Aston Villa denied win against West Ham, Sunderland offside goals keep out of bottom three
With three of the top four involved in the FA Cup Semi-Finals, Premier League attention this weekend was focused on the relegation battle.
Not for the first time this season, Djibril Cisse scored a vital winner for Sunderland against a key relegation rival…but from an offside position. In November, it was the clincher against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. On Saturday, in the closing moments of a keenly fought first-half, the man on loan from Olympique Marseille headed the Black Cats ahead against Hull City but, again, it was shown that he had strayed offside.
With those decisions reversed, Sunderland are now in the bottom three of the Right Results’ league table.
Although they’ve had very little Right Result involvement, West Bromwich Albion already seemed doomed to a return to the Championship. Despite continuing to gain many admirers with a spirited display at Manchester City, chances of turning a good performances into points was hit by City’s second goal in a 4-2 win being allowed despite a foul on keeper Scott Carson by Felipe Caicedo.
Aston Villa have no such worries about relegation but their hopes of breaking into the top four seem to have disappeared after having gone without a home win in the Premier League since January. Two more points slipped away with West Ham United’s late equaliser at Villa Park, but Martin O’Neill’s men should have had the chance to quickly grab them back.
That’s because they should have been awarded a penalty for handball when Hammers defender James Tomkins disrupted John Carew’s determined run at goal.
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