West Ham v Burnley, West Brom v Leicester and more: clockwatch – live!
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What a day in the Premier League! It might be forgotten in all this West Ham mess, which we will come to, that Newcastle have made a great stride towards survival. They were by far the better team from start to finish as Southampton showed they are really in a rut.
Everton 2-0 Brighton
Huddersfield 0-0 Swansea
Newcastle 3-0 Southampton
West Ham 0-3 Burnley
West Brom 1-4 Leicester
The home team are all at sea and heading down with a whimper! Iborra takes advantage of the shambles to add a fourth.
OFF THE POST! Ince heads the ball against in the final minute as Huddersfield miss a great chance to win it!
Hopefully nothing else happens in the other games so we can all focus on the madness of the game at West Ham. There will be plenty of dissecting of what went wrong and there is plenty to analyse from the team to the fans and the security effort, not to mention the disdain felt for the owners.
Trevor Booking has also left the directors’ box. Is there anyone left?
Robin is focusing on the positives for Southampton.
“As a Saints fan, it’s both heartening to see a club being run much worse than my own and yet incredibly frustrating to think that they will probably survive whilst we are a nail-on for 19th. How on earth the board could have stuck with Pellegrino this long given how almost every performance this season has been insipid and devoid of attacking football is beyond all of us.”
WEST HAM! Sullivan and Gold have been asked to leave the ground and they are on their way, understandably worried for their safety. The West Ham fans are not covering themselves in glory here.
Missed pen! Duffy fouled Calvert-Lewin in the box and Rooney steps up and his penalty superbly saved by Ryan.
I have a feeling there will be no added time at West Ham as fans keep getting onto the pitch. The slow to react stewards might eventually get them off and allow the play to start again.
Things somehow get even worse as Joe Hart spills a shot straight to Wood who accepts the gift and buries the ball. More fans enter the pitch as things get more farcical and I am not talking about Hart’s mistake.
Simon reports into us from Scotland…
“Into the final 10 and Kilmarnock three up at home to Ross County, who look doomed. Hamilton lead Motherwell by two, and Partick Thistle holding Aberdeen goalless. Dundee getting a lesson at home from St. Johnstone, who lead 4-0, bringing the prospect of a Dundee derby in the play off final a whole lot closer. Provided United can get their shift together and start playing, and winning, some games.”
West Brom down, Southampton terrible and who knows what to think about West Ham? What a day it has been. Only another 10 minutes to go, which could be a crucial period for all teams involved.
The Frenchman loses the plot and lunges in on Baines. Not a good week for Knockaert.
Well…that’s something nice to come out of this game against West Ham.
There aren’t enough West Brom fans left at The Hawthorns to put a stop their match, they have all walked out and accepted their fate. Pardew will not be too far behind them, one must think.
Anyway…back to West Ham where it is all kicking off. More fans are trying to get onto the pitch and they’ve only just cleared off those who were on. The referee has spoken to both managers about what is happening. There are fears the match will not continue but they are certainly playing on for now. A third Burnley goal might end that.
There’s people on the pitch… Photograph: Christopher Lee/Getty Images
West Brom are down after the Nigerian striker makes it three, aided by a defensive error.
Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City scores his side’s third goal. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images
Baines plays a one-two with Tosun resulting in the Turkish striker smashing in the second. Game over!
Everton’s Cenk Tosun scores their second goal. Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images via Reuters
I thought the Copper Box was supposed to be the place where the fighting took place at the Olympics. All going off at West Ham.
Good work from Barnes as he sends it to Lennon who then rolls it to Wood for him to send the ball into the net from six yards. Will the West Ham players get out alive?
Burnley’s Chris Wood celebrates scoring his side’s second goal of the game. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/PA
The Burnley fans are pretty chuffed too. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/PA
Things are going badly at West Ham. A number of fans have come onto the pitch to remonstrate with the players and now the board. Mark Noble has thrown one of the invaders to the ground.
Get off the pitch you melt! Photograph: Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images
What a goal! Lowton lofts the ball to Wood down the line, the New Zealander cuts inside and lays it to Barnes who is 20 yards out and he smashes the ball into the top corner. Can you strike a ball better than that?
Ashley Barnes smashes Burnley into the lead. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images via Reuters
Sunderland are losing after Eberechi Eze opens the scoring on his QPR debut. I remember Man City being in the third tier and it was fun (it really wasn’t).
The great escape is well and truly off and we must all assume now that Pardew’s bags will be packed by Baggies fans after Mahrez shows his quality to net the second for Leicester by dinking the ball over Foster after nice work from Iheanacho.
Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez scores their second goal. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters
Walcott gets the wrong side of Bong, allowing him some space from where to turn the ball into the net to give Everton the lead.
Everton’s Theo Walcott scores their first goal. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/Reuters
Over at Hull…there has been four separate penalties and the score is now 3-3!
Shelvey, who has been instrumental for Newcastle today, does some fine work in possession before laying it into Ritchie’s path who fires it into the net!
Matt Ritchie 1 Corner Flag 0. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images via Reuters
No goal! Ashley Barnes was level and smashed the ball into the net for Burnley but instead the assistant has his flag raised and the goal is chalked off.
Is that you, Peter?
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53′ | Ndlovu’s looping header clears the bar to hit the top-netting.
I interviewed someone who plays in Norway this week but that is available on another website, so you will have to go search for my chat with Reiss Greenidge.
Bob O’Hara (@BobOHara)
@Will_Unwin Today the Norwegian football season starts. Here’s the Ranheim team earlier today having a photo taken, before they play their first match in the sop division since the 50s:pic.twitter.com/XdKW12y9qO
Red card! Sunderland will have been pleased to go into the break drawing 0-0 at QPR but now goalkeeper Jason Steele has seen red for handballing it outside the box. Silly.
Southampton have brought on Long for Tadic and Sims has replaced Lemina as Pellegrino looks to get his team back into the game. Will it work?
Leyton Orient have their own branded donuts now. Fancy.
