SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014 SPORTS Schneiderlin inspires Southampton comeback introduced to the crowd. Koeman made three changes to the team that had overcome Millwall 2-0 in the League Cup, with Schneiderlin and new signings West Ham 1 Dusan Tadic and Ryan Bertrand coming into the start- ing line-up. West Ham took the lead with a goal that Koeman will not enjoy watching again. After Schneiderlin was dispossessed in his own half, Southampton 3 Noble surged forward and dispatched a shot that took a deflection off Maya Yoshida and visiting goalkeeper Fraser Forster could not react quickly enough. To LONDON: Unsettled midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin Schneiderlin’s credit, it did not take him long to make scored twice to give Ronald Koeman his first win as amends. With half-time approaching, Tadic swept a Southampton coach with a 3-1 success at West Ham free-kick into the West Ham penalty area and although United in the Premier League yesterday. Schneiderlin Schneiderlin’s initial effort was well blocked by Stewart hit out at Southampton after being denied a move to Downing, the Frenchman slammed home at the sec- Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month, but the 24- ond attempt. Southampton started the second half year-old France international showed his worth with a with intent, Shane Long working West Ham goalkeep- brace of goals at Upton Park. Southampton had fallen er Adrian from range and Schneiderlin scooping over behind to a deflected Mark Noble strike in the 27th after a corner was not cleared. minute, but Schneiderlin scored either side of half- Italian striker Pelle thought he had opened his time before Graziano Pelle claimed his first league goal league account for Southampton when he turned in a for the south-coast club with seven minutes to play. It free-kick from James Ward-Prowse, but his celebra- was Southampton’s first away win over West Ham tions were cut short by the assistant referee’s flag. since December 2002 and prevented the east London West Ham manager Sam Allardyce responded by intro- side from bouncing back after their mid-week loss on ducing Mohamed Diame and Ravel Morrison, but penalties to third-tier Sheffield United in the League Southampton went in front in the 68th minute when Cup. Schneiderlin exploited slack marking to stab home a While West Ham were unchanged from the team Ward-Prowse corner at the near post. Pelle got on the that won 3-1 at Crystal Palace last weekend, there was score-sheet in the 83rd minute, lashing the ball into a new face on the pitch shortly before kick-off as Alex LONDON: Southampton’s Morgan Schneiderlin (right) scores his team’s first goal of the game during the roof of the net after Adrian could only parry a cross Song, who has signed on loan from Barcelona, was their English Premier League soccer match against West Ham United yesterday. — AP from visiting right-back Nathaniel Clyne. —AFP Newcastle, Palace in dramatic 3-3 draw Newcastle 3 Palace 3 NEWCASTLE: Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha celebrated his return to the club with a stoppage-time equalizer as Neil Warnock began his second spell in charge with a dramatic 3-3 draw against Newcastle yesterday. Warnock’s first act after returning as Palace manager in midweek was to sign Zaha on loan from Manchester United and the England internation- al quickly repaid that faith on his debut at St James’ Park. The 21-year-old Ivory Coast-born star was a huge success at Palace before joining United in January 2013. But he endured a miser- able time at Old Trafford and spent the second LONDON: Queens Park Rangers’ Leroy Fer (right) and Sunderland’s Patrick Van half of last season on loan at Cardiff, with reports Aanholt in action during their English Premier League soccer match yesterday. — AP suggesting then-United manager David Moyes was unhappy with the player’s attitude. Warnock, hired to replace Tony Pulis, rub- Austin’s goal eases bished those rumors when he re-signed Zaha and he received an instant reward when the winger came off the bench to strike in the fifth Redknapp pressure minute of stoppage-time. Dwight Gayle put Palace ahead after only 31 seconds before Daryl Dutchman Leroy Fer to break his side’s goal Janmaat equalized for Newcastle. Jason duck for the campaign. His strike rounded off Puncheon restored Palace’s lead early in the sec- QPR 1 a period of intense pressure by QPR, who had