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Manchester City’s Nico O’Reilly celebrates - Reuters/Phil Noble
Nico O’Reilly performed another rescue act to save Manchester City with a late goal at Goodison Park to boost their hopes of Champions League qualification.
The 20-year-old, whose goals prevented an FA Cup giantkilling against Plymouth last month, finished from close range with just five minutes left to earn victory and extend City’s unbeaten run to six matches, their best series of results since the pre-Christmas defeats that plunged their season into crisis.
Pep Guardiola’s team still need to keep ahead of Chelsea and the chasing pack to secure their place among Europe’s elite again. They looked to have left the door open for Enzo Maresca’s team to overtake them before O’Reilly struck. Mateo Kovacic added a second in stoppage time to secure the win.
O’Reilly was the subject of serious interest from Chelsea in the January window but keeping him has been the correct decision. He also scored against Crystal Palace last week and shone in a lacklustre afternoon for City.
City were lucky not to fall behind after James Tarkowski hit the post, while Stefan Ortega saved sharply from Jarrad Branthwaite. But O’Reilly scored in the 85th minute when he tapped in from Matheus Nunes’ cutback. Kovacic then slid in to score the second, latching onto Ilkay Gundogan’s pass to the edge of the penalty area.
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05:35 PM BST
Thanks for your company
That wraps up this afternoon’s clockwatch coverage.
Aston Villa versus Newcastle is the 5:30pm kick-off. Will Conroy has you covered, here.
05:25 PM BST
O’Reilly in good company
05:21 PM BST
Ugochukwu saves Southampton’s blushes
Lesley Ugochukwu’s stoppage-time equaliser against West Ham makes sure Southampton avoid the unwanted record of fewest points in a Premier League season. The relegated side are now on 11 points, which is level with Derby County who finished on 11 in the 2007-08 season.
05:12 PM BST
Full time at the Gtech
The full-time whistle has now gone at the Gtech Stadium and the game finishes Brentford 4 Brighton 2.
05:10 PM BST
Van Hecke head injury
Delay in play at the Gtech is due to a head injury to Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke who has been taken off on a stretcher.
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05:07 PM BST
Full-time scores elsewhere
Crystal Palace 0 Bournemouth 0
Everton 0 Manchester City 2
West Ham 1 Southampton 1
05:00 PM BST
Still going at the Gtech
Brentford and Brighton are into the 10th minute of added-on time!
04:56 PM BST
GOAL! Norgaard makes it 4 for Brentford
Brentford captain Christian Norgaard scores Brentford’s fourth!
04:52 PM BST
GOAL! Ugochukwu scores for Southampton
Lesley Ugochukwu scores for Southampton in the 93rd minute. 1-1 at the London Stadium!
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04:49 PM BST
GOAL! Kovacic doubles City’s lead
Midfielder Mateo Kovacic doubles the lead for Manchester City at Goodison Park!
04:44 PM BST
GOAL! Kaoru Mitoma scores for Brighton
Second-half substitute Kaoru Mitoma grabs a goal back for Brighton who now trail Brentford 3-2 at the Gtech.
04:42 PM BST
GOAL! Nico O’Reilly gives City the lead at Goodison
Nico O’Reilly scores for Manchester City on the 84th minute!
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04:32 PM BST
75 mins: Crystal Palace 0 Bournemouth 0
Ten-man Crystal Palace are holding on at Selhurst Park but Bournemouth are dominating possession.
Can Andoni Iraola’s side find a breakthrough as the game enters the final 15 minutes?
04:27 PM BST
More Mbeumo-Wissa stats
04:23 PM BST
RED CARD at the Gtech
Joao Pedro is off for Brighton after a recieving a straight red card for foul play.
Referee Tim Robinson was told to go to VAR and after review the red card stands.
04:19 PM BST
GOAL! Wissa puts Brentford 3-1 up
Yoane Wissa gets in on the act as Brentford lead Brighton 3-1.
That is now a goal and an assist for the Brentford forward.
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04:09 PM BST
GOAL! Mbeumo puts Brentford ahead again
Mbeumo doubles his tally for the afternoon and reinstates Brentford’s lead against Brighton.
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04:06 PM BST
GOAL! Jarrod Bowen scores for West Ham
West Ham take the lead thanks to Jarrod Bowen. Niclas Fullkrug with the assist.
