Liverpool vs Chelsea 1-1 All Goals & Extended Highlights Premier League 31/01/2017 HD Crystal Palace created more space between themselves and the relegation zone with a deserved 2-0 win over Bournemouth. Crystal Palace created more space between themselves and the relegation zone with a deserved 2-0 win over Bournemouth. Sam Allardyce has no gripes with his team"s showing against Bournemouth, and blasts the January transfer window.
Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce believes having games on transfer deadline day is a huge distraction for players and managers.
The comments came after the Eagles" 2-0 victory over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, with Allardyce securing three points for the first time since joining the club, but the ex-England manager was less than happy with how the fixtures had fallen.
Palace announced the signing of Luka Milivojevic on a three-and-a-half year deal after the final whistle but Allardyce had no idea what deals had been done during the game.
He said: "I think the hard bit is the distraction. I had a player asking me if he was up for sale so that is what you get when you get this G*d-forsaken window.
"You get players being told information which is not true. Sometimes it has some validity in it but sometimes when you have a big game like we did and a player asks this, that shows just how bad this window is and just how bad it is putting a game on the same day.
"Our job is hard enough but to make it even harder than it already is, I really don"t accept.
"I think there should be some sensibility about the way they pick the fixtures but yet again they will probably ignore us like they do all the time and just carry on in their own way."
He added: "[Milivojevic] is going to bring great ability in both feet, really good passer.
"He loves the sitting midfielder role and along with his ability, he will hopefully be as good as he can very quickly.
"There is no guarantee but I am looking forward to working with him."
second-half goals from Scott Dann and Christian Benteke were enough to secure the visitors the three points at the Vitality Stadium, with the result keeping them two points behind 17th-placed Swansea.
Sam Allardyce is not impressed with the Premier League schedule: "Our job is hard enough!"
Allardyce said: "I think that win has been a long time coming for me. I think our work and efforts on and off the field are what our recovery is all about about.
"We have been asking the players to listen to slight changes to try and perform better.
"The game plan was played well today by the players and we were clinical in front of goal. We won comfortably in the end."
Bournemouth have failed to win a game in January and conceded at least two goals in six of their last seven home league fixtures and manager Eddie Howe believes his side need a confidence boost.
He said: "I believe in the squad. We are going through a difficult period, confidence levels have been knocked, the only way to improve is to work hard on the training ground.
"We had a lot of possession and we didn"t do a lot with it. You could tell the confidence was knocked, there were lots of backwards passes, we need to build on it.
"The results have not been what we want, that is the reality, the players are human."
78 min: Mark Clattenburg books Willian for some indiscretion or other. So, that penalty - sure, there was contact between Matip and Costa, but that doesnt mean its a penalty and Im not so sure it was a foul by the Liverpool defender. Costa was bearing down on goal and theatrically threw himself to the ground when Matip tried to stop him. Helpfully, BT Sport have former referee Howard Webb on hand to clear up this sort of confusion but havent actually bothered to ask him what he thinks.
Manchester United vs Sunderland 3-1 All Goals & Highlights - Premier League 26/12/2016
With the help of Opta, we round up the best stats and facts from Saturday"s Premier League action...
Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
Spurs won their sixth consecutive Premier League game, equalling their existing record in the competition (six games, last done in February 2016).
Harry Kane hit the 60 Premier League goal mark faster than any other Tottenham player in the competition (99 games).
Kane has now scored 94 per cent of his Premier League goals for Tottenham inside the box (58 of 62).
The defeat for West Brom marks their joint-heaviest Premier League defeat under Tony Pulis (along with 0-4 v Manchester City in October 2016).
The Baggies conceded more than twice in a premier league away game for the first time since January 16 of last year - 364 days ago (0-3 v Southampton).
The last 10 Premier League goals scored by Tottenham players have been netted by Harry Kane or Dele Alli (five each).
No player has scored more Premier League hat-tricks for Tottenham than Harry Kane (three, level with Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe).
Only Kevin de Bruyne (nine) has provided more assists than Christian Eriksen in the Premier League this season.
