Iheanacho,Ighalo score as City,Arsenal & watford Record win

Everton’s Naismith’s Treble Worsen
Chelsea’s Woes
NIGERIA’S Kelechi Iheanacho of Manchester City
and Odion Ighalo, playing for Watford, each
scored in yesterday’s Premiership league
fixtures, recording victories for their teams in
the process.
Iheanacho maintained Manchester City’s 100 per
cent start to the season with a late winner over
Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park – and moved
Manuel Pellegrini’s men 11 points clear of ailing
Chelsea.
The Nigerian substitute had been on the field
less than a minute when he fired home in the
first minute of injury time after following up
when Palace keeper Alex McCarthy spilled an
initial effort from Samir Nasri.
Ighalo’s second-half strike earned 10-man
Watford their first Premier League victory of
the season at the expense of in-form Swansea.
The Nigeria forward pounced on a headed
knockdown from Troy Deeney to fire in from
eight yards and score the club’s first goal at
home this campaign.
Watford were reduced to 10 men when Valon
Behrami was sent off after appearing to stamp
on Andre Ayew.
Arsenal took advantage of Palace’s late loss to
move up to second in the table but the Gunners
were afflicted by familiar problems in front of
goal as they ground out a 2-0 win over Stoke at
the Emirates Stadium.
The hosts missed a series of first-half chances
with Stoke keeper Jack Butland pulling off a
series of outstanding saves before he was finally
nutmegged by Theo Walcott who grabbed the
opener on the half-hour.
And the importance of Iheanacho’s strike was
underlined by the continuing travails of Jose
Mourinho’s Chelsea who had earlier slipped to
their third defeat in five games courtesy of
Steven Naismith’s hat-trick in a 3-1 win for
Everton at Goodison Park.
Alan Pardew’s men will feel aggrieved not to
leave with something after largely frustrating
their opponents for much of the afternoon and
coming close to grabbing the lead themselves
through Jason Puncheon’s first-half header.