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CARDIFF: Cardiff City’s South Korean midfielder Kim Bo-Kyung (3L) turns to celebrate after scoring the equalising goal during the English Premier League football match between Cardiff City and Manchester United at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales yesterday. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. — AFP Kim curbs Man United surge in Cardiff

nate to be on the pitch at the time after kicking out At the opposite end, a typically precise free kick of the game and an equaliser through Campbell. opportunity, only this time, Cleverley came to the at Jordon Mutch in the eighth minute. Referee Neil from Peter Whittingham saw Mutch head straight Whittingham and Mutch combined in midfield rescue with a desperate header, over his own bar. Cardiff City 2 Swarbrick brandished a yellow card after speaking at David de Gea. Moments later, Rooney appeared before the latter threaded the most sumptuous ball Cue a City onslaught that left United with no with the United star, but would have been wholly to lose his cool after being dispossessed. He took into the path of Campbell who made no mistake option but to employ a greater number of bodies justified in showing him red. an unnecessary swipe at Mutch and looked mighty from a dozen yards. United were ruffled and need- in their own half. Moyes introduced Ryan Giggs In the end, Rooney and United returned home relieved when the choice of card was yellow. ed something to settle themselves. It came two with 17 minutes remaining in a bid to provide a Man United 2 after their first visit to the south Wales outfit with He might have been a touch fortunate to be on minutes before the interval when Evra headed touch of stability to a side that looked a touch vul- only a point after substitute Kim headed home a the pitch, but he finished with aplomb to put Rooney’s corner past Marshall via the chest of nerable. 91st minute free kick. There was plenty of bite, on United ahead. Ben Turner gave away the ball in his Taylor. With Danny Welbeck on too, United almost and the field, as the game unfolded. Cardiff, as they own half and when Valencia’s cross was flicked on It was another header, this time from Fellaini, extended their advantage when the substitutes CARDIFF: Wayne Rooney scored one, made one had against Swansea prior to the international by Xavier Hernandez, Rooney cut back inside and that caused Cardiff an early scare in the second half. combined to create a golden chance. Giggs, hav- and was perhaps fortunate not to be sent off as break, closed down United’s space and made life beat Marshall with a shot that deflected off the Rooney’s dipping free kick provided the pace, but ing pitched up on the right, sent in the most Manchester United were denied a fourth succes- increasingly difficult for the likes of Marouane body of Gary Medel. Marshall, somehow, pushed the Moroccan’s header delightful assist for Welbeck, but the striker’s first sive league win by Kim Bo-Kyung’s last gasp 2-2 Fellaini and Tom Cleverley in a seriously congested United had found their stride by now and with around the post. touch was heavy and Marshall pounced to avert equaliser in Cardiff yesterday. midfield third. Cardiff beginning to find the pace and movement Cardiff might have been level for a second time, the danger. The England striker opened the scoring in the However, when Antonio Valencia picked out of Rooney and Hernandez difficult to cope with, three minutes after that, when Campbell seized on Here were one or two further opportunities at 15th minute and delivered the perfect corner for Rooney on the penalty spot in the sixth minute, there might have been a second shortly after. a poorly weighted pass from Cleverley to Rooney. either end, thereafter, but nothing to write home Patrice Evra in the 43rd, after Cardiff City had United might have been a goal to the good. A Fellaini header was beaten away by Marshall With de Gea stuck in no-man’s land, the once about until Kim popped up to earn City a point. equalised through the former United youngster Unfortunately, for the 3,000-strong group of travel- before Cleverley’s back post volley was blocked by capped England striker could barely believe his United sit seven-points adrift of leaders Arsenal in Fraizer Campbell. ling fans, Rooney took a touch too many and his Andrew Taylor. Cardiff stuck to their task and 12 misfortune as his deft lob, came back off the cross- sixth with Cardiff City three points above the drop However, Rooney was, perhaps, a touch fortu- shot was easily blocked by Ben Turner. minutes before the interval came up with the move bar. A Whittingham free kick was Cardiff’s next best zone. — AFP

