Review of Saturday's Premier League

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Premier League round-up: Managerless Leicester win 3-1 - - (March 04th 2017)


Manchester United 1-1 Bournemouth
Leicester 3-1 Hull
Stoke 2-0 Middlesbrough
Swansea 3-2 Burnley
Watford 3-4 Southampton
West Brom 0-2 Crystal Palace
Liverpool L-L Arsenal


Premier League champions Leicester came from behind to beat fellow strugglers Hull 3-1 for a second win of the week at the King Power Stadium.

The Foxes, whose manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked following a poor run of form, returned to winning ways against Liverpool on Monday night.

Against Hull they went behind after 14 minutes when Sam Clucas bundled the ball in, but Christian Fuchs equalised in the 28th minute with a well-taken finish.

After Hull winger Kamil Grosicki hit the woodwork, it was Leicester who got themselves in front through a fine individual goal from Riyad Mahrez after 59 minutes.

An own goal from Tom Huddlestone in the final minute completed Hull's disappointing afternoon as caretaker boss Craig Shakespeare made it two wins out of two games in charge.

Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Bournemouth in an incident-packed encounter which could result in Zlatan Ibrahimovic facing a ban.

United, who could have moved into the top four with victory in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off, took the lead after 23 minutes through Marcos Rojo's first goal in the top flight.

However, Joshua King equalised from the penalty spot in the 40th minute.

There was then chaos at the end of the first half when Cherries midfielder Andrew Surman was sent off after pushing over Ibrahimovic, who had caught Tyrone Mings with an elbow.

That followed moments on from Bournemouth defender Mings standing on Ibrahimovic's head, with referee Kevin Friend taking no action for either incident.

Ibrahimovic saw a penalty saved in the 72nd minute - and the Swedish forward could yet face a retrospective disciplinary charge from the Football Association, along with Mings.

Crystal Palace moved out of the bottom three with a 2-0 win at West Brom.

Wilfried Zaha broke the deadlock to put the Eagles ahead 10 minutes into the second half, with a late individual effort from winger Andros Townsend securing three much-needed points for Sam Allardyce's relegation battlers.

Middlesbrough dropped into the bottom three after they went down 2-0 at Stoke.

A volley from Marko Arnautovic put the home side ahead just before the half-hour mark and the Austrian doubled the lead in the 42nd minute after a knockdown from Peter Crouch.

Fernando Llorente struck a dramatic last-minute winner as Swansea fought back to beat Burnley 3-2 at the Liberty Stadium.

Spanish forward Llorente headed the Swans into the lead after 13 minutes, but Burnley were level through a 20th-minute penalty from Andre Gray following a disputed handball.

Gray then fired in a second just after the hour, but Sweden defender Martin Olsson drew the home side level with 20 minutes left and Llorente secured all three points with a late header.

Southampton recovered from the disappointment of last weekend's EFL Cup final defeat against Manchester United at Wembley with a 4-3 win at Watford.

The home side took the lead after just four minutes through a curling shot from captain Troy Deeney, but Dusan Tadic equalised with a low strike from the edge of the box in the 29th minute.

Nathan Redmond put the Saints ahead in first-half stoppage time.

The Hornets looked to have secured a point when Stefano Okaka swept in a cross from Isaac Success with 10 minutes left, only for Manolo Gabbiadini to knock in a third Saints goal before Redmond curled in a fourth.

Abdoulaye Doucoure scored Watford's third goal in stoppage-time.