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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 30 APRIL 2017 51 Sport FOOTBALL Floriana .................. 2 Mosta ...................... 0 WARREN ZAMMIT FLORIANA scored two goals in the space of two minutes to secure a 2-0 win over Mosta. Following a goalless first half, Floriana broke the deadlock on the 71st minute. Andre Sciclu- na went on the right f lank and sent a cross that was met by Ryan Camenzuli who finished past Yenz Cini. Giovanni Tedesco's side dou- bled the score two minutes lat- er. Amadou Samb served Mrio Fontanella and the latter hit a strong shot that gave Cini no chance. Mosta starting line-up: Yenz Cini, Kyle Frendo, Zachary Brincat, Tyrone Farrugia, Em- erson Vella, Dexter Xuereb, Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza, Jonas Rodrigues Ekani, Mario Toth, Cedric Hengbart, Njongo Priso Floriana starting line-up: Jus- tin Haber, Andre Scicluna, An- tonio Monticelli, Enrico Pepe, Enzo Ruiz, Clyde Borg , Ignacio Varela, Alex Cini , Amadou Samb, Nicolas Chiesa, Mario Fontanella Referee: Eman Grech Assistant Referees: Jurgen Spi- teri, William Debattista Fourth Of ficial: Philip Farru- gia BOV Player of the Match: Mario Fontanella (Floriana) Floriana return to winning ways Sunderland down as Hull hold on for point at Saints SUNDERLAND'S 10-year stay in the Premier League ended on Saturday when they lost 1-0 at home to Bournemouth, leaving them 13 points adrift with four games remaining after Hull City held on for a goalless draw at Southampton. Sunderland's fate looked set when Bournemouth's Josh King side-footed in the winner at the Stadium of Light in the 88th minute after a swift counter-attack. A Hull defeat would have given Sun- derland a stay of execution and when Southampton were awarded a penalty at St. Mary's in the final minute there was a glimmer of hope for David Moyes's team. But Hull keeper Eldin Jakupovic dived low to save Dusan Tadic's penalty in the final minute and earn the 17th-placed Tigers a vital point in their own battle against the drop. Sunderland had some chances but top scorer Jermain Defoe was not at his sharpest and, not for the first time this season, the home supporters f looded out of the ground before the final whistle. "My feeling at the start of the season was it was going to be a hard graft," Moy- es told BBC Radio. "But ultimately today I feel for the sup- porters. They pay their hard-earned cash to come to the stadium and we have not given them enough this season," he said. Moyes said he was not ready to discuss his future, saying two or three weeks of ref lection were needed for the club before a plan was developed for a return to the Premier League. The club's American owner Ellis Short issued a statement saying such a plan would be developed once the season was over and admitting the club had made mistakes. "I acknowledge that during my owner- ship mistakes have been made, particu- larly in the area of player recruitment, and as a result we have found ourselves struggling to survive in recent seasons. "We had massive disruption during the summer transfer window and an unprec- edented number of injuries throughout the season. These are difficulties which we have been unable to overcome and we are paying the price for that now," said Short. "We need to improve, both on and off the field, and despite the bitter disap- pointment of today there is a strong de- termination to do so throughout the club. There is significant work to be done over the summer and when the season is con- cluded, we intend to share our plans to move forward with our supporters," he added. Middlesbrough, who play on Sunday at home to Manchester City, are in 19th place on 27 points while Swansea, who are at Manchester United on Sunday, are on 31 points and Hull are on 34. At the Hawthorns Jamie Vardy struck the 43rd-minute winner for champions Leicester against West Brom in a 1-0 win. Vardy finished with confidence after Shinji Okazaki latched on to a poor back pass from Salomon Rondon. Goals from Ashley Barnes and substi- tute Andre Gray helped Burnley to get their first away win of the season with a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace. The re- sult moves Burnley to eight points above the relegation zone and should secure their top-f light status for another season. Burnley move up to 14th place, above Palace and West Ham, who drew 0-0 at Stoke City. On Sunday, leaders Chelsea are away to Everton while second-placed Tottenham are at home to North London rivals Ar- senal.