Premier League Roundup: Palace punishes Brighton; Leicester humiliates Spurs

LONDON (AP) — James Tomkins took benefit of a mistake by Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to assist Crystal Palace draw 1-1 within the English Premier League on Saturday and stay winless this 12 months.

Brighton stayed sixth, 5 factors behind fourth-placed Newcastle.

It was a seventh consecutive match with no win for Palace, which was with out injured American defender Chris Richards. Palace was seven factors above the relegation zone.

Sanchez was unable to carry a Michael Olise free kick and Tomkins pounced to nod house to degree within the 69th minute.

Brighton took the lead six minutes earlier when Solly March linked with Pervis Estupinan’s cross on the far publish on a day largely dominated by the visiting Seagulls.

The Seagulls additionally had a first-half purpose disallowed by VAR. Estupinan thought he broke the impasse when he curled into the highest nook after 32 minutes but it surely was dominated out as a consequence of an offside within the buildup.

This was the primary encounter between them this season after their September contest was referred to as off as a consequence of practice strikes.

Leicester 4, Tottenham 1

In Leicester, supervisor Antonio Conte’s return to the dugout was a depressing one as his Tottenham was humiliated at Leicester 4-1 within the English Premier League on Saturday.

Nampalys Mendy’s first purpose in additional than six years impressed Leicester to the comeback win after Rodrigo Bentancur briefly gave Spurs the lead.

James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho and Harvey Barnes additionally netted for the hosts and Leicester scored 4 for the second straight recreation.

Conte returned after gallbladder surgical procedure however his workforce didn’t construct on its spectacular victory over Manchester City. The error-strewn efficiency left it some extent adrift of the highest 4 having performed two video games extra. Tottenham visits AC Milan within the Champions League on Tuesday.

For Leicester, its second revival of the season continues after final week’s 4-2 win at Aston Villa.

Victory even got here after a poor begin the place it gifted Tottenham a 14th-minute opener as Leicester defender Victor Kristiansen tried to clear a nook however succeeded in solely discovering Bentancur who tapped in from shut vary.

Spurs had been on high but it surely took simply 11 minutes for the Foxes to show the sport. They had barely threatened however levelled by way of an unlikely supply.

Mendy had not scored in his earlier 108 Leicester appearances after becoming a member of in 2016 however when Bentancur’s header reached the midfielder on the sting of the field he unleashed an angled rocket which flew previous Fraser Forster.

Two minutes later, it acquired higher for the hosts and captain for the day Maddison. Ben Davies’ free move was cleared by Wout Faes to Iheanacho, who turned and located the unmarked Maddison to brush in his ninth purpose of the season.

Leicester was out of the blue rampant and Forster stored out Iheanacho because the Spurs defence imploded.

It was a recreation plagued by errors and Spurs added one other gaffe to {the catalogue} when the Foxes went 3-1 up in first-half harm time.

Harry Souttar launched a clearance upfield and Iheanacho was given an excessive amount of house to run at Eric Dier. He checked inside to the sting of the world, dummied after which discovered the underside nook.

Ragged Tottenham hardly improved after the break and Forster wanted to avoid wasting from Barnes.

With 20 minutes remaining, the guests wanted VAR to rescue them when Barnes transformed Iheanacho’s move. But there was no stopping the winger including a fourth and sealing victory 11 minutes later.

The beneficiant Tottenham defence first allowed Maddison to advance and slip Barnes in and he turned and beat Forster from 20 yards.

Fulham 2, Notts Forest 0

In London, Fulham ended Nottingham Forest’s five-game unbeaten run within the English Premier League with a deserved 2-0 win at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

A purpose in both half from Willian and substitute Manor Solomon earned Marco Silva’s workforce a primary victory in 4 matches and lifted it as much as seventh within the standings.

Forest remained simply six factors above the relegation zone after a subdued efficiency.

The customer endured a merciless and record-breaking blow after solely seven minutes, dropping central defensive pair Willy Boly and Scott McKenna to harm — the earliest in league historical past {that a} workforce changed two of the beginning XI.

Fulham didn’t want lengthy to make the most of Forest’s misfortune.

Bobby Decordova-Reid’s cross was solely half-cleared by Renan Lodi and the ball fell to Willian, who minimize contained in the Forest defender and blasted a shot into the highest nook within the twentieth minute for Fulham’s first league purpose since Jan. 12.

