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Relegation worries for Pardew


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Updated Mar 20, 2011 7:46 AM ET
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew admits his side face a battle to retain their Premier League status for a second successive season.
They are only four points clear of the drop zone after losing 4-0 to Stoke at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday.


Jon Walters put the home side ahead in the eighth minute and Newcastle folded in the second half to Pardew's dismay.
Jermaine Pennant, Danny Higginbotham and substitute Ricardo Fuller completed the scoring.
Pardew said: "We have always been conscious we have never been that far away (from the relegation zone).
"The scoreline is going to put some pressure on us in terms of our next home game. It is one of those days you would like to forget as a manager.
"But I think we have enough in the dressing room and enough quality to win the next game and give ourselves some breathing space."
Walters scored his eighth goal of the season when he headed in Pennant's cross.
Pennant then scored at the back post after goalkeeper Steve Harper made a mess of a clearance in the 46th minute.
Three minutes later, Higginbotham drove a free-kick through the wall, leaving Harper rooted to the spot.

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Fuller completed the scoring in stoppage time with a wonderful individual effort after a flick-on from Walters.
Pardew said: "I am obviously disappointed with the scoreline. I thought at half-time we were unlucky to be 1-0 down as we controlled much of the tempo.
"But the first five minutes of the second half cost us the game. Even before Harper made an error we should have got rid of the ball.
"We conceded a second and from moment on we had a mountain to climb. Again with the third goal we put the ball at risk, although I don't think it was a free-kick."
Fuller was involved in an unseemly exchange with Joey Barton and the Newcastle midfielder responded angrily, prompting a brief scuffle among players.
Pardew said: "It wasn't a confrontation with Fuller. Fuller just went up and kicked him and he walked off. Joey just asked him 'why did you kick me'."
Stoke manager Tony Pulis could not hide his delight after his side completed one of the best week's in their recent history.
The four-goal show followed their achievement last weekend in reaching the FA Cup semi-final and a meeting against Bolton.
Pulis said: "We are pleased, we knew it was going to be a tough game. On the back of what we did against West Ham there was a concern the players might not be focussed and a little bit drained.
"We are doing things at this club that have not happened for 39 years. The players are not used to the pressure of playing in these competitions at the level we are dealing with now."
Pulis believes, though, they still have work to do to remain in the top flight.
He said: "It might even be over 40 points now if you look at the table. We have eight games to go, four at home, and have to make sure we pick points up."
Meanwhile Pardew has promised to look into claims that injured players Leon Best and Stephen Ireland were spotted in a Newcastle nightclub.
He said: "That is a situation I have to look at on Monday morning. It is news to me.
"It is not an ideal situation when you have a game on Saturday even though they are injured. I will look at that."
 
Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City


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Updated Mar 20, 2011 2:31 PM ET
David Luiz capped a fine display with a goal as Chelsea kept alive their Premier League title hopes with a 2-0 home win over Manchester City.
Luiz put a clutch of the world's most expensive strikers to shame by breaking the deadlock late on before Ramires wrapped up the points in stoppage-time.

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The win lifted Chelsea above City into third place and back to within nine points of Manchester United with a game in hand, while City are now 10 adrift having played the same number of matches.
Carlos Tevez's groin injury was a huge blow for the visitors and an even bigger boost for their opponents ahead of kick-off. The Argentina striker had been the scourge of Chelsea since leaving Manchester United, scoring four times in three successive victories against them.
Mario Balotelli missed out for very different reasons, despite apologising for the moment of madness that saw him sent off against Dynamo Kiev in the Europa League on Thursday night. Reports of a bust-up with Roberto Mancini may not have helped the striker's cause.
One man who had served his time was Chelsea skipper John Terry, who entered the field to chants of, "There's only one England captain!", with Fabio Capello sat in the stands.
The reinstated defender was a bit slow to close down Yaya Toure in the sixth minute, however, the midfielder given enough space to fire a low 20-yard drive saved well by Petr Cech.
City were on top but Chelsea looked dangerous on the break and wasted a great chance to take a 12th-minute lead when the recalled Salomon Kalou fell over team-mate Ramires as both tried to finish from 12 yards.
That was the cue for the home side to take a grip and they were denied what appeared a clear penalty in the 20th minute when Joleon Lescott handled Kalou's cross.
James Milner, starting for the first time since last month's Manchester derby, earned the game's first yellow card five minutes later after felling Florent Malouda in full flight.
Apart from the early Cech save, neither goalkeeper was being tested, hardly a surprise considering both sides' central strikers had yet to score a Premier League goal for their clubs.
Torres' drought for Chelsea was approaching eight hours and he had not had a sniff on what was his 27th birthday.
That changed in the 34th minute when Kalou presented him with a chance on his left foot from 10 yards, but the Spaniard's lack of confidence was palpable as Nigel de Jong slid in to intercept.
Vincent Kompany then put his body in the way of Frank Lampard's close-range finish.
Kalou almost broke the deadlock three minutes before the break when he brilliantly controlled Malouda's low cross before turning and shooting straight at Joe Hart.

