Sunday, 9 April 2017

Lukaku grabs brace as Everton ends Leicester’s winning run



Romelu Lukaku on Sunday scored twice to check Leicester’s renaissance in the English Premier League (EPL) under manager Craig Shakespeare as Everton beat the Foxes 4-2.
The naijaroyaltyculture.blogspot.com reports that the win ensured that the Toffees moved within goals difference of Arsenal in sixth.
Tom Davies poked in for the hosts after 30 seconds, before Leicester rallied with a slick counter-attacking goal from Islam Slimani and a superb free-kick from Marc Albrighton.
But Leicester, much changed before Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final at Atletico Madrid, never looked comfortable.
Lukaku headed in a Ross Barkley cross to draw Everton level and Phil Jagielka was allowed too much space at a corner kick as the Toffees reached the break ahead.
Lukaku drilled in from close range after the interval and the withdrawal of the bright Demarai Gray and striker Jamie Vardy seemed to signal Leicester’s attentions turning towards Europe.
In another EPL match played earlier on Sunday, Sunderland’s hopes of avoiding relegation suffered another setback as Manchester United eased to a 3-0 victory to climb to fifth in the table.
Sunderland played with 10 men for more than 45 minutes after Sebastian Larsson’s controversial red card for a challenge on Ander Herrera.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic had already put United ahead with a sublime, curling 20-yard effort.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan made it 2-0 before Marcus Rashford drilled in the third.
Sunderland are 10 points from safety with just seven games left and have not scored for seven matches.

United, who move above Arsenal, are four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City with one game in hand over their neighbours.

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