Brown blunder fires Everton to 4th

London, April 12: Everton leapfrogged Arsenal into fourth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 win at bottom of the table Sunderland on Saturday as English football marked the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Fresh from their 3-0 victory over the Gunners last weekend, Roberto Martinez’s side had to wait until the 75th minute to score at the Stadium of Light when

Sunderland defender Wes Brown scored an own goal in the 75th minute to hand Everton a 1-0 victory at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. With this win, Everton have leapfrogged Arsenal into fourth

former Manchester United defender Wes Brown put Gerard Deulofeu’s cross into his own net.

Victory moved Everton in the Champions League places, two points ahead of Arsenal.

At the Hawthorns, West Brom squandered a 3-0 lead in a 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

Meanwhile things tightened up at the foot of the table as relegation-threatened Fulham and secondbottom Cardiff won to close the gap on the teams immediately above them. Crystal Palace moved closer to survival with a 1-0 win away to Aston Villa that left the Birmingham club just four points above the relegation zone.

Jason Puncheon’s 76thminute goal was all that separated the sides at Villa Park.

Elsewhere, Stoke beat Newcastle 1-0 when Erik Pieters’s 42nd minute cross floated over the head of Magpies keeper Tim Krul. — AFP