Snow chaos as fans told to WALK to watch England match and temperatures plummet to -10C Meanwhile, the domestic football schedule was impacted by the weather today
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The Saints academy graduate Lallana benefited from a major blunder from the home goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu to put Albion ahead before Romain Perraud’s calamitous own goal doubled their half-time advantage. Brighton winger Solly March thumped home a third to cap a dismal first home game in top-flight management for the Southampton manager Nathan Jones. Much more here:Andy Hunter watched Wolves snatching all three points at an increasingly angry Goodison Park: Discontent was building among the home crowd inside Goodison Park even before the Wolves substitute Rayan Aït-Nouri gave Julen Lopetegui the perfect start to his reign and heightened the pressure on Frank Lampard with a 95th-minute winner against Everton. The French defender pounced in the final minute as Wolves secured a fortunate but dramatic victory that lifted them off the bottom of the Premier League.
Everton’s overly cautious approach was generating dismay among their fans when James Tarkowski launched one final, long ball towards the Wolves penalty area. It returned with punishing interest, and after Aït-Nouri scrambled home a cross from fellow substitute Adama Traoré Everton were left to reflect on another ineffective, wasteful display. It is now six defeats in eight league games for Lampard’s faltering side.
In truth it was too close to the keeper, who should have pushed it to safety but opted instead to flap it in haplessly. Adam Lallana of Brighton & Hove Albion heads in. Photograph: Robin Jones/Getty ImagesIf Hugo Bueno is going to mark Yerry Mina at every set piece, this could get very messy for Wolves. GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Newcastle (Wood, 3 mins)And that’s how to take a penalty. The goalkeeper dives to his left and the ball goes hard and high the other way. Newcastle United's New Zealand striker Chris Wood scores. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ImagesPenalty to Newcastle! Less than two minutes on the clock and Amartey has brought down Joelinton. You could watch football forever and never see a clearer penalty.
Peeeeeep! They’re off! There will be a minute’s applause before all the Premier League games for George Cohen, who died this week. The players are coming out, and the clock is about to strike football o’clock! Here’s Jeremy Alexander’s match report on that game. Absolutely brutal final sentence. “I remember Oldham 11 Southport 0 on Boxing Day 1962, ” writes Mike Fitzgerald. “The local Southport Visitor newspaper headlined their match report, “SOUTHPORT CAN’T ’OLDAM. ” The Boxing Day game that stands out in my memory was travelling to watch my team (Watford) at Fulham in 2000. We lost 5-0 and afterwards I remember talking to Jeremy Alexander, who was reporting on the game for the Guardian, had to file the teams in formation and wasn’t sure given the chaos what Watford’s shape had been.
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Much more here:Ed Aarons was at Selhurst Park to see Fulham romp to three goals and just as many points: Patrick Vieira must be wondering how his side got this so wrong. Crystal Palace’s hopes of recording a fourth successive home victory in the Premier League for the first time in their history were destroyed in a three-minute spell in the first half by a clinical Fulham team led by the brilliant Aleksandar Mitrovic. The disastrous defending that allowed Bobby DeCordova-Reid to open the scoring on 31 minutes was compounded by Tyrick Mitchell’s rush of blood to the head that earned him a straight red card and left Vieira’s side with a mountain to climb. Another red card for James Tomkins – making his first Premier League start since Boxing Day last year in absence of the suspended Marc Guehi – and further goals from Fulham’s captain Tim Ream and Mitrovic, with his tenth of the campaign, swept Marco Silva’s side to a deserved victory that leaves them level on points with Liverpool.
And, in his wisdom, he chooses to tap it in himself. GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Fulham! And then a red card! It's all gone wrong for Palace! Bobby Reid puts Fulham ahead with a nice first-time finish, and a few seconds later Tyrick Mitchell mistimes a challenge and is given his marching orders! Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell is sent off. Photograph: Rob Newell/CameraSport/Getty ImagesGOALS! Leicester 0-3 Newcastle (Joelinton, 33 mins)Martin Logan emails to point out that another goal description has gone missing and Newcastle are in fact two up, Almiron having scored a very fine seventh-minute second.
GOAL! Everton 1-1 Wolves (Podence, 22 mins)That is a lovely equaliser. It starts with a Wolves corner, taken short. The ball in lands at the feet of Moutinho, just outside the area, and he lifts a beautiful right-foot pass over the defence and Podence runs through and tucks in! Wolverhampton Wanderers' Daniel Podence scores. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/ReutersGOAL! Everton 1-0 Wolves (Mina, 7 mins)A bit of a technical hiccup here saw a couple of entries disappear somewhere between my computer and the rest of the world. Anyway, Yerry Mina scored a while ago, heading in from a corner after his marker fell over. GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Brighton (Lallana, 14 mins)A lovely move from Brighton ends with a cross from the right-hand corner of the area, and a nicely-judged glancing header from Adam Lallana.
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Fulham swing in a corner, Mitrovic knocks down and Ream slams it into the roof of the net! A minute’s applause at Crystal Palace for the Palace fan Maxi Jazz, the Faithless frontman who died this week. Sheffield United are now 2-0 up against Coventry, Ciaran Clark with the second. At Selhurst Park, Fulham are threatening to run riot against a now woefully undermanned Crystal Palace. Red card! Crystal Palace go down to nine! James Tomkins brings down Mitrovic and earns himself a second booking. A weird challenge – the ball is played back towards the keeper and rather than running back to shepherd it towards its target he stands still and sticks out an arm to block Mitrovic, who runs into it, goes down and rolls around a bit.
