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IRISH EXAMINER | January 18th, 2017 Manchester City RESULTS
Burnley Saturday January 15th Southampton
1-0 H/T: 0-0
J Barton 78
Shocked By Toffees Att: 20,254
Hull City 3-1 Bournemouth
J Stanislas 3 (pen)
In the early game on Saturday into the net with 12 minutes left. deflected drive, and he almost had a A Hernandez 32, 50
Tottenham Hotspur eased into Van Dijk headed straight at Tom hat-trick but his volley fizzed nar- T Mings 62 (og) H/T: 1-1
second in the Premier League rowly wide. Att: 17,963
with a 4-0 win over West Heaton in the dying moments - and
Bromwich Albion, their sixth in a Heaton then made a fine double Pedro produced the third, meet- Leicester City 0-3 Chelsea
row, thanks to Harry Kane’s hat- save to secure the points. ing Willian’s cutback with a looping Att: 32,066
trick. header. M Alonso 6, 51
Abel Hernandez’s double Pedro 71
Kane opened the scoring at allowed Hull City to bounce back The win means Chelsea boast H/T: 0-1
White Hart Lane after 12 minutes, and earn Marco Silva a win on his two more points than the 50 they
finishing Christian Eriksen’s pass. league debut as head coach, beating earned in the whole of 2015/16. Sunderland 1-3 Stoke City
AFC Bournemouth 3-1 at the Leicester remain 15th, five points J Defoe 40
Eriksen helped to double the KCOM Stadium. above the relegation zone. M Amautovic 15, 22
lead 14 minutes later when his shot Att: 42,722 P Crouch 34
hit Jonas Olsson and then Gareth A Junior Stanislas penalty had On Sunday morning, Tom H/T: 1-3
McAuley, whose deflection divert- put the visitors ahead with three Davies and Ademola Lookman
ed it into the net. minutes gone after Harry Maguire scored their first Premier League Swansea City 0-4 Arsenal
fouled Ryan Fraser. goals as Everton beat Manchester Att: 20,875
West Brom emerged more com- City 4-0 at Goodison Park. O Giroud 37
petitive after the break but, despite Hernandez levelled on 32 min- J Cork 54 (og)
the departure of Jan Vertonghen utes and seven minutes after half- Eighteen-year-old Davies was K Naughton 67 (og)
through injury, it was Spurs who time his second of the match put the involved in the opener when he A Sanchez 73
continued to score. hosts ahead. played a perfectly weighted ball to
Kevin Mirallas, who cut back for H/T: 0-1
Kane had been denied a number With 62 minutes gone, the ball Romelu Lukaku to score on 34 min-
of times by Ben Foster in the West broke to Tom Huddlestone on the utes. Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
Brom goal, but got his second from edge of the area, and his shot H/T: 2-0
Kyle Walker’s cross on 77 minutes deflected into the net for a Tyrone Mirallas then made it 2-0 after H Kane 12, 77, 82
and claimed the match ball after a Mings own goal. being played in by Ross Barkley G McAuley 26 (og)
one-two with Dele Alli five minutes shortly after half-time. After surging Att: 31,613
later. Hull climb two places to 18th forward and beating two defenders
after their fourth victory of the sea- with a clever flick, Davies then Watford 0-0 Middlesbrough
Despite defeat, West Brom’s son. chipped over Claudio Bravo follow- Att: 20,659 H/T: 0-0
ninth position is not under threat. ing Ross Barkley’s pass for the third.
Andy Carroll scored a wonderful West Ham United 3-0 Crystal Palace
Arsenal temporarily climbed to goal as West Ham United over- Debutants Morgan Schneiderlin H/T: 0-0
third place in the Premier League came the absence of Dimitri Payet and Lookman came on as substi- S Feghouli 68
after a comfortable 4-0 win over and recorded their biggest home tutes, and the latter scored after A Carroll 79
Swansea City. win of the season against Crystal John Stones’ attempted clearance M Lanzini 86
Palace. rebounded into his path. Att: 56,984
Paul Clement’s home debut as
Swansea manager started brightly In a quiet first half at London Everton remain seventh, nine Everton Sunday January 16th Manchester City
and Petr Cech was forced to save Stadium, James Tomkins missed a points adrift of Manchester City. 4-0 H/T: 1-0
from Kyle Naughton, but Arsenal chance to give Crystal Palace the R Lukaku 34
led at half-time when Olivier lead against his old club as he shot A close-range header from K Mirallas 47
Giroud finished from close range on wide from close range. Zlatan Ibrahimovic with only six T Davies 79
38 minutes. minutes to go gave Manchester A Lookman 94+
West Ham controlled the second United a share of the points in a Att: 39,588
After the break Arsenal’s half and deservedly took the lead frantic contest against Liverpool.
