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Spurs Pile up Villa Misery Hull City at St Mary’S Stadium SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2015 SPORTS EPL results/standings Burnley 0 Arsenal 1 (Ramsey 12); Southampton 2 (Ward-Prowse 56-pen, Pelle 81) Hull 0; Sunderland 1 (Wickham 90) Crystal Palace 4 (Murray 48, Bolasie 51, 53, 62); Swansea 1 (Shelvey 69-pen) Everton 1 (Lennon 41); Tottenham 0 Aston Villa 1 (Benteke 35); West Brom 2 (Fletcher 8, Gardner 26) Leicester 3 (Nugent 20, Huth 80, Vardy 90+1); West Ham 1 (Cresswell 7) Stoke 1 (Arnautovic 90+5). Playing today Manchester United v Manchester City, QPR v Chelsea Playing tomorrow Liverpool v Newcastle English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Chelsea 30 21 7 2 63 26 70 Crystal Palace 32 11 9 12 42 43 42 Arsenal 32 20 6 6 63 32 66 Everton 32 9 11 12 40 43 38 Man Utd 31 18 8 5 55 28 62 Newcastle 31 9 8 14 33 49 35 Man City 31 18 7 6 63 30 61 West Brom 32 8 9 15 30 46 33 Southampton 32 17 5 10 44 22 56 Aston Villa 33 8 8 17 24 45 32 Liverpool 31 16 6 9 45 36 54 Sunderland 32 5 14 13 25 48 29 Tottenham 32 16 6 10 50 46 54 Hull 32 6 10 16 29 45 28 Swansea 32 13 8 11 38 40 47 QPR 32 7 5 20 38 58 26 West Ham 32 11 10 11 42 40 43 Burnley 32 5 11 16 26 50 26 Stoke 32 12 7 13 36 40 43 Leicester 31 6 7 18 32 51 25 Pelle answers Saints prayers back to haunt him. And when a misplaced back-pass Southampton 2 from Ahmed Elmohamady allowed the striker to race clear on Harper’s goal, the manager’s fears appeared well-founded. Fortunately for the visitors, Long’s Hull 0 attempt to round Harper saw him take the ball out of play, handing his former team-mates a major let off. LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s Vlad Chiriches (left) competes for the ball with Aston Villa’s Christian Benteke during the English Premier SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton Hull responded positively with Aluko League soccer match. —AP climbed to fifth in the Premier League testing Southampton keeper Kelvin yesterday as Graziano Pelle ended a 14- Davis three times in the opening half game goal-drought in a 2-0 win over hour, while fellow striker Dame N’Doye also had two good shooting opportuni- Spurs pile up Villa misery Hull City at St Mary’s Stadium. James Ward-Prowse set up the third ties. successive home win converting a sec- Southampton looked disjointed, although the midfield promptings of let up all game, bullying a Spurs team who lost Tottenham were all at sea and Ron Vlaar had ond-half penalty after Shane Long, the ground on Southampton — 2-0 victors against the chance to punish them moments after the former Hull striker, had been fouled by the excellent Morgan Schneiderlin ensured they always posed a threat. Tottenham 1 Hull City-in the contest for Europa League break. The Dutchman met Jack Gealish’s corner, Alex Bruce. places. but could not keep his header beneath Michel While Pelle then made the game safe And they had a second chance to take the lead in the 21st minute when Villa conjured a shooting opportunity that Vorm’s crossbar. for the Saints nine minutes from time. was wasted when Leandro Bacuna blazed wide Clean sheets have been few and far between Southampton manager Ronald Koeman Harper raced off his line quickly to Aston Villa 0 smother Pelle’s shot. after finding room in the 19th minute. for Villa this season and they had to endure a had accepted his side had no chance of Tottenham looked laboured, but finally got few scares before the final whistle. The Italy forward had endured a terri- forcing their way into the top four after into their stride when Danny Rose’s low shot was They were given a warning when Vlaar divert- defeat at Everton the previous weekend ble run coming into this game and his blocked by Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan. ed Rose’s shot just wide of his own goal. And but the south coast club’s bid to secure failure to make more of the chance LONDON: Christian Benteke gave Tim Sherwood Benteke has been Villa’s saviour since with Tottenham possessing Harry Kane, the a place in the Europa League remains summed up his recent troubles. a winning return to Tottenham Hotspur as Aston Sherwood succeeded the sacked Paul Lambert Premier League’s joint-top scorer, there was on course. Southampton lacked a cutting edge Villa moved further away from the Premier on Valentine’s Day and the Belgian striker contin- always a chance for the lacklustre hosts. Hull are staring in the opposite direc- as Hull continued to threaten going for- League relegation zone with a 1-0 win yesterday. ued his hot streak by heading the visitors in Kane, captain