Mou makes winning start with Spurs
City win
LONDON, Nov 23, (RTRS): Jose Mourinho got off to the best possible start as Tottenham Hotspur manager as his new side beat West Ham United 3-2 at London Stadium on Saturday – their first Premier League away win in 10 months.
First-half goals from Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura and another after the break from Harry Kane – his 175th for the club – inflicted West Ham’s fifth league defeat in seven games and piled more pressure on manager Manuel Pellegrini whose side sit close to the drop zone.
Mourinho, however, will not be happy with the way Spurs conceded two late goals as substitute Michail Antonio and Angelo Ogbonna capitalised on familiar errors in a defence that out by VAR, the replay showing Ayew had pushed Dejan Lovren before James Tomkins headed the ball in at the far post.
The visitors looked sharper immediately after the break, with Mane firing wide before he netted a 49th-minute goal with a scrambled shot which goalkeeper Vicente Guaita got a hand to but could not keep out.
Guaita kept out a Firmino sitter and former Liverpool striker Christian Benteke fired inches wide with an acrobatic volley at the other end before Zaha equalised in the 82nd minute with a crisp low shot from 12 metres.
The home team’s joy was shortlived, however, as Firmino popped up to tuck the ball away from close range after Palace failed to clear the danger from a goalmouth scramble.
Zaha missed a gilt-edged chance to salvage a point for Palace in stoppage time when he blazed a volley over the bar from eight metres after being left unmarked at the far post.
Man City 2 Chelsea 1 Manchester City returned to winning ways with a 2-1 success over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, ending the Londoners’ run of six straight wins and keeping Pep Guardiola’s side nine points behind leaders Liverpool.
City’s loss at Anfield before the international break made this a key game for them but they were made to work for their three points by Frank Lampard’s enterprising side.
Chelsea sliced open City’s defence in the 22nd minute with Mateo Kovacic superbly picking out N’Golo Kante’s forward burst and the French midfielder held off compatriot Benjamin Mendy before smartly slipping the ball past the advancing Ederson.
But six minutes later Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne brought the champions level when the ball fell to him on the edge of the box and he cleverly wrongfooted the Chelsea defence before unleashing a low drive which took two deflections before rattling past wrongfooted Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
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