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03:53 PM BST
Half-time scores
Brentford 1 Brighton 1
Crystal Palace 0 Bournemouth 0
Everton 0 Manchester City 0
West Ham 0 Southampton 0
03:50 PM BST
GOAL! Danny Welbeck scores for Brighton
Danny Welbeck scores his 10th goal of the season on the stroke of half time to draw Brighton level at the Gtech.
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03:48 PM BST
RED CARD at Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace down to 10 men as Chris Richards receives a second yellow card.
It is the first time the American has been sent off in his professional career.
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03:45 PM BST
Not much to report at Goodison
This has been a tough watch. Not too much to report in the first 40 minutes here at Goodison, where it can only get more lively. James Tarkowski headed against the post in the biggest moment of the first half but there has not been much fluency from either team. We have also seen a foul throw from Matheus Nunes.
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03:40 PM BST
36 mins: Crystal Palace 0 Bournemouth 0
Ismaila Sarr wins a free-kick for Crystal Palace after being brought down by Alex Scott who is already on a yellow card.
Referee Samuel Barrot decides not punish Scott further.
03:30 PM BST
Brentford’s dynamic duo
03:29 PM BST
31 mins: West Ham 0 Southampton 0
The visitors are holding their own at the London Stadium. Graham Potter’s side are shading it in terms of possession but Southampton have had more attempts on goal then the home side (three to West Ham’s two). None on target though.
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03:26 PM BST
26 mins: Crystal Palace 0 Bournemouth 0
The visitors are seeing a lot of the ball at Selhurst Park. Dango Ouattara, Antoine Semenyo and Alex Scott have all had shots at the Crystal Palace goal.
03:21 PM BST
20 mins: Everton 0 Man City 0
Manchester City are dominating possession at Goodison Park but have only managed to one attempt on goal after Matheus Nunes saw a left-footed effort saved by Jordan Pickford in the Everton goal.
03:11 PM BST
GOAL! Mbeumo puts Brentford ahead against Brighton
Bryan Mbeumo gives Brentford the lead inside the opening 10 minutes.
That was Cameroon international’s 17th goal of the season.
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Bryan Mbeumo gives Brentford the lead against Brighton - PA/Adam Davy
03:07 PM BST
7 mins: Brentford 0 Brighton 0
Both sides have made a positive start as Matt O’Riley and Yoanne Wissa both see attempts saved inside the opening minutes.
03:00 PM BST
Kick off!
We are under way in the 3pm games.
02:37 PM BST
Foden back on the bench for City
The Goodison DJ is playing The Final Countdown which is fitting. It is worth noting that Phil Foden is back on the bench for City after a couple of days of training at the end of the week. The England forward sat out the Palace win last weekend.
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02:33 PM BST
Everton fans make their way to Goodison Park
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02:29 PM BST
West Ham and Southampton teams in black and white
West Ham XI Areola, Coufal, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Ward-Prowse, Soler, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen, Fullkrug.
SubsFabianski, Cresswell, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Soucek, Ferguson, Irving, Scarles.
Southampton XI Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Manning, Ugochukwu, Downes, Fernandes, Sulemana, Onuachu.
SubsMcCarthy, Welington, Bree, Wood, Smallbone, Aribo, Dibling, Stewart, Archer.
Graham Potter makes three changes as Niclas Fullkrug starts. Aaron Wan-Bissaka misses out after suffering a toe injury and is replaced by Vladimir Coufal and Emerson replaces Oliver Scarles.
Flynn Downes returns for Southampton after serving his suspension. Cameron Archer misses out as a result in what is the only change for the visitors.
02:24 PM BST
Palace and Bournemouth news in black and white
Crystal Palace XI Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta
Subs Turner, Lerma, Nketiah, Franca, Clyne, Kamada, Esse, Chilwell, Devenny.
Bournemouth XI Kepa, Smith, Huijsen, Zabarnyi, Kerkez, Adams, Scott, Semenyo, Kluivert, Ouattara, Evanilson.
Subs Dennis, Cook, Senesi, Brooks, Tavernier, Soler, Jebbison, Araujo, Hill.
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner makes one change from midweek, as Adam Wharton starts in place Jefferson Lerma.
Andoni Iraola makes two changes to the Bournemouth side that beat Fulham, as Justin Kluivert starts as does Ilia Zabarnyi. Marcos Senesi and Lewis Cook drop to the bench.
02:18 PM BST
Brentford and Brighton teams in black and white
Brentford XI Flekken, Kayode, Van Den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Yarmoulik, Norgaard, Mbuemo, Wissa, Schade.