ond half, but Rolando Aarons equalized with his gone close through the impressive Fer, who first Newcastle goal and Mike Williamson also rattled the crossbar with a ripper of a long- netted his maiden goal to put the Magpies range effort on the half-hour mark. while ahead in the 88th minute. That set the stage for Sunderland 0 Junior Hoilett had been denied by Vito Zaha’s strike, which gave Palace their first point Mannone shortly before that. Austin had of the season and left Newcastle still waiting for gone close to breaking the deadlock in the their first win. opening minutes but his header had been Gayle had scored a hat-trick in the midweek LONDON: The pressure eased on Harry cleared off the line by the visitors’ Connor League Cup second round win at Walsall and the Redknapp yesterday as a Charlie Austin goal former Peterborough striker needed less than a gave his Queen’s Park Rangers side their first Wickham. points of the season with a 1-0 win over At the other end, Sunderland’s Patrick van minute to mark his first Premier League start of Sunderland. Two defeats in the league- Aanholt went close and Adam Johnson’s per- the season with another goal. Palace unhinged ceptive through ball set up Steven Fletcher, the Newcastle defense as Marouane Chamakh’s including a 4-0 thrashing by Redknapp’s for- NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United’s captain Fabricio Coloccini (left) vies for the ball with Crystal who was denied by former England goal- low drive hit the bottom of the post and mer club Tottenham Hotspur last weekend- Palace’s Marouane Chamakh during their English Premier League soccer match at St James’ keeper Robert Green. The second half failed rebounded for Gayle to smash into the roof of and a humiliating exit to fourth-tier Burton Park yesterday. — AP Albion in the League Cup in midweek had to match the intensity of the first period, as the net from close-range. Newcastle responded made it a difficult start to the season for Austin, who had only just returned from a well however and their pressure was rewarded the winger took Yannick Bolaise’s pass, flicked revival as they pushed Palace back and equal- Redknapp and his men. hamstring injury, was taken off the field to a in the 37th minute when Netherlands defender the ball up and crashed a fine volley past ized in the 73rd minute. Substitute Aarons got However, victory-ironically their first in standing ovation. There was still time for QPR Janmaat capitalized on Palace’s failure to clear Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul from just inside it, the 18-year-old heading in from a corner the top flight since a 3-1 win against the to put an end to Sunderland’s hopes defini- and stroked in his first goal since his pre-season the area. Newcastle midfielder Jack Colback was only six minutes after coming on. Newcastle same opponents in March 2013 — sees tively but Armand Traore ruined the good move from Feyenoord. in the spotlight after surprisingly earning his first kept pressing and though they had snatched them shoot provisionally up to 12th in the work he put in to get past the defense when England call-up for the forthcoming fixtures the winner in the 88th minute when Williamson table, a point above Manchester United, he sent his shot wide of the post. He was Flying start against Norway and Switzerland. tapped in after Aarons’ shot rebounded off the while Sunderland remain on two points. nearly punished for that on the stroke of full The Eagles had made a flying start to the first He was quiet for long periods, although he bar. But Palace defender Damien Delaney head- Austin, outstanding for QPR in the time when substitute Emanuele Giaccherini half and they were equally bright at the start of did create a chance with a clever pass to Yoan ed a free-kick into Zaha’s path deep into seven Championship last season, struck on the unleashed a scorcher of a shot but Green pro- the second as Puncheon put them back ahead in Gouffran, whose effort was well saved by Julian minutes of stoppage-time and he fired home stroke of half-time after being set up by duced a stunning save to deny him. — AFP the 48th minute. It was an impressive strike as Speroni. That was the start of Newcastle’s emphatically. — AFP Dyer double lifts perfect Swansea MATCHES ON TV Routledge following Craig Dawson’s headed clear- effort wide. At the restart, West Brom manager Alan ance. 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