Sunday 10 May 2015 10:39, UK
Burnley have been relegated from the Premier League despite claiming a 1-0 victory over Hull, while Newcastle end a run of eight straight defeats to avoid being dragged into the bottom three.
Danny Ings scored a second-half goal at the KC Stadium to end a 1,036-minute goal drought for Sean Dyche’s side but results elsewhere condemned the Clarets to Championship football next season.
The defeat leaves Hull two points adrift of safety with matches against Tottenham and Manchester United left to play, while QPR will be relegated if they fail to beat Manchester City on Sunday.
Newcastle battled back against West Brom to end a run of eight straight defeats with a draw that keeps them out of the relegation zone.
Ayoze Perez cancelled out Victor Anichebe’s opener to leave John Carver’s side two points above the bottom three with trip to QPR next followed by West Ham at home.
Sunderland are level with their north east rivals on 36 points after they scrambled out of the drop zone with a 2-0 win over Everton thanks to goals from Danny Graham and Jermain Defoe.
Riyad Mahrez scored twice as Leicester City bolstered their survival hopes with 2-0 win over Southampton - their sixth in seven games.
The three points were especially important after Sunderland's win at Everton earlier in the day had left Nigel Pearson's team outside of the relegation zone on goal difference alone.
In the late game at Selhurst Park, a stooping header from Marouane Fellaini sealed Manchester United a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace and established a seven-point cushion over fifth-placed Liverpool.
Juan Mata opened the scoring for Louis van Gaal's visitors after a handball from Scott Dann and although Jason Puncheon equalised with a deflected free-kick, Palace were undone when Fellaini capitalised on Julian Speroni's hesitancy in the 78th minute.
Tom Cleverley secured Aston Villa a vital 1-0 win over West Ham as Tim Sherwood’s side claimed their first back-to-back home wins of the season.
The victory puts Villa one point above Leicester with games against Southampton and Burnley left to play.
Tottenham’s hopes of Champions League are over following a 3-0 defeat to Stoke.
Charlie Adam and Steven N’Zonzi gave the hosts a two goal first-half lead and Spurs lost Vlad Chiriches to a second yellow card before Mame Biram Diouf wrapped up the result late on.
