SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 SPORTS

Atletico substitute Gameiro scores 3 in 6 minutes in La Liga

BARCELONA: Substitute Kevin Gameiro backing up Fernando Torres in recent side-footed pass and rounded the goal- we made in the second half were deci- seconds after halftime, but Sergio scored three goals in six minutes to pow- weeks. But with Torres misfiring and keeper to score. Gameiro fired in his sec- sive because they restored our balance Alvarez leveled for Sporting moments er Atletico Madrid past Sporting Gijon 4- Atletico struggling to break the deadlock ond a minute later and got his hat trick in midfield, and later Gameiro’s speed later. Sporting remained the more 1 in the Spanish league yesterday. at 1-1, coach Diego Simeone sent when he received a long ball behind the decided the match.” Gameiro dedicated aggressive team and had Atletico pinned The league said only Bebeto in the Gameiro on in the 62nd minute at El defense in the 85th. the hat trick to his grandmother. in its area until Griezmann found 1995-96 season and David Villa in 2005- Molinon Stadium. “I’m very happy for Gameiro because “We lost her this week and I have Gameiro to turn the match around. 06 have scored faster hat tricks. The French striker put the visitors it is not easy to score three goals, and been thinking a lot about her. The three Atletico remained in fourth place at Gameiro had only six goals in 21 pre- back in front in the 80th when he because they were very important for goals are for her,” he said. Atletico’s one point behind Sevilla, which hosts vious league appearances this season, received Antoine Griezmann’s brilliant the team,” Simeone said. “The changes Yannick Carrasco opened the scoring Eibar later. — AFP

Lacklustre City held by Huddersfield in FA Cup

HUDDERSFIELD: Manchester City face an Fernandinho was overhit and Coleman unwanted replay in the last 16 of the FA gathered. Cup after labouring to a 0-0 draw at second The game became disjointed and lack- tier Championship side Huddersfield yes- ing in tempo, although there then came terday. Pep Guardiola’s side struggled to the talking point on the touchline as find any tempo against Huddersfield and Sterling went through his paces. must now try again at the Etihad Stadium A plastic bottle was thrown from the to book their place in the quarter-finals. home fans in the main stand towards the A disappointing day all round for City England winger, who did not respond as saw unused substitute Raheem Sterling fellow substitute Bacary Sagna stared at apparently targeted with a plastic bottle supporters. — AFP thrown by a supporter from the main stand as as he warmed up in the second half. The bottle missed the England winger, leaving Guardiola to worry more about his team’s lacklustre display with star forwards Matches on TV including an off-key Sergio Aguero unable (Local Timings) to break down the Terriers’ stubborn defence. SPANISH LEAGUE PRIMERA The Championship side began the game brightly and might have led early on Real Sociedad v Villarreal 14:00 through Rajiv van la Parra. beIN SPORTS He was teed up on the edge of the City Valencia v Athletic de Bilbao 18:15 penalty area by Collin Quaner but his shot beIN SPORTS 3 HD was too close to City goalkeeper Claudio Celta de Vigo v Osasuna 20:30 Bravo. But it was the visitors who should beIN SPORTS have led moments later as they were FC Barcelona v CD Leganes 22:45 denied by some desperate goalkeeping beIN SPORTS 3 HD and defending. Nolito found himself in the ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE clear but his shot was blocked well low down by Joel Coleman in the Huddersfield Bologna v Internazionale 14:30 goal before Mark Hudson made a crucial beIN SPORTS goalline clearance from Jesus Navas’s fol- Udinese Calcio v Sassuolo 17:00 low-up effort. beIN SPORTS Chievo Verona v Napoli 17:00 BERLIN: Hertha Berlin’s Marvin Plattenhardt, left, and Bayern’s Arjen Robben, right, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer Aguero lifted a shot just over for City match between Hertha BSC Berlin and FC Bayern Munich in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. — AP from the edge of the area moments after beIN SPORTS being admonished by Guardiola for not Sampdoria v Cagliari Calcio 17:00 pressing defenders quickly enough. beIN SPORTS SOCCER But then came two scares for the Pescara v Genoa CFC 17:00 Premier League side, first when Jack beIN SPORTS Payne’s shot was tipped over by Bravo and AS Roma v Torino FC 20:00 then when Philip Billing found the City net beIN SPORTS Last gasp Lewandowski but was denied the opening goal by an off- AC Milan v ACF Fiorentina 22:45 side flag against team-mate Martin Cranie. beIN SPORTS Nolito saw another shot deflected just wide as the game remained an end-to-end GERMAN BUNDESLIGA saves Bayern in Berlin affair. Van la Parra was then denied again Monchengladbach v Leipzig 