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LONDON: Tottenham cemented their place in the 20-yarder past West Ham goalkeeper Adrian in the Premier League’s top four as Son Heung-Min inspired a eighth minute for only his second goal of the season. 2-0 win over Huddersfield, while Swansea improved West Ham defender Winston Reid was given oxygen their survival prospects with a 4-1 thrashing of West before being stretchered off after a nasty looking fall. Ham yesterday. Son put Tottenham ahead in the 27th Carlos Carvalhal’s team took advantage to double minute at Wembley with his 14th goal of the season as their lead in the 32nd minute as Mike van der Hoorn Dele Alli’s pass sliced open the Huddersfield defence was left unmarked to head home from close-range. and the South Korea forward raced clear to finish Former Leicester midfielder Andy King notched a emphatically. 48th minute tap-in for his first Swansea goal. Son struck again in the 54th minute, timing his run Jordan Ayew slammed in a 63rd minute penalty, perfectly to meet Harry awarded for a foul on his Kane’s cross with a bullet brother Andrew Ayew as header past Huddersfield Swansea moved three goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. points clear of the bot- Tottenham’s third suc- tom three. cessive league win lifted Swansea climb Michail Antonio got them five points clear of one back for West Ham fifth placed Chelsea in out of the in the 79th minute, but the race to qualify for the visitors’ third next season’s Champions relegation zone defeat in their last four League via a top four games leaves them finish. It was the perfect three points above the warm-up for Tottenham’s relegation zone. Champions League last Troy Deeney pushed LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (C) controls the ball during the English 16 second leg against Juventus on Wednesday, with the West Bromwich Albion closer to relegation as the Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Huddersfield at Wembley Stadium in tie delicately poised at 2-2. Watford striker’s late goal sealed a 1-0 win at Vicarage London, yesterday. — AFP Mauricio Pochettino’s side are up to third place, but Road. Deeney slotted home from a Will Hughes pass in Liverpool can reclaim that position if they avoid defeat the 77th minute to leave bottom-of-the-table West against Newcastle at Anfield later. Brom nursing a fifth consecutive defeat that leaves by second bottom Stoke at St Mary’s. Riyad Mahrez Albrighton conceded a penalty with a foul on Josh At the Liberty Stadium, Swansea climbed out of the them eight points from safety. Southampton, sitting one rescued Leicester with a last-gasp equaliser in their 1-1 King, who picked himself up to convert the spot-kick. relegation zone and pushed West Ham deeper into point above the relegation zone, have only one win in draw against Bournemouth. The Foxes fell behind in the But Algeria winger Mahrez curled in a superb free-kick trouble. South Korea midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng drove a their last 16 games after being held to a drab 0-0 draw 35th minute at the King Power Stadium when Marc seven minutes into stoppage-time. —AFP

Watford strike minute with Turkish striker Tosun’s first Wood header goal for the club since he joined from Matches on TV Besiktas in January, a fine header after (Local Timings) late to pile Seamus Coleman had flicked on a Theo gives Burnley Walcott cross. In the last 53 games in which ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE pressure on Burnley fell behind they had failed to Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal 16:30 late win beIN SPORTS HD 2 win but there was a determination and Manchester City v Chelsea 19:00 West Brom positive intent to Dyche’s side yester- beIN SPORTS HD 2 over Everton day, despite a recent lack of victories. