Bournemouth Bag First Home Victory
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 SPORTS Berahino lifts West Brom goalie Brad Guzan producing a fine stop to keep out striker Salomon Rondon’s flicked Aston Villa 0 header. Albion’s record Venezuelan signing impressed all afternoon despite failing to find the net as the Baggies’ defence kept a fourth straight clean sheet. West Brom 1 Gabriel Agbonlahor set up a chance for the hosts after 26 minutes when he crossed for the onrushing Carles Gil, but the effort was blocked by Claudio Yacob. BIRMINGHAM: Saido Berahino got his first But Berahino nailed the opener six minutes start for West Bromwich Albion since his trans- before the break with Guzan keeping out fer request was rejected last month and lifted another Rondon drive on the hour before Villa his side to a 1-0 win at Aston Villa yesterday. were denied a penalty after 65 minutes. Berahino had vowed never to play for the Berahino looked to be inside the area club again after a move to English rivals when he blocked Alan Hutton’s cross, with the Tottenham Hotspur was blocked. But the referee giving a free-kick for handball just out- England Under-21 striker marked his return in side the box. style, poking in James Morrison’s shot in the There was some debate over whether the 39th minute to condemn Villa to their fourth ball hit Berahino’s arm, but the hosts neverthe- defeat of the season. less wasted the free-kick. Villa were again Manager Tony Pulis revealed that the 22- denied 20 minutes from time when Micah year-old had cleared the air with his team- Richards headed past Boaz Myhill but the mates and was back to his old form. “He is very hosts had already been awarded a free-kick young and very impressionable and I’m sure if following a foul on Jack Grealish. he could have done it again he would have Substitute Rudy Gestede headed over done it differently,” said Pulis. “The important the hosts’ final chance in injury time with thing is to get the kid back to what he was the win putting West Brom into the top half before the window opened.” of the table with Villa one place off the bot- The Baggies came out firing with Villa tom three. —AFP Leicester rescue unbeaten record formance before once again producing a LONDON: Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson (left) and Sunderland’s Younes Kaboul battle for the ball during their English Premier comeback to salvage something from the League soccer match at the Vitality Stadium. —AP Stoke 2 game-just as they have done in their last three league fixtures. Stoke, meanwhile, must reflect on a missed opportunity as they remain winless and in the relegation zone. They had set- Bournemouth bag Leicester 2 tled into the game quickly and went 1-0 up when Marko Arnautovic deftly turned away from Ritchie De Laet on the left flank, cut inside and delivered a wonderful STOKE-ON-TRENT: Leicester extended through ball for Bojan. their unbeaten Premier League start to six first home victory The Spaniard stroked home his first matches as another thrilling fightback res- goal of the season gleefully, his celebra- cued a 2-2 draw against Stoke yesterday. tion showing his relief at being back on Sunderland finished the match with 10 men after properly and Ritchie, on the edge of the penalty box, Claudio Ranieri’s side are sitting pretty the scoresheet after the nightmare he has former France centre-back Younes Kaboul was dis- took the ball on his chest and volleyed a dazzling in second place after a surprisingly strong missed for a second bookable offence. shot into the top left corner of the goal. opening to the campaign continued at the endured since sustaining a serious knee Bournemouth 2 injury in January. Soon after, Stoke had Bournemouth’s win leaves them 11th in the table Advocaat threw on Jack Rodwell at the interval Britannia Stadium. The hosts had been after six matches, while Sunderland are 20th, with and the midfielder did revitalise the Black Cats, see- firmly in control, taking the lead in the another goal. Ex-Potters man Robert Huth allowed Jack Butland’s long kick upfield to just two points from their opening six games. ing an effort deflected behind for a corner. 