Liverpool on top with Spurs rout
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Liverpool's Luis Suarez (right) scores against Tottenham Hotspur during their English Premier League match at Anfield yesterday. |
Liverpool overwhelmed Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 at a fervent Anfield yesterday to take over at the top of the Premier League table with six games of the season remaining.
Spurs never recovered from an early Younes Kaboul own goal, with further strikes from Luis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho and Jordan Henderson securing an eighth successive victory for Brendan Rodgers' in-form side.
The win took Liverpool two points above previous leader Chelsea, beaten 0-1 by Crystal Palace on Saturday, and left the 18-time champion on course for a first English league title since 1990.
Third-place Manchester City, four points below Liverpool, has two games in hand, but both City and Chelsea must visit Anfield before the season's end.
Tottenham had been thrashed 5-0 by Liverpool in December's reverse fixture, precipitating the departure of coach Andre Villas-Boas, and yesterday's defeat left Tim Sherwood's side eight points below the top four in sixth place.
Earlier, substitutes Kevin Mirallas and Steven Naismith scored as Everton won 3-1 at bottom club Fulham to close to within four points of the top four.
Everton took a 50th-minute lead at Craven Cottage when Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale unwittingly diverted a deflected volley from Naismith into the net for an own goal.
Ashkan Dejagah came off the bench to score a stunning equalizer for Fulham in the 71st minute, cutting inside from the left flank and letting fly with a rising shot that flew into the top-left corner.
Mirallas restored Everton's lead eight minutes later, though, running onto a pass from fellow substitute Aiden McGeady and coolly beating Stockdale, before Naismith stabbed home the visitors' third in the 87th minute.
On Saturday, Manchester City was held to a 1-1 draw at Arsenal. Defending champion Manchester United is seventh after rallying to beat Aston Villa 4-1.
Southampton, a place behind United but six points adrift, produced a resounding 4-0 victory over Newcastle.
In a meeting of relegation-threatened teams, both West Bromwich Albion and Cardiff scored in stoppage time as they drew 3-3. Stoke's impressive form continued with Peter Odemwingie clinching a 1-0 victory over Hull.
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