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford SPANISH LEAGUE LONDON: West Bromwich Albion manag- Levante v Espanyol 14:00 will have impressed watching England beIN SPORTS HD 3 er Alan Pardew faces a major battle to hold BURNLEY: Burnley’s 11-match winless manager Gareth Southgate with a run in the Premier League ended when Barcelona v Atletico de Madrid 18:15 onto his job after Watford’s Troy Deeney series of fine saves, including a brilliant beIN SPORTS HD 3 struck a late winner at Vicarage Road to a late Chris Wood goal secured a 2-1 effort to keep out a first half Barnes Real Sociedad v Deportivo Alaves 20:30 win over Everton, who finished with 10 inflict a fifth consecutive Premier League header. beIN SPORTS HD 1 defeat on the Midlands outfit. men in an entertaining game at Turf Valencia v Real Betis 22:45 Moor yesterday. Substitute Wood beIN SPORTS HD 3 Basement side West Brom desperately DIRECT APPROACH headed in Johann Berg Gudmundsson’s needed something from the game and Dyche introduced New Zealand ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE corner for the winner while Everton looked to be heading for a point until international Wood, returning from a Genoa CFC v Cagliari Calcio 14:30 skipper Ashley Williams was sent off Deeney broke clear after 77 minutes and two-month injury lay off, at halftime to beIN SPORTS HD 4 four minutes from time for a swipe at Atalanta v Sampdoria 17:00 fired a superb shot past Ben Foster into go with two out-and-out strikers and Ashley Barnes, who cancelled out Cenk beIN SPORTS HD 4 the roof of the net. the more direct approach paid off. Tosun’s first-half opener for the visitors. Udinese Calcio v Fiorentina 17:00 Pardew’s future looks certain to be Matthew Lowton’s defence-splitting beIN SPORTS HD 1 Frustrated Everton fans vocally called into question with his side rooted to pass found Barnes who outpaced for- Chievo Verona v Sassuolo Calcio 17:00 expressed their opposition towards the foot of the table and his dismal record mer Burnley defender Michael Keane beIN SPORTS manager Sam Allardyce with chants Torino v Crotone 17:00 of one win in 15 games since he took SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton’s against the former England boss who and beat Pickford at the near post with beIN SPORTS HD 8 charge in November. The latest defeat Dutch defender Wesley Hoedt controls a confident finish in the 56th. Benevento v Hellas Verona 17:00 leaves West Brom eight points adrift of the took over at the club in early beIN SPORTS the ball during the English Premier December. The win moves seventh- Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson went safety zone and it remains to be seen if close after 78 minutes, creating some Milan v Internazionale Milano 22:45 League football match between placed Burnley to 40 points, widely beIN SPORTS HD 4 Pardew will be in charge for their next Southampton and Stoke City. — AFP space inside the Burnley box before fir- game against Leicester City next weekend. seen as enough for top-flight safety, ing just wide of Nick Pope’s left-hand GERMAN BUNDESLIGA Earlier, Southampton were held to a 0-0 with nine games to spare, while strug- gling Everton are 10th on 34 points. post. But two minutes later Burnley had Koln v Stuttgart 17:30 draw by Stoke City with both teams miss- opportunities, with Sofiane Boufal and Josh the lead. Pickford was unable to get off beIN SPORTS HD 5 ing opportunities to get crucial points as Sims among those to misfire shots from “It’s a marker of how far we have Freiburg v Bayern Munich 20:00 come in a short space of time,” said his line to reach beIN SPORTS HD 5 they fight for Premier League survival. inside the box, as the Saints piled on the Gudmundsson’s corner and Wood Stoke started the first half brightly but Burnley manager Sean Dyche. “We pressure but to no avail. rose at the back post to power in a FRENCH LEAGUE failed to create clear-cut chances, allowing The result means second-from-bottom have deserved better in recent games so we wanted to bring freedom to our header from close range. “For me to Caen v Strasbourg 17:00 Southampton back into the game as both Stoke could drift further away from safety see the players under-perform in the beIN SPORTS HD 6 performance. We went 1-0 down but it Montpellier v Olympique Lyonnais 19:00 teams struggled to make their mark in the final as Swansea City beat West Ham United second half is very disappointing. It’s third and midfielder Badou Ndiaye missed the didn’t knock us,” he added. beIN SPORTS HD 6 and Crystal Palace play Manchester my problem to sort it out,” said Potters’ best chance to take the lead. United on Monday, while Southampton Everton, with just one away win this Olympique Marseille v Nantes 23:00 Allardyce. — Reuters beIN SPORTS HD 6 Southampton were dominant in the sec- hover a point and a place above the bot- season, had gone ahead in the 20th ond half and created numerous scoring tom three. — Reuters

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