Burnley 1-0 Southampton
Burnley have won four consecutive home Premier League games for only the second time, after the won each of their first four home games ever in the competition back in 2009-10.
Southampton havent won any of their last four league visits to Burnley, last beating them there in the Championship in October 2007.
Sean Dyches side have won six of their last seven home league games (L1).
Southampton have failed to find the back of the net in four of their last five Premier League away games
Saints Premier League games this season have produced a league-low 17 first-half goals (eight for, nine against).
It took until the 40th minute for the first shot on target in this game, courtesy of a James Ward-Prowse effort.
Joey Barton scored his first Premier League goal since April 2015 (for QPR v West Brom).
The Clarets have now scored in 10 consecutive home league clashes with Southampton (last failing to do so in March 1971).
Southampton mustered 20 shots in the game, their most in a Premier League fixture without scoring this season.
Hull City 3-1 Bournemouth
Hull enjoyed their first win in their last 10 Premier League games (D3 L6).
The Cherries have conceded exactly three goals in seven of their last nine top-flight games.
Eddie Howes side have registered just two wins in their last 13 top-flight away games, drawing two and losing nine.
Artur Boruc is the fourth Polish player to make 100 Premier League appearances (also Wojciech Szczesny 132, Jerzy Dudek 127 and Lukasz Fabianski 127).
Ryan Fraser has won three penalties in the Premier League this season, a joint-high figure (level with Dele Alli and Christian Benteke).
Junior Stanislas has been involved in 14 Premier League goals for Bournemouth (seven goals, seven assists), a joint-high along with Charlie Daniels.
Abel Hernandez netted two goals in this game, as many as in his previous 30 Premier League appearances.
Robert Snodgrass has been directly involved in 10 of Hulls 20 Premier League goals this season (seven goals, three assists).
Sunderland 1-3 Stoke City
Stoke have beaten Sunderland twice in the same league season for the first time since 1993-94.
The Potters scored three goals in a Premier League away game for the first time since February 2016 (3-1 vs Bournemouth).
Only Jonathan Walters (41) and Peter Crouch (36) have scored more Premier League goals for Stoke City than Marko Arnautovic (19, level with Charlie Adam).
Arnautovic scored his first Premier League goals in 12 games, since netting against Crystal Palace in September.
Only Alan Shearer (23) has scored more Premier League goals in January than Jermain Defoe (21, level with Frank Lampard).
Crouch scored his 99th Premier League goal, and his 48th headed goal in the competition.
Jack Rodwell has yet to be on the winning side in any of his 35 Premier League starts for Sunderland.
The Black Cats became just the second team not to use any of their substitutes in a Premier League game this season, after Hull against Leicester on the opening day.
Swansea City 0-4 Arsenal
Arsenal have scored 27 goals away from home in the Premier League this season, at least five more than any other side (Liverpool and Manchester City 22).
Indeed, the Gunners have scored four or more goals in four away Premier League games this season, their most in a single campaign since 2002-03.
Olivier Giroud has scored in each of his last nine starts in all competitions for the Gunners, netting 11 goals in total.
Giroud scored his 92nd goal for Arsenal in all comps, and only his ninth with his right foot (55 left foot, 28 headed).
Swansea City became the first team to score two own goals in a Premier League match since QPR against Liverpool in October 2014.
This was also the first time Arsenal benefited from two own goals for the first time since September 2012 (vs Southampton).
Alexis Sanchez has been involved in more goals than any other Premier League player this season (21 - 14 goals, seven assists).
The Swans have conceded four-plus goals in three of their last five Premier League home games. Theyd only conceded four or more in three of their previous 62 league games at the Liberty Stadium.
Watford 0-0 Middlesbrough
The Hornets havent lost to Middlesbrough in the league since October 2012, seven games without defeat (W4 D3).
There were just three shots in the first half between Watford and Middlesbrough; the lowest first half total of the season.
Watford ended a run of 10 successive Premier League games without a clean sheet, with their first shut-out since October 2016 (v Hull).
