EPL Roundup: Managers sent off in Spurs-Seagulls clash; Newcastle win again
LONDON (AP) — Harry Kane scored his twenty third English Premier League purpose to earn Tottenham a 2-1 win over top-four rival Brighton on Saturday in a match that noticed each managers despatched off after a touchline scuffle.
Tottenham’s Cristian Stellini and Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi — each Italians — have been dismissed from the dugouts and escorted down the tunnel by the point Kane ran onto a cutback from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and located the nook of the web with a fierce drive within the 79th minute.
Kane, England’s captain, has scored in six straight video games for membership and nation, and continues to be in putting distance of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland within the race to be high scorer within the league.
Son Heung-min gave Tottenham the lead within the tenth minute with a roller into the highest nook for his one hundredth league purpose and Lewis Dunk equalized with a header from a nook within the thirty fourth.
Kaoru Mitoma and Alexis Mac Allister had objectives disallowed for Brighton for handball.
Tottenham stayed in fifth place, three factors behind each third-placed Newcastle and fourth-placed Manchester United having performed one sport extra.
Newcastle 2, Brentford 1
Also in London, Alexander Isak stored Newcastle’s Champions League cost on monitor with the winner in a 2-1 victory at Brentford.
The Sweden striker hit his eighth purpose in 13 league appearances because the Magpies got here from a purpose all the way down to make it 5 wins in a row and keep in third place.
A high-tempo match in west London additionally featured a collector’s merchandise within the form of a failure from the penalty spot by Ivan Toney. The England striker additionally slotted a spot kick and had a purpose disallowed in an eventful first half.
Newcastle stayed in third place, forward of Manchester United on purpose distinction and three factors away from fifth-placed Tottenham, which has performed a sport greater than its two rivals.
Toney thought he fired Brentford forward within the seventh minute after Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope clawed out a header from Pontus Jansson. Toney snaffled the rebound however a VAR examine confirmed he was simply offside when Jansson headed the ball.
The penalty saga started when Kevin Schade introduced down a excessive ball beautifully earlier than racing previous Dan Burn and into the world, the place he was unceremoniously halted by Sven Botman.
But Toney’s effort was uncharacteristically weak and Pope saved low to his left to affix Adam Davies of Barnsley in 2018 — when Toney was at Peterborough — in an unique membership of goalkeepers to maintain out a penalty from the striker.
Four-and-a-half years and 24 profitable penalties later — together with 22 out of twenty-two for Brentford — Toney’s run of profitable spot kicks come to an finish.
However, he’s nothing if not assured about his capacity from the spot, and regular service was resumed in first-half stoppage time after Isak caught Rico Henry.
Referee Chris Kavanagh was instructed by the VAR to examine the pitchside monitor and, inevitably, he awarded one other penalty.
Toney dispatched it to Pope’s left once more however this time excessive sufficient to beat his dive.
Newcastle was poor within the first half however improved after the introduction of Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon, and equalized within the 54th minute when Kieran Trippier discovered Joelinton contained in the field.
Six minutes later, Wilson — unlucky to not begin after his double at West Ham midweek — squared for Isak to lash an excellent effort from the sting of the field into the highest nook.
Raya made a tremendous block to disclaim Isak a second earlier than Wilson prodded the ball dwelling from a nook, just for one other VAR assessment to chalk it off for handball after the striker managed the ball with the highest of his arm.
Pope stored out Ethan Pinnock’s late header and Toney headed over in stoppage time as Brentford slipped to solely a second dwelling
West Ham 1, Fulham 0
Also in London, West Ham celebrated a primary away win since August within the English Premier League due to a Fulham personal purpose on Saturday.
The Hammers have been thrashed by Newcastle 5-1 midweek however recovered to win 1-0 at Craven Cottage in a low-quality affair settled by Harrison Reed’s unlucky first-half second.
Not since a victory at Aston Villa of their second away sport had the travelling West Ham followers been capable of have fun three factors — though historical past was on their facet right here, having received extra away fixtures in opposition to Fulham than some other league staff.
Those supporters, although, nonetheless lambasted supervisor David Moyes with chants of “You don’t know what you’re doing,” through the second half.
Victory lifted West Ham three factors above the drop zone.
Fulham has misplaced 4 league video games in a row as hopes of European qualification proceed to float.
Coach Marco Silva, watching from excessive up in Craven Cottage’s new Riverside Stand after being hit with a two-game ban following his pink card at Manchester United, shall be involved in regards to the slide particularly with talisman Aleksandar Mitrovic but to serve six video games of his eight-match ban from the identical encounter.
The solely purpose of a tame London derby got here when Reed turned a low Jarrod Bowen cross into his personal purpose on the halfway level of the primary half.
Aston Villa 2, Notts Forest 0
In Birmingham, Aston Villa placed on a present for its royal guests in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest that lifted the staff into sixth place within the English Premier League on Saturday.
Prince William, who is understood to be a Villa fan, attended together with his oldest little one, Prince George, and noticed Ollie Watkins proceed his scorching streak with a stoppage-time purpose to seal victory.
It was Watkins’ ninth purpose in his final 11 video games, including to Bertrand Traore’s strike early within the second half.
Villa has received six of its final seven matches and is in actual rivalry for European qualification, with the Europa League firmly within the sights of supervisor Unai Emery — a serial winner of the competitors with Sevilla and Villarreal.
Emery mustn’t have thought this was doable when he took over from Steven Gerrard in November. Villa is on target for his or her finest end since 2010.
For Forest, an eighth sport with out a win returned the staff to the underside three for the primary time since January. Unless one thing drastic adjustments within the subsequent few weeks, it appears to be like nearly sure to return to the Championship.
Whether that drastic change is the elimination of Cooper stays to be seen. Although proprietor Evangelos Marinakis gave his supervisor public backing this week, his assertion was pointed by saying he anticipated outcomes and performances to “enhance instantly.”
Although Forest was not outplayed at Villa Park, the staff carried so little risk and, unsurprising for a staff which has solely 5 away objectives, by no means seemed like getting again within the sport.
With Manchester United, Liverpool and Brighton to play in its subsequent three fixtures, Forest’s probabilities of survival look bleak.
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