Formaţia Middlesbrogh a depăşit greu, scor 1-0, pe Hull City, în partida disputată ieri seară, pe „Riverside Stadium“, ultima din etapa a 14-a din Premier League. Golul gazdelor a fost marcat de Ramirez în minutul 60.
Middlesbrough: Valdes – Barragan, Chambers, Gibson, Fabio – de Roon, Clayton, Forshaw – Ramirez (87, Downing), Negredo, Fischer (81, Situani). Antrenor: A. Karanka.
Hull: Marshall – Elmohamady, Dawson, Davies, Robertson – Snodgras, Livermore (62, Huddlestone), Clucas, Mason (62, Bowen) – Henriksen (81, Meyler), Diomande. Antrenor: M. Phelan.
Celelalte rezultate din etapa a 14-a din Premier League: sâmbătă: Manchester City – Chelsea 1-3, West Brom – Watford 3-1, Tottenham – Swansea 5-0, Sunderland – Leicester 2-1, Stoke – Burnley 2-0, Crystal Palace – Southampton 3-0, West Ham – Arsenal 1-5; duminică Bournemouth – Liverpool 4-3, Everton – Manchester United 1-1.
Clasament: 1. Chelsea 34 puncte (golaveraj 32-11), 2. Arsenal 31 (33-14), 3. Liverpool 30 (35-18), 4. Manchester City 30 (30-15), 5. Tottenham 27 (24-10), 6. Manchester United 21 (19-16), 7. West Brom 20 (20-17), 8. Everton 20 (17-16), 9. Stoke 19 (16-19), 10. Bournemouth 18 (19-22), 11. Watford 18 (18-24), 12. Southampton 17 (13-15), 13. Middlesbrough 15 (13-15), 14. Crystal Palace 14 (12-23), 15. Burnley 14 (12-23), 16. Leicester 13 (17-24), 17. West Ham 12 (15-29), 18. Sunderland 11 (14-24), 19. Hull 11 (11-29), 20. Swansea 9 (16-31).
Etapa viitoare: sâmbătă – ora 14.30: Watford – Everton, ora 17.00: Arsenal – Stoke, Burnley – Bournemouth, Hull – Crystal Palace, Swansea – Sunderland, ora 19.30: Leicester – Manchester City; duminică – ora 14.00: Chelsea – West Brom, ora 16.15: Manchester United – Tottenham, Southampton – Middlesbrough, ora 18.30: Liverspool – West Brom.