Premier League news

Here are the results of more Premier league action that took place on the 17th March / St. Patrick's Day in Ireland. Sunderland 1-1 Norwich City.

Ten-man Norwich City earned a deserved point at fellow Premier League strugglers Sunderland in a controversial game.

City led when Wes Hoolahan nodded in from a yard after Kei Kamara's header.
But the lacklustre hosts were gifted a way back into the game when Canaries goalkeeper Mark Bunn handled outside his box and was sent off on 30 minutes.
Craig Gardner soon levelled from the penalty spot after another disputed handball but Norwich held on with ease.

Tottenham 0-1 Fulham.

Dimitar Berbatov returned to haunt his old club as he grabbed Fulham's winner to dent Tottenham's hopes of a top-four league finish.

Gareth Bale had an early Spurs header cleared off the line by defender Sascha Riether but the home side looked jaded.
Berbatov struck when he slotted in a low Riether cross before team-mate Brede Hangeland headed just wide.

Spurs' Jermain Defoe had a close-range shot brilliantly saved by Mark Schwarzer late on as Fulham held on.

Berbatov did not celebrate his winner against his former employers, although Tottenham's rivals for a top four spot, Arsenal and Everton, who both won on Saturday and have a game in hand, will be overjoyed.
Spurs now lead north London neighbours Arsenal by just four points and are six ahead of the Toffees in the chase for a Champions League spot for next season..

Chelsea 2-0 West Ham.

Frank Lampard scored his 200th goal for Chelsea who moved into third place with a win over West Ham.

The Blues dominated the match at Stamford Bridge and took the lead in the first half when Lampard nodded in Eden Hazard's through ball.
Hazard added a second after the break when he cut in from the right and arrowed a strike past the reach of Hammers goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Chelsea should have won by more, but Demba Ba wasted several chances.

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Ba found himself in a one-on-one with Jaaskelainen. Luckily for the former Newcastle striker, Chelsea's midfielders bailed him out with outstanding individual performances.
The veteran of that pack, Lampard, will steal the headlines, but it was Hazard who was the star performer.

Wigan 2-1 Newcastle.

Arouna Kone's last-minute goal gave Wigan a vital victory in a game marred by a horror tackle by Callum McManaman on Newcastle defender Massadio Haidara.

Jean Beausejour put the Latics in front when a McManaman cross was not cleared.
McManaman was not punished for a high lunge on Haidara and Magpies assistant John Carver was sent off after trying to confront the forward at half-time.

Davide Santon levelled but Kone won it from a corner which Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa appeared to handle.

The win leaves Wigan three points adrift of safety, with a game in hand on fourth-bottom Aston Villa.
But Newcastle will feel aggrieved, firstly by how McManaman escaped a card for his dangerous challenge and also over Figueroa's handball to flick on the cross that led to Kone's scrambled winner.