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The second half did not start promisingly but when City gifted the ball to Torres in the 51st minute, the striker set up a wonderful, flowing move that Malouda should have finished with a goal instead of sidefooting straight at Hart.
There was concern soon after when Terry stayed down after falling awkwardly.
The reinstated England captain appeared in agony as Capello looked on stony-faced but, following brief treatment, Terry was able to continue.
City came back into the game before De Jong was cautioned for a blatant body check on Essien.
Branislav Ivanovic was unlucky not to give Chelsea a 62nd-minute lead when his point-blank bullet header from Lampard's cross hit Kompany.
Edin Dzeko back-headed Milner's free-kick wide before Ramires was booked for clattering into Aleksander Kolarov.
With 20 minutes, remaining, Torres and Malouda were withdrawn for Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.
Dzeko was booked for a foul on Luiz before Chelsea brought on Yury Zhirkov for Kalou.
A goal immediately followed as Luiz earned a 77th-minute free-kick wide on the left, Drogba whipped the ball in and the Brazilian glanced a header through the fingertips of Hart.
City sent on Adam Johnson for Milner before Barry saw yellow for a foul on Ramires.
Luiz went close to converting another free-kick from Drogba, who became the latest victim of a bookable offence when brought down by Kolarov.
City threw men forward but they were killed off in the second minute of stoppage time when Ramires danced through their defence before clipping beyond Hart.
There was still time for Luiz to blot his copybook with a late caution but the points were already secure.
 
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TIMU ya ABC imetinga kwenye fainali ya ligi ya mpira wa kikapu mkoa wa Dar es Salaam ‘RBA' baada ya kuinyuka Pazi pointi 68 –62 katika mchezo mkali uliochezwa kwenye Uwanja wa Ndani wa Taifa.

Timu hiyo inayomilikiwa na Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania (JWTZ) ilionyesha dalili za ushindi tangu mwanzo kwani katika mechi ya kwanza iliifunga Pazi pointi 61-53.

Pazi waliouanza mchezo huo kwa kasi kwa hadi robo ya kwanza inamalizika waliongoza kwa pointi 18 – 15 na kujikuta wakizidi kuongoza hadi mapumziko wakiwa mbele kwa pointi 32 – 29.

ABC walizinduka katika robo ya tatu na kuweza kufunga pointi 15 wakiongoza na wachezaji wao mahiri Philbert Mwaipungu na Gilbert Batungi na kufanikiwa kumaliza robo hiyo wakiwa sawa kwa pointi 44– 44.

Wafungaji wa ABC ni Philbert Mwaipungu pointi 21 na Gilbert Batungi pointi 19, wakati wa Pazi ni Mpoki Joel pointi (13) na Fredy Kasambo (13).

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"Ninachofurahi ni kwamba malengo yetu ya kufika fainali yametimia msimu huu hivyo tumebakiza jambo moja tu kutwaa ubingwa'' alisema Kwale.

ABC itasubiri mshindi kati ya JKT na Vijana City Bulls waliokuwa wakicheza jana jioni ili icheze nayo fainali itakayofanyika Jumapili ijayo.

Katika mchezo wa kwanza JKT iliinyuka Vijana City Bulls pointi - 62.

Ligi ya mkoa wa Dar es Salaaam itakayofikia tamati Jumapili ijayo inashirikisha timu 14 za wanaume na nane za wanawake na imeshuhudia mabingwa watetezi Savio kujitoa kutokana kutorudhika na maamuzi yaliyotolewa na Chama cha mpira wa kikapu mkoa wa Dar es Salaam (BD) baada ya kuwafungia wachezaji wao wawili Jije Makani na Henry Mwinuka.
 
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