Thursday, November 21, 2024

Premier League: Saiss, Ajayi's Late Headers Salvage a Point for Wolves, West Brom 


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  Premier League: Saiss, Ajayi's Late Headers Salvage a Point for Wolves, West Brom By Omolagba Oluwayemi Semi Ajayi and teammates got praised by Sam Allardyce for their impressive outing against league leaders, Liverpool on Sunday evening, BSNsports.com.ng reports. The former England National team coach find his side behind early in the game when Sadio Mane (12) opened the scoring for the reds, and could only think of how many goals his side would concede, but the team became disciplined afterwards till the end of the game. Semi Ajayi then crowned what had been an impressive performance in the heart of West Brom's defence when he leapt high above the home defence to send a header in off the post to spark jubilant celebrations from the away team at Anfield. Baggies goal keeper, Johnstone made a superb save to deny Roberto Firmino a winner near the end. The draw meant the Reds are now four points ahead of Merseyside rival, Everton and West Brom on the hand remain 19th, 5 points behind 17th placed Burnley. Jose Mourinho will have himself to blame for asking his side to seat back to defend a first minute goal when they could have actually attack to kill off Wolves comeback hope on Sunday night. Ndombele scored 58 seconds into the game at Molineux Stadium to give Tottenham the lead, but the Mourinho tradition of seating back to defend a slim lead failed again when Saiss late header salvaged a Point for Wolves in a match they dominate. Mourinho's side remained six points adrift Liverpool with Nuno Espirito Sanchez's Wolves outside the top half of the table. In the other matches played yesterday, Patrick Bamford's 5th minute penalty earned all 3 points for Leeds United against Burnley. David Moyes West Ham twice came from behind to play a 2-2 draw with Brighton and Hove Albion at the London Stadium. Neal Maupay (44) puts Brighton ahead in London before Ben Johnson (60) equalised for the Hammers. Brighton would've taught they've won it when Lewis Dunk (70) restored their lead but Tomas Soucek (82) made sure the spoil was shared between the teams. The premier continues today as Wilfred Ndidi will hope to continue his impressive form when Leicester City visits Crystal Palace. Chelsea will hope to put their recent disappointment behind them when they welcome Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge. And finally in the match of the day, Pep Guardiola will lead his side to Merseyside against high flying Carlo Ancelotti's Everton.
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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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