Suarez keeps Reds on Arsenal’s tail
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Luis Suarez struck a clinical hat-trick as Liverpool thrashed West Bromwich Albion 4-1 at Anfield to keep pace with English Premier League leader Arsenal yesterday.
Suarez scored twice in five first-half minutes and again after the break as Liverpool remained two points behind Arsenal which prevailed 2-0 at Crystal Palace in an early kickoff despite having goalscorer Mikel Arteta sent off.
Dark clouds were gathering over Old Trafford where champion Manchester United twice trailed Stoke City before late goals by Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez earned the Red Devils a 3-2 victory, staving off a fourth league defeat of the season.
United remains eight points behind Arsenal, which has 22 points but it has closed to within three points of the top four.
Romelu Lukaku was on target again for Everton as it moved into third place, four behind Arsenal, with a 2-0 victory at Aston Villa. Norwich City drew 0-0 at home to Cardiff City and remain in the drop zone.
Chelsea faces Manchester City today.
At Anfield, Uruguayan Suarez broke the deadlock with a fine goal in the 12th, picking the ball up in a deep position, drifting past one defender and nutmegging another before drilling a low shot past West Brom goalie Boaz Myhill.
He added a second five minutes later with an improvised header from just inside the box and completed his first ever Anfield hat-trick 10 minutes into the second half by nodding home a Steven Gerrard free-kick.
James Morrison replied with a penalty in the 66th, but Daniel Sturridge restored Liverpool’s three-goal advantage in style 13 minutes from time with an exquisite chip from the left-hand edge of the area.
Earlier, Arsenal survived the dismissal of goalscorer Mikel Arteta to overcome Palace at Selhurst Park and preserve its status at the top of the standings on the 150th anniversary of the Football Association.
Arteta put the visitors ahead with a 47th-minute penalty, but he was contentiously shown a straight red card with 25 minutes remaining for a last-man foul on former Arsenal man Marouane Chamakh.
Wojciech Szczesny produced two stunning saves to thwart Palace, which parted company with manager Ian Holloway last Wednesday, before Arsenal made sure of victory late on when Olivier Giroud headed home from Aaron Ramsey’s dinked cross.
“We showed a lot of resilience and patience and good organization against a team who were really up for it,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told BT Sport.
“I honestly believe (Arteta’s dismissal) was the wrong decision. Why? Because it has to be a clear goalscoring opportunity. It was very far from goal, he was not the last man, and even the foul was, to me, accidental.”
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