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Cowboys beat Giants, stay atop NFC East

Dak Prescott threw three passes

EAST RUTHERFORD: Golden Tate #15 of the is tackled by #54 and Jourdan Lewis #27 of the during the third quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. —AFP

NEW YORK: threw three opened up the passing game. longest pass reception of his career to set Jones lost his seventh to set up Dallas ahead 13-12 at half-time. touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys “We had no doubt we were going to up Aldrick Rosas’s fourth field goal, a 29- a 28-yard field goal by Brett Maher to A black cat running across the field beat the New York Giants 37-18 on finish this game off. We went out and exe- yarder, to trim the Giants’ deficit to five give Dallas a 16-12 lead late in the third delayed the game with 5:32 remaining in Monday to remain an NFL division cuted plays and that’s what we did in the points with 11:50 remaining. Prescott quarter. Rosas answered for the Giants the second quarter, eluding police for sev- leader. The Cowboys improved to 5-3 to fourth quarter.” Prescott completed 22-of- answered with a 45-yard touchdown pass with a 26-yard field goal to pull New eral minutes before running out a tunnel stay ahead of Philadelphia (5-4) atop the 35 passes for 257 yards with only one to , who caught the ball at York within 16-15 before Prescott’s behind an end zone. Shortly after that dis- NFC East division with the Giants a dis- while carried 23 the 25-yard line and continued his cross- fourth-quarter heroics. turbance, the Giants seized a 12-3 lead on tant third at 2-7. times for 139 yards for the Cowboys. ing pattern all the way into the end zone as Prescott had flipped a short pass to a 25-yard Rosas field goal. It was the sixth consecutive victory by Prescott tossed a 15-yard touchdown Dallas surged ahead 30-18. , who raced 42 yards for a Jones flipped a one-yard touchdown Dallas in the rivalry against the Giants, pass to , who made an Cowboys defender Jourdan Lewis touchdown with 52 seconds remaining in pass to Cody Latimer early in the second although the Cowboys led only 13-12 at acrobatic move along the sideline to reach scored the final touchdown on a 63-yard the second quarter to pull the Cowboys quarter to give the Giants a 9-3 lead but half-time. “It just shows the character of the end zone, as the Cowboys stretched fumble recovery return with six seconds within 12-10. On the next possession, Rosas missed the conversion kick. The the team to be able to overcome adversi- their lead to 23-15 early in the fourth quar- remaining. Giants quarterback Daniel Cowboys defender Xavier Woods inter- teams traded field goals in the first quarter, ty,” Prescott said. “Another slow start but ter. After the ensuing kickoff, New York’s Jones lost his NFL-high eighth fumble of cepted New York’s Daniel Jones to set up Rosas connecting from 21 yards and we got the run game going and that Saquon Barkley rambled 65 yards on the the season to set up the score. Maher’s 52-yard field goal that lifted Maher equalizing from 35 yards. — AFP

