Salah scores again in Reds win
LIVERPOOL moved into second place in the Premier League as Egyptian international Mohamed Salah (pictured) continued his remarkable scoring run in a 2-0 victory at home to Newcastle United.
Salah scored for the seventh match running, taking his Liverpool total for the season to 32, when he put the home side ahead after 40 minutes.
Sadio Mane’s goal in the second half ensured there was no joy for Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez, whose Liverpool team won the Champions League in 2005.
Tottenham Hotspur, apparently affected early in the season by playing home games at Wembley, achieved a sixthstraight win there by beating Huddersfield Town 2-0 with a double by Son Heungmin.
Defeat pushed Huddersfield right back into the relegation mix. Swansea City were the big winners, moving above five teams to 13th, including West Ham United who they beat 4-1.
West Ham manager David Moyes, whose team travelled seven hours by coach to reach Swansea from London on Friday after their flight was cancelled, was bitterly disappointed with the performance, one of their worst since he took over in November.
“I’m embarrassed,” he said.
“The fans travelled through the snow to get here and we let them down badly.”
Alan Pardew’s job appears to be under greater threat than ever after a 1-0 defeat at Watford for West Bromwich Albion.
Albion have now won one of 15 league games since Pardew took over at the start of December and are seven points adrift at the bottom of the table.
Stoke City stayed secondbottom but earned a valuable point in a 0-0 draw at Southampton.
Burnley had never won a Premier League game after falling behind. This time they did, defeating Everton at home 2-1.