Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson will not use the absence of Wilfried Zaha as an excuse as
his side battle against relegation.
Not exact matches
However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home
side facing their own
battle to avoid
relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday
against a lacklustre Chelsea
side.
The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the
side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the
battling win
against the
relegation - threatened Clarets:
On the playing
side the club has
battled manfully to get themselves out of the
relegation dogfight, as evidenced by last nights last gasp point
against Sunderland, it will take a few more such
battles to see them make their way our of trouble but I have a sneaky feeling that they could pull off a Houdini.
AS Roma 1 - 1 Delfino Pescara 1936 highlights: Capital
side, AS Roma still have to
battle hard in getting any potential European football for next season after they only grabbed a point from their latest Serie A fixture
against relegation candidate, Pescara.
Well, that was an odd one... Manchester United headed to St James» Park this evening with many suspecting that Louis van Gaal's job would be under serious threat should they fail to secure three points
against a Newcastle
side in the midst of a genuine
relegation battle.
After Tottenham picked up three points
against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a
relegation battling Wigan
side.