LONDON (Reuters) – Emmanuel Adebayor struck late to earn Tottenham Hotspur a 2-1 Premier League victory at Stoke City on Sunday that kept their slim hopes of Champions League qualification alive.
Tottenham Hotspur's Emmanuel Adebayor (C) celebrates with team mates after scoring against Stoke City during their English Premier League match at the Britannia Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, May 12, 2013. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson led his team out for the last time at Old Trafford before the late game against Swansea City and David Moyes, Ferguson’s replacement, watched Everton beat West Ham United 2-0 in his last home match in charge of the Merseyside club.
Norwich City and Newcastle United ensured their Premier League survival with one match left in the season. Norwich crushed West Bromwich Albion 4-0 and Newcastle won 2-1 at relegated Queens Park Rangers.
Sunderland were held to a 1-1 home draw by Southampton and can still go down as they are just four points above third-bottom Wigan Athletic who have two games left. Daniel Sturridge scored a hat-trick to lead Liverpool to a 3-1 win at Fulham.
Spurs trailed to Steven Nzonzi’s early goal but Clint Dempsey equalised and after Stoke’s Charlie Adam was sent off just minutes into the second half, the visitors made their advantage count when striker Adebayor tapped in at the far post after 83 minutes to earn his team a vital win.
Tottenham climbed above Arsenal into fourth place, three points behind Chelsea, who won 2-1 at Aston Villa on Saturday, with one match left. Arsenal trail Spurs by two points but have two games to play.
Moyes received a warm reception from the crowd after 11 years at Goodison Park. His side took an early lead through Kevin Mirallas and the Belgian forward sealed victory with a deflected shot in the second half.
Robert Snodgrass struck after 25 minutes to set up Norwich’s comfortable win over West Brom and Grant Holt, Gareth McAuley’s own goal and Jonny Howson’s late strike completed the rout.
Newcastle fell behind to Loic Remy’s early penalty for QPR but Hatem Ben Arfa equalised from the spot and Yoan Gouffran grabbed the winner before halftime.
Sunderland broke the deadlock against Southampton with a 69th-minute goal from defender Phil Bardsley but Jason Puncheon equalised eight minutes later to leave home manager Paolo Di Canio facing a nervous final week of the season.
Fulham led Liverpool through Dimitar Berbatov’s early goal but Sturridge equalised after 36 minutes and scored again midway through the second half before completing his first hat-trick for the club five minutes from time.
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