Fulham fell to the foot of the Premier League table after Southampton struck three goals in 11 second-half minutes.

Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Jay Rodriguez were all on target as they boosted their World Cup chances in front of England boss Roy Hodgson.

Lallana, making his 250th Saints appearance, was set up by Lambert, who scored himself before his long pass set up Rodriguez to curl in.

Fulham have now lost five of their past six league matches, conceding 18 goals.

Saints, meanwhile, are four games unbeaten in the league and strengthened their grip on ninth place.

But the problems continue to pile up for Cottagers head coach Rene Meulensteen after a busy deadline day failed to have the desired impact.

The Dutchman made four changes from the midweek defeat at Swansea, with January arrivals William Kvist and Lewis Holtby both handed debuts. Their fellow new recruits Konstantinos Mitroglou, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Larnell Cole and Johnny Heitinga were not in the 18-man squad.

Victor Wanyama and Lambert both returned for the Saints, who found themselves on the back foot in the opening exchanges.

Scott Parker's attempted chip was comfortably saved by Artur Boruc before Holtby, signed on loan from Tottenham, made his first contribution with a deep corner which Dan Burn headed just over the crossbar.

West Ham striker Andy Carroll set up two goals for captain Kevin Nolan before being sent off as the Hammers beat relegation rivals Swansea.

First Carroll headed a cross down for midfielder Nolan, who controlled the ball before driving home the opener.

He then nodded a corner across goal for Nolan to guide home with his head.

The England forward was harshly sent off after appearing to catch Chico Flores accidentally with his arm on 59 minutes, but West Ham held on to win.

Flores went to ground clutching his face and the hosts thought he had over-reacted, with replays showing contact looked unintentional as Carroll tried to untangle himself after an aerial challenge with the centre-back.

Despite their numerical disadvantage, the Hammers defended resiliently to comfortably keep the visitors at bay and secure just a second win from their past 11 home league games.

The Hammers remain in the Premier League's bottom three, although they moved to within two points of Swansea, who produced a lacklustre display and have taken just two points from their past six away matches.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho accused West Ham of playing "19th Century football" after a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge in midweek, but Sam Allardyce's men showed more attacking intent here.

And they were rewarded when they took the lead with the game's first shot on target.

From a diagonal left-wing cross, Carroll cushioned a header down for Nolan, who controlled the ball on his thigh before driving in a left-foot shot.

Monaco's hopes of challenging Paris St-Germain for the Ligue 1 title suffered a blow with a draw against Lorient.

Lorient, who came into the match in 10th position, took the lead through striker Vincent Aboubakar when he headed in Kevin Monnet-Paquet's cross.

Valere Germain levelled for Monaco with a close-range shot before Jeremie Aliadiere slammed in from inside the area to put the home side ahead again.

With two minutes left, Layvin Kurzawa fired in to salvage a point for Monaco.

The club, owned by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, are five points behind PSG, who defeated Bordeaux 2-0 on Friday.

The top two clash at the Stade Louis II next Sunday

Luis Aragones: Former Spain manager dies aged 75

Former Spain national team manager Luis Aragones has died, aged 75.

Aragones led Spain to their first major trophy at an international tournament in 44 years with victory in the 2008 European Championship.

He also managed several of Spain's top clubs, including Barcelona and Atletico Madrid where he won the La Liga title in 1977.

As a player, he scored 172 goals in 372 games when at Atletico and represented his country on 13 occasions.

The Spanish Football Federation issued a statement that "expressed its grief and shock at the death of Luis Aragones".

The statement added: "[He was a] former player and coach of several Spanish and global clubs and the Spain national team at the beginning of their glorious success on the worldwide stage."

Atletico said in a statement: "One of the greatest Rojiblancas legends has left us."

The club's president Enrique Cerezo added: "Luis Aragones was a great player and coach, but above all a great person and a friend.

"On behalf of the whole club, I want to express our condolences to his family."

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata tweeted:  "He gave birth to the best Spanish football in history. Very sad news. He will always be remembered."

Aragones took over as manager of the national team in 2004 and went about making wholesale changes.

Sunderland earned their third successive derby win over a poor Newcastle to move further clear of the Premier League relegation zone.

Fabio Borini gave the Black Cats the lead from the spot after Vurnon Anita's clumsy challenge on Phil Bardsley.

Adam Johnson doubled the advantage after a deflection took Jack Colback's shot away from goalkeeper Tim Krul.

Newcastle improved in the second half, but were hit on the counter-attack by Colback's smart finish.

In the week they lost Yohan Cabaye to Paris St-Germain, the Magpies, who were booed at half-time and the final whistle, extended their recent run of disappointing results to only one win in seven games.

They have failed to score in five of their last six league games and were again short of ideas.

Too often they were slow to get bodies forward, particularly in a first half that saw Ameobi brothers Shola and Sammy start together for the first time.

The hosts at least came to life after Sammy was withdrawn in favour of debutant Luuk de Jong at half-time.

Cheick Tiote's long-range drive drew a flying save from visiting keeper Vito Mannone and, from the resulting corner, Shola Ameobi should have done better than heading wide from six yards out.

AC Milan fought back from a goal down to draw against Torino and remain unbeaten in the league under new coach Clarence Seedorf.

The Turin side took a first-half lead when Italy striker Ciro Immobile danced around two challenges before slotting in from eight yards.

Adil Rami equalised for Milan shortly after the break with a drive from 20 yards that took a slight deflection.

Milan's Kaka also forced a great diving save from Daniele Padelli.

Aside from the goal, Torino rarely threatened. Their only other clear-cut chance fell to Swedish midfielder Alexander Farnerud, who headed over from four yards.

