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LIVERPOOL: Everton’s Romelu Lukaku (top) goes around Sunderland’s goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon to score during the English Premier League soccer match. — AP Kone cuts Sunderland down to size

It was the first time Everton had scored six Brendan Galloway replacing Bryan Oviedo for goals in a league game since a 7-1 win over the the hosts and former Everton player Jack EPL Results/Standings Everton 6 same opponents in November 2007 and it lifted Rodwell coming on in place of Lee Cattermole Roberto Martinez’s side up to eighth place. for Sunderland. Everton 6 (Deulofeu 19, Kone 31, 62, 76, Coates 55-og, Lukaku 60); Sunderland 2 (Defoe 45+4, Sunderland remain second from bottom, two Lukaku shot straight at Pantilimon as Everton Fletcher 50); Southampton 2 (Davis 31, Pelle 36) Bournemouth 0. points from safety. Allardyce changed tack for continued to press, but in the fourth minute of Played Saturday: Sunderland 2 the trip to Goodison Park by switching to a 3-4- stoppage time Defoe gave the visitors a lifeline. Chelsea 1 (Ramires 4) Liverpool 3 (Coutinho 45+3, 74, Benteke 83); Crystal Palace 0, Manchester 1-2 system that gave his wing-backs licence to After nipping in front of John Stones to gath- United 0; Manchester City 2 (Otamendi 67, Toure 89-pen) Norwich 1 (Jerome 83); Newcastle 0, attack. It looked likely to bear fruit in the fourth er a deep pass, the one-time England striker Stoke 0; Swansea 0, Arsenal 3 (Giroud 49, Koscielny 68, Campbell 73); Watford 2 (Ighalo 39, 48) minute when left wing-back Patrick van Aanholt deftly lofted the ball over the sliding Ramiro West Ham 0; West Brom 2 (Rondon 30, Lambert 84-pen) Leicester 3 (Mahrez 57, 64, Vardy 77). LIVERPOOL: Ivorian forward Arouna Kone net- cracked a shot against the left-hand post and Funes Mori before dispatching a shot that flicked ted a clinical hat-trick as Everton cut Sunderland Adam Johnson then hit the same post after Tim off Stones and beat Howard. English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): down to size with a swashbuckling 6-2 victory in Howard had saved from Defoe. Fletcher equalised for Sunderland five min- the Premier League yesterday. But while Sunderland’s new shape gave them utes after half-time when he rose to head home Manchester City 11 8 1 2 26 9 25 Watford 11 4 4 3 10 10 16 Sunderland had been buoyed by a 3-0 win width in attack, it left gaps at the back and Van Aanholt’s cross from the right. Arsenal 11 8 1 2 21 8 25 West Brom 11 4 2 5 10 14 14 over derby rivals Newcastle United in their previ- Everton exploited those holes to go ahead four But Everton equalised five minutes later Leicester 11 6 4 1 23 19 22 Swansea 11 3 4 4 12 15 13 ous fixture, but despite hitting the post twice in minutes later. when the stretching Coates inadvertently Manchester Utd 11 6 3 2 15 8 21 Stoke 11 3 4 4 9 12 13 the early stages and coming back from two Kone’s pass found Deulofeu in acres of space stabbed the Spaniard’s right-wing cross into his goals down to make it 2-2, Sam Allardyce’s side behind Van Aanholt and the former Barcelona own net. Another five minutes further on, West Ham 11 6 2 3 22 15 20 Chelsea 11 3 2 6 16 22 11 were well beaten. player cut inside onto his left foot before Deulofeu’s beautifully weighted pass freed Tottenham 10 4 5 1 16 8 17 Norwich 11 2 3 6 15 23 9 Goals by Jerman Defoe and Steven Fletcher squeezing a shot between Costel Pantilimon’s Lukaku to round Pantilimon and score. Ross Southampton 11 4 5 2 18 13 17 Bournemouth 11 2 2 7 12 24 8 allowed Sunderland to level after Gerard legs. McCarthy teed up Kone to make it 5-2 and with Deulofeu and Kone had put Everton 2-0 up, but Kone made it 2-0 in the 31st minute, playing 14 minutes remaining the Ivorian completed his Liverpool 11 4 5 2 12 12 17 Newcastle 11 1 4 6 12 22 7 a Sebastian Coates own goal and a Romelu a neat one-two with Lukaku and lashing a left- treble by driving into the box to meet Lukaku’s Everton 11 4 4 3 19 15 16 Sunderland 11 1 3 7 13 25 6 Lukaku effort restored the hosts’ control in the foot shot high into the net. An end-to-end half glorious outside-of-the-foot cross with a firm Crystal Palace 11 5 1 5 12 11 16 Aston Villa 10 1 1 8 9 17 4 second half before Kone completed his treble. saw both sides lose players to injury, with header. — AFP Saints take south Biwott, Keitany win coast derby spoils New York NEW YORK: Stanley Biwott notched became the eighth woman to win mul- point above the relegation zone in their maiden the biggest win of his career yesterday tiple New York titles and the first two top-flight campaign. in the Marathon, where win back-to-back editions since Southampton 2 