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1 SPORTING TIMES EAGLES KO SAINTS PARDEW’S PALACE ADVANCE TO FIFTH ROUND OF FA CUP AS SAINTS GO OUT IN FIVE GOAL THRILLER Southampton 2—3 Crystal Palace skills by easily gliding past two Crys- Almost straight after this Palace tal Palace defenders before he was broke down the middle with Camp- Crystal Palace continued their per- fouled by left back Joel Ward. The bell who passed to debutant Yaya fect start under new coach Alan free-kick was taken by James Ward- Sanogo whose shot was parried by Pardew. This was their 4th game Prowse but was deflected out for a Forster straight into the path of since his appointment as their new corner. James Ward-Prowse deliv- Marouane Chamakh who slotted it manager and he still has a 100% ered into the box and the ball landed home to level the tie. winning record with the club. They at Graziano Pelle‟s feet and he edged a five goal thriller at St Mary‟s prodded it in from three yards out. Almost straight after this, Tadic gave to reach the FA Cup 5th round for the ball away to Chamakh who just the 1st time in five seasons. crossed it into Sanogo who was one Crystal Palace only had two absen- on one with the Saints‟ keeper who tees;Yannick Bolasie and Mile Jedi- wasn't having a very good day. For- nak due to the African Cup of Na- tunately, this time the goalkeeper tions. was on top. Fraser Forster started a Saints‟ attack by booting the ball up- Southampton, however, had many field. The ball was passed out to the more; Toby Alderweireld and Victor Saints players warm up right to right-back Ryan Bertrand but Wanyama both had hamstring inju- Saints put pressure on right back his poor cross failed to reach its tar- ries and Morgan Schniederlin had a Martin Kelly through Nathaniel Clyne get. It looked as though it was going thigh injury. Sadio Mane, Maya Yo- and Dusan Tadic, playing one-twos straight into Palace keeper Wayne shida and Emmanuel Mayuka were with each other which left the de- Hennessey‟s hand until Scott Dann all missing due to international duty fender puzzled. The ball was passed slid in unchallenged to put the ball in at the African Cup of Nations. to Ward-Prowse who passed and to his own net! This sent the Saints‟ The game started in favour of gave the ball away. The Southamp- fans wild. Southampton with new signing Eli- ton fans got very angry at his deci- Continues in Page 3... jero Elia showing off his dribbling sion of passing instead of shooting. SIX NATIONS SPECIAL Jac Edwards and Will Rockett review the 2015 Six Nations Tournament… Which of Rugby Union’s Euro-heavyweights triumphed this year? 1 2 Analysis MORE EURO AGONY FOR ENGLISH TEAMS stepped up to score. This was a performance I‟ve been Premier league teams Surely this would be waiting for a long time to see in Eu- enough to get them rope. They‟ll be scratching their head fail to make the last through? No. The Bra- in the morning wondering how they zilian centre back Silva are out against Monaco.” made up for his earlier MAN CITY eight of the Champions’ mistake with a fine A Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi mas- header from a set ter class over the two legs was ulti- League for the second piece minutes from mately Man time to send PSG fans City‟s undoing. consecutive season... wild. Graeme Souness Luiz Suarez questioned Chelsea‟s got both the approach to the game goals on his By Alex Markiewicz and their gamesmanship: “When he return to Eng- [Mourinho] reflects on what went land in February. In the second leg, With Chelsea flying high in the Prem- wrong against PSG and addresses Barcelona dominated. If it wasn‟t for ier League and Manchester City it , I hope - yet doubt - that will in- the heroics of England keeper Joe chasing their tales for most this sea- clude the obsession with gamesman- Hart, the scoreline could have been son, you would think that all the Eng- ship. It seemed more important to much worse. Messi‟s sublime pass lish teams would be causing havoc in Chelsea than getting on the ball and floated over the top of the City de- Europe‟s elite competition. But sadly, taking on PSG in a game of football, fence and fell to Ivan Rakitic, who this is not the case. Since February, which they were more than capable chipped Joe Hart for the winning goal the last 16 ties of the UEFA Champi- of winning. They are a far better team of the tie. A late goal from the spot ons‟ League have seen English foot- than they