SOUTHAMPTON LOST FURTHER ground in the battle for Champions League qualification after sinking to a second successive defeat at West Bromwich Albion.
Saido Berahino scored the only goal in the first minute, slamming home left-footed when Chris Brunt’s free-kick was partially cleared by Maya Yoshida, but was later forced off by injury.
Southampton now trail fourth-place Arsenal by two points and could be overtaken by Liverpool — who won 2-0 at Southampton last weekend — if Brendan Rodgers’s side win at home to second-place Manchester City on Sunday.
Leaders Chelsea are not in league action this weekend as they play Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday’s League Cup final.
Out-of-form West Ham United have now gone five matches without victory after losing 3-1 at home to London rivals Crystal Palace, who made club history with a fifth successive away win in all competitions.
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Palace took a 41st-minute lead when Glenn Murray’s downward header was sliced into his own net by West Ham left-back Aaron Cresswell and another header by Scott Dann made it 2-0 early in the second period.
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Murray glanced in another header, only to then be sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a late challenge on Winston Reid, before Enner Valencia reduced the arrears with a dipping 18-yard shot.
Tim Sherwood’s wait for his first points as Aston Villa manager continued as his second-bottom side lost 1-0 at Newcastle United, with Papiss Cisse scoring a 37th-minute winner.
Burnley also remain in the bottom three after a Kieran Trippier own goal gave Swansea City a 1-0 win at Turf Moor, while a Peter Crouch header earned Stoke City a 1-0 victory at home to Hull City.
Berahino stunner downs Southampton and the rest of today's Premier League results
SOUTHAMPTON LOST FURTHER ground in the battle for Champions League qualification after sinking to a second successive defeat at West Bromwich Albion.
Saido Berahino scored the only goal in the first minute, slamming home left-footed when Chris Brunt’s free-kick was partially cleared by Maya Yoshida, but was later forced off by injury.
Southampton now trail fourth-place Arsenal by two points and could be overtaken by Liverpool — who won 2-0 at Southampton last weekend — if Brendan Rodgers’s side win at home to second-place Manchester City on Sunday.
Leaders Chelsea are not in league action this weekend as they play Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday’s League Cup final.
Out-of-form West Ham United have now gone five matches without victory after losing 3-1 at home to London rivals Crystal Palace, who made club history with a fifth successive away win in all competitions.
Palace took a 41st-minute lead when Glenn Murray’s downward header was sliced into his own net by West Ham left-back Aaron Cresswell and another header by Scott Dann made it 2-0 early in the second period.
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Murray glanced in another header, only to then be sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a late challenge on Winston Reid, before Enner Valencia reduced the arrears with a dipping 18-yard shot.
Tim Sherwood’s wait for his first points as Aston Villa manager continued as his second-bottom side lost 1-0 at Newcastle United, with Papiss Cisse scoring a 37th-minute winner.
Burnley also remain in the bottom three after a Kieran Trippier own goal gave Swansea City a 1-0 win at Turf Moor, while a Peter Crouch header earned Stoke City a 1-0 victory at home to Hull City.
Meanwhile, a case of mistaken identity helped Wayne Rooney return Manchester United to winning ways in the Premier League with a brace in a 2-0 victory over Sunderland.
Results:
Burnley 0 Swansea 1 (Trippier 64-og)
Manchester United 2 (Rooney 66-pen, 84) Sunderland 0
Newcastle 1 (Cisse 37) Aston Villa 0
Stoke 1 (Crouch 71) Hull 0
West Brom 1 (Berahino 2) Southampton 0
West Ham 1 (Valencia 76) Crystal Palace 3 (Murray 41, 63, Dann 51)
- © AFP 2015
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