Page 32 - Irish Examiner USA

sportsexaminer
32

2019 Vardy Nets A Brace As Leicester Henderson’s Howler
Demolish Newcastle At King Power
2nd, Jamie Vardy Gifts Liverpool Victory

October scored twice as
Leicester City beat
Newcastle United 5-
| 0 to move up to Against Blades
third in the Premier
EXAMINER the lead after 16
League table.
Leicester
took
minutes,
with
IRISH Ricardo Pereira surging forward before shooting superbly into
the bottom left corner from the edge of the box.
Newcastle were reduced to 10 men just before half-time
when Isaac Hayden was sent off for a dangerous challenge on
Dennis Praet.
Jamie Vardy made it 2-0 on 54 minutes, beating Martin
Dubravka at his near post with a powerful low shot.
Leicester’s third came three minutes later, with Paul
Dummett diverting Praet’s cross into his own net.
Vardy scored his second on 64 minutes, heading in from
substitute Marc Albrighton’s left-wing cross, before Wilfred
Ndidi fired in the fifth in the 90th minute.
Leicester’s fourth win in five matches left them with 14
points, two behind second-placed Manchester City. C

Palace Rise After Win Against Canaries

Goals from Luka Milivojevic and Andros Townsend gave The ball squirms through Dean Henderson’s arms and into the net for Liverpool’s winner
Crystal Palace a 2-0 win over Norwich City at Selhurst Park. iverpool extended their on maintaining an organized changed tack, sending on the
Wilfried Zaha fired over after a minute before Milivojevic remarkable Premier League front in the face of their oppo- fit-again Divock Origi for
converted from the penalty spot following a foul on James Lwinning run to 16 successive nent’s domination of possession Jordan Henderson and switch-
McArthur. matches but they needed a helping they were almost surprised ing to a 4-2-3-1 formation with
In an even first half, Todd Cantwell was denied an equaliz- hand – literally – from Sheffield when chances came their way Salah as its spearhead.
er by a last-ditch Martin Kelly clearance. United goalkeeper Dean with Callum Robinson snatch- The best chances were still
Norwich continued to press forward in the second half but Henderson. ing a shot wide after being put falling to the hosts, however,
Palace sealed the win in stoppage time. The old adage of it being bet- through by John Fleck. with Norwood forcing to tip a
Zaha’s strong hold-up play allowed Townsend time to ter to be lucky than good defi- Liverpool toiled in the mid- low drive around the same post
arrive in the area and make it 2-0. C nitely applied to this 1-0 victory dle third, moving the ball one Mane had struck until
as Jurgen Klopp’s side were way and then recycling it back Liverpool benefited from a
Wolves Secure First Victory Of The Season slow and sloppy, prompting the other as they probed to huge stroke of luck.

A Matt Doherty strike and an own goal from Daryl Janmaat Bramall Lane’s Kop to ques- make a breakthrough with half- Just when it seemed United
secured Wolverhampton Wanderers’ first win of the season as tioningly chant “Champions of chances missed by Wijnaldum, were about to become only the
they beat Watford 2-0. Europe, you’re having a laugh”. Mohamed Salah and Andy only side after Barcelona and
Wolves took the lead after 18 minutes, Pedro Neto getting Having done an impressive Robertson. Napoli in the last 26 games to
in down the left and squaring for Doherty to finish. job for 70 minutes of blunting a The direct approach proved prevent the Reds scoring,
Jose Holebas forced Rui Patricio into a good save early in strike force which had scored 13 more profitable as Virgil Van Henderson blew it.
the second half, but Wolves doubled their advantage just after goals this season the on-loan Dijk lofted a pass for Mane to Wijnaldum’s shot from the
the hour-mark. Manchester United goalkeep- run clear of the defense but he edge of the area was hit well
Doherty’s right-wing cross was flicked on by Morgan er’s blunder in allowing sliced high and wide with only but more in hope than expecta-
Gibbs-White, and Janmaat diverted the ball past his own goal- Georginio Wijnaldum’s shot goalkeeper Henderson to beat. tion but, as it flew through a
keeper Ben Foster. through his fingers was all the Mane should have done bet- crowd of players, United’s goal-
Abdoulaye Doucoure was denied by Rui Patricio late on as league leaders needed. ter with that effort but the one keeper failed to get a proper
Wolves held on to move up to 13th on seven points. C It was harsh on United who, two minutes before the break hold and it slipped between his
despite their Premier League was even more inexplicable. hands and then his legs to trick-
West Ham Hold On Against The Cherries inexperience, had given Wijnaldum launched Salah le over the line.

Aaron Cresswell and Andriy Yarmolenko each scored for Liverpool as tough a test as any- on the counter-attack which Henderson’s sticking out a
the second successive match to earn West Ham United a 2-2 one this season. resulted in Firmino, seven yards leg to deny Salah clean through
draw at AFC Bournemouth. Their well-drilled 5-3-2 for- out, opting to tee up Mane but one-on-one prevented it
Yarmolenko turned in the area to fire the Hammers ahead mation gave the visitors more although his shot beat becoming 2-0 but the damage
early on. problems than they would care Henderson at his near post the had been done.
Joshua King equalized from close range, but only after the to admit considering the attack- upright denied him a goal. Nevertheless, substitute
decision to disallow his close-range goal for offside was over- ing talent they had at their dis- Liverpool’s seven first-half Leon Clarke should still have
turned by VAR. posal with their build-up play shots were the most they had equalized five minutes from
Callum Wilson scored in a fourth consecutive Premier labored and lethargic. produced in the opening 45 time but ballooned over Fleck’s
League match to put the Cherries ahead. And with Oli McBurnie a minutes of a league match low cross from close range.
Nathan Ake then had an effort ruled out for offside against danger on the counter-attack without one being on target Liverpool’s bandwagon
Dominic Solanke. down the left there was even since February 2017, when they rolls on, briefly extending their
Aaron Ramsdale denied Yarmolenko an equalizer but was the threat of even more trouble lost to Hull. lead over Manchester City to
powerless to stop Cresswell forcing home a shot from eight with the striker testing Adrian After more laboring without eight, having taken an incredi-
yards. C early on. intent in the opening 20 min- ble 121 points from a last possi-
United were so concentrated utes of the second half Klopp ble 138. C