renewed pressure was rewarded when Michail Antonio set up Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
when Alex Iwobi’s shot deflected off Sofiane Feghouli to score his first Liverpool had taken the lead at
Jack Cork, looped over Lukasz Premier League goal. Old Trafford when James Milner Z Ibrahimovic 84 J Milner 27 (pen)
Fabianski and into the net. fired home his sixth goal of the sea- Att: 75, 276 H/T: 0-1
Carroll scored the goal of the son from the penalty spot after Paul
Iwobi was involved in Arsenal’s match with a sensational scissor Pogba handled a corner in the area. TABLE
third, his cross going in off kick following more good work
Naughton on 66 minutes. Alexis from Antonio who completed a hat- Manchester United piled on the Team P WD L F A GD Pts.
Sanchez made it 4-0 on 73 minutes, trick of assists when Manuel Lanzini pressure in the second half as they 3 45 15 30 52
volleying in from close range. chipped Wayne Hennessey, piling searched for an equalizer, while Chelsea 21 17 1 2 43 14 29 45
more misery on Crystal Palace who David De Gea in the United goal 2 49 24 25 45
Swansea remain bottom on 15 are without a win under Sam saved well from Roberto Firmino Tottenham Hotspur21 13 6 3 48 22 26 44
points, a point from safety. Allardyce. and Adam Lallana. 5 41 26 15 42
Liverpool 21 13 6 3 32 20 12 40
Joey Barton came off the bench Chelsea returned to winning Ibrahimovic claimed his sixth 6 32 23 9 33
to claim three points for Burnley at ways with a comfortable victory at goal in six Premier League matches Arsenal 21 13 5 8 28 28 0 29
Turf Moor with a deflected free- Leicester City, thanks to two goals when he stooped to head home 8 27 33 -6 27
kick winner over Southampton. by Marcos Alonso and a Pedro from Antonio Valencia’s cross after Manchester City 21 13 3 11 23 31 -8 26
header that restored their seven- Marouane Fellaini’s header came 10 30 37 -7 25
Defences had been on top before point lead. back off the post. Manchester United 21 11 7 10 26 35 -9 25
that, with Virgil van Dijk outstand- 9 19 26 -7 24
ing in the centre of the With leading scorer Diego Costa The result extends Manchester Everton 21 9 6 10 23 36 -13 23
Southampton rearguard. out after Antonio Conte said he had United’s unbeaten run to 12 10 24 34 -10 21
a back injury, Alonso gave his side a Premier League matches and they West Brom 21 8 5 9 17 22 -5 20
Claude Puel’s side exerted plenty sixth-minute lead with a curling fin- remain in sixth but close the gap to 13 30 40 -10 16
of pressure on the Clarets after half- ish from Eden Hazard’s layoff. fifth placed Manchester City to two Stoke City 21 7 6 13 20 45 -25 16
time. points. Liverpool slip to third, seven 14 20 40 -20 15
The Spaniard struck again six points behind leaders Chelsea. C Burnley 21 8 2 14 23 49 -26 15
But when Burnley won a free- minutes into the second half with a
kick 25 yards out, Barton sent it low Bournemouth 21 7 4
West Ham United 21 7 4
Southampton 21 6 6
Watford 21 6 5
Leicester City 21 5 6
Middlesbrough 21 4 8
Crystal Palace 21 4 4
Hull City 21 4 4
Sunderland 21 4 3
Swansea City 21 4 3
FIXTURES
Saturday January 21st
Bournemouth v Watford (10am)
Crystal Palace v Everton (10am)
Liverpool v Swansea City (7.30am)
Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (12.30pm)
Middlesbrough v West Ham United (10am)
Stoke City v Manchester United (10am)
West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland (10am)
Sunday January 22nd
Arsenal v Burnley (9.15am)
Chelsea v Hull City (7am)
Southampton v Leicester City (11am)
