the third goal in four games for christian benteke.ig shakespeare in a moment and sam allardyce, craig shakespeare in a moment and sam alla rdyce, five craig shakespeare in a moment and sam allardyce, five points clear of the bottom and he thinks they are almost there. the fightback was tremendous. i think today's point feels like a win, 2—0 down, coming back to 2—2, could easily have made it 3—2, trying to force the winner in the end. i think it is a tremendous fightback by the players, something it would not have happened when i first arrived. there is a tinge of disappointment but it is a difficult place to come everton up to fifth after another win. the first time they've won so many atoms since 1990, philjagielka giving everton the lead, sam vokes with the penalty making it 1—1. lukaku, his ninth game at home for everton, he's flying at the top of the premier league goal—scoring charts. burnley still without an away win in the premier league this season, away win in the premier league this season, we away win in the premier league

he and christian benteke he had the best. wilfred sa ha and christian benteke he had the best. on the break. two minutes later, christian benteke wrapped up. chelsea had so many chances. all it means is that it has allowed chelsea's rivals to eat into the lead at the top of the premier league but crystal palace and sam alla rdyce premier league but crystal palace and sam allardyce are inching away from trouble. now it is important to rest and prepare for the next game. but there isa prepare for the next game. but there is a bit of disappointment. we deserved at least a draw. but this is football and we must accept this result. no touchline celebrations from that man there but tottenham took full advantage. they are the closest challengers. the wind could prove important. this was the perfect storm for tottenham. wonderful assist from dele alli. he cut the ball back. eric dyer scored the first goal and it means pochettino's men are edging ever towards chelsea. this is a really impressive win. burnley had only lost three times at home before this one and did it without harry kane

christian benteke scored twice against his former club liverpool as crystal palace secured a vital2—1winven the home side a first half lead with his brilliant free kick only for the belgian benteke who liverpool sold at the end of last season to help sam allarcyce's side to a sixth win in their last eight played in the league, putting the home side's top four hopes in jeopardy. he has been in great goalscoring form since he came back from international duty. he scored two at russia. he did well at that trip. and now, for us, he has been our leading goalscorerfor a and now, for us, he has been our leading goalscorer for a while. and now, for us, he has been our leading goalscorerfor a while. he is adding to that tally more and more. and he is one of those key elements as to why we crawled our way out of a very difficult position. lam not i am not positive at the moment, but gives it a few hours and i will be again. we have tried to squeeze everything out of this season. we can use everything out of this season. we can use it. the plan is to use it. in the german bundesliga, timo werner‘s

great start from cesc fabregas, but palace hit back straight away through wilfrid za ha and christian bentekegainst chelsea and lifts them four points above the relegation zone. it's a very sweet three points to come to the champions of the premier league and actually win. for everybody, this is what the premier league is about. there can be a shock anywhere, any time, and we are the ones who have made everybody sit up the ones who have made everybody sit up this weekend and gone, wow, whatever is that is. from the players‘ point of view, it a well—deserved victory. tottenham made the most of chelsea‘s slip—up with a 2—0 win at burnley. it was goalless at halftime and they also lost victor wanyama and harry winks to injury. but a much brighter second half saw them make the breakthrough. eric dier stabbed home the opener inside the last 25 minutes and heung min son came off the bench and made sure of the points with a tap—in. that is now four league wins a row for spurs. liverpool maintained their impressive record in the merseyside derby, as they beat everton 3—1 at home. they haven‘t lost th

coutinho put the hosts ahead with a great free kick, but two goals by former liverpool forward christian bentekeone. manchester united won 2—0 at burnley. anthony martial and wayne rooney, who was making just his second premier league start since december, provided the goals. united are nowjust a point behind fourth placed manchester city. the two meet on thursday. in the london marathon, kenya's mary keitany has broken the world record for a women's only race that was previously held by paula radcliffe. keitany won it in two hours and 17 minutes. this was her third victory in the london marathon, and she beat ethiopian track great, tirunesh dibaba, by almost a minute. aly dixon was the fastest british runner. jo pavey dropped out of the race at around 16 miles, so she won't be selected for the world championships in london this summer. kenya were victorious in the men's race as well, dan wanjiru crossed the line first, for the biggest win of his career, beating the favourite kenenisa bekele. the winning time was two hours, five minutes, and 48 seconds. david weir has won a record seventh london

