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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2014 57 Sport FOOTBALL Rooney sees red in Man Utd win A review of Saturday's action in the Barclays Premier League WAYNE Rooney was sent off in the second half as Manchester United were forced to cling on for a priceless 2-1 win over West Ham at Old Trafford. Rooney opened the scoring in the fifth minute for a United side looking to bounce back from last week 's 5-3 loss at Leicester but his 59th minute dismissal for a need- less foul on Stewart Downing al- most cost them dear. Robin van Persie had extended United 's lead in the 22nd minute but Diafra Sakho headed the Hammers back into the game in the 37th minute before Rooney's moment of madness. The visitors pushed forward in the closing stages and Kevin No- lan had the ball in the net only for his effort to be ruled out for off- side. Arsenal and Tottenham battled out a 1-1 draw in Saturday Night Football 's north London derby at the Emirates Stadium. After Gunners captain Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey had both been forced off with injury, Spurs midfielder Nacer Chadli put the visitors ahead against the run of play on 56 minutes. Arsenal, who go to leaders Chel- sea next weekend, finally made their possession count when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain smashed home an equaliser. However, despite pushing for- wards during the closing stages, Spurs - inspired by a stand-out performance from captain Younes Kaboul - held out for a share of the points. Phil Jagielka rif led a shot into the top corner in injury time to earn Everton a dramatic 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool at Anfield to start the day's action. The hosts looked to have earned what would have been a deserved victory through Steven Gerrard 's 65th-minute free-kick - a record ninth Premier League goal in the fixture for the Reds captain. But, with 91 minutes on the clock, Jagielka, who had not scored for Everton since April 2013, let f ly with an effort that gave Simon Mignolet no chance. It still leaves Everton without a victory at Anfield since 1999, but rarely will a point ever have felt so sweet. Leaders Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge to strengthen their posi- tion at the top of the table. Jose Mourinho's men needed just seven minutes to open the scoring when Oscar knocked home the re- bound after Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan had def lected a Willian ef- fort onto the bar. Diego Costa fired his eighth goal of the season in the 59th minute then Willian got on the scoresheet 11 minutes from time to seal a comfortable victory.! Frank Lampard stepped up again to seal Manchester Cit y's 4-2 win at Hull despite a first half scare for the champions. Early goals from Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko put Cit y 2-0 up inside the first 11 minutes but the Tigers roared back, helped by a half to forget from Cit y new boy Eliaquim Mangala. First Mangala headed an own goal past Cit y keeper Willy Cabal- lero - in for the dropped Joe Hart - then 10 minutes later fouled Abel Hernandez who stepped up to equalise from the penalt y spot. But Cit y recovered with Dzeko sliding them back into the lead with his second goal on 68 min- utes, and Lampard wrapped things up three minutes from time. Southampton stay second after continuing their fine start to the new season with a 2-1 win over QPR at St Mary's. On-loan Ryan Bertrand put Saints in front after 54 minutes and although Charlie Austin equalised for the visitors 12 min- utes later, the hosts went back in front almost immediately when Graziano Pelle looped home his fifth goal of the season. Nigel Pearson's Leicester were brought back down to earth after last week 's heroics against Man- chester United as they went down 2-0 at Crystal Palace. Fraizer Campbell knocked home the opener from close range in the 51st minute and three minutes later Mile Jedinak sealed the win when he headed home from a Ja- son Puncheon cross. Sunderland are still searching for their first league win after be- ing frustrated in a 0-0 draw with 10-man Swansea at the Stadium of Light. The visitors had Angel Rangel sent off for a second bookable of- fence in the 81st minute and de- spite dominating Gus Poyet's men could not make a breakthrough with Connor Wickham heading the best chance over the bar in the second half. Wayne Rooney is sent off in a 2-1 win for Manchester United Messi hits 400 goals as Barca destroy Granada Lionel Messi and Neymar lit up Barcelona's Liga game against Granada, as Luis Enrique's side returned to winning ways with a 6-0 victory. IT was the perfect response from Enrique's side, who had lost their perfect start to the season against Malaga on Wednesday in a game which saw Barca fail to produce a sin- gle shot on target. However, this was an im- pressive display of attacking strength from Barca, with Ney- mar bagging a hat-trick as Mes- si passed the 400 goal milestone at the club. The highlight of the match was Messi 's first goal, which in- cluded a sensational first time, volleyed pass across the face of goal, with Ivan Rakitic also scoring his second goal of the season. Barcelona move top of La Liga, although Valencia and Sevilla were yet to play this weekend. Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic celebrates his goal against Granada FC with teammate Lionel Messi