Home sweet home for Man City in Spurs rout EPL results/standings

outing, City once again looked more at ease The Frenchman sent a scuffed clearance in response before the break was a wild effort Manchester City 6, Tottenham Hotspur 0; Arsenal 2, at the Etihad Stadium and have now won all straight to Aguero and although he saved the from Paulinho that flew wide. Southampton 0; Everton 3, Liverpool 3; Fulham 1, Swansea Man City 6 six of their home games to date in the league Argentine’s subsequent shot, Navas followed Villas-Boas gambled by introducing City 2; Hull City 0, Crystal Palace 1; Newcastle United 2, this season, scoring 26 goals. up by brilliantly lofting the ball into the top- Emmanuel Adebayor for Lewis Holtby at half- Norwich City 1; Stoke City 2, Sunderland 0; West Ham United Spurs, meanwhile, are without a win in left corner from wide on the right. time-the Togolese striker’s first appearance of 0, Chelsea 3. P W D L F A Pts three games, having succumbed to defeat by It was the second-fastest goal of the sea- the season-while an injury to Matija Nastasic Hotspur 0 Arsenal 12 9 1 2 24 10 28 a six-goal margin for the first time in the son to date, following Stoke City goalkeeper obliged City to send on Joleon Lescott. The Liverpool 12 7 3 2 24 13 24 league since a 7-1 loss at Newcastle United in Asmir Begovic’s freak goal after 13 seconds changes had no effect on the pattern of the Chelsea 12 7 3 2 21 10 24 December 1996. However, although they trail against Southampton three weeks ago. game, however, with Yaya Toure squaring for Man City 12 7 1 4 34 12 22 MANCHESTER: Manchester City reaffirmed Arsenal by eight points in ninth place, they Lamela had a shot kicked off the line by Aguero to tuck away his second goal after Southampton 12 6 4 2 15 7 22 their Premier League title credentials in stun- are only two points below City. Martin Demichelis, but City continued to five minutes of the second half following a Everton 12 5 6 1 17 13 21 ning fashion with a sensational 6-0 demoli- City made five changes to the team beat- pour forward, with Lloris saving from Aguero surging run down the inside-left channel. Man United 11 6 2 3 18 13 20 tion of fellow championship contenders en by Sunderland, with Fernandinho and and Sandro producing a last-ditch tackle to After Nasri had hit the bar with a miscued Newcastle United 12 6 2 4 17 17 20 Tottenham Hotspur yesterday. Navas coming into midfield, while Joe Hart thwart Samir Nasri. cross, Negredo added a fifth, bewitching Tottenham 12 6 2 4 9 12 20 Jesus Navas exploited a blunder from started his fifth successive game on the Two goals in seven minutes took the Michael Dawson with an exquisite back-heel Swansea City 12 4 3 5 17 16 15 Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to give City the bench as Costel Pantilimon continued in game beyond Spurs, with Lloris again culpa- turn before beating Lloris from just inside the West Bromwich 11 3 5 3 12 12 14 lead after just 14 seconds, with a Sandro own goal. Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas made ble in the 34th minute. Another poor kick area. Aston Villa 11 4 2 5 11 12 14 goal and a Sergio Aguero strike putting six alterations to his starting line-up, mean- invited City forward and although Lloris Negredo and Toure each threatened to Hull City 12 4 2 6 9 15 14 Manuel Pellegrini’s side 3-0 up at half-time. while, with record signing Erik Lamela mak- again saved from Aguero, Negredo was on extend City’s lead, set up on both occasions Stoke City 12 3 4 5 12 14 13 Aguero and Alvaro Negredo struck early in ing his first league start in place of England hand to dispatch a volley that was blocked by by the industrious Navas, while City old boy Cardiff City 11 3 3 5 9 15 12 the second half before Navas added a sixth in star Andros Townsend. Lloris was making his Younes Kaboul, struck Sandro, and rolled into Adebayor was prevented from claiming a late Norwich City 12 3 2 7 10 23 11 injury time to complete a memorable victory first club appearance since being concussed the net for an own goal. consolation by Pantilimon. The misery was West Ham United 12 2 4 6 9 14 10 that sent the 2012 champions into the top in Spurs’ 0-0 draw at Everton earlier this Four minutes before half-time it was 3-0, not over for Spurs, however, with Navas run- Fulham 12 3 1 8 11 21 10 Crystal Palace 12 2 1 9 7 21 7 four, six points below leaders Arsenal. month, but his return to the starting XI quick- Aguero tucking away an inviting low cross ning through and beating Lloris in the sec- Sunderland 12 2 1 9 8 24 7 Beaten 1-0 at Sunderland in their previous ly went awry. from Navas, and the best Spurs could muster ond minute of stoppage time. — AFP