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           2019  Celtic’s Lead Back Up                                                                       Late Winner Gives Burnley

           25th,  To Five Points After                                                                    Back-To-Back Victories In The PL

           December





           |  Edouard Strikes
           EXAMINER  Oner  as   Celtic  pinned Aberdeen back as they  Lennon made a change on
                  dsonne Edouard hit
                                           The champions largely
                  a second-half win-
                                                                     the hour mark. Left-winger
                                                                     Johnston replaced Olivier
                                        went for a second. Joe Lewis
           IRISH  regained their five-point  pushed away Edouard’s drive  Ntcham, allowing Forrest to
                      the
                                                                     switch to the right flank and
                                        after
                  in
                                                    striker
                                               the
            lead
                            Ladbrokes
                                                            turned
                                                                     Christie to take up a central
                                        Taylor on the edge of box
            Premiership with a 2-1 vic-
            tory over Aberdeen.         and also made more routine   role.                           Substitute Jay Rodriguez scored a late winner to make it
              Edouard produced a smart  saves from Scott Brown and     Johnston and Christie both  back-to-back victories for Burnley as they triumphed 1-0 at
            finish in the 66th minute after  James Forrest.          had shots saved before Celtic  AFC Bournemouth.
            the introduction of Mikey      Christie shot just wide   opened the Dons up. Ajer        Jefferson Lerma shot over the crossbar in the first half for the
            Johnston   and    resulting  after Forrest’s run was halted  stepped out of defense before  home side while Ashley Barnes had a shot blocked at the other
            reshuffle of Celtic’s attacking  and Edouard had a shot  Christie threaded the ball   end.
            line-up had given them fresh  deflected wide from Boli   through for Edouard, who        Chris Mepham headed wide in the second half, with Lerma
            impetus.                    Bolingoli’s cutback.         swiftly dispatched a shot just  also unable to hit the target for the Cherries.
              Aberdeen    striker  Sam     Aberdeen had forced a     inside the post.                But Rodriguez struck in the 89th minute, rising highest to
            Cosgrove was sent off for a  couple of set-pieces in the   Aberdeen’s chances soon    head in Ashley Westwood’s cross. C
            challenge on Kristoffer Ajer  final third but their equaliser  fell apart. Ajer had just made
            three minutes later after earli-  came out of the blue. Niall  a risky but perfect sliding  Ings’ Brace Helps Saints Down Villa
            er heading his 20th goal of  McGinn hung up a cross to   challenge on Jon Gallagher in                                      Danny       Ings
            the season to cancel out    the back post and Cosgrove   his own box before keeping                                      scored   twice   as
            Christopher Jullien’s seventh-  got above Ajer to head into  the ball in play. Cosgrove                                  Southampton    beat
            minute opener.              the top corner from six yards.  sprinted over and threw him-                                 Aston Villa 3-1 to
              It was Aberdeen’s only       Celtic sprang back into life  self into a tackle, getting the                             climb above their
            effort on target while Celtic  and appealed strongly for a  ball  but  catching  the                                     opponents and out of
            almost paid for failing to cap-  penalty when Edouard went  Norwegian on the follow-                                     the Premier League’s
            italize on their dominance –  down over the sliding legs of  through.
            they had 28 efforts on goal  James  Wilson,   but   the    The challenge sparked an                                      bottom three.
            and 11 on target. The Dons  Aberdeen forward appeared    angry reaction with Brown                                          Ings moved on to
            back four defended their box  to have touched the ball and  running 20 yards to remon-                                   11 league goals for
            well but the hosts were also  referee  Euan   Anderson   strate, and Anderson was     the season by scoring either side of a Jack Stephens header to
            guilty of over-playing at   waved play on.               soon on the scene to show a  put the visitors in control at Villa Park.
            times.                         The hosts had a great     straight red card. Cosgrove     Saints went ahead on 21 minutes when Ings followed up
              The   pattern   of  play  chance to go back in front   and Brown continued to clash  Shane Long’s low shot, which was parried by Villa goalkeeper
            emerged early on and Jullien  before the break but Edouard  as the Dons striker walked  Tom Heaton.
            diverted Ryan Christie’s cor-  hesitated after being played  off.                        Stephens doubled the lead 10 minutes later with a flicked
            ner against the bar before  through by Forrest’s return    Forrest,  Christie   and   header from James Ward-Prowse’s corner.
            succeeding from the same    pass and Shay Logan nicked   Jeremie Frimpong missed the     Ings scored again six minutes into the second half with a
            source four minutes later.  the ball away from his feet.  target before the latter hand-  close-range finish.
            The Frenchman beat Ash         Lewis saved from Forrest  ed the visitors a chance to     Southampton were denied a first league clean sheet in 13
            Taylor to the delivery and  after more intricate play but  take their second shot by con-  matches when Jack Grealish pulled a goal back with a stunning
            volleyed a shot off the     Celtic were not getting far in  ceding a free-kick on the edge  volley from the edge of the area.
            ground and into the top cor-  the opening stages of the sec-  of the box. McGinn hit the  Southampton switched places with Villa, moving up to 17th
            ner.                        ond half and manager Neil    effort too high. C
                                                                                                  with 18 points. Villa remained on 15 points. C
                                                                                                   Jiménez’s Second Half Strike Sinks Canaries

                                                                                                     Raul Jiménez’s second-half winner earned three points for
                                                                                                  Wolverhampton Wanderers in a match Norwich City domi-
                                                                                                  nated for long spells.
                                                                                                     Todd Cantwell fired the Canaries ahead on 17 minutes after
                                                                                                  the visitors failed to clear a low cross from Kenny McLean.
                                                                                                     Striker Teemu Pukki then passed up two excellent chances
                                                                                                  to put Daniel Farke’s side further ahead.
                                                                                                     Emiliano Buendia, a threat all afternoon, directed a shot nar-
                                                                                                  rowly over as the hosts continued to push forward after the
                                                                                                  break.
                                                                                                     But Wolves levelled on 60 minutes when a fine ball by Joao
                                                                                                  Moutinho, from a short corner, was met by Romain Saiss with
                                                                                                  an excellent header.
                                                                                                     Ruben Neves flashed a shot just wide before Jiménez broke
                                                                                                  Norwich hearts with nine minutes left.
                                                                                                     Wolves climbed up to sixth place on 27 points, while
                                                                                                   Norwich remained 19th with 12 points. C
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