Against Manchester United at old trafford. Delight in the desert for Sebastian Vettel as he wins the Bahrain Grand Prix to take a seven point lead in formula ones drivers championship. And a last gasp victory for saracens against northampton on the day that bristols relegation to the championship was confirmed. Good evening. Bookmakers who have already paid out on chelsea winning the Premier League title could be forgiven this evening for wondering if they could have made a very costly mistake. Manchester united have breathed new life into the title race by beating leaders chelsea 2 0 at old trafford. Its a result that leaves chelsea four points clear of second placed spurs, with six matches remaining. David ornstein reports. Jose mourinho, responsible for so much of chelseas success, now charged with stopping it, perhaps the last major test for Antonio Contes blues, Manchester United we re contes blues, Manchester United were desperate to ensure that test would not be passed. Ander herrera to Marcus Rashford and the 19 year old with a clinical finish. Replays showed a handball but the goal stood. Celebrations. This was not the form of champions. Diego costa with chelseas best effort, as Antonio Conte reached for his thinking cap. After half time, Ander Herrera went from provider to score. With a deflection, he put united on course for a first victory over chelsea in five years. The visitors pressed but were repelled. As they well know, mourinho teams are nothing if not brazilian, a result that keeps the title race alive. We beat the leaders, we were deserved winners. It was totally convincing. I do not think anyone can doubt the performance. We deserved to win the game. This is my pleasure. And after Manchester City and liverpool victories, pitting the pressure on us, robert lee waiting for us to lose this match, or to two points, we were winners and we are still there. Manchester united deserved to win. They showed more desire than us, more motivation, more ambition, to win this game. It is simple. Liverpool have strengthened their claim on a Champions League spot with a hard fought 1 0 win at West Bromwich albion. Roberto firmino scored the only goal of the game in first half injury time. Ben croucher reports. Reaching the Champions League israeli austral, but liverpool have been making light work of it of late. Now seven unbeaten, they could have made it easier hard Roberto Firminos radar been working. Wrestling control against west brom was not an issue, team that have not scored for a month. Kicking the ball helps. Heading helps as well. One from lucas and one from firmino. 10. In from lucas and one from firmino. 1 0. In control, but not co mforta ble. 1 0. In control, but not comfortable. A second goal would have camp nerves, and james milner should have delivered. Matt phillips burst forward only to find mignolet blocking his path. In desperation, the west brom goalkeeper came forward as well. When he was left stranded, Alberto Moreno failed to finish of west brom. They did not cost his side, who move up to third in the table even if they made harder work of this one than they needed to. We have had a few away games in the past, not too much, but a few. We did not start like we wa nted a few. We did not start like we wanted to start. Today we were immediately in the game, not football wise, but concentration wise. It was a challenge to stay on highest concentration levels today, because each set piece can be decisive. The boys did fantastic. Because each set piece can be decisive. The boys did fantasticlj am decisive. The boys did fantastic. am really happy. I thought we did enough to get the point from the game. The one negative was a reaction in the first 20 minutes of the second half, that goal really knocked us. That was the only negative, and what they said after the game to the players was, i expected them to come out and do what were doing in the first half, but step it up. It took us quarter ofan hour, but step it up. It took us quarter of an hour, 20 but step it up. It took us quarter ofan hour, 20 minutes, in but step it up. It took us quarter of an hour, 20 minutes, in which time they had a few good opportunities and played through us to easily. We are disappointed. We wanted something out of the game. A controversial late penalty earned ross county a precious point against celtic in the scottish premiership. With the score level at 1 1, Patrick Roberts put the champions ahead in the 78th minute before a dramatic finale at dingwall. The hosts earned the penalty when alex schalk went down under erik sviatchenkos challenge, but there appeared to be no contact. County levelled and shortly afterwards celtic captain scott brown was sent off for a lunge on boyce. Ross county move to 33 points, three clear of the relegation play off spot. Sebastian vettel has won the Bahrain Grand Prix in his ferrari. Lewis hamilton finished second for mercedes, but this was further evidence that mercedes recent domination is going to be severely tested this season. Nick parrott watched the race. Lewis hamilton found himself in an unfamiliar place on degrading bahrain, behind his new Mercedes Team mate, valtteri bottas. The finn was pulled position for the first time and when the lights went out, he did not blink, beating everyone to the first corner. Hamilton c Sebastian Vettel as his main rival this year and the german took the fight to the britain in the desert, roaring past into second. Before the dust to settle, carlos sainz shook things up. The crash brought out the safety car and hamilton in for fresh tyres. On his way to the pit lane, he deliberately held up daniel ricciardo. He read in third place after the restart but would have five seconds added to his finish time. It got worse for hamilton, the smarter strategy for ferrari delivering vettel the lead. On fresh tyres, hamilton passed botes, but he