OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, FLEETWOOD TOWN 2 Manager Richie Wellens’ decision to shake up his Oldham Athletic side after the heavy defeat at Plymouth Argyle didn’t pay off as they were beaten at home by Fleetwood Town on Boxing Day. It was the first back-to-back losses Wellens had experienced as manager in another game where they […]
Super-sub Jesse Lingard’s injury-time equaliser prevents first Burnley win at Old Trafford since 1962
MAN UNITED 2, BURNLEY 2
Misfiring Manchester United lost further ground in the Premier League title race after being held at home by Burnley.
But it would have been worse but for super-sub Jesse Lingard who scored twice as the Reds snatched a point having been 2-0 down at half time.
Lingard struck his third brace of the campaign, the equaliser netted in stoppage time as United staved off a first home Boxing Day defeat in 39 years.
And it left the Clarets crestfallen as they came agonisingly close to winning at Old Trafford for the first time since 1962.
Oldham Athletic suffer early blows in heavy defeat at Plymouth Argyle
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 4, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 OLDHAM Athletic never recovered from a nightmare opening as they suffered a heavy loss at Plymouth Argyle in Sky Bet League One. Two down inside six minutes, there was no way back for Latics against the fast-improving Pilgrims who moved out of the relegation places. This was not the […]
Manchester City make it 100 Premier League goals in calendar year after big home win against AFC Bournemouth
MAN CITY 4, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0
It is a measure of table-topping Manchester City’s supremacy in the Premier League that they beat AFC Bournemouth with ease, despite playing nowhere near their best.
Yet it was another day of records as City became the first team in the Premier League era to score 100 goals in a calendar year as they moved 14 points clear of second-placed United.
City also made it 17 straight Premier League wins in a row to match Inter Milan who had the second best record in Europe’s top five leagues.
Sergio Aguero also scored his 100th goal for City at the Etihad.
Oldham Athletic leave it late to snatch a draw at Doncaster Rovers
DONCASTER ROVERS 1, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 Eoin Doyle ended his goalscoring drought as his late strike earned a point for Oldham Athletic at Doncaster Rovers. The striker fired home his 14th goal of the season following a flick on from substitute Aaron Amadi-Holloway to earn a share of the spoils. It ended a run of […]