Berahino ends long wait
SAIDO BERAHINO brought the house down by finally smashing his two-and-a-half year goal drought as Stoke knocked out Premier League Huddersfield with a 2-0 victory last night.
The £12million striker’s firsthalf strike put David Wagner’s strugglers up against it before Juninho Bacuna’s spectacular 40-yard stoppage time own-goal sealed the result.
Berahino headed home after James McClean’s shot came back off the crossbar to end an agonising 47-match goalless streak, having last scoring for
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former club West Brom against Crystal Palace in February 2016.
Bacuna’s own-goal was an award winner, beating keeper Jonas Lossl, who was racing back towards his goal having gone up for a last-gasp corner.
Cardiff were another Premier League casualty after two goals from German forward Dennis Srbeny and another from Max Aarons secured a 3-1 win for Championship side Norwich.
Neil Warnock’s side host Arsenal on Sunday and the manager made nine changes, with a consolation goal from defender Bruno Ecuele Manga the only positive.
Alexander Sorloth scored his first goal for Crystal Palace as Roy Hodgson’s side beat a young but impressive Swansea 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium.
The giant Norwegian striker – a £9million signing from Midtjylland in January – has played second fiddle to Christian Benteke since arriving at Selhurst Park, but in a tight game he proved his worth by finishing off a Jairo