{"id":203875,"date":"2016-04-03T08:10:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T08:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=203875"},"modified":"2016-04-03T08:10:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T08:10:38","slug":"epl-round-norwich-win-thriller-arsenal-man-city-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=203875","title":{"rendered":"EPL round-up: Norwich win thriller, Arsenal & Man City cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norwich 3-2\u00a0Newcastle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Full-back Martin Olsson might just have saved Norwich\u2019s season as his injury-time goal saw the Canaries beat relegation rivals Newcastle in a dramatic five-goal thriller at Carrow Road.<\/p>\n

The hosts were on top for most of the game, and, after\u00a0Magpies goalkeeper Karl Darlow pulled off a\u00a0number of good saves,\u00a0Timm Klose’s header\u00a0finally broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time.<\/p>\n

Rafa Benitez responded after the break by introducing striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, and the replacement payed off as he nodded in an Andros Townsend cross to equalise on 71 minutes.<\/p>\n

Norwich mustered an\u00a0immediate reply as Dieumerci Mbokani\u00a0slammed home to put the Canaries back in front, but Mitrovic nodded again\u00a0on 86 minutes to seemingly hand\u00a0Newcastle a crucial point in their battle for survival.<\/p>\n

But Alex Neil\u2019s spirited side refused to give up, and the manager was soon running\u00a0onto the pitch in celebration\u00a0as Olsson\u2019s low drive late on sealed a dramatic three points for Norwich, and could well have condemned Newcastle to the drop.<\/p>\n

West Ham 2-2\u00a0Crystal Palace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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West Ham\u00a0saw their hopes of a top-four finish dented by a frustrating 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace at Upton Park.<\/p>\n

Leading 2-1, the Hammers looked on the road to three points before Cheikhou Kouyate\u2019s harsh red card in the second-half handed the Eagles a lifeline.<\/p>\n

And moments later Dwight Gayle took advantage of some really poor defending to level the scores and deny Slaven Bilic\u2019s side all three points.<\/p>\n

Damien Delaney put Palace ahead with a header on 15 minutes,\u00a0but their lead last only a few\u00a0minutes as Manuel Lanzini first fired home, before another stunning free-kick from\u00a0Dimitri Payet then put the Hammers in front.<\/p>\n

Bilic\u2019s men looked comfortable after the break as they looked to close out the win to maintain their\u00a0Champions League charge, but referee Mark Clattenburg changed the course of the game when he harshly showed Kouyate a straight red card for a challenge on Gayle.<\/p>\n

It was rash but truly only looked worth a yellow.\u00a0Palace made the most of their man advantage as\u00a0Gayle\u00a0struck the equaliser shortly after, slotting in from close-range after a mistake from\u00a0Angelo Ogbonna to rescue a point for Alan Pardew\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Arsenal 4-0\u00a0Watford<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arsenal pulled level on points with Tottenham in the table as they cruised to\u00a0victory over Watford at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n

It took for three minutes for the Gunners to open the scoring; Alexis Sanchez coolly finishing at the second attempt after his initial header was saved by Heurelho Gomes.<\/p>\n

Arsenal were rampant and forced Gomes into three good saves before they finally found their second of the game through youngster Alex Iwobi. A swift counter saw Sanchez sprint\u00a0down the wing, and his neat pull-back was swept home by the 19-year-old with a simple finish from the centre of the box.<\/p>\n

And they upped\u00a0their lead just three minutes after the restart. Sanchez was all over the Watford back-four once again\u00a0and while his cross was headed clear, the ball landed straight to Hector Bellerin\u00a0whose deflected shot trickled in<\/p>\n

They came close to a fourth when Iwobi later hit the bar with a curling effort, with Ozil skying the rebound. But a fourth did eventually come as susbstitute Theo Walcott slotted in from close range in the 90th minute\u00a0to wrap up\u00a0a straightforward three points.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth 0-4\u00a0Man City<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Manchester City also hit four in a rampant win over over Bournemouth at Dean Court.<\/p>\n

Fernando\u00a0finished from close-range to hand a dominant City an early lead, and Kevin De Bruyne\u00a0then marked his return from injury with a fine finish to cap off a brilliant passing move.<\/p>\n

Sergio Aguero\u00a0then got in on the act to make it 3-0 shortly before the break with a neat header from Jesus Navas\u2019 cross.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth grew into the game in the second-half, but in truth did little to trouble Manuel Pellegrini\u2019s side, and Aleksandar Kolarov rounded off the scoring in the 90th<\/sup> minute with an arrowed strike.<\/p>\n

Three points keeps City in fourth place above West Ham and Manchester United.<\/p>\n

Stoke 2-2 Swansea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Swansea came from two goals down to rescue a point thanks to second-half goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson and Alberto Paloschi.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Afellay\u2019s header put Stoke in front before half-time, with Bojan Krkic doubling the Potters\u2019 lead with a fine solo goal early in the second-half.<\/p>\n

But Swansea soon rallied, with playmaker Sigurdsson pulling one back with a fine effort on the turn, before Paloschi’s deflected strike earned a point for the battling Jacks.<\/p>\n

Sunderland 0-0\u00a0West Brom<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sunderland stay in the bottom-three and remain four points from safety after a frustrating goalless draw with West Brom.<\/p>\n

The Black Cats had a host of chances to boost their fight for survival, but failed to take any as goalkeeper Ben Foster denied both Fabio Borini and Jermain Defoe with good saves.<\/p>\n

The hosts also had a goal disallowed in injury-time when Dame N’Doye found the net, but he was correctly flagged for offside.
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Source: Talk Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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