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Shinji Kagawa and Jadon Sancho teamed up to rescue a point for Borussia Dortmund on Friday night, as Peter Stoger's side came from behind to draw 1-1 at Hertha Berlin. Kagawa's 71st-minute equaliser was a welcome relief at the end of a miserable for week for Dortmund. Preparations for this game had been overshadowed by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's impending departure, and defeat here would have rubbed salt in the wound. Aubameyang's absence was the main attraction in Berlin. The announcement on Thursday that he would not be in the Dortmund squad all but confirmed his imminent move to Arsenal.
In the end local lad Reece Burke scored a 112th-minute winner to give West Ham a scruffy victory over their League One opponents. For the Hammers academy graduate, this will always be an unforgettable night — the night he scored his first goal for his boyhood club. But most who were at the London Stadium will do all they can to forget this torpid fare. Why should we scrap FA Cup replays? Watch a replay of this to find your answer. The biggest indictment on this football match was that hundreds of fans chose to go home at full time rather than staying for extra time. No wonder after 90 minutes that produced three shots on target.
Jeff Reine-Adelaide can rightly feel a little bit aggrieved he hasn’t enjoyed any first-team minutes this season. With Arsene Wenger more than happy to field the kids in the UEFA Europa League, the EFL Cup and, fatefully, the FA Cup, Reine-Adelaide has seen plenty of his contemporaries receive opportunities. Not so the Frenchman, whose campaign has so far been the lament of the unused substitute. Europa League - on the bench. FA Cup - on the bench. EFL Cup - on the bench.
Only four days ago, Bristol City headed home from the Etihad empty handed but with compliments aplenty from pundits and Pep Guardiola alike. Unfortunately for Lee Johnson's promotion-chasing side, much of the creativity and ambition that took Manchester City to the brink appears to have remained 170 miles further up the M5. Instead at Ashton Gate on Saturday, it was mid-table Norwich, supposedly starved of their best player, who will deservedly earn the plaudits.
Marko Arnautovic scored just eleven seconds into the second half to trigger a wonderful away victory for West Ham that saw them leapfrog Huddersfield in the Premier League table. Arnautovic flicked the ball over Terriers captain Tommy Smith and rifled home from kick off to make it 2-1 with some spectators still taking their seats. For an encore the mercurial Austrian then set up front partner Manuel Lanzini to score twice more in the second half as the home defence disintegrated.
West Brom boss Alan Pardew has been talking about the need to bolster his attack this month, but perhaps the best piece of business he can do in January is keeping hold of captain Jonny Evans. The sought-after defender showed how valuable he is to Pardew by scoring a bullet header to give his side the lead after just four minutes had passed. Pardew's forwards may be misfiring but his defenders are proving their worth at the other end. Craig Dawson bullied his marker to dive at the ball and head in to double their advantage. Brighton kept pushing to try and get back into the game but ran out of ides. The victory saw West Brom move to within two points of moving out of the relegation zone.
Crystal Palace's resurgence continues after overcoming Burnley 1-0 on Saturday afternoon in the Premier League at Selhurst Park. Palace took the lead in the 21st minute through Bakary Sako, with the 29-year-old beating Phil Bardsley down the left before drilling a shot past Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope. Roy Hodgson's side managed to hold on for all three points, ensuring they have now moved up to 12th in the Premier League following a disastrous start to the campaign.
Samu Saiz was sent off for spitting at Newport's Robbie Willmott as what was already an embarrassing FA Cup defeat for Leeds turned ugly. The Spanish midfielder got his marching orders from referee Mike Dean as both sides were lining up to kick off following Shawn McCoulsky's dramatic 89th minute winner. He had to be shepherded away by team mate Liam Cooper as he tried to confront Dean about the decision.