Premier League Wrap: Iheanacho Misses Penalty as Monday Premier Games End in Stalemates


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  Premier League Wrap: Iheanacho Misses Penalty as Monday Premier Games End in Stalemates By Omolagba Oluwayemi Harvey Barnes in the 83red minute scored for the second game in a row as Leicester went second in the Premier League with another late point after a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace, BSNsports.com.ng reports. Leicester had done the same against Manchester United on Boxing Day, but their trip to Selhurst Park did not start out too well after Kelechi Iheanacho's first-half penalty was saved by Vicente Guaita. Palace experienced two confidence-sapping defeats, against Liverpool and Aston Villa, over Christmas and looked short in attack in the first half. But they rallied after the break, scoring with their only shot on target. Wilfried Zaha (58) started and finished a wonderful counter-attack as Palace looked to arrest their four-match winless run. But Leicester, who made a number of changes for the trip to south London, found their spark in a lacklustre second-half showing as Barnes (83) dinked along the top of the area before sending a low shot home to once again secure a late point. The result sends Leicester back into second ahead of the remaining games on Matchday 16, three points behind Liverpool, while Palace move up one place into 13th. Anwar El Ghazi scored his fifth goal in as many games as Aston Villa came from behind to earn a point against Chelsea in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge. Villa were trailing to an Olivier Giroud header when El Ghazi scored a second-half equaliser that saw the in-form visitors stretch their unbeaten run to five games. Dean Smith's side started brightly but found themselves behind when Giroud marked his return to the Chelsea starting line-up with a trademark finish from Ben Chilwell's cross. Parity was restored five minutes after the interval, though, when the unmarked El Ghazi converted Matty Cash's inviting delivery at the back post. Both sides had chances to steal victory, with Villa coming closest when John McGinn smashed a thunderous long-range effort off the crossbar. The result sees Villa move up to fifth in the table, level on points with sixth-placed Chelsea - with both sides now a point outside the top four. Villa have two games in hand.
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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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