utilise the experience of the veterans, who Bayern and West Germany defender Andreas Bayern interim helped Bayern win the 2013 treble of Brehme says the Bayern squad “let Kovac Champions League, Bundesliga and German down” with a series of lacklustre recent per- Ferrari reject Verstappen Cup titles. “Of course, you can’t change formances, sentiments echoed by midfielder boss Flick to everything immediately, but it’s also about the Joshua Kimmich, who says the players must selection with perhaps one or two tactical step up. ‘cheating’ claims ring the changes changes,” said Flick. “Javi Martinez and “It’s not so easy for Hansi, he hasn’t had Thomas Mueller will play,” he added with much time,” said Kimmich. “The main respon- AUSTIN: Ferrari has hit back at Max completely wrong in the sport. It is not Martinez to start at centre-back. sibility now lies with us players. “We have to Verstappen’s ‘cheating’ claims made good for the sport and I think every- MUNICH: Interim boss Hansi Flick says “Niko appreciated Thomas as a player, he pull ourselves together. “There are no alibis against the Italian team following the body should be a bit more cautious.” Thomas Mueller and Javi Martinez will start (Mueller) is important for the club and has for any of us anymore. An excuse from the United States Grand Prix. Dutchman Binotto, who celebrated his 50th for Bayern Munich in today’s Champions won everything. He can sweep the team along coach no longer exists.” Verstappen, who finished third behind birthday on race day Sunday, went on League tie against Olympiakos as he rings the and lead them. “The team needs to be active Bayern now have two tough games before the Mercedes duo of Valtteri Bottas and to launch a defence of his team, changes for his first game in charge following and take the initiative, we need to show the the international break, also hosting second- newly-crowned six-time champion explaining how their six-race run of Niko Kovac’s sacking. quality we have in the squad. placed Borussia Dortmund on Saturday in the Lewis Hamilton, said Ferrari had lost pole positions came to an end and why Kovac was dismissed as head coach on “That goes for every individual player - Bundesliga with defending champions Munich their previous speed and form because they endured a disappointing race with Sunday in the wake of Bayern’s 5-1 drubbing not just (captain) Manuel Neuer or ‘Lewy’”, fourth in the table, trailing leaders Borussia they had been stopped from cheating an apparent loss of their previous big at Eintracht Frankfurt. His assistant Flick has he added with striker Robert Lewandowski Moenchengladbach by four points. by an official technical directive. speed advantage on the straights. been appointed interim coach for having scored a phenomenal 20 goals in 16 Flick, part of the Germany staff when they The directive, from the sport’s ruling Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel retired ear- Wednesday’s European tie at home to games so far this season. won the 2014 World Cup, will remain in body, the International Motoring ly with broken suspension and team- Olympiakos and Saturday’s league game Group B leaders Bayern host bottom side charge until a new head coach is named. Federation (FIA), followed an inquiry mate Charles Leclerc, powered by an from Vertappen’s Red Bull about a ‘old’ Spec 2 engine, finished fourth, 50 against Dortmund. Olympiakos at the Allianz Arena with a fourth Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says ‘tricky’ fuel-flow system, designed to seconds adrift of Verstappen’s Red Bull. Flick, 54, was called to an emergency straight Champions League win in their sights they expect to name the new boss within boost power, that was declared illegal. Asked why he thought Ferrari had meeting by Bayern’s bosses on Sunday night after beating the Greek side 3-2 in Piraeus a three weeks but two potential candidates Speaking to reporters late Sunday suffered a slump, Verstappen said: and was “honoured” to be asked to take tem- fortnight ago. Bayern already have one foot in have already dropped out. at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, “That’s what happens when you stop porary charge. Now the former Germany the knock-out phase as they currently sit Ajax’s Erik ten Hag has stated he will Ferrari team chief Mattia Binotto said: cheating...” Binotto rejected the assistant coach wants an immediate response five-points clear of second-placed not leave the Dutch side before the end of “I read and I heard a lot of comments charge, saying: “As a matter of fact, I from Bayern’s stars against Olympiakos. Tottenham, who they host in December hav- the season while Sky German reports that this weekend about a technical direc- believe we were very close to pole “The goals we conceded recently were not ing routed them 7-2 in north London last Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel tive and the impact on our cars. “I position as it was in the last race. I ‘Bayern like’”, said Flick in a press conference. month. However, all is not well behind the has turned down an approach. Jose heard comments at the end of the race, think Seb could have scored pole, but “We trained today like we want to play.” Both scenes at the Bavarian giants, who have won Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and which I feel were very disappointing... maybe was a bit too cautious in one Mueller, 30, and Martinez, 31, mainly started just three of their last six games in all compe- Massimiliano Allegri have been mentioned “It is the type of comments that are corner.”—AFP on the bench under Kovac, but Flick wants to titions. Following Sunday’s upheaval, ex- as possible contenders. —AFP