Silva Keeps City on Chelsea's Heels
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Afridi blitz in vain as Aussies crush NZ spank Pakistan Koreans to 15 clinch18 Asian Cup SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2015 Brady’s legacy secure regardless of Super Bowl outcome Page 17 LONDON: Chelsea’s English defender John Terry (second right) tries to cut out a ball played by Manchester City’s English midfielder Frank Lampard (second left) during the English Premier League football match. — AFP Silva keeps City on Chelsea’s heels at least prevented Chelsea from streaking away rolling a shot a foot wide after John Terry failed to into the distance. Chelsea great Frank Lampard, cut out a long ball. In response, Oscar could only EPL results/standings Chelsea 1 sent on by City as a late substitute, was afforded a shoot tamely at Joe Hart after Remy had dispos- warm reception on what was likely to prove his sessed Vincent Kompany and galloped down the Chelsea 1 (Remy 41) Manchester City 1 (Silva 45); Crystal Palace 0 Everton 1 (Lukaku 2); Hull 0 final appearance at Stamford Bridge, and it was a left flank, but four minutes before half-time, the Newcastle 3 (Cabella 40, Ameobi 50, Gouffran 78); Liverpool 2 (Sterling 51, Sturridge 80) West Ham 0; Manchester United 3 (Van Persie 27, Falcao 32, Morgan 44-og) Leicester 1 (Wasilewski 80); broadly positive afternoon for the hosts. hosts went in front. Stoke 3 (Walters 21, 34, 90) QPR 1 (Kranjcar 36); Sunderland 2 (Wickham 20, Defoe 34) Burnley 0; While the sight of Willian limping off late on Branislav Ivanovic’s cross from the right was Man City 1 West Brom 0 Tottenham 3 (Eriksen 6, Kane 15, 64-pen). was a concern, they coped well without the sus- volleyed back across goal at the far post by Eden pended Diego Costa and the injured Cesc Hazard and Remy tucked away his fifth goal of the Playing today Fabregas, and remain very much on track for a season from inside the six-yard box. Arsenal v Aston Villa, Southampton v Swansea. first league title since 2010. With Costa beginning It seemed an ideal time to take the lead, but in LONDON: Spanish midfielder David Silva a three-game ban for treading on Liverpool’s the final minute of the half, City levelled following English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals equalised as Manchester City prevented Chelsea Emre Can, Mourinho plumped for the pace of an uncharacteristic error of judgement by against, points): pulling eight points clear at the Premier League Remy over the battering-ram qualities of Didier Courtois. Chelsea 23 16 5 2 52 20 53 Newcastle 23 8 6 9 29 35 30 summit in a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Stamford Drogba up front, but it was City’s attackers who The Belgium international has been one of Man City 23 14 6 3 46 23 48 Everton 23 6 8 9 31 34 26 Bridge yesterday. showed their opponents a clean pair of heels in Chelsea’s stand-out performers this season, but Man Utd 231274392243 Crystal Palace 23 5 8 10 25 34 23 Loic Remy put Chelsea in front in the 41st the early stages. he flapped at Navas’s cross from the right and Southampton 22 13 3 6 37 16 42 Sunderland 23 4 11 8 21 33 23 minute, but Silva touched in a shot from Sergio Inside the first minute, Jesus Navas drifted past when Aguero drilled the ball back towards goal, Tottenham 23 12 4 7 35 30 40 West Brom 23 5 7 11 20 32 22 Aguero four minutes later to keep the defending Cesar Azpilicueta and worked Chelsea goalkeeper Silva slid in to score. Navas continued to prove Arsenal 22 11 6 5 39 25 39 Aston Villa 22 5 7 10 11 25 22 champions five points behind Jose Mourinho’s Thibaut Courtois with a rising shot, while City’s best outlet in the second half, teeing up Liverpool 23 11 5 7 33 27 38 Burnley 23 4 8 11 21 38 20 side with 15 matches remaining. Fernandinho had a shot deflected wide. Fernandinho for a downward header that West Ham 23 10 6 7 35 27 36 Hull 23 4 7 12 20 33 19 Manuel Pellegrini’s City have won only one of Aguero gave Chelsea three scares, obliging bounced up and had to be touched over by Stoke 23 9 5 9 26 28 32 QPR 23 5 4 14 24 42 19 their last five league games, but following succes- Kurt Zouma to make a perfectly timed last-ditch Courtois and setting up James Milner to loop a Swansea 22 8 6 8 26 30 30 Leicester 23 4 5 14 21 37 17 sive defeats by Arsenal and Middlesbrough, they tackle, drawing a parry from Courtois and then header over the bar. — AFP Man United enjoy Newcastle sink Hull grabbed the lead in the eighth minute Leicester revenge when Michael Dawson headed just over. Hull 0 Somehow the visitors stayed on level terms 10 minutes later after a mighty goal- hardly inspiring. mouth scramble sparked by an Ahmed Indeed, Leicester had defended Elmohamady cross. with