With Southampton’s traditional enemies fellow Kenyan Mary Keitany triumphed Britain’s Paula Radcliffe in 2007 and Portsmouth currently languishing in the fourth for the second straight year. 2008. Ethiopia’s Aselefech Mergia was tier and Brighton in the Championship, Bournemouth’s promotion had at last given Biwott, 29, broke away from his second in 2:25:32 and Ethiopian Tigist Saints a local rival to spar with. Although no-one rivals in a leading quartet in the final Tufa winner of the Marathon in Bournemouth 0 would place this fledgling rivalry in the same two miles in Central Park to win in 2hr April-was third in 2:25:50. In four starts category as the fierce clashes between 10min 34sec. ’s Geoffrey in New York Keitany has always been Manchester United and Manchester City or Kamworor was second and Ethiopian on the podium, finishing third in 2010 Arsenal and Tottenham, there was a noticable third. and 2011. SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton underlined buzz of anticipation in the streets around St “The pace was slow, but the last After winning by three seconds last their status as the south coast’s pre-eminent Mary’s, along with a highly visible police pres- three miles I pushed it up,” said Biwott, year, she used a strong move between force as in-form Graziano Pelle inspired a 2-0 win ence to keep the peace. Inside the stadium, who was second in the 2014 London the 21st and 22nd miles to make sure over local rivals Bournemouth yesterday. Bournemouth’s raucous supporters were making SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton’s Maya Marathon and fifth in New York in 2013. things weren’t so close this time. Ronald Koeman’s side struck twice in the the most of the occasion, but their out-classed Kamworor, the world cross country She was part of a nine-woman space of five minutes late in the first half when team were unable to mark the first meeting of Yoshida (right) jumps for a header with Bournemouth’s Lee Tomlin during the champion and world silver medallist in group led by Portugal’s Sara Moreira Steven Davis finished off a fine move started by the clubs for four years with a first-ever win at the 10,000 meters, came home in that were went through the halfway Pelle, who then notched his ninth club goal of Southampton. English Premier League football match. —AP 2:10:48 while Desisa clocked 2:12:10. mark in 1:12:54. They were still togeth- the season to double the lead. Southampton Koeman’s men were buoyant after a midweek struggles, Bournemouth had arrived in damage- played the last 12 minutes at St Mary’s with 10 victory over Aston Villa that took them into the limitation mode with five strung across midfield Defending champion Wilson er at 18 miles before the pace began to men after Victor Wanyama was sent off for a sec- League Cup quarter-finals and it was little sur- in the hope of stifling Saints’ creativity. Kipsang was fourth-another disap- pick up. ond booking, but they were able to hold on with prise they made the stronger start against a But Howe’s team couldn’t cope with the swift pointment for the former world record By 20 miles the lead group was few alarms. Bournemouth team whose last two league passing and intelligent movement of the hosts, holder in a season that saw him beaten down to Keitany and fellow Kenyan While the local bragging rights were a wel- matches had ended in 5-1 thrashings against who broke the deadlock in the 31st minute. into second place in London and Priscah Jeptoo along with Tufa and come bonus, more significantly Southampton Manchester City and Tottenham. It was a beautifully-constructed goal started forced to abandon at the World Mergia. Keitany surged through the are up to seventh in the Premier League after Sadio Mane twice came close to rewarding by Pelle’s clever flick to pick out Ryan Bertrand Championships. In contrast, Keitany 21st mile, and powered into the finish- extending their unbeaten run to seven matches Southampton’s early pressure, but the Senegal and as the defender whipped over a teasing was even more impressive this year in ing stage in Central Park all alone. The in all competitions. In contrast, Bournemouth’s winger’s goalbound shot was blocked by Sylvain cross from the left, Northern Ireland midfielder her title defence through the five bor- double is Keitany’s second in one of fourth defeat in their last five league games Distin before his second effort from Pelle’s Davis timed his run perfectly to crash his shot oughs of the Big Apple. the world’s top . She won in leaves Eddie Howe’s side one place and one knockdown flashed just over. After their recent past Adam Federici. — AFP The 33-year-old clocked 2:24:25 to London in 2011 and 2012. — AFP