13th minute when the fit-again Bojan In front of 11,271 fans packed into the tiny Dean Jeremain Lens thought he had pulled one back Krkic-making his first league start in eight bounce past him and Morgan then made a Sunderland 0 complete hash of an attempt to play the Court stadium on the south coast, Sunderland never for Bournemouth from the resulting set-piece but his months slotted home, before Jonathan recovered from their early shock. Sunderland boss headed effort was wrongly ruled out for offside. Walters pounced on a Wes Morgan error to ball back to his goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. Dick Advocaat made one change from the side that Kaboul was booked shortly before half-time for make it 2-0 seven minutes later. But lost 1-0 at home to Tottenham on September 13, bringing down Wilson near the edge of the penalty Leicester, who came back from two goals Walters, who had dashed past Huth, BOURNEMOUTH: Bournemouth secured their first- seized on the loose ball and side-footed in. ever home win in the English Premier League with a bringing in Sebastian Coates for the ill John O’Shea. box and was spoken to by referee. But he did not down to beat Aston Villa last week, Bournemouth were looking to bounce back from heed the warning and after hauling down Wilson reduced the deficit in the 51st minute Things became less comfortable for Stoke 2-0 victory over 10-man visitors Sunderland yester- their 3-1 defeat at Norwich on September 12. once again in the 74th minute, he was sent off for a through Riyad Mahrez’s penalty and Jamie shortly after the restart as Arnautovic bun- day. Cherries manager Eddie Howe made five changes, second yellow card. Vardy then notched the equaliser in the dled over Danny Drinkwater and Mahrez Bournemouth, last season’s second-tier and the uncharacteristic move swiftly paid divi- Marc Pugh then nearly added a third goal for the 69th minute. fired in the resulting penalty, his fifth goal Championship winners, needed less than 10 minutes dends. For the opener, Wilson caught out Kaboul, hosts but his shot into the grass bounced on to The Foxes went into this game with of the season. to do the damage against the rock-bottom Black turning away from the defender and blasting his Pantilimon’s crossbar and was cleared away. Ranieri having promised to buy them pizza Vardy then drew things level with his Cats. Striker Callum Wilson rocketed in a shot in the shot past Sunderland goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon. However, by that stage, Bournemouth had if they kept the first clean sheet of their fourth goal of the season, holding off Erik fourth minute, before Scotland right-winger Matt And five minutes later, the Cherries doubled their already comfortably secured their second win of the impressive campaign. They showed little Pieters and scuffing a shot beyond Ritchie volleyed in a stunning strike from the edge of advantage. Sunderland failed to clear a corner kick season in their bid to stay in the top flight. —AFP appetite for that in a poor first-half per- Butland. — AFP the penalty box in the ninth. Everton hold Swansea Swansea captain Ashley Williams had to effort flew through a crowd of players an recover his own error when he dived in rashly Everton striker Romelu Lukaku tried to deflect Swansea 0 to bring down Stephen Naismith on the edge it past Lukasz Fabianski in the Swansea goal of the home penalty area. but the keeper saved comfortably. Romelu Lukaku blasted the resulting free- Everton left-back Brendan Galloway created kick towards goal but Williams used his head a good chance to open the scoring early in the Everton 0 bravely to divert it behind for a corner. second half with a clever drag-back in Jagielka was fully recovered and almost Swansea’s penalty area, but he sent a firm shot opened the scoring when he arrived to meet a wide of the far post. SWANSEA: Everton suffered an afternoon of corner by Ross Barkley but headed over the Lukaku then had an even better chance frustration as they missed a host of chances crossbar. when he raced onto a fine pass by Barry and and saw substitute Kevin Mirallas sent off after In an entertaining opening to the game found himself in the clear, but the Belgian fired less than two minutes on the field in a 0-0 there were chances for both side and Bafetimbi over the crossbar with only Fabianski to beat. draw at Swansea yesterday. The Toffees had the Gomis twice had the chance to break the Then, after Barry was booked for a foul on better of the game as their boss Roberto deadlock for Swansea. Naughton, Gylfi Sigurdsson sent a powerful Martinez returned to his former club. But they First he saw an acrobatic effort from a Kyle free-kick into the side netting with several missed a host of chances to win an entertain- Naughton cross saved comfortably by Tim thousand Swansea fans mistakenly celebrating ing contest and then saw Mirallas dismissed in Howard in the Everton goal. Then he raced to a goal. STOKE: Stoke City’s Bojan Krkic scores from the penalty spot against Leicester City stoppage-time for a high tackle on Modou intercept a poor pass by Gareth Barry and Williams then cleared off the line to deny during the English Premier League match at the Britannia Stadium.