Hazard’s late penalty kick saves Chelsea

LONDON: Eden Hazard scored from the spot in stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw for Chelsea against West Bromwich Albion, who were seconds away from inflicting a first Premier League home defeat on a Chelsea side managed by Jose Mourinho on Saturday.
Hazard scored to take Mourinho’s unbeaten home league record at Stamford Bridge to 66 matches following 60 unbeaten games in his first spell there between 2004 and 2007.
Samuel Eto’o put Chelsea ahead but goals from Shane Long and Stephane Sessegnon put West Brom, managed by former Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke ahead and within sight of victory until the late drama.
Although Chelsea blew the chance to close the gap on leaders Arsenal to two points, Liverpool made no mistake crushing a woeful Fulham 4-0 at Anfield.
Luis Suarez scored twice to take his goal tally to eight in the seven matches he has played since returning from suspension.
Arsenal, who play Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, top the table with 25 points from 10 matches, followed by Liverpool on 23, Southampton on 22, and Chelsea on 21.
Southampton moved into third place with a highly impressive 4-1 win over Hull City with Morgan Schneiderlin, Rickie Lambert from the spot and Adam Lallana with a superb individual goal, putting Saints 3-0 ahead after 37 minutes. Steven Davis added the fourth in the 88th minute.
In the other afternoon matches, Aston Villa ended a run of seven and a half hours without a Premier League goal when Leandro Bacuna scored after 76 minutes to give them the lead against Cardiff City.
Libor Kozak then added a second in the 83rd minute to give Villa a 2-0 victory.
Bottom-placed Crystal Palace ended a run of six successive defeats when they drew 0-0 at Selhurst Park with Everton.


Dortmund loses again, Bayern sets record
South Korea striker Son Heung-Min scored his first Bundesliga hat-trick in Bayer Leverkusen’s 5-3 win over Hamburg SV on Saturday while Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 at VfL Wolfsburg in their second defeat in four days.
Leaders and defending champions Bayern Munich beat Augsburg 3-0 to set a Bundesliga record by completing their 37th match without defeat as they went further ahead at the top. Their last defeat was at Bayer Leverkusen in October last year.
Kevin-Prince Boateng scored twice to give Schalke 04 a 3-1 win over Werder Bremen and Adrian Ramos scored twice for Hertha Berlin in a 3-2 win at Hoffenheim after the hosts had recovered from two goals behind to draw level.
Bayern, who have 32 points from 12 games, moved four points clear of Dortmund who are now level on 28 points with Leverkusen after Saturday afternoon’s five games produced 23 goals.
Dortmund, beaten 1-0 at home by Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday, went ahead in first-half stoppage time with a Marco Reus free kick.
In a pulsating second half, Ricardo Rodriguez equalized for the Wolves before Ivica Olic scored the winner with a superb curling effort while Dortmund striker Roberto Lewandowski had two penalty appeals turned down.
Unheralded Leverkusen kept up the chase after a humdinger against former Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk’s Hamburg.
Son scored twice in the first 16 minutes, Hamburg hit back through Maximilian Beister and Pierre-Michael Lasogga only for Son to put Sami Hyppia’s Leverkusen back in front.
Stefan Kiessling extended Leverkusen’s lead, Lasogga pulled another back and Gonzalo Castro wrapped up a remarkable game in the 89th minute.
There was no such drama in Munich where Bayern, treble winners last season, cruised to a typically straightforward home win.