A penalty was eventually awarded though Hughes escaped further punishment in the form of an obligatory sending-off apparently because they could
A penalty was eventually awarded though Hughes escaped further punishment in the form of an obligatory sending-off apparently because they could see his hand, but not his face. Le Tissier blasted home his habitual penalty.Dalglish, in characteristically droll form later, questioned the award and the lack of a sending- off He might do better to pose some questions of his team.. TOTTENHAM eased their relegation worries slightly yesterday with a result which brings demotion ever closer for Crystal Palace. The points were in effect sealed in a 20-minute period at the end of the match. Chris Armstrong headed home a Ruel Fox cross after a skilful flick-on by Jurgen Klinsmann, and Klinsmann himself scored with a delicate chip after being played into space. This made the score 3-0 following a 54th- minute looping Nicola Berti header.
A late consolation goal, scored by Neil Shipperley on his return from a lengthy injury, was no real comfort to the home side. Palace went into the game with by far the worst home record in the Premiership. They have not won a home League game at Selhurst Park all season, although they did beat their tenants, Wimbledon, 1-0 as the "away" team in September. The goal that day was scored by Attilio Lombardo, who yesterday played his first home game since taking over as manager.Lombardo's counterpart, Christian Gross, started the day with an away record not much better than Palace's at home and both men, who have seen their sides plagued by injury problems and low morale, were under pressure to take the points from this season's biggest relegation six-pointer to date.Palace started brightly with their new signing, the Yugoslavian midfielder Sasa Curcic, influential until he was substituted, clearly tired, in the second half. It was a goal that corresponded with all that had gone before it, exhibiting the shortcomings of players and officials in tight situations.
Jones had no chance of reaching the ball and Lee anticipated well as he ran on to it, rounded the flailing goalkeeper and did the rest with ease. The equaliser came in equally bizarre circumstances when Newcastle failed to clear a corner properly. After going hither and thither, the ball appeared to fall at the feet of Stuart Pearce some two yards from the line at the right-hand post. Somehow, in attempting to clear, he managed to scoop the ball into his own net.There was only one winner after that and Southampton duly claimed victory. Keith Gillespie might have given them a lead in the second minute but his carefully placed shot was not precise enough.