gabrieljesus beat the offside trap and the cheltenham keeper to end their brave resistance. ben croucher, bbc news. elsewhere the cup holders arsenal are out, beaten i—o by southampton. swansea city scored five aginst nottingham forrest, while west ham were 4—0 winners over doncaster. newcastle's miserable run in the premier league continues — they've been beaten 2—0 at aston villa tonight. goals from ollie watkins and this brilliant strike from bertrand traore sealing all three points for villa, who move up to eighth in the table. newcastle have now lost their last four league matches. rangers look unstoppable in the scottish premiership at the moment. 23 points clear at the top now, after beating ross county 5—0 today. aberdeen jump above hibs into third, after their 2—0 win over motherwell. after a devastating display of bowling from james anderson, a cool head was needed from captainjoe root as england replied to sri lanka's first innings total of 381, ending day two of the second test in galle on 98—2 — asjoe wilson reports. life without anderson for england is still un

one goal was enough, really good work from ferran torres setting up gabrieljesus inside the first 10ity�*s 12th win in a row in all competitions, a club record. today when i see sheffield is now in the bottom of the league right now and you see his team, you realise how tough is the premier league. it is windy, freezing today so all of the guys today, i said it will be a tough game. it was 19th against 18th as west bromwich albion and fulham met at the hawthornes, a 2—2 draw doesn�*t really help either side as they look to get out of the relegation zone. it was a good game though, this was live on bbc one this afternoon. the baggies were trailing at half—time but turned it around and went 2—1 up through matheus pereira scored. but fulham, who are something of the draw specialists in the premier league, found an equaliser through two of their substitutes, a harrison reed cross headed in by ivan cavaleiro. one other result so far in the premier league and crystal palace have their first win in five. it came against a wolves side that haven�*t won in eight now. eberechi eze scored the o

good work from ferran torres setting up gabrieljesus. they are too deep at points clear., committee manager said it and there are 30 managers scratching their head and i'm scratching my head at the position we are in. we i'm scratching my head at the position we are in.— i'm scratching my head at the position we are in. we have a belief and a fi . ht position we are in. we have a belief and a fight and _ position we are in. we have a belief and a fight and togetherness - position we are in. we have a belief and a fight and togetherness that l and a fight and togetherness that hopefully we can pick up some wins between now and the end of the season and make it a little bit uncomfortable for the teams above us. one other result so far in the premier league and crystal palace have their first win in five. it came against a wolves side that haven't won in eight now. eberechi eze scored the only goal of the game on the hour mark. it's his third goal of the season sincejoining from qpr. arsenal are playing manchester united right now, they are into the second half at the emirat

gabrieljesus scored the only goal of the game after nine minutes and despite pep guardiola's side dominatingld united nearly equalised late on — john fleck�*s strike just going wide. but city held on for the win. today when i see that sheffield is now in the bottom of the league right now, and you see his team, you realise that is the premier league. i said it would be one of the toughest games of the season, and it was. newcastle managed an important win at everton. callum wilson scoring both goals in the second half as they won 2—0 at goodison park. it's their first win in 12 games ends a run of five defeats for newcastle and gives them some breathing space from the relegation zone, a huge relief for their manager. i could not fault the way the team played, and the game plan we went about it was terrific. it has been a difficult few weeks. the one thing that breeds a bit of confidence is a good performance and a good team performance. i thought all around today was excellent. premier league strugglers west brom and fulham played out an entertaining draw that'll satisfy neither team at the

they weren't at their best against bottom side sheffield united, but gabrieljesus benefited from ferran torres' tenacious run for the only goal to take them three points clear at the top, with a game in hand. what's important is that if we're going to drop points, that it's going to happen i think soon, it's important in that period, since middle of december orjanuary, all the games winning, so in that period, in this circumstance, in the covid and everything is weird, show this consistency is amazing, so we're going to drop points, it is you overcome the situation, this is only i am concerned. i don't want a pat on the back for losing, but from my point of view, there's...we are alive. i think the manager of man city said it, i think there's two or three other managers credibly well—respected that are scratching their head. i'm scratching my head at times to understand the position we are in. but we have a belief and a fight and togetherness that hopefully we can pick up some wins between now and the end of the season, and make it a little bit uncomfortable for the teams above us. that

just one goal scored by gabrieljesus. united, infact, when close to taking something from the game.om of the legs, - you might expect. sheffield is now in the bottom of the legs, and - you might expect. sheffield is now in the bottom of the legs, and youj in the bottom of the legs, and you see his team and you realise how tough is the premier league. we have a belief and a — tough is the premier league. we have a belief and a fight, _ tough is the premier league. we have a belief and a fight, hopefully - tough is the premier league. we have a belief and a fight, hopefully we - a belief and a fight, hopefully we can pick— a belief and a fight, hopefully we can pick up some wins between now and the _ can pick up some wins between now and the end — can pick up some wins between now and the end of the season and make it a little _ and the end of the season and make it a little bit— and the end of the season and make it a little bit uncomfortable for the teams above us.— it a little bit uncomfortable for the teams above us. second place, manchester — the teams above us. second place, man