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On Prime, Martin Keown describes that Willian touch as “a lovely little cross”, which I think is a very generous analysis of what looked like a miskick, but hey, it’s Christmas. Personally I’m entirely in favour of post-tackle celebrations. This isn’t exactly a tackle, though, more of a sliding deflection into touch. Still, if you enjoy it, why not let the world know? GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-3 Fulham (Mitrovic, 80 mins)A third for Fulham! A cross from the right loops beyond the far post to Willian, who scuffs his volley into the ground and it bounces up nicely for Mitrovic to head in from four yards. Aleksandar Mitrovic of Fulham scores their side’s third goal.
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And as I’m redescribing that Joelinton heads in a corner and, just as Podence did when he scored for Wolves, stuffs the ball up his shirt in celebration! Joelinton of Newcastle United celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty ImagesAt Selhurst Park, Jordan Ayew’s first-time effort from 15 yards or so absolutely thunders into the crossbar. A chance for Leicester, after Dewsbury-Hall plays in Daka. Pope flies out and Daka hits the ball into him, it ricochets back into Daka, and then rolls gently goalwards allowing a defender to clear.
Everton 1-2 Wolves, Leicester 0-3 Newcastle and more: Premier League clockwatch – as it happenedKey events2d agoFinal scores (part 2)2d agoFinal scores2d agoGOAL! Everton 1-2 Wolves (Ait Nouri, 90+5 mins)2d agoGOAL! Crystal Palace 0-3 Fulham (Mitrovic, 80 mins)2d agoGOAL! Southampton 1-3 Brighton (Ward-Prowse, 73 mins)2d agoGOAL! Crystal Palace 0-2 Fulham (Ream, 71 mins)2d agoRed card! Crystal Palace go down to nine! 3d agoGOAL! Southampton 0-3 Brighton (March, 56 mins)3d agoHalf time scores3d agoGOAL! Southampton 0-2 Brighton (Perraud own goal, 35 mins)3d agoGOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Fulham! And then a red card! It's all gone wrong for Palace! 3d agoGOALS! Leicester 0-3 Newcastle (Joelinton, 33 mins)3d agoGOAL! Everton 1-1 Wolves (Podence, 22 mins)3d agoGOAL! Everton 1-0 Wolves (Mina, 7 mins)3d agoGOAL! Southampton 0-1 Brighton (Lallana, 14 mins)3d agoGOAL! Leicester 0-1 Newcastle (Wood, 3 mins)Show key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAnd with that, I’m done. Bye! And finally, here’s a report on Brighton’s victory over Southampton: Adam Lallana struck against his former club as Brighton inflicted more misery on struggling Southampton with a resounding 3-1 Premier League victory at St Mary’s.
Morecambe looking for Port Vale victory to begin a busy week Consecutive home games follow against Accrington Stanley (December 29),
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Premier LeagueCrystal Palace 0-1 FulhamEverton 1-1 Wolverhampton WanderersLeicester City 0-3 Newcastle UnitedSouthampton 0-2 Brighton & Hove AlbionChampionshipBristol City 0-1 West Bromwich AlbionHull City 0-1 BlackpoolMiddlesbrough 1-0 Wigan AthleticPreston North End 1-0 Huddersfield TownRotherham United 1-0 Stoke CitySheffield United 1-0 Coventry CityLeague OneAccrington Stanley 0-1 BarnsleyBurton Albion 3-0 Lincoln CityCambridge United 0-0 Shrewsbury TownCharlton Athletic 0-0 Peterborough UnitedCheltenham Town 0-0 Plymouth ArgyleExeter City 0-0 PortsmouthFleetwood Town 1-1 Sheffield WednesdayIpswich Town 2-0 Oxford UnitedMilton Keynes Dons 0-0 Forest Green RoversPort Vale 1-0 MorecambeWycombe Wanderers 1-1 Bristol RoversLeague TwoCarlisle United 1-0 Bradford CityCrawley Town 0-0 Sutton UnitedGillingham 0-1 Colchester UnitedHarrogate Town 1-1 Grimsby TownMansfield Town 0-0 Northampton TownRochdale 0-1 Hartlepool UnitedSalford City 1-0 BarrowStockport County 0-0 Crewe AlexandraSwindon Town 0-0 WalsallTranmere Rovers 1-0 Doncaster RoversWimbledon 0-0 Newport CountyThe Premier League is very much leading the way on the goal front today.
Photograph: Henry Browne/Getty ImagesThere was a long delay after that second Fulham goal while the VAR pondered whether the ball had hit Mitrovic’s hand on its way to Ream. It looked like it did, but the goal stands anyway. GOAL! Southampton 1-3 Brighton (Ward-Prowse, 73 mins)James Ward-Prowse brings Southampton back into the game, heading in the rebound after his own penalty is well saved by Sanchez. GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-2 Fulham (Ream, 71 mins)Of course there’ll be lots of Palace fans who can’t get no sleep after this.
League One lowdown, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday It will work for the Brewers I feel. Prediction: Burton 4 Lincoln 1. Who's
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