showed. Getting the oppo- by Sergio Aguero would have given ball fans bitterly disappointed as all sition booked by their excessive reac- City a magnificent chance of pro- three remaining teams (Chelsea, Ar- tion to fouls became their priority. I gressing but his shot was poor and senal and Manchester City) all failed was angered and saddened by that saved well by Barcelona keeper Ter to progress to the last eight. Chelsea approach.” Stegen. BBC pundit Robbie Savage crashed out on the away goal rule to ARSENAL was very critical of Manchester City‟s PSG. Arsenal effectively ended their For Arsenal it was the same old story poor performances. He said "I think hopes in the first leg by conceding as the last five years. A terrible first Pellegrini's time will be up. Would three goals to Monaco on home turf. leg performance against Monaco left Diego Simeone leave Atletico Madrid And Manchester City, for all their rich- them with it or Carlo Ancelotti leave Real Madrid? es, fell short once again to a superior all-to- do in That's the kind of manager I would Barcelona team. Monte Carlo. In look at for City. But I personally think CHELSEA the first leg, that Pellegrini should stay till the end Chelsea can be very disappointed Alex Oxlade- of the season and see how close he with their performance over two legs Cham- berlain can get to Chelsea.” against PSG. Branislav Ivanovic‟s 91st minute LIVERPOOL crucial away goal at the Parc Des strike would have set up a thrilling Liverpool have had an even worse Princ- es in a 1-1 second leg , only for the goal scorer run in the Champions‟ League follow- draw should to give away the ball in midfield ing their first return to the tournament have seen them minutes later and kick-start a Monaco in five years. A third place finish in pro- gress. counter attack which led to their third their group And in the se- and most pivotal goal in the tie. A one meant they cond leg PSG -sided 0-2 victory for Arsenal in failed to qualify striker Zlatan France saw them fire 17 shots on for the knockout Ibrahimovic was sent off, leaving his goal to Monaco‟s three. But it was stages and team to play for over 90 minutes with ultimately too-little, too-late and they slipped into the 10 men. Chelsea took the lead exited the competition in the last 16 Europa League through Gary Cahill‟s strike but ex- for the fifth season running. Sky pun- where they lost to Besiktas in the Chelsea player David Luiz shocked dit Charlie Nicholas said on Soccer round of 32. To further rub salt in the fans around Stanford Bridge by scor- Special: “We do the same thing every wound, the only English club left in ing with a bullet header four minutes year. We‟ve done it against much Europe were their bitter Merseyside from time. Extra time. Again, Chelsea better teams than this. We‟ve done it rivals Everton who then held a 2-1 were in the driving seat when PSG‟s against Bayern Munich and we‟ve aggregate advantage over their oppo- captain Thiago Silva handled the ball done it against Barcelona. You name nents Dynamo Kyiv. to concede a penalty. Eden Hazard it we‟ve done it. This is a cruel one. 2 3 Match Day SAINTS OUT OF FA CUP IN 4TH ROUND Continuing from page 1... with centre-back Florin Gardos being having their fair share of attacks and replaced by Saints academy young- set pieces midway through the se- After this Crystal Palace had a few ster Matt Targett who played left- cond half. With Saints losing the will good attacks and one led to a goal. back. This forced Ryan Bertrand to to shoot and try and pass their way Campbell was running down the right deputise as centre-back. Saints start- into the box, Alan Pardew made an- flank when he cut inside and passed ed the half with lots of energy and other defensive substitution with to Sanogo who tried to curl the ball to determination, but they found that Sanogo being replaced by defender the right of the goalkeeper. Unfortu- Crystal Palace could counter attack Adrian Mariappa. Saints were push- nately, the Saints‟ right back headed very easily with their pacey ex- ing and pushing in the final stages of it to the left of his goalkeeper and de- Manchester United wingers, Frazier the match with Ward-Prowse playing flected it in. The goal still went to Campbell and Wilfred Zaha. very well and creating all the chanc- es. In the dying seconds of the game Ward-Prowse passed to Elia who shot straight for the top corner but the goalkeeper was right on it and saved in amazing fashion.