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Berahino ends long wait

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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

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