Subs Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Mee, Ajer, Konak, Janelt, Nunes.
Brighton XI Verbruggen, Dunk, Van Hecke, Estupinan, Wieffer, Hinshelwood, O’Riley, Baleba, Minteh, Welbeck, Pedro
Subs Steele, March, Gruda, Adingra, Cashin, Mitoma, Gomez, Ayari, Tasker.
Thomas Frank gives Michael Kayode his full Brentford debut at full-back.
As expected, Jan Paul van Hecke comes back into the side after his suspension which means Carlos Baleba moves back into midfield for Fabian Hurzeler’s side. Mats Wieffer also makes his first start since December.
02:09 PM BST
Everton and Man City teams in black and white
Everton XI Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Harrison, Ndiaye, Doucoure, Broja.
Subs Virginia, Patterson, Keane, McNeil, Beto, Young, Coleman, Alcaraz, Iroegbunam.
Man City XI Ortega, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Silva, Gonzalez, Savinho, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Marmoush.
Subs Carson, Akanji, Khusanov, Kovacic, Lewis, McAtee, Grealish, Doku, Foden.
Stefan Ortega comes in for Manchester City as Ederson is not fit enough to play. Bernardo Silva also returns, at the expense of James McAtee, while Savinho replaces Mateo Kovacic. The other change is Matheus Nunes coming in for Rico Lewis from the team that defeated Crystal Palace last week.
As you would expect, Everton are unchanged from the team that defeated Nottingham Forest last time out. The countdown has started to playing at Bramley Moore Dock next season – there will be only two more matches at Goodison Park before the club moves stadium.
02:00 PM BST
Txiki Begiristain and Hugo Viana both at Goodison
Manchester City sporting directors current and future are here. Txiki Begiristain and Hugo Viana walked together down Goodison Road among the fans to get to the directors’ box here. There will be plenty of work for Viana to get stuck into when he starts in the summer – Pep Guardiola admitted in the build-up to this game that transfer targets could be impacted on Champions League qualification or dropping out of the elite.
01:54 PM BST
Southampton team news
01:53 PM BST
West Ham team news
01:52 PM BST
Man City team news
01:51 PM BST
Everton team news
01:51 PM BST
Bournemouth team news
01:50 PM BST
Crystal Palace team news
01:49 PM BST
Brighton team news
01:48 PM BST
Brentford team news
01:44 PM BST
Premier League clubs charging thousands for children to be mascots
Clubs are charging as much as £1,800 for children to be mascots at games, prompting fierce criticism from MPs and campaigners.
The most expensive package has surged 157 per cent since clubs previously stood accused of neglecting low-income families in a Telegraph Sport analysis in 2020.
Read Tom Morgan and Ben Marsden’s exclusive, here.
01:37 PM BST
Man City, Bournemouth and Brentford all in action
Good afternoon and welcome to clockwatch coverage of this afternoon’s four 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League.
Brentford, winless in eight Premier League games at home, host Brighton who have not won in four. Thomas Frank’s side successfully held Champions League semi-finalist Arsenal to a 1-1 draw last weekend and the Dane is likely to name an unchanged side today. Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler can call upon defender Jan Paul van Hecke who can play again after serving a suspension.
Crystal Palace, looking to win their fifth consecutive game at Selhurst Park, welcome Bournemouth who are high on confidence following their 1-0 win over Fulham last time out. Palace manager Oliver Glasner has no major injury concerns and could start midfielder Adam Wharton who was a second-half substitute in the 5-0 defeat at Newcastle in midweek. Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth have scored 32 goals away from home so far this season – only Liverpool have scored more (40).
Everton, who have drawn four successive league games at Goodison Park, take on Manchester City who have scored just twice on their travels since a 6-0 win over Ipswich in January. Abdoulaye Doucoure, the hero for David Moyes’s Everton side last weekend, after his stoppage-time winner against Nottingham Forest, has scored three goals in his last eight league matches. Pep Guardiola will be without City’s No 1 goalkeeper Ederson after he was forced off against Crystal Palace which opens the door for Stefan Ortega.
West Ham, on their longest winless run this season – five – take on relegated Southampton who have lost 26 of their 32 league games coming in. Graham Potter has accrued 12 points from 12 games since taking over at the London Stadium and will no doubt be expecting to take all three against the league’s bottom side. All the stats make for difficult reading for Southampton this season, who are also the lowest scorers in the top four English divisions with just 23 goals.
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