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2019 Jimenez’s Equalizer Piles Pressure Manchester United’s
On Arsenal’s Emery
6th, unbeaten run to six matches as they came from Revival Extinguished By
Wolverhampton Wanderers stretched their
November behind to hold Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Emirates

Stadium.
Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
| had put the hosts in front on 21 minutes with his Bournemouth
50th goal for the Gunners in all competitions.
EXAMINER pass inside the area following David Luiz’s cross. Ming halt after a superb solo sustained in the midweek Carabao 359-minute goal drought for
anchester United’s mini
Aubameyang turned in Alexandre Lacazette’s
Cup success at Stamford Bridge.
revival came to a shudder-
Eddie Howe’s side and con-
Bournemouth went into the
demned the away team to an 11th
Wolves served notice of their threat with
IRISH Ruben Neves forcing Bernd Leno into a strong goal from Joshua King earned game locked on 13 points with successive Premier League away
game without a clean sheet.
their visitors but having gone the
Bournemouth a 1-0 victory at the
save before their equalizer.
whole of October without finding
For all of United’s early open-
Vitality Stadium.
That came on 76 minutes when Raul Jimenez
headed in Joao Moutinho’s cross for his fourth United had been seeking a the net. ings, it was not until the 57th
Premier League goal of the season. C fourth successive away win in the The early signs for Solskjaer minute that Bournemouth goal-
space of just 10 days to further were positive enough, with keeper Aaron Ramsdale was prop-
Lundstram Bags A Brace As Blades Rise ease growing pressure on manag- Andreas Pereira, Anthony Martial erly tested when he pushed away
To Sixth After Win At Bramall Lane er Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. and Fred each having decent Pereira’s powerful drive from dis-
John Lundstram scored twice as Sheffield But Cherries forward King, sights of goal, while Daniel James tance.
United beat Burnley 3-0 at Bramall Lane. who began his senior career with smashed inches wide from the Bournemouth had beaten
The Blades scored all three goals in the first United, condemned them to a edge of the box. United 2-1 on the first top-flight
half, with each one assisted by Lys Mousset. fourth Premier League defeat of At the other, David De Gea meeting between the clubs back in
The Frenchman’s first key pass found the campaign by neatly swiveling was not required to get his gloves December 2015, with King also on
Lundstram on the edge of the area and he drove in past Aaron Wan-Bissaka to volley dirty until the 27th minute when target on that occasion.
a low shot for his second goal of the season. home moments before the break. he denied Ryan Fraser at the end The Norway forward came
Inside the final three minutes of the half The spotlight will once again of a swift Cherries move involving close to claiming a second when
Lundstram made it 2-0 with a far-post tap-in, fall on Solskjaer after he watched Callum Wilson and King. he was blocked by De Gea from
before Mousset passed to John Fleck, who found his team fail to build on quick-fire United midfielder Fred and close range after strike partner
the bottom corner with a low shot a minute later. wins at Partizan Belgrade, Bournemouth’s Jefferson Lerma Wilson’s cross deflected off the
Ashley Barnes fired wide early in the second Norwich and Chelsea in three dif- were then booked at the end of a head of Maguire, before Liverpool
half as Burnley struggled to find a response. C ferent competitions. melee sparked by Martial going to loanee Harry Wilson was denied a
United desperately pushed for a ground in the area under a chal- penalty in the aftermath having
Seagulls In The Top Half Of leveler during a dominant end to lenge from the Colombian. gone down under pressure from
The Table After Second Hal the game, with substitute Mason A fairly uninspiring opening Scott McTominay.
United dominated the closing
Show Against Canaries Greenwood striking the base of period played in torrential rain stages as they relentlessly pushed
right
the
looked set to end goalless until
post
before
Second-half goals from substitutes Leandro Bournemouth held on for a first King lit up the grey skies with a for an equalizer.
Trossard and Shane Duffy earned Brighton & win in five top-flight fixtures. moment of brilliance in the final Substitute Greenwood
Hove Albion a 2-0 win over Norwich City. United were bidding to make it minute of the half. volleyed against a post with eight
Norwich had the best chance of the first half, back-to-back league wins for the United’s static defense simply minutes remaining, while a skid-
when Marco Stiepermann struck the bar with a first time since Solskjaer was con- stood and watched as King, who ding low drive from McTominay
curling shot, before Brighton lost Adam Webster firmed as their permanent manag- made two substitute appearances was repelled by Ramsdale.
to injury. er in March. for the club under Sir Alex Cherries captain Steve Cook,
The home side broke the deadlock on 68 min- The Norwegian reverted to the Ferguson, controlled Adam on his 150th Premier League
utes when Trossard turned in Martin Montoya’s starting XI who last week won at Smith’s center, pirouetted past appearance, later produced a
cross with the aid of a deflection. Carrow Road after center-back Wan-Bissaka and then emphatical- superb, last-ditch tackle to deny
With six minutes remaining, Brighton made partners Harry Maguire and ly dispatched the ball past De Gea Rashford as the Cherries hung on
sure of the points as Duffy finished from Victor Lindelof and forward from six yards. for another famous win over the
Trossard's free-kick. C
Marcus Rashford shook off knocks The memorable strike ended a 20-time English champions. C
Newcastle Secure Third Win Of The
Season, Beating Hammers In London
Goals from Ciaran Clark, Federico Fernandez
and Jonjo Shelvey earned Newcastle United a
third win of the season as they beat West Ham
United 3-2.
Newcastle took the lead after 16 minutes,
Joelinton heading Shelvey’s free-kick across goal
for Clark to nod in.
Fernandez doubled the lead six minutes later,
heading in from Jetro Willems’ deep cross.
The lively Allan Saint-Maximin was twice
denied by West Ham goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez
as the visitors dominated the first half.
And it was 3-0 just six minutes after the break,
with Roberto unable to keep out Shelvey’s low
free-kick.
Fabian Balbuena tapped in from close range
to halve the deficit on 73 minutes before
Robert Snodgrass made it 3-2 with a well-
struck volley. C
Joshua King beats David De Gea to give AFC Bournemouth the lead