17:30 by Bravo as the City keeper held comfort- beIN SPORTS ably onto his tame shot following a cross FC Koln v Schalke 04 19:30 BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski hit a 96th- ond-half penalty saved, then hit the crossbar Bremen escaped the bottom three with a 2-0 by Quaner. beIN SPORTS minute equaliser to salvage Bayern Munich’s 1- from the follow-up, and Pascal Gross scored win at Mainz. Ex-Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry The next chance fell to Aguero after a 1 draw at Hertha Berlin yesterday and extend- Ingolstadt’s second goal from a penalty at the gave Bremen the lead with a towering header clever sequence of passes on the edge of FRENCH LEAGUE ed their lead in the Bundesliga table to eight other end 13 minutes later. Ingolstadt also on 16 minutes. the Huddersfield box, but the striker’s effort Girondins v Guingamp 17:00 points. Bayern were seconds away from what played with a man less for the last 10 minutes Denmark international Thomas Delaney was saved smartly by Coleman. beIN SPORTS would have been their second league defeat after Leckie was shown a straight red for a sim- slammed home a free-kick to double the lead Aguero was back in the action just a few Olympique Lyonnais v Dijon 19:00 this season when Lewandowski fired home his ilar foul to Abraham-accidentally kicking an seven minutes later, but was later hospitalised seconds into the second half when he beIN SPORTS 24th goal in all competitions to cancel out opponent. Relegation-threatened Werder with concussion. — AFP weaved into the Huddersfield box but saw Montpellier v Saint Etienne 19:00 Vedad Ibisevic’s first-half strike. “Robert a firm shot turned away well by the diving beIN SPORTS Lewandowski is a fantastic player and very Coleman. Some more fine footwork by the Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse 23:00 important for us,” enthused Bayern’s relieved Argentine then took him away from two beIN SPORTS coach Carlo Ancelotti. “We’re happy, because it Lincoln, Millwall claim Huddersfield players but his pass for was a hard game. “Hertha put in a good first half, but it was different after the break and we managed to famous FA Cup upsets create more pressure.” It was a Champions League hangover for LONDON: Non-league Lincoln City and third- chance and thankfully we got that opportuni- Bayern following Wednesday’s 5-1 hammering tier Millwall struck late, late winners as Burnley ty,” said Lincoln manager Danny Cowley. of Arsenal in the last 16 first leg as Ancelotti and Premier League champions Leicester City “The last eight of the FA Cup sounds pretty made four changes to the side that beat the were humbled on a historic day in the FA Cup good. We work hard on our corners and our Gunners. Hertha went ahead on 21 minutes yesterday. free-kicks and we are mightily proud of the when Ibisevic ghosted in behind Bayern’s Sean Raggett scored an 89th-minute head- players.” Burnley drew 1-1 at home to runaway defence and deflected Marvin Plattenhardt’s er as Lincoln, who reside in the fifth-tier Premier League leaders Chelsea last weekend free-kick past Manuel Neuer. Despite enjoying National League, stunned Burnley 1-0 in the and have beaten Liverpool and Leicester on more than 70 percent possession, Bayern fifth round in one of the competition’s biggest home turf this season. struggled and Lewandowski’s equaliser only upsets. Ten-man Millwall, seventh in League Lincoln join Hereford United, who toppled came deep into added time. Thiago Alcantara’s One, claimed a third top-flight scalp in this Newcastle United in 1972, and Sutton United, free-kick found Ajren Robben on the edge of season’s tournament by dramatically sinking conquerors of Coventry City in 1989, among the area, his shot was blocked, but ailing Leicester 1-0 via a 90th-minute goal by the ranks of the FA Cup’s non-league giant- Lewandowski drilled home the rebound to Shaun Cummings. killers. Sutton, also of the National League, will deny Hertha a first win over Bayern in 12 “I’m lost for words. It’s mad. I can’t believe hope to pull off another upset when they host attempts. it!” Lincoln’s match-winner Raggett, 23, told BT Arsenal tomorrow. Berlin coach Pal Dardai was angry about the Sport. “Crazy. A non-league side in the quar- Burnley manager Sean Dyche made six six minutes of added time. “I think that was a ter-finals, in modern football. It’s unheard of.” changes and it was quickly clear that his side bonus for Bayern. Sorry to anyone who might Eighty-one places below Burnley in the were in for a scrap as Lincoln’s Nathan Arnold be offended, but after five minutes (of added English football pyramid, Lincoln prevailed squared for Jack Muldoon to sweep a first- HUDDERSFIELD: Huddersfield Town’s German striker Elias Kachunga is fouled by time), the game must be finished,” he fumed. when centre-back Raggett squeezed a header time shot over the bar. Manchester City’s French defender Bacary Sagna during the English FA Cup fifth “This wasn’t a cup game, we don’t play 120 over the line following a late corner at Turf The home side procured the clearer round football match between Huddersfield Town and Manchester City at the John minutes.” Second-placed RB Leipzig can close Moor. Lincoln, nicknamed ‘The Imps’, become chances thereafter, but could not take them, Smith stadium in Huddersfield, northern England yesterday. — AFP the gap behind Bayern when they play the first non-league team to reach the FA and with a replay beckoning Lincoln’s Borussia Moenchengladbach away today. Cup’s last eight since Queens Park Rangers in moment of history arrived. 