great organisation, and little to Man United 3 Tigers’ captain Curtis Davies headed the concern them, for the opening 27 min- Newcastle 3 ball goalwards but a combination of Tim utes until Andy King allowed Daley Blind to dispossess him in midfield. Krul’s hand and the chest of Fabricio United’s Dutch midfielder played Coloccini managed to bundle the ball off Leicester 1 through a perfectly-weighted pass for LONDON: John Carver finally enjoyed his the line. his countryman van Persie, who first win as Newcastle manager as the But Newcastle made the most of their advanced and met the ball with a clini- Magpies cruised to a 3-0 success at strug- escapes and took the lead in the 40th cal strike across the body of Australia gling Hull yesterday. minute when Hull’s Andrew Robertson gift- MANCHESTER: Robin van Persie and Carver had gone four matches without a ed Cabella possession 20 yards out and the Radamel Falcao, two Manchester goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and into victory since taking over from Alan Pardew French midfielder fired low past Allan United forwards whose form has been the far corner of the goal. at St James’ Park on a caretaker basis, but in McGregor for his first Newcastle goal. under an intense recent spotlight, both Replays suggested the United for- OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester United’s Radamel Falcao (center) fights the week the Newcastle-born 50-year-old Hull thought they had equalised in stop- scored as their side beat bottom-of- ward was a step offside as he sprinted to meet the through ball but that did for the ball against Leicester’s Ritchie De Laet (left) and Danny was confirmed as head coach until the end page-time at the end of the first half when the-table Leicester 3-1 at Old Trafford Simpson during the English Premier League soccer match. — AP yesterday. not detract from the impressive style of of the season, he was able to celebrate Elmohamady bundled a Gaston Ramirez Victory saw United continue their his finish. Just five minutes later, United ing a very different proposition, espe- last outing, the toothless goalless draw three points at last. free kick into the net and wheeled away in quest for a place in next season’s doubled their lead when van Persie cially after United made it 3-0 a minute in the FA Cup against fourth-tier After three successive defeats, triumph, only to be booked after the assis- Champions League on a day when the sprinted through on the counter-attack before half-time. The goal came from Cambridge United eight days earlier. Newcastle were lifted by Remy Cabella’s tant referee noticed the Egyptian had club commemorated the 57th anniver- before slipping in a pass for Angel di Wayne Rooney’s left-wing corner Apart from a mis-hit van Persie strike just before half-time and second half punched the ball into the net. sary of the Munich air disaster with a Maria whose powerful shot was parried which was flicked on at the near-post volley and Di Maria and Falcao squan- goals from Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Carver’s team doubled their lead in the pre-match ceremony. Louis van Gaal’s by Schwarzer, allowing Falcao to react by Blind and Leicester captain Morgan dering a promising break, United Gouffran ensured Newcastle would clinch 50th minute when Ramirez gave the ball side took complete command of the swiftly to force in the rebound. could do nothing apart from guide the scored from their only three chances their first win since December 28. away to Jack Colback. Colback fed Ameobi match by going 3-0 up before half-time The more optimistic among the vis- ball into his own net as he tried to head of the opening half while denying Carver has set Newcastle the challenge and the striker advanced unchecked before thanks to Leicester defender Wes iting supporters would doubtless have clear. their opponents a solitary opportuni- of finishing in the top half of the Premier lashing a 25-yard effort past McGregor and Morgan’s own-goal. been thinking back to September, and Earlier, United had made a commit- ty. After the restart, young winger League and his team are now 10th, while into the bottom corner. United, under instructions to be the corresponding home fixture, when ted start from kick-off, with Schwarzer Adnan Januzaj, starting for the first Steve Bruce’s Hull remain in the relegation Newcastle were in total control and the more clinical in their attacking play Leicester became the first team in forced to race off his line and clear from time since November, sought to make zone after a fourth consecutive defeat, third goal arrived in the 78th minute when after a sequence of four league games Premier League history to recover from Falcao inside the opening 10 seconds.