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West Ham held to 1-1 draw

By Korea Herald

Published : Nov. 20, 2012 - 19:42

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LONDON (AP) ― Defender Joey O’Brien scored his first Premier League goal in the 48th minute, giving West Ham a 1-1 tie with Stoke on Monday night.

Jonathan Walters put the visitors ahead in the 13th minute off Glenn Whelan’s corner kick as defenders focused their attention on forward Peter Crouch.

O’Brien tied the score when he turned in Gary O’Neil’s low cross along the box. West Ham (5-3-4) remained in seventh place.

Italy

Pablo Osvaldo converted a penalty kick in the 71st minute after a goal-line assistant intervened to overturn the initial decision by the referee and Miralem Pjanic scored in the 86th to give Roma a 2-0 win over Torino in the Italian league.

Pjanic scored on a shot from the edge of the penalty area that deflected in off a defender. Torino coach Giampiero Ventura had been ejected after the penalty kick for arguing. Roma moved into sixth place, 12 points behind Serie A leader Juventus. Torino remained three points clear of the relegation zone.

Spain

Carlos Vela scored twice in a three-minute span to help Real Sociedad rout Rayo Vallecano 4-0 in the Spanish league.

Vela scored in the 31st minute, then added his fifth goal of the season in the 33rd from outside the penalty area. Mikel Gonzalez scored in the 61st and Gonzalo Castro in the 77th minute.

Sociedad is ninth with 16 points, ahead of 11th-place Rayo on goal difference.