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| April 3, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 4, 1427 |
Middlesbrough triumph
LONDON, April 2: Middlesbrough enjoyed a morale-boosting 1-0 win at Manchester City with a first-half winner from Lee Cattermole in the Premier League on Sunday. Steve McClaren’s team, who will attempt to overturn a 2-0 deficit in the their UEFA Cup quarterfinal, second leg at home to Basel on Thursday, deservedly took the points when midfielder Cattermole headed in a Stewart Downing cross after 42 minutes.
The victory lifted Middlesbrough level on 40 points with 13th-placed City, who barely produced a noteworthy effort on goal all game.
In the day’s other match former England striker Teddy Sheringham drew a blank on his 40th birthday in West Ham United’s 0-0 draw with London rivals Charlton Athletic at Upton Park.
Sheringham, who came on at halftime, was denied a late winner when Charlton keeper Thomas Myhre instinctively pushed out his close range shot.
The draw did little for either team’s hopes of qualifying for European competition via the league next season, although both teams are still in the FA Cup.
West Ham moved up one place to eighth on 46 points, two points behind seventh-placed Bolton Wanderers who have two games in hand. Charlton are 11th on 43 points.
Results:
Played on Sunday:
Manchester City 0 Middlesbrough 1
West Ham United 0 Charlton Athletic 0
Played on Saturday:
Arsenal 5 Aston Villa 0
Birmingham City 0 Chelsea 0
Bolton Wanderers 1 Manchester United 2
Everton 2 Sunderland 2
Fulham 1 Portsmouth 3
Newcastle United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1
West Bromwich Albion 0 Liverpool 2 —Reuters
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