Tottenham held, United sink Poppies as Hammers burn

Tottenham Hotspur were again the unlucky ones as their winless run in the Premier League continued. They have now gone five games since their last taste of victory thanks to a 1-1 draw against Sheffield United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.

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The hosts were fortunate to go ahead in the 58th minute through Son Heung-min’s goal, which was Tottenham’s first attempt on target. This failed to spark Mauricio Pochettino’s side into life as Chris Wilder’s United kept plugging away and were duly rewarded when George Baldock’s miscued low cross sneaked in at the back post in the 78th minute. The goal was allowed to stand following VAR check.

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Son Heung-min’s goal sent Tottenham ahead in the first half before Sheffield United equalised late in the second half (Image: Sourced).

Tottenham showed belated urgency and Lucas Moura almost snatched a win in stoppage time when his resulting shot was tipped over the bar by Dean Henderson. The draw lifted United into fifth spot on 17 points with Tottenham languishing in 12th on a laboured 14 points.

Newcastle fight back to sink Bournemouth

Newcastle United recovered from a goal down to beat Bournemouth 2-1 at St James’ Park on Saturday to bag two wins on the trot in this season’s Premier League.

Bournemouth opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a brilliantly-worked corner as Harry Wilson made a looping run from the back post before hammering an unstoppable shot low to the keeper’s right. Newcastle lost their captain and defensive lynchpin Jamaal Lascelles to injury shortly afterwards, but the home side began to create decent chances to claw their way back into the game.

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Newcastle United secured two wins on the trot with a winning performance at home to Bournemouth (Image: Sourced).

Newcastle drew parity when Allan Saint-Maximin sent in a shot which deflected into the path of DeAndre Yedlin, who came steaming in at the far post to head home just before the break. Irish international Ciaran Clarke let his feet do the talking seven minutes into the second half as he scuffed the ball home for his second goal in two games to put his side 2-1 ahead, and eventually hanging on for the win.

Hammers reduced to spectators at Burnley

West Ham United’s winless streak extended to six games as they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Burnley at Turf in their league tie on Saturday.

After suffering defeat in their last three games, Burnley shot ahead in the 11th minute when teenage winger Dwight McNeil swung in a deep corner before James Tarkowski snuck around the back and headed to Ashley Barnes who poked home.

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Burnley took charge to clinch a brilliant triumph in their Saturday Premier League fixture (Image: Sourced).

The Clarets thought they had a second in the 36th minute when McNeil whipped in a superb cross which Chris Wood met with a thundering header but a subsequent VAR review found evidence of an off-side. Burnley, however, did double their lead, a minute before the break, courtesy of McNeil who had again turned provider, after he pulled off a brilliant intercept and delivered a low cross which was expertly turned in by Wood.

Hammers goalie Roberto Jiménez Gago gifted Burnley their third in the 54th minute when he flapped at an Ashley Westwood corner before punching it into his own net. Consolation for West Ham came as the Spanish keeper pulled off a series of fine saves to avert any further damage to a carnage-riddled result to close off the affair as 3-0 losers.