Arsenal takes lead as Chelsea held to draw

Press, 20 November 1989, Page 25

Arsenal takes lead as Chelsea held to draw

NZPA-Reuter London The champions, Arsenal, took over the lead in English soccer’s first division from fellow-London-ers Chelsea, after a 3-0 home victory over Queen’s Park Rangers on Saturday. Alan Smith’s seventh goal of the season sent Arsenal on their way and Lee Dixon, with a penalty, and the substitute, Siggi Jonsson, added second-half goals to crush last Saturday’s conquerors of Liverpool.

Chelsea struck twice in three minutes through Ken Monkou and Kevin Wilson to recover from a two-goal .deficit for a 2-2 draw with Southampton and extend an unbeaten run in league matches at home to 27. With Norwich held to a scoreless draw at home by Charlton, and Liverpool playing at Milwall on Sunday, Aston Villa took sole possession of third place with a 41 triumph at home to Conventry that included two goals from lan Ormondroyd. The Scottish premier league leaders, Hearts, were stung into action by the sending-off of Wayne Foster in the 54th minute, scoring three times in the last 20 minutes to beat Motherwell 3-0.

Arsenal have 27 points, one more than Chelsea who went behind to two goals by Matthew Le Tissier, the first a- penalty on the stroke of half-time. Villa have 24 points;? ~ U

.Fifth plqce on 21 points is shared -by Liverpool, Tottenham and' Everton, who appeared to be coasting to a 1-0 home, win over < lowly' Wimbledon. before ' Steve Cotterili sneaked, an injury-time equaliser.

Tottenham gave the £1 million (SNZ2.7 million) . goalkeeper, Nigel Martyn, a tough first-division debut with a 3-2: win at Crystal Palace.

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to shore up the worst defence in the first division, conceded goals by Davis Howells, a Gary Lineker penalty and Vinny Samways, who struck a 76th-minute winner after Mark Bright’s second goal had levelled the score. Palace have let in 30 goals in 14 league matches. Manchester United moved into the top half of the table with a 3-1 win at Luton. Danny Wallace and Clayton Blackmore gave United a 2-0 half-time lead and the Welsh international striker, Mark Hughes, sealed their victory after Danny Wilson had pulled one back for the home side

Dean Saunders stayed top of the scorers’ list with 11 goals after netting Derby County’s second in their 2-0 home victory over bottom club Sheffield Wednesday. Manchester City, beaten 6-0 by Derby a week ago, hoped the inclusion of a new signing, Colin Hendry, would help bolster their defence. But they crashed 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest, for whom Nigel Clough found some of his best form to score twice in the opening quarter of an hour, his first goal a penalty. To compound City’s woes, the defender, Andy Hinchcliffe, was sent off near the, end for dissent after being booked for a similar offence early in the second half. ■f. The, Queen’s Park Rangers* ; striker, Mark Falco, was -unconscious for at least 10 minutes after a clash .of heads with the Arsenal captain, Tony Adams, in the first , half. Falco was in hospital overnight under observation. . Glen Donegal and Chris Scott were the toast of the minorleague clubs, Ayslesbury and Whitley Bay, in the first-round proper of the FA. Cup. \ Donegal’s SOth-mihute goal gave Aylesbury a 1-0 home win to ? eliminate ' the fourth-division -

Bay’s 1-0 triumph at fourth-divi-sion Scarborough, who in October knocked Chelsea out of the League Cup. In Scotland, Hearts led the premier league on goal difference as Rangers and Aberdeen also won to stay level with them on 17 points. Results.— , English division one: Arsenal 3, Queen’s Park Rangers 0; Aston Villa 4, Coventry 1; Chelsea 2, Southampton 2; Crystal Palace 2, Tottenham 3; Derby 2, Sheffield Wednesday 0; Everton I, Wimbledon 1;. Luton 1, Manchester United 3; Manchester City 0, Nottingham Forest 3; Norwich 0, Charlton 0.

English division two: Barnsley 1, Newcastle 1; Bournemouth 2, Stoke 1; Leeds 2, Watford 1; Leicester 0, Ipswich 1; Oldham 1, Brighton 1; Oxford 0, Hull 0; Portsmouth 1, West Bromwich 1; Port Vale 2, Swindon 0; Sheffield United 1, Bradford 1; Sunderland 3, Plymouth 1; West Ham 2, Middlesbrough 0; Wolverhampton 1, Blackburn 2. : “ >_ Scottish premier division: Celtic 0, Dundee United 1; Dundee 0, Rangers 2; Dunfermline 0, Aberdeen 3; Hearts 3, Motherwell 0; St Mirren 0, Hibernian 0. English Football Association (FA.) Cup first round: Aylesbury 1, Southend 0; Basingstoke 3, Bromsgrove 0; Bishop Auckland 2, Tow Law Town .0; Blackpool 2, Bolton 1; Brentford 0, Colchester 1; Bristol City 2, Barnet 0; Bristol Rovers 1, Reading 1; Burnley 1, Stockport 1; Cardiff I, Halesowen 0; Carlisle 3, Wrexham 0; Crew .2, Congleton 0; Darlington 6, Norwich 2;. Dartford I, Exeter 1; Doncaster I, Notts County 0; Farnborough 0, Hereford I; Gillingham ; .O, Welling 0; Gloucester 1, Dorchester 0; Hartlepool 0, Huddersfield Kettering 0, Northampton 1; Kidderminster 2, Swansea 3; Leyton Orient o,' Birmingham 1;? Lincoln 1, BilUngbam 0; Macclesfield 1, Chester !; Beterbonragh 1, Hayes 1; Preston 1, Tranmere 0; Redditch 1, Merthyr Tydfil 3; Rotherham 0, Bury 0; Scarborough 0, Whitley Bay . 1;. Scunthorpe 4. -Matlock .1; Shrewsbury 2, Chesterfield 3; Slough 1, WoHng 2; Stafford Rangers 2, Halifax 3; Sutton 1, Torquay 1; Telford .0, Walsall 3; York 1, Grimsby 1 Friday: Aidershot 0, Cambridge 1; Marine •, Rochdale; I. ;