Watford 0-0 Middlesbrough
In contrast, Middlesbrough have failed to score in five of their last seven Premier League games, recording just one win in that period (D2 L4).
The Hornets have failed to score in the first half in 14 of their last 16 Premier League games.
Rudy Gestede has played 32 consecutive Premier League games without a win; the longest ever run in the competition.
West Ham United 3-0 Crystal Palace
West Ham recorded their first home league win against Crystal Palace since a 3-0 victory in October 2003.
Crystal Palace lost their fifth consecutive Premier League London derby, equalling their worst such run in the competition (five games, last done in March 1998).
The Eagles have failed to score in five successive Premier League London derbies, their worst such run since failing to score in six in March 1995.
Andy Carroll has scored five goals in his last three home Premier League London derbies for West Ham.
West Ham 3-0 Crystal Palace
Manuel Lanzini has scored a goal in each of his four Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace; double the amount hes scored against any other Premier League club.
Michail Antonio has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than any other West Ham player this season - 11 (eight goals, three assists).
Antonio is the first West Ham player to provide three assists in a Premier League game since Paolo Di Canio vs Coventry in April 2000.
Indeed, Antonio recorded his first Premier League assists since April 2016 (v Arsenal) and its the first time he has bagged three in an English league game.
Leicester City 0-3 Chelsea
Chelsea have already picked up more points in the Premier League this season (52) than they managed in the whole of 2015-16 (50).
The Foxes have lost as many home league games in their last three, as they had done in their previous 30 Premier League games at the King Power.
This was Leicesters heaviest home defeat in the league since September 2015 (2-5 v Arsenal).
Chelsea have won the last 10 games that they have been leading at half-time in the Premier League this season.
The Blues have scored five goals in the opening 10 minutes of Premier League action so far this season - a league high total.
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League away games outside of London (W7 D2), scoring 17 and conceding just five.
Marcos Alonso is only the third Chelsea defender to score a double in the Premier League (also John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic).
Pedro has been directly involved in more Premier League goals this season than the whole of last season (10 - five goals, five assists).
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PEP REACTION: HULL CITY 0-3 CITY | Premier League 2016-17
Who were the best Premier League players from the Boxing Day games? We take a look at the man-of-the-match performances in our hotlist.
Chelsea sit seven points clear at the top of the table after a club record-breaking 12th win in a row against Bournemouth, with second-placed Manchester City scoring three late goals to beat bottom side Hull.
Elsewhere, current Premier League champions Leicester suffered a 2-0 defeat to Everton at the King Power, while Old Trafford was the place to be to watch stunning goals.
Fabio Borini and Henrikh Mkhitaryan each scored Christmas crackers as Manchester United beat Sunderland 3-1.
Despite registering two assists and a goal, Zlatan Ibrahimovic"s afternoon at Old Trafford on Boxing Day could have been even more fruitful.
He would have had a hat-trick but for Jordan Pickford"s saves, but the Swede has proved in recent weeks just how valuable he is to any United success this term.
After going six Premier League games without scoring in autumn, he has now scored eight in the last seven, with seven of those goals having a part to play in determining the matchresult.
He also made more key passes (five) than any other player, and won all of his aerial duels in the win over Sunderland, rightly earning the man-of-the-match award ahead of impressive performances from Antonio Valencia, Paul Pogba and Mkhitaryan.
Tom Heaton (BURNLEY 1-0 Middlesbrough)
Burnley"s 20-point haul after 18 games represents a solid return to life in the Premier League for Sean Dyche"s men - and their captain Heaton has played a key role.
Such was the nature of the contest between last season"s top two in the Sky Bet Championship, Heaton didn"t have much to do, with both teams locked in a bruising contest at Turf Moor.
Despite this, the England goalkeeper was still at his impenetrable best, alert to Gaston Ramirez"s second-half header en route to a fourth clean sheet of the season.
He also played a part in the game"s decisive goal, with Sam Vokes flicking Heaton"s punt upfield into the path of Andre Gray, who volleyed home.
When compared to the performance of his opposite number Victor Valdes, who fumbled Gray"s winner into the back of the net, Heaton"s reliability means his stock continues to rise.