Forest, clearly rocked by its early dangerous luck, was clinging on. Decordova-Reid smacked the crossbar with a crisp, flying drive from 25 yards that had Navas overwhelmed, then Andreas Pereira collected Willian’s ball inside and hit a curling shot along with his left foot that went simply large.

The second half introduced little respite for Cooper’s facet as Fulham’s confidence and management of the sport began to construct.

Cooper despatched on Jonjo Shelvey for his Forest debut looking for larger presence in midfield, however the course of the tide wouldn’t flip. Instead, it was Fulham which struck the woodwork for a 3rd time when Pereira’s 25-yard free kick bounced off the crossbar.

Finally, Forest threatened as Emmanuel Dennis fired narrowly over within the sixty fifth and, moments later, Serge Aurier’s header was brilliantly overwhelmed away at point-blank vary by Bernd Leno.

Forest stored up a imprecise, lingering risk nearly till the tip, but it surely was Fulham which had the final phrase when substitute Solomon, on for the superb Willian, drilled previous Keylor Navas two minutes from time for his first Fulham purpose since becoming a member of from Ukrainian workforce Shakhtar Donetsk within the offseason.

Chelsea 1, West Ham 1

In London, João Félix’s second match for Chelsea went higher than his first.

The Portugal ahead scored his first purpose for the membership in a 1-1 draw at West Ham within the Premier League on Saturday on his return from a three-game suspension following a sending-off on his debut a month in the past.

Félix guided house a volley off a cross from one other new signing, Enzo Fernandez, within the sixteenth minute just for Emerson Palmieri — a former Chelsea participant — to equalize within the twenty eighth.

It was a 3rd straight draw for Chelsea’s expensively assembled workforce, which is languishing in midtable in what more and more seems a forlorn bid to qualify for the Champions League.

In an action-packed finale, West Ham had a purpose by Tomas Soucek disallowed for an offside within the buildup and Chelsea had appeals for a penalty waved away after Soucek appeared to deal with the ball when blocking Conor Gallagher’s shot.

Wolves 2 Southampton 1

In Southhampton, João Gomes scored within the 87th minute to assist 10-man Wolverhampton full a 2-1 comeback victory over last-placed Southampton within the English Premier League on Saturday.

Gomes’ scientific strike got here quarter-hour after Jan Bednarek’s personal purpose canceled out Carlos Alcaraz’s first-half purpose for Southampton.

The method of the loss — permitting two targets regardless of taking part in greater than an hour with a person benefit — was certain to pile extra stress on Saints supervisor Nathan Jones.

Gomes, a Brazilian midfielder who joined the membership final month, scored after his first try was blocked. He calmly fired his rebound into the highest proper nook of the web at St. Mary’s Stadium.

Bednarek blocked Adama Traoré’s close-range shot however bundled the ball over his personal goal-line as he turned to attempt to clear it within the 72nd minute.

Alcaraz, a 20-year-old Argentine midfielder who joined the Saints final month, put the hosts forward within the twenty fourth on a second-effort shot that went in off the left publish.

Wolverhampton went down a person three minutes later when Mario Lemina picked up his second yellow card and was despatched off after showing to complain to referee Jarred Gillett a few non-call.

Coming off a 3-0 win over Liverpool, Wolverhampton has gained back-to-back league video games for the primary time this season.

Bournemouth 1, Newcastle 1

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In Bournemouth, Miguel Almiron’s tenth purpose of the season and a late goalline clearance by Kieran Trippier ensured Newcastle supervisor Eddie Howe claimed some extent on his Bournemouth return in a 1-1 draw within the English Premier League on Saturday.

Marcos Senesi put the struggling Cherries forward within the thirtieth minute and although Almiron equalized in first-half stoppage time, Newcastle couldn’t arrest its stuttering kind and slumped to a fifth draw from its final six league video games.

It could have been worse had Trippier not cleared off the road from Dominic Solanke’s goalbound flick in second-half stoppage time.

That ensured the guests prolonged their unbeaten top-flight run to 17 matches however accidents to Joe Willock, Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximin might be a serious concern to Howe with the League Cup ultimate solely two weeks away.

Howe made his first return to the south-coast membership since he departed in 2020 however a knock in coaching denied Callum Wilson the prospect to face his outdated workforce, too.

Newcastle is in fourth place, two factors forward of fifth-placed Tottenham.