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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2015 Sport 55 FOOTBALL Stoke defeat Chelsea as Leicester continue to impress Jamie Vardy JAMIE Vardy scored for the ninth successive Barclays Pre- mier League game as third- placed Leicester moved level on points with leaders Manchester City by defeating Watford. The in-form England interna- tional converted a second-half penalty in a 2-1 win over the Hornets and, if he nets against Newcastle on November 21, he will have the chance to break Ruud van Nistelrooy's record for scoring in the most consecutive games against the Dutchman's old club Manchester United at the end of the month. N'Golo Kante broke the dead- lock with his first goal for Leices- ter with a toe-poked finish that somehow slipped through Heu- relho Gomes' grasp, and it was the goalkeeper who then fouled Vardy to allow him to step up and slam home the spot-kick and make it nine on the spin. Troy Deeney halved the deficit with a penalty of his own, but Claudio Ranieri's men held on to move on to 25 points, the same total City and Arsenal have man- aged ahead of their fixtures on Sunday. Jesse Lingard scored his first goal for Manchester United and Juan Mata fired in a late penalty as they defeated West Brom 2-0 at Old Trafford. Louis van Gaal's men had failed to find the net in their previous three domestic fixtures, but Lin- gard's placed finish seven min- utes after half-time ended that drought. In stoppage-time Baggies de- fender Gareth McAuley was dis- missed for hauling down Antho- ny Martial in the area, and Mata placed the penalty straight down the middle. Romelu Lukaku kept his and Everton's remarkable records against West Ham intact in a 1-1 draw at Upton Park. The Toffees arrived in the capi- tal boasting a 14-game unbeaten streak in the league against the Hammers, yet they fell behind in the first half when Manuel Lan- zini found the top corner on the half-hour mark. But Lukaku, who had scored in each of the previous six oc- casions he had faced West Ham as an Everton player, levelled by collecting Gerard Deulofeu's defence-splitting pass, rounding goalkeeper Adrian and slotting in. In the lunchtime kick-off New- castle secured their first away victory in 10 months by defeating Bournemouth 1-0 thanks to Ay- oze Perez's first-half effort. The Magpies, who moved above the Cherries and out of the rele- gation zone as a result of collect- ing three points, were indebted to a string of saves from goalkeeper Rob Elliot on the south coast. Southampton made it eight games unbeaten in all competi- tions and maintained their un- beaten record on the road in the league this season with a 1-0 vic- tory over struggling Sunderland. They also benefited from a pen- alty, Dusan Tadic among the four players to score from the spot among the 3pm kick-offs. Norwich ended a run of four league defeats in a row by claim- ing a 1-0 success over Swansea, who have themselves won just once since August. Midfielder Jonny Howson head- ed in from close range 20 min- utes from time after Dieumerci Mbokani had nodded the ball into his path. Ex-Chelsea boss Campbell dies Former Chelsea, Fulham and Portsmouth manager Bobby Campbell has died, aged 78 THE players will wear black armbands in Saturday after- noon's game at Stoke in tribute to Campbell, who was Blues boss from 1988 to 1991 and guided the club to promotion back to the top flight in 1989 at the first time of asking. "Chelsea Football Club is greatly saddened to announce the pass- ing of our former manager Bobby Campbell at the age of 78," the Barclays Premier League champi- ons said. "All at the club send our deepest condolences to Bobby's family and friends and our players will wear black armbands in his memory at today's game at Stoke." The west London club added: "Chelsea was very close to Bobby Campbell's heart and he will al- ways be close to ours." Campbell began his playing ca- reer with his local side Liverpool, before stints with Wigan, Port- smouth and Aldershot. He returned to Pompey for his first coaching experience and also had spells on the coaching staff at QPR, Arsenal and Fulham. He was promoted to manager at Craven Cottage in 1976 and stayed in the role until October 1980, working alongside players such as George Best and Bobby Moore. Further managerial spells with Portsmouth and then Chelsea followed, in addition to coach- ing roles back with Aldershot and QPR. Tributes were pouring in on Sat- urday from many of Campbell's other former clubs. "Everyone at Fulham Football Club was saddened to learn of the passing of former manager Bobby Campbell," a statement from the Cottagers read. "The thoughts of all at Fulham are with Bobby's family and friends at this sad time." Pompey tweeted: "Portsmouth Football Club are saddened to learn of the death of former #Pom- pey player and manager Bobby Campbell #RIPBobby." Arsenal posted: "Everyone at @Arsenal send their thoughts and wishes to family and friends of former first-team coach Bob- by Campbell following his sad death." QPR said: "QPR are saddened to hear of the passing of former as- sistant manager Bobby Campbell, who has died at the age of 78." Tributes have been paid to former Chelsea manager Bobby Campbell YOUR FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY www.maltatoday.com.mt