left antonio co nte then christian benteke left antonio conte staring at only a fourth leaguearked some injury in what looked like a one—sided title race. in trade because spurs, second place, made up ground with victory at burnley, eric dier and son scoring in a 2—0 win, to narrow the gap. what is important for us is for us to be there if chelsea slip up. then we will be there, we are there fighting, for the premier league show. behind spurs, liverpool, they didn't need any help from 007, they had all they neededin any help from 007, they had all they needed in their number ten, philippe coutinho scored one and had a hand in the other two, liverpool winning the merseyside derby, 3—1. a chance to close in on the top four, jose mourinho had every reason to be cheery ahead of the match with west brom, but despite having three quarters of the possession, manchester united had to be content with an even share of the points and a goalless draw. craig shakespeare may not be the special one but he has masterminded turnaround at leicester city, it helps when your players can do this.

fabregas but palace hit back straight away through wilfrid za ha and a lovely dinked finish from christian benteke against cheslea and lifts them four points above the relegation zone. it is a very sweet three points to come to the champions of the premier league for me. and actually win. of course, for everybody, this is what the premier league is about, there can be a shock anywhere, any time, and we have made everyone sit up and go, wow, what result that is. and from the players' point of view, it is a well earned and well—deserved victory. now it is important to rest and prepare for the next game. but there isa prepare for the next game. but there is a bit of disappointment for the final result. we deserved at least a draw, but this is football. we must acce pt draw, but this is football. we must accept this result. tottenham made the most of chelsea's slip up with a 2—0 win at burnley. it was goalless at halftime and they had also lost victor wanyama and harry winks to injury, but a much brighter second half saw them make a deserved breakthrough. eric dier stabbed home the opener inside the l

all the goals at stamford bridge came in the first 15 minutes, christian benteke with the palace winnerat anfield. there were also wins for hull, leicester and watford. manchester united drew at home to west brom, southampton against bournemouth was also goalless. celtic will win the scottish premiership title tomorrow, that's if they beat hearts. today's matches saw some movement at the other end of the table. hamilton are on the up after beating nine—man stjohnstone with two of their players sent off for fighting each other. inverness are now bottom after a 1—1 draw with kilmarnock. partick thistle beat ross county 2—1 and rangers drew with motherwell. wasps have been knocked out of rugby union's european champion's cup. the two—time winners were outclasssed by the three—time champions leinster in dublin, the home side scoring four tries in their quarterfinal. 32—17 the final score at the aviva stadium. and on a good day for the irish sides, munster also knocked out toulouse. 41—16 was the final score at thomond park as the province reached their 12th semi—final in the competition. an

christian benteke scored twice against his former club and manchester united are still fifth after winning standings at the european gymnastics championships. ellie downie won four of their six medals in romania. the 17—year—old, who won all around gold earlier in the competition, finishing with a silver on the floor. and also in romania, great britain lost their fed cup tie. johanna konta was defeated in the decisive rubber. that's it. now it's time for all the news where you are. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. more coverage now on the first round of the presidential elections in france. speaking at a rally after the preliminary results we re rally after the preliminary results were announced, the centrist en marche party leader emmanuel macron said a new page had been turned in the history of the country and the party had changed the political face of france. translation: my fellow citizens, today, sunday, 23rd of april, the people of france expressed its views and its voice. while our country is living through a very unexpected part of its history, characterised by terrorism, so

