Manchester United unearthed a sparkling gem to lighten the early-season gloom, Adnan Januzaj striking twice in a 2-1 win at Sunderland on Saturday after resurgent Liverpool stormed to the top of the Premier League.
Liverpool
fans were celebrating a 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace, Luis Suarez, Daniel
Sturridge and Steven Gerrard scoring, and their day seemed about to get even
better as arch-rivals United trailed at bottom club Sunderland in the day's
late kickoff. The
champions seemed to be heading to a third consecutive Premiership defeat for
the first time in 12 years after Craig Gardner had given Sunderland a deserved
first-half lead but 18-year-old Januzaj, given a first league start by David
Moyes, spared their blushes.
He
sidefooted a 55th-minute equaliser and six minutes later produced a sumptuous
left-foot volley to seal three welcome points for a United side experiencing
their worst start to a season since 1989.
Victory
moved United up to ninth with 10 points from seven games, six behind Liverpool
who seemed set for a goal avalanche against Palace after netting three times in
the first half. Manchester
City bounced back from their midweek Bayern Munich mauling by beating Everton
3-1 to climb to third on 13 points.
French
striker Loic Remy gave Newcastle United's under-pressure manager Alan Pardew
some relief by scoring twice in a 2-1 victory at Cardiff City. Fulham did
the same for manager Martin Jol, edging past Stoke City 1-0 with Darren Bent's
83rd-minute winner, while Hull City drew 0-0 with Aston Villa.
Manager
Moyes has been looking for some respite after consecutive league defeats by
Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion and a none-too-convincing draw against
Shakhtar Donetsk and he was rewarded for his decision to offer Januzaj a
chance. "I
think a few players tonight should be worried about their positions,"
former United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel told Sky Sports. "We've seen
something special."
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