The result means that since Seedorf took over from Massimiliano Allegri in mid-January, Milan have won two and drawn one Serie A fixture. They remain ninth in the table.

The Dutchman's only defeat to date is a 2-1 loss at home to Udinese in the Coppa Italia.

Milan's next game is away at third-placed Napoli.

Charlie Adam's double strike gave Stoke their first league win over Manchester United since 1984 on a miserable afternoon for the champions.

United started with Juan Mata, Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney for the first time but fell behind when Adam's free-kick flew in off Michael Carrick.

Van Persie levelled with a neat finish just after half-time.

But Adam quickly restored Stoke's lead in spectacular style with a fierce 25-yard strike into the top corner.

The closest United came to an equaliser was Rooney's injury-time free-kick, which was brilliantly tipped on to the post by Asmir Begovic before Stoke cleared their lines.

With his three best attacking players lining up together for the first time, this was supposed to be the start of a bright new era for United and their manager David Moyes, but instead it became an all-too familiar nightmare that will further dent their hopes of a top-four finish.

Moyes suffered his eighth Premier League defeat in 24 games in a match that he will remember for horrific weather conditions and injuries to both his starting centre-backs, Jonny Evans and Phil Jones.

I'll always defend John Terry... and why he's better than Kompany, Rio, Campbell and Co

When the final whistle sounded and Liverpool's place in the 2005 final of the Champions League was secure, there was only one thing I wanted to do. 

It wasn't to join the rest of my delirious team-mates, who were dancing in front of the Kop. I didn't even want to run to the part of Anfield where I knew my family and friends would be, even though this was one of the biggest moments of my career.

No. The celebrating could wait. My initial thought after that energy-sapping and emotionally draining collision with Chelsea was over was to go and shake hands with John Terry, who - like me - had given every last ounce to try to get his team to Istanbul. 

Liverpool and Chelsea had gone toe to toe over two legs and the hallmark of each semi-final was brilliant defending - only one controversial goal separated us at the death. 

John, of course, was distraught to get so close but I just wanted to tell him how good he had been. 

We played the game the same way and that night in May 2005 we were like two boxers at the final bell. 

As Liverpool and Chelsea's rivalry escalated, I remember Rafa Benitez saying to me 'how lucky' Mourinho was to have a player such as Terry. I quickly told him he was lucky to have me and Rafa replied, pulling his hand away from his nose to mimic Pinocchio: 'Yes, yes! You're as good as Terry!' Not to be beaten, I replied with the same gesture: 'Yes, yes! You're as good as Mourinho!' 

But I could understand what Rafa meant. Terry had this ability to draw the ball to him like a magnet, always getting his head or his foot in the way just when it mattered. John was a better version of me and his form was one of the main reasons I retired from England. 

Those games took place almost nine years ago but the passing of time has not impacted on the  quality of performance Terry is still producing. If you asked me to select an all-time Premier League XI, he would be the first pick at the heart of my defence. 

Some outstanding central defenders have graced the Premier League, such as Rio Ferdinand, Ricardo Carvalho, Jaap Stam, Tony Adams, Sol Campbell and Vincent Kompany - players with the medals to match their talent. Terry, however, is the pick of the bunch. He is the only defender since Paul McGrath in 1993 to be named PFA Player of the Year and I don't believe it has ever been appreciated what a consistently outstanding operator he has been.

I accept it might be controversial to praise him, given some of the off-field controversies he has been embroiled in. They have been dissected at length on these pages. I just feel that the way he is viewed obscures his playing qualities

Berbatov joins Monaco on loan from Fulham after snubbing Spurs return

Dimitar Berbatov has joined French side Monaco on loan from Fulham until the end of the season.

The 33-year-old striker opted to join the Ligue 1 side rather than rejoin Tottenham, as revealed by Sportsmail on Friday morning.

Big-spending Monaco moved for Berbatov as they are lacking cover for injured star Radamel Falcao, who underwent successful surgery on a knee injury last week.

'I'm happy, excited and a little bit nervous to be honest,' Berbatov told Monaco's official website, www.asm-fc.com.

'I look forward to starting training with my new team-mates and open a new chapter in my career.'

Berbatov will wear the number 15 at Stade Louis II, where he will stay until the end of the season, when his contract with the Cottagers expires.

Speaking about the addition of Berbatov, Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said: 'Dimitar will bring us all his experience and talent.

'His coming is of course connected to Radamel Falcao's injury. He played in big clubs such as Manchester United and he's a big striker.

'We still have two competitions to play and he will be an asset with Emmanuel Riviere, Valere Germain and Anthony Martial. He has a different profile than our other forwards.'

Manager Rene Meulensteen was busy on deadline day in a bid to overhaul his squad and beat the drop.

He moved to replace Berbatov by completing the signing of Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou.

The Cottagers have replaced him with the highly-rated Mitroglou, who has moved to Fulham from Olympiacos for an undisclosed fee.

West Ham were interested in signing Mitroglou, but the 25-year-old has opted to move to Craven Cottage instead.

Mitroglou has signed a four-year contract with the west London club.

The striker began his career in Germany, but moved to Olympiacos in 2007.

He has enjoyed a superb season so far, scoring 14 league goals in the Greek Super League.
In total the forward scored 62 goals in 148 appearances for Olympiacos.

Wenger lands the enigma: 108-cap Swede Kallstrom in surprise loan move to Arsenal

Arsenal completed a shock loan move for midfielder Kim Kallstrom, a player they first started watching in 2005.

The move, which was first revealed by MailOnline on Friday morning, has been in the pipeline for many years as Arsene Wenger has monitored the Swede’s progress following his move to Lyon in 2006. Kallstrom jetted in from Spartak Moscow’s warm weather training base in Abu Dhabi to complete a medical on Friday.