and early chance from christian benteke. he didn't manage to put it away.me so far. it was ashley barnes with the goal. burnley are still not safe. they have not won away all season. the last time they went a whole season without winning away was 1903. it will be huge, if they hold on. west brom against leicester, a mid—table battle, i suppose. leicester, the magic a0 points? significant for leicester city and jamie vardy. you can see the fans celebrating. who would have thought, when claudio ranieri was sacked, they would make it do that? nine weeks ago, five straight defeats in the premier league. it looked like they were going down. the owners made the controversial decision to sack him. craig shakespeare came in. he has turned things around. jamie vardy, scoring. he is on a great run of goals since craig shakespeare took over, eight goals in 12 games. craig shakespeare, will he get the job next season? he doesn't want to say yes no. lam i am pleased with the performance today. i say performance, we had to show different aspects. we had to defend. a guts

happy of the managers, leicester went ahead through goals from robert earth and jamie vardy bit christian bentekeves palace to secure the points. it m oves pa la ce palace to secure the points. it moves palace five points clear of the bottom three. we will hear from craig shakespeare in a moment. first, sam alla rdyce. craig shakespeare in a moment. first, sam allardyce. the fightback was tremendous. i think today's point feels like a win, 2—0 down, coming back to 2—2, could easily have made it 3—2, trying to force the winner in the end. i think it is a tremendous fightback by the players, something it would not have happened when i first arrived. there is a tinge of disappointment yet it is a difficult place to come to, they are in a fine run of form. they scored within two minutes, i think we just needed to manage that better in terms of the gaps between the goals. in the race for champions league places everton and talked about often but they won again today, 3—1 at home to burnley, giving their rivals for those places something to think about, they have moved up to fifth in the table on goal

and christian benteke secured the points with a lovely dinked finish.e. now it is important to prepared for the next game. for sure there's a bit of disappointment for the final result. i think we deserved at least the two. but this is football and we must accept this result. second—placed tottenham took full advantage of chelsea's slip up, with a 2—0 win at burnley. the breakthrough, thanks to goals from eric dier and substitute heung min son. it's spurs‘ fourth league win in a row, but it came at a cost. winks was seen leaving on crutches, with his leg still in a brace. liverpool maintained their impressive record in the merseyside derby, as they beat everton 3—1 at home. they haven't lost this fixture for over six years and 1999 the last time everton won at anfield. he scored the winner at goodison park in december and sadio mane opened the scoring today, although he went off injured later. matthew pennington equalised with his first goal for everton. but a stylish move from phillipe coutinho restored liverpool's advantage, before substitute divock 0

wilfried za ha equalised for the visitors before christian benteke scored the winner just 91 secondsfirst defeat at stamford bridge since september. tottenham stay second after a 2—0 win at burnley. england international eric dier scored the first. delle alli set up son heung min for the second to seal victory and keep spurs' title dream alive. elsewhere, hull city got a crucial three points in their battle to get out of the relegation zone — they came from behind to beat west ham 2—1. and there was another defeat for bottom side sunderland — they lost 1—0 at watford. celtic will win their sixth consecutive league title if they beat hearts later today. brendan rodgers' side are 22 points ahead of their nearest rivals aberdeen in the scottish premiership. thejob was to the job was to win it in the best way we possibly could. there are different ways to win. people will tell you that you can win something and then not be the same feeling, but to win and fostered the spirit we have here throughout the whole football clu b we have here throughout the whole football club can make it easy

wilfried za ha equalised for the visitors before christian benteke scored the winner just 91 secondsnce september. now it is important to rest and prepare the next game but, for sure, there is a bit of disappointment for there is a bit of disappointment for the final result to talk i think we deserved at least a draw but this is football and we must accept these results. tottenham stay second after a 2—0 win at burnley. england international eric dier scored the first. delle alli set up son heung min for the second to seal victory and keep spurs title dream alive. its massive for us because after the game that chelsea lost, we were at seven points now but it is important for us to be there if chelsea fail and we are there, we are there fighting for the premier league we are fighting to be as high as possible. elsewhere, hull city got a crucial three points in their battle to get out of the relegation zone — they came from behind to beat west ham 2—1. and there was another defeat for bottom side sunderland — they lost 1—0 at watford. celtic will win their sixth consecutive league titl