Dimitri Payet (Swansea 1-4 WEST HAM)
At the heart of everything good about West Ham in their 4-1 win at Swansea was the brilliance once againof Dimitri Payet.
The France international was superb from start to finish as he ran Swansea ragged, making a remarkable six key passes in the game. No other Hammers player made more than one.
Payet didn"t manage to get on the scoresheet despite West Ham netting four, and only actually contributed one assist, but it was the 29-year-old who instigated the majority of the Hammers" attacks, and when he is on this form, there is almost no stopping him.
Yaya Toure (Hull 0-3 MAN CITY)
The Ivorian has a happy habit of finding the net on Boxing Day.
He scored from the penalty spot - his third consecutive goal the day after Christmas - to get the ball rolling for City at the KCOM Stadium.
They had largely laboured up until that point, but Toure"s third Premier League goal of the season was the first of three Man City goals in the final 18 minutes.
The former Barcelona midfielder also had a hand in the visitors" third, capping another thoroughly impressive performance and drawing praise from Jamie Redknapp and Thierry Henry in the Sky Sports studio.
Eden Hazard (CHELSEA 3-0 Bournemouth)
Hazard was brilliant against Bournemouth, continuously pulling off tricks and flicks, and showing off his blistering pace to hit the Cherries on the counter-attack along with Willian and Pedro.
He nabbed a much deserved goal after his skills proved too much for Simon Francis, who conceded a stonewall penalty after fouling the playmaker, andthe Belgiandispatched the spot-kick with coolness and class as Chelsea cruised to a club-record 12th straight Premier League victory.
It doesn"t look like much can stop the runaway train that is Hazard this season after a poor showing overall last term.
Joel Robles (Leicester 0-2 EVERTON)
Everton"s goalkeeper was only starting against Leicesterdue to an injury picked up by Maarten Stekelenburg in the Merseyside derby. However, the Toffees did not miss their first-choice shot stopper.
Not only did the tall Spaniard keep a clean sheet at the King Power - a rarity of late for Ronald Koeman"s side - but he also created the visitors" crucial opening goal for Kevin Mirallas six minutes after half-time.
As a result, the 26-year-old became the 50th different "keeper to provide an assist in Premier League history.
Ben Foster (Arsenal 1-0 WEST BROM)
The Baggies No.1 produced a goalkeeping masterclass to keep Arsenal at bay for long periods.
After a quiet opening 45 minutes, the game burst into life just after the break with Arsenal laying siege to the West Brom goal.
Foster produced a fantastic double save to deny Alex Iwobi and Alexis Sanchez before having a running battle with the Chilean, who he denied twice more with some sharp work between the sticks.
When Olivier Giroud had a low drive booted clear by Foster with 13 minutes to go, it looked like it was to be West Brom"s day. However, Giroud looped a spectacular header home with four minutes to play to spoil Foster"s clean sheet.
Wilfried Zaha (Watford 1-1 CRYSTAL PALACE)
Zaha put in a performance that will have impressed his new manager, Sam Allardyce.
The winger was a constant threat to the Watford defence with his pace and direct running.
He could have even had a penalty late on when he was brought down by Miguel Britos, but Mark Clattenburg awarded a free-kick to Watford and brandished a yellow card for Zaha.
However, both Zaha and his manager were convinced the penalty should have been given and it did not take the gloss off what was a superb performance from the 24-year-old.
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The Sun reported that the assailants made off with the footballer"s 25,000 Rolex.
A Met Police spokesman said: "One of the suspects threatened the victim with a knife before stealing his watch. The victim was not injured.
"At this early stage, officers are investigating whether the suspects intentionally collided with the victim"s car."
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic described Carroll as "very brave" after the player was allegedly targeted as he drove his Mercedes G-Wagon back to his home in Essex from the club"s Rush Green training ground.
Jack O"Brien, 22, of Ivyhouse Road, Dagenham, east London, is due to appear in court charged with a string of offences, including attempted robbery in connection with Mr Carroll.
