SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019 16 Man City gain Spurs revenge

English • Phil Foden heads Manchester City 1 0 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City Bournemouth 0 1 Fulham top of the Premier Huddersfield Town 1 2 Watford League again West Ham United 2 2 Leicester City The victory comes Wolverhampton 0 0 Brighton three• days after Spurs Italian Serie A eliminated City from the Champions League Parma 1 1 Milan Bologna 3 0 Sampdoria AFP | Manchester Cagliari 1 0 Frosinone Empoli 2 4 SPAL anchester City exacted Genoa 0 1 Torino some measure of re- Lazio 1 2 Chievo venge on Tottenham M Udinese 1 1 Sassuolo for their Champions League exit as Phil Foden’s first Premier Juventus 2 1 Fiorentina League goal earned a 1-0 win to move them back top of the table German Bundesliga yesterday. Phil Foden heads home the only goal of the game for Manchester City Pep Guardiola’s men edge one 1. FSV Mainz 05 3 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf point ahead of Liverpool once Foden was making just his sec- ing season was rewarded as he Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 0 1. FC Nürnberg more with four games of a titanic ond Premier League start and was named alongside teammates FC Augsburg 6 0 VfB Stuttgart title race left for both sides. immediately justified Guardi- Aguero and Raheem Sterling in For all their Champions ola’s faith in the 19-year-old by the six-man shortlist for the PFA Bayern Munich 1 0 SV Werder Bremen League heroics to get to the heading home Sergio Aguero’s Player of the Year award and semi-finals this season, Tot- nodded pass across goal from KNOW WHAT Jan Vertonghen was fortunate Spanish tenham still have much to do Bernardo Silva’s cross. to escape without conceding a Celta de Vigo 2 1 Girona to qualify for the competition However, history could easily penalty when he appeared to next season as they could easily have repeated itself as after four trip Silva inside the area. Eibar 0 1 Atletico Madrid end the Easter weekend outside goals were shared in the opening Manchester City’s Spurs were without captain the top four should Arsenal and 11 minutes on Wednesday, Spurs quest for an unprece- through injury and French Ligue 1 Chelsea beat Crystal Palace and had numerous chances to strike his understudy Paulo Gazzaniga dented quadruple of Guingamp 1 3 Marseille Burnley at home respectively. back. trophies was ended looked nervous early on, but the City’s quest for an unprece- Son Heung-min had already by defeat on away Argentine goalkeeper got down dented quadruple of trophies forced Ederson in a smart save to save Silva’s next effort. *Scores as of closing was ended by defeat on away from a narrow angle before goals to Spurs on Guardiola’s decision to leave Both sides suffered from their the goal out for offside. goals to Spurs on Wednesday, City scored and the Brazilian Wednesday, despite Kevin de Bruyne out for the first midweek exertions and the blaz- And the England international despite winning a thrilling quar- goalkeeper had to rush from his winning a thrilling leg of the Champions League ing sun as the second-half me- could not believe his misfor- ter-final, second leg 4-3. goal once more to deny Chris- quarter-final, second quarter-final between the sides andered along at a much more tune once more when Gazzaniga However, they remain on tian Eriksen an equaliser on 15 leg 4-3 was doubly questioned after the subdued pace. stuck out an outstretched leg to course for a first ever treble of minutes. Belgian bagged a brilliant hat- Spurs had a big penalty appeal prevent Sterling sealing a vital domestic trophies in England Two minutes later the Dane trick of assists in midweek. of their own turned down when three points from Leroy Sane’s as they survived a nervy fina- played provider with a glorious who made a perfectly timed last- However, Guardiola’s rea- Kyle Walker handled inside the cut-back. le thanks to another blistering ball to free Son in behind the ditch tackle. soning for being cautious with area against his former club. Instead, City had to suf - start. City defence. Despite Tottenham’s chances his playmaker after an inju - Sterling briefly thought he had fer through the closing stages City have made a habit of fir- However, the South Korean, on the break, it was the hosts ry-plagued season was under- completed a hat-trick in stop- knowing one mistake could cost ing out of the blocks this season who scored twice in midweek to who were still dominating ter- standable as De Bruyne limped page time on Wednesday with them the title. and just like in midweek to kick- end City’s European dreams for ritory and possession with Ber- off again just before the break the goal that would have sent But they held on as Spurs suf- start a kamikaze encounter, they another season, was caught up nardo Silva a constant threat. and may well now miss the rest City through to the Champions fered an eighth straight away struck within five minutes. just in time by Aymeric Laporte, The Portuguese’s outstand- of the campaign. League last four until VAR ruled defeat to English opposition.

