Alonso during the Carroll rose above Peter Crouch and ager to reach that milestone. Stoke are Chelsea 30 20 6 4 56 23 66 German League English Premier League football match. — AFP smashed a header past Asmir Begovic, provisionally tenth with 34 points, Man City 27 19 3 5 71 27 60 Bayern Munich 24 22 2 0 72 11 68 who had rushed off his line to try to three points above West Ham. — AFP Liverpool 28 18 5 5 73 35 59 Dortmund 25 15 3 7 56 29 48 Arsenal 28 18 5 5 52 28 59 Schalke 04 25 14 5 6 48 36 47 Sunderland frustrated Tottenham 29 16 5 8 37 37 53 Leverkusen 24 14 2 8 40 27 44 Everton 28 14 9 5 40 28 51 Mainz 25 12 5 8 37 38 41 by Palace stalemate Southampton survive Man Utd 28 14 6 8 46 31 48 Wolfsburg 25 12 4 9 42 39 40 Southampton 30 12 9 9 43 37 45 Borussia 25 11 6 8 43 32 39 star Johnson at the heart of their best late Norwich assault Newcastle 29 13 4 12 37 40 43 Augsburg 25 11 5 9 38 36 38 Aston Villa 29 9 7 13 32 38 34 Hertha Berlin 25 10 6 9 35 31 36 moments. Stoke 30 8 10 12 32 44 34 Hoffenheim 25 7 8 10 54 56 29 Sunderland 0 Johnson was a real menace to posed finish past Norwich goalkeeper West Ham 29 8 7 14 32 38 31 Hanover 96 25 8 5 12 34 43 29 Palace left-back Joel Ward, who John Ruddy after a slick move. Hull 29 8 6 15 30 37 30 Werder Bremen 25 7 8 10 29 47 29 earned an early booking after chop- Southampton 4 Anthony Pilkington demonstrated Swansea 29 7 8 14 38 43 29 Frankfurt 24 6 8 10 27 40 26 Norwich’s frustration when he Norwich 30 7 8 15 24 48 29 ping down the elusive winger. Nuremberg 24 4 11 9 27 42 23 The fierce wind whipping around attempted to punch in a cross from West Brom 29 5 13 11 33 43 28 Stuttgart 25 5 6 14 39 52 21 C Palace 0 Crystal Palace 29 8 4 17 19 38 28 the made two before half-time, earning Hamburg 24 5 5 14 39 53 20 him a booking, and in the 57th minute Sunderland 27 6 7 14 26 42 25 Freiburg 24 4 7 13 22 45 19 already anxious teams even more Norwich 2 Cardiff 30 6 7 17 23 52 25 Braunschweig 25 4 6 15 20 45 18 hesitant in possession and there were Southampton made it 2-0. Fulham 30 7 3 20 30 65 24 Ryan Bennett accidentally steered SUNDERLAND: Sunderland missed a few real chances in a scrappy first half. Scottish Premiership the ball into the path of Lambert, who chance to improve their Premier Poyet’s men were having the better of Celtic 29 25 3 1 71 14 78 SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton cut inside Jos Hooiveld to score just English Football League League survival prospects after being it but poor execution let them down Aberdeen 28 17 3 8 40 26 54 climbed to eighth place in the Premier 64 seconds after rising from the bench Championship held to a 0-0 draw by fellow strug- on the rare occasions they had a sight Motherwell 28 16 3 9 46 43 51 League and kept Norwich City at risk to replace England colleague Adam Leicester 35 25 5 5 68 33 80 glers Crystal Palace yesterday. of goal. Burnley 36 20 13 3 59 31 73 Dundee Utd 29 13 8 8 52 35 47 of relegation with an entertaining 4-2 Lallana. Inverness 27 13 6 8 33 26 45 Gus Poyet’s team were unable to Steven Fletcher was unable to Derby 36 18 9 9 60 43 63 win at St Mary’s yesterday. Norwich manager Hughton St Johnstone 29 11 5 13 35 32 38 turn their possession into goals in a convert a miscued shot from Borini, QPR 35 18 9 8 43 28 63 Goals from Morgan Schneiderlin, responded by introducing Elmander, Wigan 34 17 7 10 45 31 58 Hibernian 30 8 10 12 29 38 34 tense clash at the Stadium of Light while South Korea midfielder Ki substitute Rickie Lambert and Jay Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Nathan Nottingham 36 14 15 7 55 41 57 Kilmarnock 30 8 6 16 37 52 30 and they remain in the relegation blazed well wide from long-range. Partick 29 6 11 12 32 46 29 Rodriguez left Southampton 3-0 up Redmond from the bench, but he saw Reading 36 15 11 10 56 41 56 zone, sitting three points adrift of Poyet sent on Jozy Altidore for Ross County 29 8 5 16 34 50 29 with 18 minutes to play, before Rodriguez extend the hosts’ lead in Brighton 35 15 11 9 39 28 56 safety following their third consecu- Fletcher at half-time and the Ipswich 36 13 12 11 46 42 51 St Mirren 29 7 6 16 29 47 27 Norwich threatened to mount an the 72nd minute from Lambert’s tive league match without a win. American striker came close to break- Blackburn 35 