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maltatoday SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2018 51 Sports SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL England - Premier League Crystal Palace - Liverpool .....................1-2 Brighton & H. Albion - Leicester City ....0-2 Manchester UTD. - Swansea City ..........2-0 Newcastle United - Huddersfield T. ......1-0 Watford - AFC Bournemouth ................2-2 West B. Albion - Burnley ........................ 1-2 West Ham United - Southampton .........3-0 Everton - Manchester City ....................Late Today 14:30 Arsenal - Stoke City 17:00 Chelsea - Tottenham Hotspur Italy - Serie A Bologna - Roma .................................... 1-1 Atalanta - Udinese ................................ 2-0 Cagliari - Torino ..................................... 0-4 Fiorentina - Crotone .............................. 2-0 Genoa - SPAL 2013 ................................ 1-1 Inter - Hellas Verona .............................. 3-0 Lazio - Benevento ................................. 6-2 ChievoVerona - Sampdoria .................... 2-1 Sassuolo - SSC Napoli ............................ 1-1 Juventus - AC Milan ............................... Late Spain - LaLiga Girona - Levante .................................... 1-1 Athletic Bilbao - Celta Vigo ..................... 1-1 Las Palmas - Real Madrid ....................... Late Sevilla - Barcelona ................................ Late Today 12:00 Espanyol - Alaves 16:15 Leganes - Valencia 18:30 Eibar - Real Sociedad 18:30 Malaga - Villarreal 20:45 Atletico Madrid - Deportivo La Coruna Tomorrow 21:00 Getafe - Real Betis Germany - Bundesliga B. Leverkusen - Augsburg ...................... 0-0 Hannover 96 - RasenBallsport Leipzig .... 2-3 Hoffenheim - FC Cologne ....................... 6-0 Schalke 04 - Freiburg ............................ 2-0 VfB Stuttgart - Hamburger SV ................. 1-1 18:30 Bayern Munich - Borussia D. ........ Late 20:30 Hertha Berlin - Wolfsburg ............ Late Today 15:30 Werder Bremen - Eintracht Frankfurt 18:00 Mainz 05 - Borussia M. Football Results & Fixtures Lukaku hits 100th Premier League goal as United down Swansea MANCHESTER United quickly regained second place in the Pre- mier League with a routine 2-0 home win over Swansea City on Saturday, hours after Liverpool deposed them with a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace. Jose Mourinho's team were still 13 points behind leaders Manches- ter City, who visit Everton in the late game ahead of the Manchester derby next Saturday. "We have 10 points more than last season but there is a club which is making it practically im- possible to follow. In other leagues we would be fighting for the title," Mourinho said. Romelu Lukaku reached 100 league goals by scoring in the first five minutes as United dominated a Swansea side who have been re- vitalised under manager Carlos Carvalhal. Alexis Sanchez struck before the interval, the Chilean forward's sec- ond goal for United, and the hosts comfortably saw out the victory at Old Trafford. Liverpool came from behind to win at Palace in manager Juergen Klopp's 100th league game in Eng- land and move five points ahead of fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who visit fifth-placed Chelsea to- day. Mohamed Salah scored their late winner, his 37th of the season in all competitions, after the equaliser by Sadio Mane. Palace's Serbian penalty expert Luka Milivojevic had converted his seventh spot-kick out of eight this season to put the home side in front early on. His old club were left in good heart ahead of an exciting week, with a Champions League quarter- final first leg at home to Manches- ter City on Wednesday and the Merseyside derby at Everton three days later. "It is usual for us that we need to fight here, especially after a diffi- cult start, but it makes it more spe- cial at the end," Klopp said. Palace, however, remained in trouble, only two points above the relegation zone. "It is a bit of a groundhog day playing against these top teams," their manager Roy Hodgson said after his side conceded a late win- ner again, just as they had to Man- chester United and Tottenham in their previous two home games. West Ham jumped above their London rivals with a comprehen- sive 3-0 home victory over a poor Southampton side, who were three goals down at halftime in manager Mark Hughes's first league game in charge and stayed in the bottom three. Marko Arnautovic, who fell out with Hughes after leaving Stoke City for West Ham in the close- season, scored two of the goals. Manager David Moyes was de- lighted with his team and their fans after protests marred the last home game, a 3-0 defeat by Burn- ley. "The supporters were great, they have been great here bar a few. The players gave them something to shout about today," Moyes said. Huddersfield Town remained in trouble, three points above relega- tion, after losing 1-0 at Newcastle United to a goal by Ayoze Perez. Bottom club West Bromwich Albion, who have won only one league game out of 30 since beating Burnley in August, lost to the same opponents 2-1 at The Hawthorns. Ashley Barnes, with a spectacu- lar bicycle kick, and Chris Wood against his former club were the scorers before Salomon Rondon grabbed a late consolation for West Brom. Brighton were beaten 2-0 by Leicester City in a dramatic finish after Glenn Murray had his pen- alty saved by Kasper Schmeichel and Leicester's Wilfred Ndidi was sent off. In the other mid-table game, Jer- main Defoe's equaliser in stoppage time earned Bournemouth a 2-2 draw at Watford. Manchester United's Alexis Sánchez celebrates scoring with Romelu Lukaku.