SPORTS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 EPL results/standings Ozil, Ramsey turn on Aston Villa 1 (Benteke 67) Newcastle 2 (Ben Arfa 18, Gouffran 73); Everton 1 (Naismith 45) Chelsea 0; Fulham 1 (Sidwell 22) West Brom 1 (Mcauley 90); Hull 1 (Davies 40) Cardiff 1 (Whittingham 59); Manchester United 2 (Van Persie 45-pen, Rooney 81) Crystal Palace 0; Stoke 0 Manchester City 0; the style for Arsenal Sunderland 1 (Gardner 48-pen) Arsenal 3 (Giroud 11, Ramsey, 67, 76); Tottenham 2 (Sigurdsson 28, 49) Norwich 0. Playing today Steven Fletcher had the ball in contest’s opening goal. Southampton V West Ham the net soon after from Johnson’s Kieran Gibbs’s 30-yard pass from Sunderland 1 low cross but the Scotland interna- inside Arsenal’s half found Ozil’s pur- Playing tomorrow tional was rightly flagged offside as poseful run down the left. The mid- Swansea v Liverpool the Black Cats sensed blood. fielder’s touch and inviting low cross Ramsey met Carl Jenkinson’s was swept home first time from 10 English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches Arsenal 3 67th-minute cross with a stunning yards into the bottom corner by (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): first-time finish from just inside the Giroud, the Frenchman’s fifth goal of box to restore the lead, before the the season, and remarkably the first Arsenal 4 3 0 1 8 5 9 controversial turning point which of his 15 Premier League goals to be Tottenham 4 3 0 1 4 1 9 SUNDERLAND: Aaron Ramsey’s referee Atkinson will not reflect scored outside London. upon with any satisfaction. Sunderland quickly responded Liverpool 3 3 0 0 3 0 9 double helped Arsenal’s club record Altidore out-muscled Bacary and Modibo Diakite came close to Man City 4 2 1 1 8 3 7 signing Mesut Ozil enjoy a winning Sagna to beat Szczesny with a low levelling inside the opening quar- Man United 4 2 1 1 6 2 7 debut in a stormy 3-1 Premier finish from inside the area, despite ter-of-an hour. The defender rose Chelsea 4 2 1 1 4 2 7 League victory at Sunderland yes- terday. Koscielny’s attempted goal-line above Giroud, only to see his header Stoke City 4 2 1 1 3 2 7 Ozil underlined why the Gunners clearance. come back off the bar when he met Newcastle 4 2 1 1 3 5 7 invested £43 million (51.3 million Atkinson, however, brought play a corner from Charis Mavrias, the Everton 4 1 3 0 3 2 6 euros, $68.3 million) to lure him back, booked Sagna and awarded a Greece international making his full Cardiff City 4 1 2 1 4 5 5 from Real Madrid with a role in two free-kick to Sunderland, to the Premier League debut for the Black West Ham 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 of his side’s three goals as they were SUNDERLAND: Arsenal’s English midfielder Jack Wilshere (center) vies bemusement of the majority of a Cats, along with Ki Sung-Yeung, the Southampton 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 pushed all the way by their hosts, 39,000 crowd who expected advan- South Korean midfielder. Fulham 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 with Sunderland’s English-born Scottish striker Steven Fletcher (right) who remain without a league win during their English Premier League football match. — AFP tage to be played. Walcott compounded a person- Norwich City 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 this season. It was a major call to go against ally disappointing first half by mak- Hull City 4 1 1 2 2 5 4 But Arsenal were indebted to a the hosts and took the steam out of ing it a hat-trick of missed chances, Aston Villa 4 1 0 3 5 6 3 controversial second-half decision from inside the area. Sunderland under a deluge of early their comeback as Ramsey’s second heading wastefully when meeting Crystal Palace 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 from referee Martin Atkinson to rule On this early evidence, Ozil’s goals but Theo Walcott was guilty of goal of the contest gave the visitors Jack Wilshere’s perfect cross 12 Swansea City 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 out what appeared a perfectly good hefty transfer fee is money well a string of glaring first-half misses. valuable breathing space en route yards from goal as Sunderland were West Bromwich 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 goal for the hosts from Jozy spent. Before the break especially, It kept the hosts in the hunt to to a third victory in four Premier again carved apart by some slick Sunderland 4 0 1 3 3 8 1 