13 10 12 43 44 49 Hearts 29 5 6 18 25 54 6 improbable late comeback. touch. Palace dropped to one place ing the deadlock with a dipping shot Watford 35 12 12 11 52 41 48 Johan Elmander and Robert Still Southampton advanced, Bournemouth 35 12 10 13 44 51 46 Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering above the bottom three after their that forced Julian Speroni to make a Snodgrass struck twice in barely a Rodriguez smashing a shot against Middlesbrough 36 10 15 11 44 38 45 administration fourth successive game without a fine save. minute to leave ’s side the bar and Ruddy saving from Leeds 35 12 8 15 48 51 44 win. With Sunderland desperate for a fired straight at Huddersfield 36 12 8 16 47 50 44 on the verge of a memorable turn- Lambert, before the visitors belatedly victory against one of their main rivals Sunderland goalkeeper Mannone Sheffield 35 10 12 13 43 42 42 around, only for Sam Gallagher to came to life. Elmander seized on a in the fight to beat the drop, Poyet when Palace finally got through the Bolton 36 9 13 14 46 52 40 make victory safe for the hosts in stop- sloppy pass from Jose Fonte to reduce made seven changes to the team Black Cats’ defence after good work Blackpool 36 9 11 16 31 52 38 page time. the arrears in the 85th minute and Birmingham 36 9 10 17 43 51 37 Matches on TV beaten by Hull in the FA Cup quarter- from . Victory took Southampton above moments later, Snodgrass followed up Doncaster 36 9 10 17 32 54 37 (Local Timings) finals. Oscar Ustari, , Borini was denied by the wood- Newcastle United to eighth place, six a shot from Van Wolfswinkel to crash Millwall 36 7 11 18 32 62 32 Andrea Dossena, Lee Cattermole, Jack work when his powerful strike beat Charlton 32 6 11 15 24 41 29 points below the European places, home Norwich’s second. A perilous Colback, Emanuele Giaccherini and Speroni but cannoned back off the Yeovil 35 7 8 20 30 52 29 English Premier League while Norwich remain 15th, four period of injury time appeared to were axed as Vito angle of bar and post. Barnsley 35 6 11 18 31 62 29 Man United v Liverpool 16:30 points above the bottom three. beckon for Southampton, but instead Mannone, Wes Brown, Marcos Alonso, And Palace fared no better when beIN SPORTS 1 It took the home side less than five it was they who scored next, with Division One Liam Bridcutt, Ki Sung-Yueng, Adam South African midfielder Kagisho beIN SPORTS 1 HD minutes to break the deadlock, with Gallagher scampering in behind the Wolves 35 23 8 4 64 21 77 Johnson and Fabio Borini returned. Dikgacoi dragged his shot wide from Tottenham v Arsenal 19:00 Schneiderlin gathering a pass from Norwich defence to finally put the Brentford 35 23 7 5 59 31 76 Sunderland were quickly into their a good position inside the Leyton 37 22 8 7 70 34 74 beIN SPORTS 1 Sunderland penalty area. —AFP Gaston Ramirez and clipping a com- game to bed. — AFP Preston 36 18 14 4 52 36 68 beIN SPORTS 1 HD stride, with former Manchester City Rotherham 36 18 12 6 67 44 66 Peterborough 36 18 4 14 58 48 58 Italian Calcio League Milton 37 15 7 15 53 50 52 Walsall 37 12 13 12 41 40 49 Atalanta v Sampdoria 14:30 beIN SPORTS 4 HD Dejagah gives Fulham hope Swindon 37 13 9 15 53 51 48 Sheffield 34 13 8 13 37 38 47 beIN SPORTS 12 HD Port Vale 35 14 4 17 46 55 46 beIN SPORTS 14 HD their chances of claiming a place in the hand to stab the ball home. And when Like Krul, when he was called upon, Bradford 36 10 15 11 48 44 45 Livorno v Bologna 17:00 Europa League. Fulham manager Krul was called into action by Holtby’s he responded with a fine save to repel Gillingham 37 13 6 18 49 60 45 beIN SPORTS 9 HD Crawley Town 32 10 13 9 36 39 43 Fulham 1 Magath had claimed before this game curling left-foot shot, the Dutchman Papiss Cisse’s snapshot nine minutes Bristol City 37 9 15 13 54 59 42 Sassuolo v Catania 17:00 that too many of his squad had yet to reacted well to tip the shot away at full before the break. Coventry 35 14 9 12 64 63 41 beIN SPORTS 8 HD wake up to the fact that their top-flight stretch. Fulham’s lack of firepower was Aware they were in danger of letting Colchester 35 9 12 14 39 45 39 AC Milan v Parma 17:00 status is in peril. frustrating for Magath, although the an opportunity slip away, Fulham Oldham 37 10 9 18 41 54 39 beIN SPORTS 3 It seemed a