Manchester United slumped to their fourth home defeat of
the season as Emmanuel Adebayor and Christian Eriksen
scored the goals that earned Tottenham a 2-1 victory at
Old Trafford.
Danny Welbeck pulled one back for the hosts but despite a
succession of penalty appeals and chances for Javier
Hernandez, Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic, a
combination of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, good fortune and
some desperate Tottenham defending kept them at bay.
The result maintained Tim Sherwood's impressive start as
Andre Villas-Boas' replacement, with three wins and a
draw over the festive period taking Spurs above their
opponents to sixth.
Arsenal left it very late to defeat Cardiff 2-0 and stay at the
top of the table.
It looked like Manchester City would take over after their
3-2 victory over Swansea at lunchtime as the Gunners
toiled against Cardiff, who were being watched at the
Emirates by prospective new manager Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer.
But there was delight at the Emirates Stadium as Nicklas
Bendtner netted in the 88th minute and Theo Walcott made
the points safe in injury-time.
Manuel Pellegrini's City have now won seven straight
matches and the victory at the Liberty Stadium left them a
point behind Arsenal.
Wilfried Bony cancelled out Fernandinho's 14th-minute
opener for City on the stroke of half-time but Yaya Toure
put City back in front in the 58th minute.
Aleksandar Kolarov seemingly put the game beyond
Swansea eight minutes later and Bony's injury-time
second came too late to make a difference.
Two second-half substitutions proved key in Chelsea's 3-0
victory over Southampton .
Oscar was instrumental in the first two goals, with his
cross being deflected against a post for Fernando Torres to
score the opener on the hour mark before the Brazilian set
up fellow substitute Willian in the 71st minute.
It was Oscar who then found the net himself with eight
minutes to go courtesy of a deflection.
Liverpool climbed back into fourth place with a 2-0 win
over Hull , the goals coming from Daniel Agger (36) and a
stunning free-kick from Luis Suarez (50).
The Reds were also grateful to one of their own at the
Britannia Stadium as on-loan winger Ossama Assaidi
netted in Stoke's 1-1 draw with Everton.
It looked like Assaidi's 49th-minute goal would be the
winner but in the 90th minute Jermaine Pennant fouled
Leon Osman and Leighton Baines equalised from the
penalty spot.
It was not enough to prevent Everton slipping behind
Liverpool, though, with the Reds now one point ahead of
their city rivals.
Kevin Nolan's red card proved costly as West Ham
slumped to a 2-1 defeat at fellow strugglers Fulham .
Nolan picked up his second red card in four games just
before half-time for kicking out at Fernando Amorebieta.
Mohamed Diame put the Hammers ahead in the seventh
minute but Steven Sidwell headed a 32nd-minute
equaliser and Fulham's pressure eventually paid off with
Dimitar Berbatov netting the winner (66).
West Brom caretaker boss Keith Downing had a happy
ending to a difficult few days as Saido Berahino's 87th-
minute penalty gave the Baggies a 1-0 victory over
Newcastle .
It was Albion's first victory in 10 games, the last four of
which have been under the control of Downing.
Nicolas Anelka was selected despite the furore over his
goal celebration at West Ham on Saturday but it was
Berahino who settled the contest after Matej Vydra was
fouled by goalkeeper Tim Krul.
Newcastle had earlier been reduced to 10 men, Mathieu
Debuchy seeing red for a two-footed tackle.
Aston Villa also picked up a much-needed victory as they
beat Sunderland 1-0 , with the goal coming in the 15th
minute from Gabriel Agbonlahor.
It finished 1-1 at Selhurst Park where Jason Puncheon
netted from the penalty spot in the 44th minute to secure a
draw for Crystal Palace against Norwich.
Bradley Johnson had scored for Norwich in the 39th
minute but Mile Jedinak was pushed by Leroy Fer and
Puncheon grabbed his first goal for Palace.
Fer's miserable day was complete when he was sent off for
two bookable offences
No comments:
Post a Comment