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EPL Gameweek 18: Saturday football - As it happened...
The Gameweek 18 of EPl witnessed leaders Leicester City losing for the second time only, to give Arsenal a realistic chance to take the lead later in the night, even as Louis van Gaal's woes compounded with yet another defeat for Manchester United.
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FULL-TIME Newcastle 0-1 Everton. Cleverley heads a dramatic winner with seconds remaining at St James' #NEWEVE pic.twitter.com/5MpKnTlKRA
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015
Newcastle 0 - 1 (Cleverley 90+3') Everton: Tom Cleverley scored an injury time winner to give Everton all three points.
HALF-TIME update:
Newcastle 0 - 0 Everton: Despite all the good efforts to break the deadlock from both the sides it's still nil-nil at St. James Park.
PHOTO Everton pushing hard for the opener, but Newcastle are holding strong at the back. It's 0-0 (18 mins) #NEWEVE pic.twitter.com/TsCWlIodqK
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015
Here's the line-ups for the Newcastle-Everton match:
TEAM NEWS: Here is how Newcastle United will line up against Everton at St. James' Park (kick-off 5:30pm GMT). #NUFC pic.twitter.com/EcULR55u5F
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 26, 2015
TEAM NEWS: Two changes for the Blues as Mirallas and Lennon come in for Kone and Deulofeu. #NEWvEFC pic.twitter.com/pZrdvGO4bC
— Everton (@Everton) December 26, 2015
FULL-TIME updates:
Aston Villa 1 - 1 West Ham
Bournemouth 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 2 - 2 Watford
Liverpool 1 - 0 Leicester
Manchester City 4 - 1 Sunderland
Swansea 1 - 0 West Brom
Tottenham 3 - 0 Norwich
Tottenham (Kane (P)25', 42', Carroll 80') 3 - 0 Norwich: Thomas Carroll, who arrived in as a substitute, found the back of net with a cool finish assure Spurs all three points with 10 minutes into the regulation time.
Chelsea (Costa 33', 65') 2 - 2 (Deeney (P)42', Ighalo 56') Watford: What a miss. Oscar failed to convert from the spot (80') and it leaves score-line at Stamford Bridge at 2-2.
Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22', de Bruyne 54') 4 - 1 (Borini 59') Sunderland: Wilfred Boney missed a penalty (69'). A skier!
Chelsea (Costa 33', 65') 2 - 2 (Deeney (P)42', Ighalo 56') Watford: And Diego Costa again. The Spaniard feasts on a Willian set-up to equalise for the Blues.
Aston Villa (Ayew (P)62') 1 - 1 (Cresswell 45+2') West Ham: A penalty to the rescue for Villans at home. Jordan Ayew coolly slides home the goal from the spot.
Liverpool 1 - 0 Leicester City: Christian Benteke finally killed off with both his legs, a sliding one, to open the scoring at Anfield. And leaders Leicester City are staring at their second league defeat of the season.
Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22', de Bruyne 54') 4 - 1 (Borini 59') Sunderland: At the hour-mark, Sunderland pulled one back with former Liverpool player Fabio Borini scoring from a sneaky run.
Chelsea (Costa 33') 1 - 2 (Deeney (P)42', Ighalo 56') Watford: Chelsea have conceded the lead to Watford with Odion Ighalo finishing a brilliant move from Jose Manuel Jurado.
Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22', de Bruyne 54') 4 - 0 Sunderland: Citizens are toying with Black Cats at Etihad Stadium. Belgian Kevin de Bruyne has added his name in the score-sheet with an easy finish from a loose ball.
Here's the HALF-TIME updates:
#BPL HALF-TIME #AVFC 0-1 #WHUFC #AFCB 0-0 #CPFC #CFC 1-1 #WATFORDFC #LFC 0-0 #LCFC #MCFC 3-0 #SAFC #SWANS 1-0 #WBA #COYS 2-0 #NCFC
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015
Aston Villa 0 - 1 (Cresswell 45+2') West Ham: An injury time goal from Aaron Cresswell gave the Hammers lead at Villa Park.
Chelsea (Costa 33') 1 - 1 (Deeney (P)42') Watford: Drama in Stamford Bridge. Nemanja Matic handball allows Watford to equalise minutes before the half-time. Troy Deeney converted from the spot.
Tottenham (Kane (P)25', 42') 2 - 0 Norwich: Kane is punishing his old club. He latches on to a Dele Alli pass to double the lead.
Chelsea (Costa 33') 1 - 0 Watford: A sumptuous goal from Diego Costa as the former Atletico Madrid player produced a left-footed finish.
Tottenham (Kane (P)25') 1 - 0 Norwich: Harry Kane converts from the spot to give Spurs the lead at White Hart Lane, after Norwich goalie Declan Rudd was penalised for a foul.
Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22') 3 - 0 Sunderland: Wilfred Bony increased the lead with a cracking header from a Kevin De Bruyne free-kick.
Swansea (Ki 9') 1 - 0 West Brom: Sung-Yong Ki provided the vital first goal for struggling Swans at Liberty Stadium.
Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17') 2 - 0 Sunderland: City have scored two goals in quick succession to further compound Sunderland's woes. First, it was Raheem Sterling, then Yaya Toure scoring for the Citizens.
Credit to Stoke for their valiant attacking football. But fot LVG, the pressure continues to mount. United are winless in seven matches, and have suffered third successive league defeat. A rare sight.
FULL-TIME Stoke 2-0 Man Utd. Bojan and Arnautovic's first-half strikes secure @stokecity an impressive win #STKMUN pic.twitter.com/kYFCibu4Db
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015
Here are the line-ups for the 8:30 kick-offs
Manchester City vs Sunderland
TEAM NEWS: Here's your #mcfc line-up to face @SunderlandAFC today. #cityvsafc pic.twitter.com/oChFRonyMJ
— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) December 26, 2015
Sunderland XI v @MCFC : Mannone, Jones, O’Shea, Coates, PVA, M’Vila, Gomez, Johnson, Borini, Graham, Fletcher. pic.twitter.com/RIRFfkLI4p
— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 26, 2015
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
Confirmed line-up: Villa team to face @WHUFC_Official this afternoon, kick-off 3pm. #AVFC #WHUFC #AVLWHU pic.twitter.com/b2JEFeDYPA
— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) December 26, 2015
WEST HAM UNITED: Adrian, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Noble (c), Kouyate, Zarate, Antonio, Valencia #AVLWHU
— West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) December 26, 2015
Chelsea vs Watford
Team to play Watford: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic; Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Diego Costa. #CFC
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 26, 2015
#watfordfc line-up v @ChelseaFC: Gomes (GK); Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Holebas; Capoue, Watson; Abdi, Deeney (c), Jurado; Ighalo.
— Watford FC (@WatfordFC) December 26, 2015
Liverpool vs Leicester City
Confirmed #LFC team v @LCFC: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino, Origi
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 26, 2015
Today's starting XI #LivLei pic.twitter.com/QZEwJgf6pz
— Leicester City (@LCFC) December 26, 2015
Swansea vs West Brom
#WBA v @SwansOfficial: Myhill; Olsson, Yacob, Evans, Morrison, Gardner, Brunt, Lambert, McAuley, Fletcher, Dawson. https://t.co/XssykheK0U
— West Bromwich Albion (@WBAFCofficial) December 26, 2015
#Swans team v @WBAFCofficial: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams (C), Taylor, Britton, Ki, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Montero, Ayew.
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) December 26, 2015
Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace
Cherries XI to face #cpfc: Boruc, Daniels, Cook, Francis, Smith, Gosling, Arter, Surman, Ritchie, Stanislas, Murray. #afcb #BOUCRY
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) December 26, 2015
#CPFC XI: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney (c), Souare; Zaha, McArthur, Ledley, Puncheon; Mutch; Campbell. #BOUCRY pic.twitter.com/3tUZslMSLB
— Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) December 26, 2015
Tottenham vs Norwich City
TEAM: Rudd; Martin (c), Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Redmond, Mulumbu, Tettey, Brady; Odjidja; Jerome. #ncfc
— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) December 26, 2015
#THFC team: Lloris (c), Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Dembele, Dier; Eriksen, Alli, Lamela; Kane. #COYS https://t.co/VUeFXUHO6y
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 26, 2015
Stoke (Krkic 19', Arnautovic 26') 2 - 0 Manchester United: Wayne Rooney is on, for Memphis Depay (46th minute). Stoke also made a substitution. Marco van Ginkel on for Glenn Whelan.
HALF-TIME Stoke 2-0 Man Utd. Goals from Bojan and Arnautovic puts #SCFC ahead at the break #STKMUN pic.twitter.com/9pFVeKSCc6
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015
Stoke (Krkic 19', Arnautovic 26') 2 - 0 Manchester United: And that's how giants are killed. Absolute killer.
Marko Arnautovic buried a long ranger into the nets even as a diving David de Gea tried his best.
Stoke (Krkic 19') 1 - 0 Manchester United: Horror defending from United. Memphis Depay lost possession to Glen Johnson just in front of the box and Bojan Krkic received a delightful pass from the right flank. Cool finish from the former Barcelona starlet.
And more pressure on Louis van Gaal, in the stands.
Here's the team sheets for the first match between Stoke City and Manchester United. Big news - Wayne Rooney on bench at Britannia Stadium.
United XI: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Jones, Blind, Carrick, Herrera, Mata, Fellaini, Memphis, Martial #mufc pic.twitter.com/iHOR9y8vds
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 26, 2015
TEAM NEWS | Here is your #SCFC Starting XI and substitutes for this afternoon's @premierleague game against @ManUtd. pic.twitter.com/cbB5JHg0KP
— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) December 26, 2015
It's Boxing Day. That means TEN #BPL matches and nearly NINE hours of football ⚽️ Who's ready? pic.twitter.com/GTDFYnRVbP
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015Stay informed on all the latest news, real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News.