game that Fulham German could at least draw comfort upped their efforts after half-time and Tranmere 36 10 9 17 44 64 39 Newcastle 0 beIN SPORTS 3 HD could not afford to lose and Magath from the fact that Newcastle were simi- they had the ball in the net within two Carlisle 36 10 8 18 38 57 38 Fiorentina v Verona 22:45 Stevenage 36 10 7 19 37 55 37 attempted to revive his side’s fortunes larly unthreatening. minutes of the restart, only for the effort Crewe 37 9 10 18 42 69 37 beIN SPORTS 8 HD by making five changes to the team Looking like a team with little to to be ruled out for offside. Then, in the Genoa v Juventus 22:45 Shrewsbury 36 7 13 16 34 47 34 LONDON: Ashkan Dejagah’s 68th- that started last weekend’s morale-sap- play for, the visitors’ play lacked urgency 54th minute, Heitinga’s deflected shot Notts County 37 9 4 24 45 67 31 beIN SPORTS 3 minute goal lifted Fulham’s hopes of ping defeat at fellow strugglers Cardiff and Fulham’s David Stockdale, recalled struck the bar and bounced down onto Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering beIN SPORTS 3 HD City. Once again, though, the manager in goal in place of error-prone Holland the goal-line, only for the Hawkeye administration avoiding relegation from the Premier placed his faith in 19-year-old Cauley international , replay to show that a thin sliver of the Spanish League League as they recorded a 1-0 victory Division Two over Newcastle United at Craven Woodrow to lead the attack. And the was largely untroubled. ball had not crossed the line.—AFP Elche v 14:00 Chesterfield 37 18 12 7 60 34 66 Cottage yesterday. teenager came close to handing beIN SPORTS 2 HD Scunthorpe 37 16 17 4 58 37 65 Felix Magath’s side remain at the Fulham the perfect start in the seventh Rochdale 36 19 7 10 56 39 64 Barcelona v Osasuna 19:00 foot of the table, four points off safety, minute when he narrowly failed to get Fleetwood 37 18 7 12 54 42 61 beIN SPORTS 2 on the end of Lewis Holtby’s clipped Burton Albion 37 16 13 8 41 36 61 beIN SPORTS 2 HD but with other struggling teams also Oxford Utd 37 14 14 9 48 37 56 free-kick, which had caught the Sevilla v Valladolid 21:00 claiming positive results, anything other Southend 37 13 13 11 44 36 52 than a win would have represented a Newcastle defence flat-footed. beIN SPORTS 14 HD That would not be the only time the York 37 13 13 11 44 38 52 setback. Plymouth 36 14 9 13 40 40 51 beIN SPORTS 7 HD visitors looked unconvincing in the first Dejagah’s decisive strike came 14 Hartlepool 37 13 10 14 44 40 49 Sociedad v Valencia 23:00 half and against a better team, they minutes after Fulham were convinced Cheltenham 36 11 14 11 41 46 47 beIN SPORTS 2 HD might have been punished. Morecambe 36 12 11 13 43 50 47 they had gone ahead, only for goal-line Dagenham 36 11 13 12 44 45 46 technology to show that Johnny French League HEISTING SO CLOSE Newport 34 11 11 12 43 46 44 Heitinga’s shot had failed to cross the AFC Wimbledon37 11 11 15 36 42 44 Montpellier v Bordeaux 16:00 Against this Fulham side, however, Mansfield 37 10 13 14 37 50 43 beIN SPORTS 5 HD line by the tiniest of margins. Newcastle they survived unscathed as the hosts Bury 35 9 15 11 40 40 42 beIN SPORTS 13 HD manager was forced to demonstrated the uncertainty and lack Bristol Rovers 36 10 12 14 34 40 42 Lyonnais v Monaco 19:00 watch the game on television from a of conviction that has dogged their Portsmouth 37 9 15 13 38 51 42 beIN SPORTS 5 HD hotel room as he served the first of a campaign so far. Wycombe 36 10 11 15 38 44 41 seven-match ban imposed for headbut- Accrington 36 10 11 15 40 47 41 beIN SPORTS 13 HD An inswinging corner from home Exeter 36 10 10 16 41 48 40 PSG v Saint Etienne 23:00 ting Hull City midfielder David Meyler. winger Alex Kacaniklic was allowed to Northampton 36 9 11 16 30 45 38 beIN SPORTS 5 HD But he and his players can have had few bounce in front of Newcastle goalkeep- LONDON: Fulham’s English striker Cauley Woodrow (second left) vies with Torquay 36 8 9 19 33 54 33 complaints about the result after a lack- er Tim Krul inside the six-yard box, but Newcastle United’s Ivorian midfielder Cheick Tiote (second right) during lustre performance that dealt a blow to there was nobody in a Fulham shirt on their English Premier League football match. — AFP