1914. They are the eighth side from below Sam Habergham’s deep corner from the BOUNCE BACK England’s four fully professional divisions to right was headed back across goal by Lincoln Dembele keeps Celtic Elsewhere yesterday, Lukasz Piszczek had a have beaten top-flight opposition since World captain Luke Waterfall and Raggett met it with hand in all three goals as Borussia Dortmund War II and only the second to have done so a header that Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton bounced back from Tuesday’s Champions since 1989. “We said it was a one-in-a-100 could not keep out.—AFP juggernaut rolling on League last 16 first-leg defeat at Benfica with a 3-0 trouncing of Wolfsburg at home. GLASGOW: Moussa Dembele was on tar- opening seconds before hobbling off in the Dortmund’s iconic south stand, nicknamed the get again as his 27th goal of the season fifth minute. ‘Gelbe Wand’ (Yellow Wall), which holds 25,000 helped runaway Scottish Premiership lead- Despite this, Motherwell made a solid fans, stood empty. ers Celtic to a 2-0 win over Motherwell yes- start and it took until midway through the It was a German FA punishment after hooli- terday. half for Celtic to have a meaningful chance gans attacked visiting RB Leipzig fans, includ- The 20-year-old Frenchman-tipped for a when Forrest’s shot was parried by Craig ing families, earlier this month. call-up to Didier Deschamps’ France squad Samson and Liam Henderson somehow Dortmund went ahead when Wolfsburg for the matches against Luxembourg and missed the target with the rebound. defender Jeffrey Bruma headed Piszczek’s Spain next month-expertly despatched a The visitors dealt with the pressure from close-range cross into his own net on 20 min- first-half penalty to open the scoring. Celtic until the 34th minute when substi- utes. Poland international Piszczek added the James Forrest added a second before tute Zak Jules brought down Dembele to second, heading home Ousmane Dembele’s the break to seal Celtic’s 20th consecutive concede a penalty. cross on 48 minutes, and then set up Dembele victory as they remain unbeaten in 31 The Frenchman dusted himself down to for the third on 59 minutes. domestic matches since the start of the take the spot-kick and sent Samson the Hoffenheim climbed to fourth with a 2-0 season. Victory extends their advantage wrong way for his seventh goal in three win at home to bottom side Darmstadt as ex- over Aberdeen, who are away to games. Motherwell had a chance for an Leicester City striker Andrej Kramaric scored Kilmarnock on Sunday, to 27 points with almost instant equaliser when Stephen both their goals. Ten-man Eintracht Frankfurt third-placed Rangers a further three behind Pearson fired in a shot from the penalty dropped to fifth after their shock 2-0 defeat to ahead of their clash with Dundee. spot but ‘keeper Craig Gordon showed strugglers Ingolstadt, who had Australia striker Motherwell, who conceded seven to great reflexes to get down low and push Mathew Leckie sent off and remain second Aberdeen in midweek, were dealt a blow away his effort. The visitors were left to from bottom. when experienced left-back Stevie contemplate what might have been when Ingolstadt took an early lead through Hammell was injured in the warm-up to be Forrest then fired Celtic further in front in French defender Romain Bregerie while replaced by Joe Chalmers. the 41st minute. Frankfurt finished the first half with 10 men. LONDON: Leicester City’s German goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler (2nd R) catches the ball Their daunting task of trying to stop a The winger collected a pass wide on the Defender David Abraham was shown a red under pressure from Millwall’s Irish striker Aiden O’Brien (R) during the English FA Cup Celtic side that had scored 16 in their past right and he turned Chalmers inside out card when his clearance kick connected with fifth round football match between Millwall and Leicester City at The Den in south four games was made even harder when before drilling an angled shot into the bot- Dario Lezcano’s chest on 35 minutes. Frakfurt’s London yesterday. — AFP Stephen McManus injured himself in the tom corner.—AFP Japan midfielder Makoto Hasebe had a sec-