Premier League match summaries
Posted: Saturday September 19, 1998 01:26 PM
LONDON (CNN/SI) -- Brief reports of Saturday's
matches in the English premier league:
Coventry City 1, Newcastle United 5
Newcastle recorded its third successive win at the expense
of hapless Coventry, which went ahead after four minutes with a
Noel Whelan header. Greek Nicos Dabizas equalized (14) and
England captain Alan Shearer fired Ruud Gullit's side ahead
after 42 minutes. A minute later Gary Speed made it 3-1 and
second-half efforts from Stephen Glass (58) and Shearer (90)
completed the rout.
Derby County 2, Leicester City 0
Derby dominated against its Midlands rivals, with Stefan
Schnoor scoring the opening goal and his first for the club
after 34 minutes. Costa Rican Paulo Wanchope profited from poor
City defending to make it 2-0 six minutes into the second half.
Leeds United 0, Aston Villa 0
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Ian Harte, with two long range
efforts, came close to scoring as Leeds dominated for long periods. Ian
Taylor wasted a clear chance for league leaders Villa after the
interval and Julian Joachim fired wide when given a clear sight
of goal by Robert Molenaar's mistake late on.
Liverpool 3, Charlton 3
Liverpool's Robbie Fowler returned after missing the last seven months because of an injury, and immediately started up front with Michael Owen. But Charlton grabbed an early lead when Richard Rufus scored after 24 minutes. Fowler leveled from the penalty spot (33) when Owen was pulled down but Clive
Mendonca put the visitors back in front after 61 minutes. Patrick
Berger smashed in Liverpool's second (67) and Fowler, from close
in, made it 3-2 with eight minutes left. Within 60 seconds
Charlton substitute Steve Jones volleyed a superb equalizer.
Middlesbrough 2, Everton 2
Colombian Hamilton Ricard (27, 35) scored twice for the
second league game in a row as Middlesbrough went into the locker room up 2-0 at halfime. But Everton roared back after the break, with a
Michael Ball penalty kick (46) and a John Collins drive (48)
salvaging a point.
Nottingham Forest 0, West Ham 0
Veteran goalkeeper Dave Beasant made a fine save to deny
West Ham's Ian Wright in the first half, pushing Wright's shot
on to the bar, in a match of few chances. Forest substitute
Dougie Freedman shot wide after breaking through late.
Southampton 1, Tottenham Hostpur 1
Ruel Fox fired Tottenham ahead after 25 minutes and
Ramon Vega almost scored, too, heading against the bar as the visitors dominated. But Matt Le Tissier earned bottom-dwellar Southampton its first point
of the season with a 64th-minute equalizer.
Wimbledon 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1
Jason Euell scored at the start of each half to give
Wimbledon the win. The striker scored from 18 yards after
just 52 seconds and then volleyed a second after 50. Italian
Paolo Di Canio, criticized by his manager for his attitude in
midweek, pulled one back for Wednesday after 84 minutes.
Playing Sunday: Arsenal vs. Manchester United
Playing Monday: Blackburn Rovers vs. Chelsea
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