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Monday, August 26, 2013

BPL: Cardiff stun Man City; Spurs win

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Saturday's Premier League Results
Fulham 1-3 Arsenal
Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool
Everton 0-0 West Brom
Hull 1-0 Norwich
Newcastle 0-0 West Ham
Southampton 1-1 Sunderland
Stoke 2-1 Crystal Palace

Sunday's Premier League Fixtures
Cardiff 3-2 Man City
Tottenham 1-0 Swansea

Fraizer Campbell scored two late goals as Cardiff marked their first Premier League home game with a famous 3-2 victory over Manchester City on Sunday.

Edin Dzeko appeared to have put Manuel Pellegrini's side on course for the three points when his superb strike gave City the lead early in the second half.

But Cardiff hit back when Aron Gunnarsson tucked home from close range just before the hour, before Campbell twice headed home from corners to spark scenes of delirium at Cardiff City Stadium.

Alvaro Negredo got his first goal for City in stoppage time, but it was too little, too late.

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Roberto Soldado took his tally to four goals in three games as Tottenham maintained their 100 per cent record with a narrow victory over Swansea.

The £26million record signing scored the winning goal from the penalty spot for the second week running.

Tottenham dominated the game, but a killer instinct was lacking at times and Michel Vorm also pulled off a couple of top saves in the Swansea goal.

Soldado took his spot-kick well while a pair of bruising performances from Etienne Capoue and Paulinho stifled Swansea's creativity.

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Saturday's Premier League Review

There were also victories for Hull and Stoke on Saturday afternoon as they, like the Gunners, hit back successfully following opening weekend losses.

Arsenal came under fire from their fans following last weekend's 3-1 home loss to Aston Villa but they bounced back with a 3-0 Champions League defeat of Fenerbache in midweek and picked up their first league points at Fulham.

Olivier Giroud netted for the third successive game to put Arsene Wenger's men in front after 14 minutes and a brace from Lukas Podolski (41 and 68) extended the lead in the lunchtime kick-off.

On-loan Aston Villa striker Darren Bent netted on his first Fulham appearance to pull a goal back for the hosts in the 77th minute, but Arsenal had already done enough for the points.

In one of the five 3pm kick-offs, Stoke recovered from a half-time deficit to beat promoted Crystal Palace in Mark Hughes' first home match in charge at the Britannia Stadium.

Marouane Chamakh's first Premier League goal since 2011 put Palace ahead in the 31st minute but Stoke turned the game on its head with two goals in quick succession after the break.

Charlie Adam drew the teams level in the 58th minute and then four minutes later Ryan Shawcross slammed home the winning goal for Stoke.

Palace's fellow top-flight newcomers Hull survived the 27th-minute dismissal of Yannick Sagbo to defeat Norwich 1-0 at home.

Robbie Brady's 22nd-minute penalty, given after former Tiger Michael Turner pulled down Sagbo inside the area, put Hull ahead but the hosts suffered a blow soon after when Sagbo was handed a straight red card for an off-the-ball incident.

However, Norwich could not make the most of their numerical advantage as Steve Bruce's men recovered from their 2-0 loss at Chelsea with a three-point haul.

Sunderland, who started their season with a home loss to Fulham, were within minutes of celebrating an opening victory themselves only to be denied by a late Jose Fonte equaliser at Southampton.

Summer signing Emanuele Giaccherini, standing only 5ft 6in, headed home a Sebastian Larsson corner after just three minutes to give the Black Cats the lead at St Mary's Stadium but Fonte's 88th-minute leveller saw the points shared.

The other two Premier League matches failed to produce a goal, with Everton being held at home by West Brom and Sam Allardyce's West Ham getting a point from the trip to his former club Newcastle.

In the late kick-off, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park.

Daniel Sturridge proved Liverpool's match-winner for a second successive weekend as the Merseyside club edged out Villa to make their best start to a Premier League season for five years.

The Birmingham-born striker, who started his youth career with Villa, delivered a moment of pure quality midway through the first half, receiving Jose Enrique's left-wing pass before dancing past two defenders, rounding Brad Guzan and transferring his balance to poke home with his left foot.

It came after the England marksman fired the Reds to a 1-0 opening-day win over Stoke, leaving Brendan Rodgers' side with six points from their first two league games for the first time since 2008.




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TeamPWDLGF
GADiff.PointsPWDLGF
GADiff.PointsPWDLGF
GADiff.Points
1-1Chelsea22004:13622004:13600000:000
21Liverpool22002:02611001:01311001:013
21Tottenham22002:02611001:01311001:013
41West Ham21102:02411002:02310100:001
51Southampton21102:11410101:10111001:013
61Man City21016:33311004:04310012:3-10
71Man Utd11004:13300000:00011004:133
8-1Arsenal21014:40310011:3-2011003:123
80Aston Villa31024:40310010:1-1021014:313
100Stoke21012:20311002:11310010:1-10
110Cardiff21013:4-1311003:21310010:2-20
120Fulham21012:3-1310011:3-2011001:013
130Hull21011:2-1311001:01310010:2-20
140Everton20202:20210100:00110102:201
150Norwich20112:3-1110102:20110010:1-10
160Sunderland20111:2-1110010:1-1010101:101
170W.B.A.20110:1-1110010:1-1010100:001
180Newcastle20110:4-4110100:00110010:4-40
190Crystal Palace20021:3-2010010:1-1010011:2-10
200Swansea20021:5-4010011:4-3010010:1-10

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