robert firth and jamie vardy gave the visitors the lead but second—half goals from cabaye and christian bentekear at the bottom three. the fightback was tremendous. i think today's point feels like a win, 2—0 down, coming back to 2—2, could have made it 3—2, tried to force the winner in the end. it is a tremendous fightback by the players and something that would not have happened when i first arrived. confirmation of today's results. one game has just kicked one game hasjust kicked off, they are almost nine minutes into the game between southampton and manchester city. city are looking to go third with a win. it's still goalless after nine minutes. one promotion spot has been settled today, sheffield united are back in the championship without even taking a ball because their closest rivals bolton lost 1—0 to oldham athletic. these are the scenes in the dressing room at the club's training ground as the players celebrated returning to the championship after a six—year absence. there's a full championship fixture on monday, so just one game today, aston villa beaten 3—1 at home to reading, a re

a lovely finish from christian benteke k. it is only the third premier league win against chelsea.hampions of the premier league for me. and actually win. of course, for everybody, this is what the premier league is about, there can be a shock anywhere, any time, and we have made everyone sit up and go, wow, what result that is. and from the players's point of view, it is a well earned and well—deserved victory. tottenham made the most of chelsea's slip—up with a 2—0 win at burnley. it was goalless at half—time and they had also lost victor wanyama and harry winks to injury, but a much brighter second half saw them make the breakthrough. eric dier stabbed home the opener inside the last 25 minutes and heung min son came off the bench and made sure of the points with a tap—in. that is now four league wins a row for mauricio pochettino's side, but the injries are beginning to stack up. look what happened after the game. chelsea lost. we are seven points now. it was always important for us to be the if chelsea fail, and we are there, we are the fighting for the premier league, we are

coutinho put the hosts ahead with a great free kick, but two goals by former liverpool forward christian bentekesociation player of the year award. the midfielder, who was instrumental in leicester's title win last season topped the poll which is voted for by fellow players. tottenham's dele alli won the young player prize for the second successive year while manchester city's lucy bronze won the women's player of the year award. celtic remain on course for their first domestic treble since 2001 after they beat old firm rivals rangers 2—0 to reach the scottish cup final. they've already wrapped up the league title and the scottish league cup this season and an early goal from callum mcgregor put them ahead. scott sinclair doubled their lead with a penalty in the second half, the third goal he's scored against rangers this season. celtic will face aberdeen in the final next month. we have to keep our heads in the ground and focused. we have a few games to focus on. we are undefeated in the league. we have to keep that going. we still have it all to play for. it will keep us in good shape. here ar

the former liverpool striker christian benteke went closest early on.first goal. the brazilian with this brilliant free kick in the 24th minute. and then, right on half—time, sam alla rdyce's minute. and then, right on half—time, sam allardyce's side got the equaliser. benteke it was again, the equaliser. benteke it was again, the goal he wanted so badly. liverpool going for that top four place but crystal palace still have some relegation concerns. a0 minutes or so to those still at anfield. 50,000 runners, 750,000 bottles of water, and a couple running the racejust moments after tying the knot. this year's london marathon has had it all — including a new world record. our correspondent joe wilson was there. the journey of 26 miles begins with a single hooped, but whose? heads together, the starters and the masses. record participation in the london marathon. it remained a shared sporting experience like no other, everyone inspires each other. taking pictures of the royals. by 10:30am we had a thrilling finish. david weir in the pale blue top was despe

liverpool had taken the lead but two goals by former liverpool forward christian benteke gave palacelayer in history as he's got his 500 goal for the club. messi struck twice. it was 2—2 going into the final ten seconds of injury time. look at those. messi scoring a dramatic winner. they are now top of lolita on goal difference. —— la liga. almost 40,000 runners completed the london marathon yesterday — there are always so many inspiring stories. one in particular has generated huge interest the pictures of runner david wyeth being helped over the line by fellow competitor matthew rees. the clip on the bbc sport facebook site alone has been viewed more than five million times. david received medical attention after the race and thankfully was ok. this morning the pair were reunited. he was telling me to go on, i wanted to make sure he got to the finish line. thank you. i am so grateful. i can't say how grateful i am timothy because you say that, matthew, that others would not stop, i'm sure there would been others that you persisted. i told you to go and you did not. no worries. it i