Bahrain conquers world of MMA with Brave title win Parma draw stalls AC TDT | Manama belt wrapped around his waist Brave 23: Pride and Honour results: by Brave CF president Moham- Milan’s Champions rave Combat Federation’s med Shahid, Eldar became the Main card Bnew Super Lightweight first-ever world champion at champion Eldar Eldarov flew the newly-formed Super Light- Welterweight: Abdoul Abdouraguimov defeated Jarrah Al-Selawe by split League push decision the flag of Bahrain to the highest weight division. AFP | Milan placed Inter Milan at the San Super Lightweight: Eldar Eldarov def. Mounir Lazzez by unanimous decision place, last Friday (19), as he took The new weight class was ap- Lightweight: Luan Santiago def. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady by Knockout - Round 1 Siro later yesterday. a unanimous decision victory proved by several commissions Catchweight: Hashem Arkhagha def. Jeremy Smith by Knockout - Round 1 runo Alves grabbed a point Atalanta, sixth, can pull level over Mounir Lazzez in the co- around the world, but Brave Welterweight: Khamzat Chimaev def. Ikram Aliskerov by Knockout - Round 1 Bfor Parma to pile the pres- with Milan on points when main event of Brave 23: Pride has been the only truly global Flyweight: Jose Torres def. Amir Albazi by unanimous decision sure on AC Milan’s Champi- they travel to second-placed and Honour, held in Amman, promotion to install the weight ons League ambitions with a Napoli on Monday. Jordan. class, providing fighters with 1-1 draw in Emilia-Romagna Lazio were also lurking four Eldarov made history for Bah- more options to fight at their Preliminary card yesterday. points behind ahead of their rain, by becoming the first-ev- optimal body weight. Samu Castillejo nodded Mi- game against relegated Chievo er world champion from the “We made history together. Bantamweight: Aidan James def. Jalal Al Daaja by TKO - Round 3 lan ahead after 69 minutes but yesterday with Torino seven Kingdom, and he also wrote Since I was a little kid, train - Lightweight: Anas Siraj Mounir vs Alex Martinez ends in No Contest (accidental Alves pulled the sides level points adrift of the Champions low blow by Martinez on Mounir) his name in one of MMA’s most ing and grinding away, I’ve with a curling free-kick three League places before travel- Bantamweight: Ali Qaisi def. Georges Bardawil by unanimous decision iconic moments. As he had the envisioned this moment. I’ve minutes from time. ling to Genoa. Featherweight: Akhmed Magomedov def. Steven Gonçalves by unanimous decision AC Milan remain fourth on Castillejo came off the bench Lightweight: Ahmed Amir and Sam Patterson fought to a split draw 56 points but after 66 minutes and had an Featherweight: Hassan Talal def. Mohammad Aly by TKO - Round 2 Roma were immediate impact when he two points headed in a Suso cross three behind in fifth minutes later. always wanted to be a martial and become the new Welter- before they Patrick Cutrone had a goal arts world champion. I was very weight world champion, while played third- ruled out for offside min - close to achieve that in combat Luan Santiago knocked out utes later but Alves snatched sambo but I lost in the finals. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady in a point for promoted Parma Now, I fulfil that vision. Thank the first round to claim Light- with a free kick that left re - you to His Highness Sheikh weight gold. turning Milan goalkeeper Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa In other important Gianluigi Donnarumma for this honour”, said Eldarov fights, two incredible helpless. after the fight. knockouts for Hashem Parma move up to Aside from the Bahrain repre- Arkhagha and Khamzat 13th place, seven points sentative, two other new world Chimaev, who put the above the relegation champions were crowned in the lights out on Jeremy Smith and AC Milan’s zone with five games biggest night in Brave CF history. Ikram Aliskerov, respectively. Samu left. Abdoul Abdouraguimov sur- Flyweight superstar Jose Torres Castillejo “It wasn’t a great vived a late rally from previous had a winning Brave debut tak- performance,” said titleholder Jarrah Al-Selawe to ing home a unanimous decision Milan coach Genn- Eldar Eldarov celebrates his victory over Mounir Lazzez maintain his undefeated record over a game Amir Albazi. aro Gattuso.