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February 11, 2010, Thursday
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MANCHESTER City made ground in the battle for fourth place in the Premier League on Tuesday but looked a long way from Champions League material as it struggled to an forgettable 2-0 home win over Bolton Wanderers.
City was second best for long periods against the relegation-threatened visitors but took the points with a first-half Carlos Tevez penalty and a smart finish by Emmanuel Adebayor after 73 minutes.
The win takes City to 44 points and into fifth place, behind Liverpool on goal difference but with a game in hand. Tottenham Hotspur has 43.
In other games Fulham beat Burnley 3-0, bottom club Portsmouth grabbed a stoppage-time equalizer for a 1-1 home draw with Sunderland in a game featuring three red cards while Wigan Athletic drew 1-1 with Stoke City.
City, which had lost two of its last three league games, struggled to impose themselves at Eastlands although new signing Adam Johnson had a lively home debut.
His tricky running led to the opening goal when he was tripped by Paul Robinson and, though Tevez's penalty was hit straight at Jussi Jaaskelainen, it had just enough power to creep over the line.
Rarely threatened
Tevez clipped the bar with a free-kick but City rarely threatened another until Patrick Vieira delivered a pinpoint pass into the path of the previously anonymous Adebayor and the Togo striker chested it down and smashed in an excellent goal.
Battling Portsmouth, whose owners are desperately trying to stave off a High Court winding-up order, finally had something to cheer when Aruna Dindane snatched a point six minutes into stoppage time.
Sunderland led with a Darren Bent penalty after 12 minutes, Ricardo Rocha being sent off for the foul and manager Avram Grant following him into the stands at halftime for complaining.
Sunderland was also reduced to 10 when Lee Cattermole collected a second booking eight minutes into the second half and its substitute David Meyler followed him three minutes from time after a straight red.
Sunderland had been on course for its first away win of the season but Burnley is even more hopeless on its travels. Tuesday's defeat in London left it with only one point from 13 away games and still without an away win in the top flight for 34 years.
Danny Murphy, David Elm and Bobby Zamora were on target for Fulham.
City was second best for long periods against the relegation-threatened visitors but took the points with a first-half Carlos Tevez penalty and a smart finish by Emmanuel Adebayor after 73 minutes.
The win takes City to 44 points and into fifth place, behind Liverpool on goal difference but with a game in hand. Tottenham Hotspur has 43.
In other games Fulham beat Burnley 3-0, bottom club Portsmouth grabbed a stoppage-time equalizer for a 1-1 home draw with Sunderland in a game featuring three red cards while Wigan Athletic drew 1-1 with Stoke City.
City, which had lost two of its last three league games, struggled to impose themselves at Eastlands although new signing Adam Johnson had a lively home debut.
His tricky running led to the opening goal when he was tripped by Paul Robinson and, though Tevez's penalty was hit straight at Jussi Jaaskelainen, it had just enough power to creep over the line.
Rarely threatened
Tevez clipped the bar with a free-kick but City rarely threatened another until Patrick Vieira delivered a pinpoint pass into the path of the previously anonymous Adebayor and the Togo striker chested it down and smashed in an excellent goal.
Battling Portsmouth, whose owners are desperately trying to stave off a High Court winding-up order, finally had something to cheer when Aruna Dindane snatched a point six minutes into stoppage time.
Sunderland led with a Darren Bent penalty after 12 minutes, Ricardo Rocha being sent off for the foul and manager Avram Grant following him into the stands at halftime for complaining.
Sunderland was also reduced to 10 when Lee Cattermole collected a second booking eight minutes into the second half and its substitute David Meyler followed him three minutes from time after a straight red.
Sunderland had been on course for its first away win of the season but Burnley is even more hopeless on its travels. Tuesday's defeat in London left it with only one point from 13 away games and still without an away win in the top flight for 34 years.
Danny Murphy, David Elm and Bobby Zamora were on target for Fulham.
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