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liverpool move up to second in the premier league table with a 2—0 win over newcastle and former boss rafa benitez. while swansea take a huge step towards survival. their 4—1 win over west ham lifts them up five places in the table. katie archibald amd emily nelson claim great britain's second gold of the world track cycling championships after dominating the field to win the madison another nailbiter in new zealand. england hold—on to beat the black caps by four runs in wellington and take a 2—1 lead in the odi series i'm here to watch the fight later tonight between wilder and ortiz. hello again.

thanks forjoining us on sportsday. lots to come including redemption for riyad mahrez and swansea's surge up the premier league table. lizzie will take you through it all injust a moment while we'll hear from deontay wilder and phil neville later in the programme. first to anfield and liverpool have gone second in the premier league after a 2—0 win over newcastle. nick parrott watched the action. liverpool dominated possession, but we re liverpool dominated possession, but were left frustrated at being unable to make a breakthrough. even when newcastle were poor, klopp‘s men failed to take advantage. their

persistence paid off through who else, mo salah. it was his 32nd goal of the season in all competition. the same amount the whole newcastle tea m the same amount the whole newcastle team managed. liverpool have often been found lacking at the back. klopp was right to make him his number one. that was as close as the visitors got. the when mane made it two, rafa benitez was beaten as liverpooled moved up to second in the premier league. it used to be the fab four, is it the terrific four. firmino, salah and sane. we haven't got a who needs coutinho name. ? you and sane. we haven't got a who needs

coutinho namefi you are shocked when salah doesn't score. coutinho namefi you are shocked when salah doesn't scorei coutinho namefi you are shocked when salah doesn't score. i was thinking earlier, we used to de—michael owen the lack of the 30 goal players ever season. where have they gone? 15 is the highest. so many in the premier league this season. if wasn't for city running away it would be exciting. it used to happen in spain, but now it's in the premier league. goal a plenty. a big week for spurs for their european match. they need to keep that form going, don't they? great form. 17 unbeat. son was the hero today. two goals, one in the first and one in the second—half. mauricio pochettino against huddersfield took players off. dembele came off, son came off on a hat—trick. kane played the full 90 minutes. massive opportunity to get through to the quarter—finals. opportunity to get through to the quarter-finals. swansea were in the

relegation zone, but they have beaten west ham 4—1 today. another 4-1 beaten west ham 4—1 today. another 4—1 defeat for west ham. they are up to 13th. incredible how much that moved them up the table. home form have done it and performances by jordan ayew. 4—1 win. carlos carvalhal has the magic touch at home. turned the liberty stadium into a fortress. seven consecutive home wins in all competitions. four in the premier league. it went to 4-0. in the premier league. it went to 4—0. they were all over west ham. david moyes described it as their worst performance of the season. swa nsea worst performance of the season. swansea were superb. course for ki, mike van der hoorn and ayew from the penalty spot. what has he done? brought everyone together. spirit you off on the other hand and the pitch. we love his interviews. let's hear from pitch. we love his interviews. let's hearfrom him now. it was the best performance that we did since... it was the performance we were more near our plan, our idea of the game in all the moments of the game. in all moments of the game.

obviously in defensive organisation, in the transitions also. it was the game that we really was more near what we want, the way that we want to play. i'm very delighted and very proud about my players. it wouldn't have mattered who we lost to today, i would have been disappointed because of the level of performance. we played so bad. ultimately, two corner kicks and a penalty kick. that's the most important thing, we could have done a lot better. we had no intensity in our play in the first half. we did at the start of the second—half. we got off, got after them right away. within two minutes, we lose another goal from a corner kick. small things have cost us today. overall, the performance was really poor. west brom are still rock bottom. fifth suck seszive league defeat. alan pardew was brought in because he was supposed to save things. before him tony pulis was brought in because he was supposed to save

things. what do they do west brom? how do they get out of this? very difficult now. reports this week that the club were going to stick with alan pardew for this watford game and see what happens. there we re game and see what happens. there were rumours and speculation if