again in the continued absence tion and this defeat left Steve Bruce’s ward, Aluko teeing up Jake Livermore Benteke’s 35th-minute header enabled Villa front. Bacuna swung a cross into the box from of injured goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, was unfortu- side one place and two points above for a shot that was saved by Davis at the to open up a six-point gap between themselves wide on the right and Benteke beat Federico nate to see his left-foot shot fail to dip under the the relegation zone. Beaten finalists in start of the second half. and the bottom three, easing their relegation Fazio in the air to guide a header in off the left- crossbar on the hour mark. last season’s FA Cup final, Hull have suf- Long’s pace, though, eventually fears. It was the least they deserved against a hand post. It was Benteke’s eighth goal in six But the home fans were becoming increas- fered a serious hangover this season. proved too much for Hull-and for Alex Tottenham side who struggled to get out of first games and it was no more than Villa warranted. ingly restless as Pochettino’s side ran out of time This was their sixth successive league Bruce, the manager’s son, in particular- gear all afternoon, as visiting manager and with the outstanding Vlaar marshalling their Sherwood was given a moment to savour KANE GOES CLOSE defence, Villa looked comfortable. match without a win and their final six when the forward advanced into the against his former employers. And it could have been even better for the Villa spurned a chance to wrap up the points games include tough-looking home box on the right hand side and drew a clumsy challenge from the Hull defend- Sherwood, sacked by Spurs after a five- visitors, with the opposite post denying late on when Fabian Delph somehow failed to matches with Liverpool, Arsenal, month stint last season, received a warm wel- Sherwood’s men on the stroke of half-time. beat Vorm when put clean through. Manchester United, as well as relegation er. Ward-Prowse kept his composure come from the home fans, but given his rancour Benteke flicked on Kieran Richardson’s long But the miss counted for nothing as the visi- rivals Burnley, while Hull also face trips over the nature of his dismissal, this will have ball and Gabriel Agbonlahor darted between a tors held on despite midfielder Carlos Sanchez to face Tottenham and in-form Crystal from the inevitable resulting penalty after Sadio Mane had attempted to been a sweet moment. pair of defenders before seeing his low strike being sent off deep into added time for two Palace. His Villa side began the brightest and did not bounce back off the woodwork. bookable offences. —AFP Hull manager Steve Bruce reacted to assume responsibility for taking the the Tigers’ 3-1 loss to Swansea last time kick before the intervention of Saints out by making five changes to his line- skipper Jose Fonte ensured the up, with 40-year-old goalkeeper Steve England Under-21 midfielder was given Harper and striker Sone Aluko among the chance to finish impressively in the Shelvey curbs Everton revival the new faces drafted in. 56th minute. Hull visibly wilted after falling behind and never looked like HARPER HEROICS forcing their way back into the game. Bruce had spoken before the game of And it was no surprise when Pelle Swansea 1 his fear the decision to sell Long to wrapped up the win in the 81st minute, Southampton for £12 million ($17.6 mil- this time finishing well after being set lion, 16.6 million euros) might come up by Schneiderlin.—AFP Everton 1 Sunderland back in SWANSEA: Everton were denied a fourth suc- cessive Premier League victory as Jonjo relegation trouble Shelvey’s 69th-minute penalty earned Swansea City a 1-1 draw at a sunny Liberty Stadium yes- Jason Puncheon had scored a fine terday. free-kick in Palace’s surprise win over Aaron Lennon gave Everton the lead four Sunderland 1 champions Manchester City on Monday minutes before half-time, but Swansea, who lost and he had the Eagles’ first sight of goal striker Bafetimbi Gomis to injury, equalised with a strike well saved by Costel when Shelvey scored from the spot after Seamus Coleman had been penalised for handball. Crystal Palace 4 Pantilimon. Sunderland midfielder Jack Rodwell The result preserved Swansea’s nine-point was fortunate to escape a red card after advantage over Everton and allowed the Welsh clattering into James McArthur with an club to equal their best-ever Premier League points tally of 47, which they achieved in the SUNDERLAND: Crystal Palace winger ugly tackle that brought him a booking 2011-12 campaign.
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