Altidore, with the visitors ahead by a the 24-year-old’s movement, vision such an extent that substitute Craig League games this season. interplay from Arsene Wenger’s side. single goal at the time. and range-of-passing was on a dif- Gardner levelled from the penalty Operating in the middle of a for- Gardner’s introduction sparked Ramsey doubled the advantage ferent plane to Paolo Di Canio’s side, spot three minutes into the second ward three behind lone forward some much needed life into the shortly afterwards in the 76th- who with just one point from their half, sending Wojciech Szczesny the Giroud, in front of Mathieu Flamini, hosts, who were left to rue minute, swapping passes with Ozil first four games, look set for a sea- wrong way with his first touch after one of two holding midfielders, it Atkinson’s controversial call, with Di and Olivier Giroud to beat Keiren son of struggle. Adam Johnson was tripped in the took Ozil just 11 minutes to make Canio sent from his technical area Matches on TV Westwood with a confident finish Arsenal threatened to bury area by Laurent Koscielny. his mark, with a key assist for the late on for his protests. — AFP (Local Timings) English Premier League Hughes frustrates City Southampton v West Ham 18:00 Aljazeera Sport 1 HD Aljazeera Sport +9 beat Newcastle 4-0 in their opening game of Aljazeera Sport +10 the season. But Pellegrini will feel that posi- Aljazeera Sport 6 HD Stoke 0 tive results against Viktoria Plzen and Manchester United over the next week will Italian League make this seem a good result. Initially it appeared City’s alterations Fiorentina v Cagliari 13:30 Aljazeera Sport +7 Man City 0 would cause little disruption, with Aleksandar Aljazeera Sport 3 HD Kolarov thumping over from a James Milner cross and Negredo guiding a pass through for Liverno v Catania 16:00 Samir Nasri, whose low effort was held by Aljazeera Sport +1 Asmir Begovic. STOKE-ON-TRENT: Manchester City held on Marc Wilson drove wide from long range SS Lazio v Chievo Verona 16:00 for a 0-0 draw at Stoke City yesterday as for- but as the visitors continued to press, Aljazeera Sport +7 mer boss Mark Hughes proved a thorn in the Negredo picked out Jovetic with another fine Aljazeera Sport 3 HD side of his old club. pass before the Montenegro forward had a Hughes’ men were the better team for powerful strike held by Begovic. Udinese v Bologna 16:00 Aljazeera Sport +5 long periods at the Britannia Stadium as Pellegrini’s side have failed to convince Aljazeera Sport 4 HD Manuel Pellegrini’s much-changed side strug- defensively so far and, with Vincent Kompany gled to find any real rhythm. still out with a groin problem, Javi Garcia Hellas Verona v Sassuolo 16:00 It was a satisfying result for Hughes, who started alongside Matija Nastasic at centre- Aljazeera Sport +8 was sacked by City’s Abu Dhabi-based own- back. Aljazeera Sport 2 HD ers in 2009, and his old employers may be They should have fallen behind when concerned at how average their current line- Charlie Adam’s cross picked out the LONDON: West Bromwich Albion’s Burundian-born English striker Saido Berahino con- Sampdoria v Genoa 21:45 up looked. unmarked Jonathan Walters only for the trols the ball during the English Premier League football match against Fulham. — AFP Aljazeera Sport +7 To this point in the campaign, Pellegrini Stoke striker to glance his header wide from Aljazeera Sport 3 HD had kept an extremely settled side and his five yards out. Albion leave it late to Spanish League changes at the Britannia Stadium saw five of Negredo, who has scored two goals in his front six starting for the first time this sea- three substitute appearances, has already Granada v Espanyol 13:00 son, including first starts for Stevan Jovetic made a significant impact since his summer snatch point at Fulham Aljazeera Sport +5 and Alvaro Negredo. move from Sevilla and he went close again Aljazeera Sport 4 HD They produced a display that was a long with a curling shot that flew just wide. Fulham took the lead in the 22nd minute way from the fluent football that saw them The hosts caused plenty of problems with when Alex Kacaniklic’s set-piece found Getafe v Osasuna 18:00 their pressing game and after Kenwyne Jones Fulham 1 Philippe Senderos, who held off McAuley to Aljazeera Sport +5 stole the ball from Nasri he surged through Aljazeera Sport 4 HD nod down for Sidwell to hit a shot on the turn before hitting a shot that was pushed away past goalkeeper Boaz Myhill.