LONDON -- Manchester City used another rampant scoring display to replace
Arsenal at the top of the Premier League with a 5-1 win at Tottenham on
Wednesday, while Chelsea lost ground in the title race with a 0-0 draw against
West Ham.
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beating Spurs 6-0 at the Etihad Stadium, Manuel Pellegrinis side was unstoppable
at White Hart Lane as well and extended its unbeaten run to 20 matches, in which
time they have scored 69 goals. City received a decisive boost when Danny Rose
was sent off in the 50th minute for tripping Edin Dzeko. Yaya Toure converted
the penalty before Dzeko made it 3-0. Etienne Capoues pulled one back but Stevan
Jovetic and Vincent Kompany added gloss to victory. City now leads Arsenal by
one point, with Chelsea lagging three points behind. Elsewhere, Sunderland beat
Stoke 1-0 and Aston Villa defeated West Bromwich Albion 4-3 in a derby that saw
six goals scored in the first half. Since the thrashing at City and the
subsequent sacking of coach Andre Villas-Boas, Tim Sherwood had overseen an
upturn in fortunes at White Hart Lane, with Spurs undefeated under their new
manager and having won their last four Premier League matches. Pellegrinis team
was therefore expecting a tougher test at White Hart Lane. They had the better
start as the in-form Sergio Aguero went close in the fourth minute with a shot
from an angle that hit the post. Aguero looked unstoppable during the first half
and put his team in front in the 15th minute, scoring for the eighth successive
game when he slipped the ball past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from David Silvas
assist. The Argentina strikers header then forced Lloris to a beautiful
one-handed save. Unfortunately for City, Aguero picked up an apparent hamstring
injury while sprinting for the ball and was replaced by Stevan Jovetic. "We will
see tomorrow with the doctor what happened with him, maybe he has a problem with
his hamstring, we will see how serious it is," Pellegrini said. "Sergio is a top
player but we dont depend on just one player so we hope its the moment where
Stevan Jovetic can play and hope that Sergio can join us again as soon as
possible." The strikers injury was not a factor as City was awarded a penalty
five minute into the second half when Rose was shown a red card for bringing
down Dzeko with a tackle from behind. Toure converted by sending Lloris the
wrong way. A man down, Tottenham conceded another goal two minutes later, with
Dzeko scoring from a rebound after Lloris saved Silvas effort onto the post.
Tottenhams Etienne Capoue pulled one back in the 59th from a corner, but Jovetic
then found space in the area to beat Lloris and Kompany rounded off a perfect
night with a clean finish. At Stamford Bridge, West Ham defended for most of the
second half and managed to contain Chelseas assaults to secure an important
point in its fight to remain in the top flight next season. Demba Ba hit the
post from close range in added time before Hazard missed two consecutive chances
and Etoo had a goal disallowed for a foul on Adrian. "They defended with their
hearts, I respect that and praise that," Mourinho said. "I dont think with
matches like this we can sell Premier League across the world. My team did
everything possible." Aston Villa edged West Brom in a prolific West Midlands
derby. The Baggies led 2-0 after Chris Brunt opened the scoring and Fabian Delph
scored an own goal. But Andreas Weimann lobbed in to pull one back, Leandro
Bacuna levelled and Delph made amends to put Villa ahead. Youssuf Mulumbu
equalized two minutes before the break before Benteke had the final say when he
earned a penalty and slotted the spot kick into the bottom left corner in the
64th. Benteke has now scored three goals in three games, helping Villa establish
itself firmly in midtable. West Brom fell to 15th, just three points outside the
relegation zone. Adam Johnson scored in the first half to give Sunderland a 1-0
win over 10-man Stoke and lift his team out of the relegation zone for the first
time since August.
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looked easier than it really was," Ivanovic said.ST. LOUIS -- The Seattle
Seahawks struggled on offence against the scrappy St. Louis Rams, so they had to
leave Monday nights game in the hands of one of the NFLs most stingy defences.
With its back on the goal line, the defence answered the challenge. The Seahawks
stuffed Daryl Richardson on third-and-goal, and then caused Kellen Clemens to
overthrow his intended target in the corner of the end zone on the final play of
a nerve-wracking 14-9 victory. "The defence did a tremendous job, coming up with
a huge stop there," said Seahawks star Russell Wilson, who was sacked a
career-high seven times. The outcome capped a lousy night for St. Louis sports
fans. The Cardinals lost 3-1 to the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the World
Series, played just up Broadway at Busch Stadium. "Im proud of our guys," Rams
coach Jeff Fisher said. "We felt like we had a chance." Seattle (7-1) extended
the best start in franchise history despite gaining just 135 yards, with 80
coming on Wilsons second TD pass to Golden Tate. It was the third-fewest yards
in a victory for the Seahawks, and their seven first downs were the fewest in a
win in franchise history. "We were very fortunate," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll
said. "Under the circumstances with a new quarterback, they did a great job. We
just couldnt get going on offence. Fortunately, the defence hung together and
gave us a chance to win the game." Clemens finished with 158 yards passing in
place of the injured Sam Bradford, but he also threw two interceptions.
Zac Stacy ran for a career-high 134 yards to pace the Rams (3-5). "Its not
always going to be pretty," said Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who
grabbed his fourth interception of the season. "You have to be able to win
ugly." The World Series no doubt contributed to the stale atmosphere inside the
Edward Jones Dome, where the announced crowd of 55,966 was in reality much
smaller. Many of the fans who did show up wore Cardinals gear, and Cardinals-Red
Sox highlights were shown on the biig screen.
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staked St. Louis to an early lead with his first of three field goals, but
Shermans pick put the Seahawks in business. Seattle scored six players later,
when Wilson hit Tate from the 2-yard line. Zuerlein got the Rams within 7-6 late
in the third quarter, but the Seahawks answered. Wilson went deep down the
sideline to Tate, who made an acrobatic leaping catch over Janoris Jenkins. Tate
regained his balance and then mockingly waved at safety Rodney McLeod as he ran
to the end zone, earning an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. "He just was so in
the moment and just made an unbelievable catch," Wilson said. "Youve got to give
him credit for just attacking the football right there." Zuerlein connected
again to get St. Louis to 14-9, but he missed a 50-yard field goal in the fourth
quarter. That proved to be critical because the Rams would have needed just
another field goal from him on their final drive, rather than a touchdown, to
steal the win. They still had a chance after they took over at their own 3-yard
line with just over 5 minutes left, and methodically marched down field. They
had first-and-goal at the Seattle 6 with about a minute left, and Richardson
carried the ball to the 2. An encroachment call on Seattle put the ball at the
1, but Richardson was stuffed on third down and Clemens misfired on fourth down
as the final seconds ticked off the clock. "We needed 97 yards, we got 96,"
Clemens said. "There was such a great sense of resolve in the huddle as soon as
I walked in the huddle. Everybody knew. Nobody really had to say anything. We
gave ourselves a win at the end, but unfortunately we didnt make the play."
NOTES: Rams DE Robert Quinn had three sacks, all in the first half. ... Seattle
had minus-1 yard of offence in the first quarter, and 38 yards at the half, its
fewest since gaining 37 in the first half against Kansas City in 1998, according
to STATS LLC. ... Seahawks WR Sidney Rice left late in the first half with a
knee injury and did not return.
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