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BHA 1-1 SHU: LUNDSTRAM SEES RED AS LATE WELBECK STRIKE DENIES SHEFFIELD UTD FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.

Super substitute Danny Welbeck rescued a point for Brighton & Hove Albion and denied 10-man Sheffield United a first win of the season.

Sheff Utd were close to a shock victory after Jayden Bogle had come off the bench to mark his Premier League debut with a goal that deflected in off Adam Webster on 63 minutes.

That goal came against the run of play after John Lundstram’s first-half red card, shown by Peter Bankes who used the Referee Review Area following the midfielder’s challenge on Joel Veltman.

The Blades had a late chance to seal victory but Oliver Burke blazed a great chance over the bar.

The 2,000 fans in attendance at Amex Stadium roared Brighton on and Welbeck made Burke pay when he showed superb control and volleyed in with three minutes remaining.

Brighton could have snatched a win but Welbeck’s stoppage-time header was cleared off the line before Alireza Jahanbakhsh headed against a post.

It means Brighton stay 16th and miss the opportunity to go above Arsenal. Bottom-of-the-table Sheff Utd are on two points, eight adrift of safety.

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TOT 0-2 LEI: VARDY STARS AS THE FOXES SHOCK SPURS AT THE TOTTENHAM STADIUM.

Jamie Vardy fired Leicester City up to second in the Premier League table with a 2-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur.

Vardy took his tally to 11 goals for the season with a penalty in first-half stoppage time, which was awarded for Serge Aurier’s challenge on Wesley Fofana after Craig Pawson went to the Referee Review Area.

Leicester thought they had doubled their lead two minutes after the break but James Maddison’s effort from James Justin’s long ball was overturned for offside following a Video Assistant Referee review.

But they did not have to wait long before Vardy’s header at the back post was deflected in off Toby Alderweireld for an own goal.

Spurs had brought on Gareth Bale at half-time but they then lost Giovani Lo Celso to injury and were unable to beat Kasper Schmeichel.

The Leicester goalkeeper twice denied Harry Kane before making a sensational save from Son Heung-min.

Leicester’s first win at Spurs since their title-winning season puts them four points behind Liverpool. Their opponents drop to fourth, two points further back.

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MON 1-2 HOFF: MARCUS THURAM SENT OFF FOR SPITTING AS HOFFEINHEIM EDGE BORRUSIA MONCHEGLADBACH.

Borussia Monchengladbach are set to be without striker Marcus Thuram, who was sent off for spitting in the 2-1 Bundesliga defeat to Hoffenheim on Saturday.

Ryan Sessegnon scored a late goal to snatch win and stretch the hosts’ winless run to six games in all competitions.

Gladbach’s Lars Stindl followed his hat-trick at Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek with a penalty in the 34th minute to break the deadlock and put the home side in front.

But they struggled to build on the opener and Hoffenheim deservedly equalised through Andrej Kramaric in the 75th before Thuram was sent off after VAR upgraded his yellow card to a red.

The visitors made their one-man advantage count when Sessegnon, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, pounced to claim all three points four minutes from time as Hoffenheim climbed to 11th with 15 points, while Gladbach stay eighth on 18.

“It’s just a no-go,” Gladbach manager Marco Rose said of Thuram’s red card. “It’s beyond anything.

“He can only apologise. We can only apologise for it. He also hurt his team. But that’s not the point right now. It does not belong on any football pitch. He is a good lad and he will reflect it.”

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SALAH NOT RULING OUT MOVES TO SPANISH GIANTS IN LA LIGA.

Mohamed Salah has said his Liverpool future is “in the club’s hands” and was “very disappointed” to be overlooked for the captaincy in their Champions League match with FC Midtjylland this month.

Salah, 28, expected to wear the armband for the final group D game on Dec. 9 with Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum on the bench and James Milner and Virgil van Dijk both injured.

Manager Jurgen Klopp picked 22-year-old Trent Alexander-Arnold as captain instead, and Salah responded by scoring a first-minute goal in a 1-1 draw.

“Honestly, I was very disappointed,” Salah who scored a first-minute goal in the 1-1 draw with Midtjylland, told Diario AS. “I was expecting to be the captain. But it’s the manager’s decision. I accept it.”

Salah has been regularly linked with La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona during a hugely successful three-and-a-half years at Anfield since joining from Roma in 2017.

His goals helped fire Liverpool to the Champions League trophy in 2019 and the Premier League, ending a 30-year wait for the club, in 2020.

“I think Madrid and Barcelona are top clubs,” he said. “We never know what’s going to happen in the future. Right now I’m focused on winning the Premier League and the Champions League again with [Liverpool].”

Salah’s contract at Anfield runs until June 2023.

“That’s a tough one,” he said, when asked how long he would stay. “Right now I can say everything is in the club’s hands. Of course I want to break records here, every record at the club, but everything is in the club’s hands.”

Salah and the Reds were back in action on Sunday, with the Egyptian scoring twice in a 7-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace.

When asked about Salah’s comments after the win vs. Palace, Klopp merely laughed and said: “Nothing to say about that on my side.”

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LEV 1-2 MUN: LEWANDOWSKI SENDS BAYERN TOP OF THE TABLE WITH STOPPAGE TIME WINNER.

Robert Lewandowski scored a dramatic injury-time winner, his second goal of the game, to earn Bayern Munich a 2-1 comeback victory at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, sending them top of the Bundesliga table going into the Christmas break.

