Liverpool smashed six goals at
Newcastle to add to the hosts'
relegation concerns, while Wigan
were denied victory over
Tottenham due to a late own
goal from Emmerson Boyce, and Manchester City comfortably
defeated West Ham to move
closer to clinching second in the
Premier League. - Premier League gallery Elsewhere, Stoke aided their own
survival quest immensely with a
home win over Norwich, as
Everton defeated Fulham at
Goodison Park and West Brom
thrashed Southampton in a game that saw three players sent off. Liverpool made light of Luis
Suarez's absence as they
thrashed Newcastle United 6-0 at
St James' Park, with the Magpies
now just five points clear of the
drop zone. Daniel Agger set the tone when
heading Liverpool ahead inside
four minutes. The excellent
Philippe Coutinho and Daniel
Sturridge combined to tee up
Jordan Henderson for the second. A brief Newcastle rally was
snuffed out when Coutinho
created the third for Sturridge,
and the England forward added a
fourth shortly afterwards. Fabio Borini climbed off the bench
to net his first Premier League
goal 16 minutes from time, and
salt was rubbed into the wounds
when former Sunderland star
Henderson netted the sixth. A late, painful own goal from
Emmerson Boyce could prove
decisive for Wigan at the end of
the season, as it ensured they
drew 2-2 with Tottenham in a
result that hardly helped the Londoners' Champions League
ambitions. Callum McManaman's impressive
strike had looked like clinching all
three points for the Latics and
propelling them out of the
bottom three, but Boyce got his
feet in a tangle while trying to deal with an 89th-minute cross to
hand the visitors a late share of
the points. That prevented Wigan climbing
out of the relegation zone,
instead leaving them two points
from Aston Villa in 17th, while it
limited the damage to Spurs' own
Champions League pursuit - although Andre Villas-Boas will
now need results to go his way if
Spurs are to end up in fourth. In the day's early kick-off,
Manchester City went a long way
towards confirming a second-
place finish in the table with a
2-1 victory over West Ham that
was more comfortable than the final scoreline ultimately suggests. Sergio Aguero, restored to the
starting lineup, opened the
scoring on the half-hour mark,
turning home from Samir Nasri's
cutback after a sublime team
passing move. Yaya Toure then doubled the advantage with a
long-range strike, before Joe
Hart fumbled an Andy Carroll
volley deep into injury time to
give the Hammers a belated
consolation. The result means seven points
from their final four games will
guarantee City finish the season
in second. West Ham, meanwhile,
remain safely in mid-table. Everton's hopes of European
qualification remain alive after
they edged a lacklustre Fulham
1-0 at Goodison Park. Steven Pienaar got the only goal
of the game for the Toffees, who
are now just three points behind
Spurs in fifth having played a
game more. Fulham were hampered by the
loss of Dimitar Berbatov, who was
forced off through injury shortly
before the half-hour mark. They
were already behind by that
point, though, with Steven Pienaar blasting home from inside
the box after latching onto
Seamus Coleman's slipped pass. Everton peppered the Cottagers'
goal over the remainder of the
match - compiling 20 shots to
Fulham's five - but just three of
those were on target, with Victor
Anichebe, Nikica Jelavic and Marouane Fellaini perhaps guilty
of the most egregious misses. Hugo Rodallega then had a late
opportunity to punish the home
side for their wastefulness, but
the forward headed wide from
Damien Duff's cross to ensure
Martin Jol's side would not get a draw they did not warrant. Wigan's late woe was a boon for
Stoke, who now enjoy an eight-
point cushion over the bottom
three after defeating Norwich -
two points worse off - 1-0 at the
Britannia Stadium. Charlie Adam broke the deadlock
shortly after half-time, the
Scotland international running
onto Peter Crouch's knockdown
and sweeping a left-footed finish
beyond Mark Bunn. Finally, West Brom look almost
certain to finish in the top ten
after defeating Southampton 3-0
at St Mary's in a game that saw
three red cards. Goals from forwards Marc-Antoine
Fortune, Romelu Lukaku and
Shane Long were the difference
for Steve Clarke's side, as the
Saints saw their own top-half
ambitions dented somewhat. The game was marred slightly by an
unsightly second-half incident
that saw both Gaston Ramirez
and Fortune shown straight red
cards, however. It took just six minutes for
Fortune to break the deadlock,
the striker bundling home from
close range after Ben Foster had
initially made a good save, and
Lukaku grabbed a second with 23 minutes remaining after running
onto Fortune's throughball and
evading Jos Hooiveld. That was about Fortune's last
contribution of the game, as he
was then sent off after slapping
Ramirez - having reacted angrily
to the Argentine's elbow on Long,
an offence for which he was also dismissed by referee Robert
Madley. Madley's work was far from done,
however, as he was forced to
react once again minutes later,
dismissing Daniel Fox for a
dangerous tackle on Steven Reid.
Long then added his name to the scoresheet, rounding off a
comprehensive victory for the
visitors after gratefully taking an
assist from the lively Lukaku.

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