MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Hull City and Swansea City earned valuable victories in their battle for Premier League survival but Middlesbrough slid further towards the drop after a 4-0 hammering at Bournemouth on Saturday. With four games remaining 17th-placed Hull are just a place above the drop zone with 33 points to the 31 of Swansea. Hull had a tough task after Oumar Niasse was surprisingly shown a straight red card after 25 minutes for a challenge on M'Baye Niang. Hull made sure of the points nine minutes later when Sam Clucas found the top corner with superb 30-metre shot. Swansea made sure of the win when Tom Carroll's shot found the top corner via a deflection off Joe Allen.

Source: The Star April 22, 2017 16:30 UTC