Patrik Schick brilliantly volleyed the hosts in front in the 14th minute, with Bayern falling behind for the seventh successive Bundesliga match.

Bayern had not lost any of the previous six, and they again overturned the deficit as the newly-crowned Best FIFA Men’s Player, Lewandowski, equalised two minutes before halftime.

The match appeared to be heading for a draw before Lewandowski struck in the 93rd minute, sending Bayern top of the standings on 30 points, as Leverkusen dropped to second on 28 after their first league defeat of the season.

With RB Leipzig having missed the chance to go top earlier on Saturday after being held to a 0-0 draw by Cologne, Schick’s second goal in as many Bundesliga games looked to have put Leverkusen on course to retain top spot.

The hosts were masters of their own downfall, however, as they gave the ball away cheaply, Thomas Muller crossed and Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky missed the ball completely, leaving Lewandowski to head into an empty net to level things up.

While Bayern were improved after the break, they did not create too many clear-cut chances, with Leverkusen seemingly happy to take the point.

But Lewandowski’s year finished on a yet another high, as in his and Bayern’s final match until Jan. 3, the 32-year-old Pole fired home, via a deflection, to snatch another victory for the champions.

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SOTON 0-1 MANCITY: STERLING EARLY STRIKE GIVES CITIZENS LONE EDGE AGAINST STUBBORN SAINTS.

Raheem Sterling scored the only goal as Manchester City beat Southampton to move right behind them in the table.

City took the lead after 16 minutes when Sterling converted Kevin De Bruyne’s pull-back for his fourth league goal of the season.

Southampton responded well, with Theo Walcott and Jannik Vestergaard having the best of several first-half chances, but they could not beat Ederson.

The hosts were hit by the early departure with a hamstring injury of leading scorer Danny Ings and, despite second-half pressure, could not find an equaliser.

Having extended their unbeaten run to five matches, City sit sixth with 23 points.

Southampton are a point and a place ahead, having played a match more.

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EVE 2-1 ARS: YERRY MINA’S HEADER FIRES EVERTON TO SECOND.

Yerry Mina’s first-half header helped Everton to a third successive win as they beat Arsenal 2-1 at Goodison Park to go second.

Everton started strongly, with Michael Keane firing narrowly wide from distance, before they took the lead on 22 minutes.

Alex Iwobi’s right-wing cross was met by Dominic Calvert-Lewin and his header went in off Rob Holding for an own goal.

Arsenal were level on 35 minutes, through Nicolas Pepe’s penalty after Ainsley Maitland-Niles had been fouled by Tom Davies.

On the stroke of half-time, Mina restored Everton’s advantage, heading in Gylfi Sigurdsson’s corner at the near post.

After the break Arsenal pressed Everton, but the closest they came to an equaliser was when David Luiz’s deflected shot hit a post.

Everton held on to go second with 26 points, five behind Liverpool.

Arsenal stay 15th on 14 points after a fourth defeat in five matches.

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LIVERPOOL THRASH EAGLES AT SELHURST PARK TO CONFIRM TOP SPOT AT CHRISTMAS.

A clinical Liverpool guaranteed they will be No 1 at Christmas with a 7-0 victory over Crystal Palace.

Takumi Minamino showed good feet before finding the bottom corner after three minutes for his first Premier League goal.

Palace responded but could not get the goal they deserved and Sadio Mane’s sharp turn and finish doubled Liverpool’s advantage on 35 minutes.

The champions took full control in the 44th minute, with Roberto Firmino controlling Andy Robertson’s pass before poking the ball in.

Jordan Henderson curled in a fourth after the interval before Firmino dinked the ball over Vicente Guaita for his second.

Substitute Mohamed Salah scored a quick-fire brace, including a fantastic second, as Liverpool recorded their biggest Premier League away win.

They are six points clear of Tottenham Hotspur, who host Leicester City tomorrow.

Palace stay 12th, with 18 points.

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FUL 0-0 BHA: FULHAM OUT OF BOTTOM THREE AFTER BARREN DRAW WITH BRIGHTON.

Fulham moved out of the Premier League’s bottom three after earning a 0-0 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brighton’s Adam Lallana thought he had scored his first goal for the club early in the second half. But after a Video Assistant Referee check, the effort was overturned because the ball hit Danny Welbeck’s hand in the build-up.

Fulham survived another scare when Ben White headed against their crossbar.

But Scott Parker’s side had their own chances to win the match, with Robert Sanchez making good saves to deny Ivan Cavaleiro, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ademola Lookman.

Fulham move up to 17th on nine points, one place and two points behind Brighton.

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WESTHAM 1-1 CRY: HALLER’S FANTASTIC LEVELER EARNS HAMMERS A DRAW.

Sebastien Haller scored a sensational overhead kick to earn West Ham United a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace.

Haller met Vladimir Coufal’s right-wing cross in acrobatic fashion to hammer the ball into the top-left corner in the 55th minute for his third Premier League goal of the season.

Christian Benteke had given Palace the lead with his third goal in three matches, when he met Joel Ward’s centre with a diving header.

However, the Palace forward’s night was spoiled when he was sent off in the 70th minute after picking up a second booking following a challenge on Tomas Soucek.

The point leaves West Ham seventh on 21 points, while Palace are 12th on 18.