could not catch vettels prancing horse, galloping to a 7 point lead in the championship. Rugby union, and bristol have been relegated from the english premiership after a home defeat against wasps. Bitter disappointment for the bristol players afterjust one season back in the premiership. Wasps 36 21 victory leaves bristol 12 points behind iith placed worcester with just two games left. Wasps though are now guaranteed a Home Semifinal in the playoffs. At the other end of the table, saracens kept alive their hopes of a Home Semifinal with a thrilling last gasp win at northampton. It finished northampton 25, saracens 27. With the lions Squad Announcement just days away, the performance of england captain Dylan Hartley was always going to be closely watched as maz farookhi reports. His leadership has never been in the in the week the lions squad will be announced, there are still questions over Dylan Hartleyform. Today brought an opportunity for him and his team mates to push themselves to the forefront of Warren Gatlands mind. Rather than established internationals, it was a possible one for englands future who led the initial charge. Harry mallinder sliding over to give since the lead. The home side knew how badly they needed the victory and hardly knew the importance of a big performance. No better time for him to score his first try of the season. Saracens we re first try of the season. Saracens were never far first try of the season. Saracens were neverfar behind adding the final minutes Marcelo Bosch find the time and victory. Dylan hartleys best performance for some time and a censure but not enough to stop his side losing by only two points. Whether he has done enough for the lions call up will be unveiled on wednesday. Ronnie osullivan is through to the second round of the World Snooker championship. The five time World Champion started the afternoon session leading gary wilson 5 4. He moved onto 7 5 with this break of 124, the highest of the tournament so far. Wilson didnt make life easy for osullivan, but hes safely through to the next round 10 frames to 7. Iam happy i am happy to be here, it is nice to be in sheffield. I am looking forward to being around the venue. Ifido forward to being around the venue. If i do not win, i will go back to london and do some eurosport. The future looks good. 2015 champion Stuart Bingham leads 5 4 in his match against another former champion, peter ebdon. It was ebdon who was celebrating at the end of their session though. He somehow found a way to win the ninth frame despite having needed four snookers and potting a respotted black to do it. That match concludes tomorrow morning. Earlier, kiren wilson booked his place in round two with a 10 6 win over david grace. Wilson, a quarter finalist here 12 months ago, converted his overnight 5 4 lead into a convincing victory. There are two first round matches under way at the moment. These are live pictures from sheffield, the very early stages of both matches. You can see the score. It looks like it is about to be 2 0. In the other match, robertson is leading mark allen, by one frame. The final round of the pga tour event in South Carolina is under way with jason dufner having just teed off after holding a one shot overnight lead. Englands ian poulter began his final round 3 shots back and he had quite an experience yesterday when an alligator delayed play this alligator was lying in wait for poulter after a stray tee shot at the tenth hole. There was a standoff for a while as the englishman debated whether he would be happy to play a shot. The alligator was not moving but eventually it did. Thats all from sportsday. Therell be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. The turkish Prime Minister is making a statement on the outcome of the referendum which will see the president s powers increase. Lets listen in. I also would like to thank the Security Forces for the ha rd to thank the Security Forces for the Hard Work In The Name Of the turkish nation. All those supervisors, and all those people who have taken part in the vote, at the ballot boxes. And i also would like to celebrate and say thank you to those 1,269,000 young people who voted for the first time in their life. This is very important for democracy, and this is one of the most important democratic decisions that the turkish nation has made today, in our democratic history, with this vote today. We are opening a new page in our countrys democracy. Every body should be rest assured that we want to have peace in our country, and thank you for your vote. We will see your vote used in the best possible way. Thank you, turkey, thank you, anchor, and thank you my dear citizens. We want to look after democracy in our country. Thanks to those abroad to want to help. Our president , recep tayyip erdogan, i congratulate him from this balcony. He has made many speeches on this balcony himself. I would like to say hello and give my regards to all those in the ak party, everyone who actually put so much time and hard work into this referendum. In the meantime, those who worked in the field, i also would like to thank them. With your hard work throughout the campaign period, you have not left us for one minute. I also would like to thank my friends who actually have been travelling with me throughout this campaign, wherever i went. I would also like to thank my friends and my colleagues who i work with closely together throughout the campaign, forthe with closely together throughout the campaign, for the yes campaign, and i would like to thank the leader of the party. Also the other parties, whether they said yes or no in this election. I would also like to say i am grateful for the work in this election to last in a peaceful way. Now, my dearfriends, we dont now, my dear friends, we dont stop for one minute
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