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22 Wednesday, November 1, 2017 SPORTS Ronaldo and team-mates Burnley up to 7th, take off for London beat Newcastle 1-0 Burnley ean Dyche celebrated his fifth anniversary as Burnley manager Swith a 1-0 victory over Newcastle that moved them up to seventh. ’s 74th-minute winner settled a dull contest at Turf Moor as the Clarets leapfrogged Rafael Benitez’s Magpies in the table. Newcastle were in the Europa League when Dyche was appointed Eddie Howe’s successor in October Cristiano Ronaldo (R) and Toni Kroos prepare for flight to London 2012, but it is Burnley who now sit London the break. just beneath the European positions, ristiano Ronaldo and his Real The Best FIFA’s Men’s Player albeit with just 10 games of the season team-mates have left of the Year was part of a Madrid completed. theC Spanish capital and are headed side that were shocked by newly The Clarets were in the bottom half Burnley’s Jeff Hendrick (C) celebrates with team-meates (Picture courtesy: theguardian) to London ahead of their crucial promoted Girona at the weekend of the Championship when Dyche Champions League clash with in , as they lost 2-1 to the arrived, and two promotions have been rather than the first of several chances. stopper pushed wide with both hands. Tottenham. Catalan club. followed by last year’s campaign of Corners at either end provided half- With Barnes offering little as Zinedine Zidane’s side will walk However, the smiles appeared consolidation in the Premier League. chances -- Hendrick’s header being Burnley’s spearhead, and his support out in front of a sold-out Wembley to have returned to the faces of the There was no pre-match ceremonial diverted wide by ’s boot, act Hendrick frequently caught offside, on Wednesday evening, with the players and staff as they boarded display to mark Dyche’s landmark, while stabbed over after their best chances were coming from winners to emerge favourites to their flight for London, Ronaldo merely some extra clapping in the both Tarkowski and failed set-pieces as Tarkowski nodded a deep top Group H. posting a picture of himself sat supporters’ direction during his to clear. free-kick at Rob Elliot. And despite their illustrious beside Toni Kroos. normal walk across the pitch from Shelvey was the one who looked Hendrick was in the way when Cork history, which includes 12 appeared to have tunnel to dugout. the most likely to make something took a shot from distance, inadvertently European titles, it will be the first put the nightmare in Catalonia to His team was without injured top happen and his sweetly struck effort deflecting it over the top, but he was time any Real Madrid team has the back of his mind as well, and scorer Chris Wood, while might have caused Clarets goalkeeper finally in the right place at the right taken to the pitch at England’s looked sharp as ever as he made his was only fit enough for the bench, so issues if it was not directed time with 16 minutes to go. national stadium. way to the aircraft alongside club led the hosts’ attack. straight at him. It was and Cork who Ronaldo was on hand to spare ambassador Roberto Carlos. The game started with Hendrick Pope showed more agility at the start won possession in midfield by hounding Real’s blushes when the pair met The defender then made his way steering a half-volley wide from James of the second period when Joselu’s Perez and the latter then fired a shot at earlier this month at the Bernabeu, to his seat alongside Marcelo as Tarkowski’s flick-on inside 40 seconds, lay-off allowed Ayoze Perez to fire an Elliot having played a give-and-go to the Portuguese cancelling out they prepared for the short flight to though that proved to be an anomaly attempt towards goal that the Burnley Johann Berg Gudmundsson. (espn.in) Raphael Varane’s own goal before the UK. (dailymail.co.uk) Dejan Lovren angry after edge Hellas Verona Verona ‘Instagram death threat’ nter Milan overcame relegation- threatened Hellas Verona by a hard- foughtI 2-1 on Monday that extended its unbeaten start to . Ivan Perisic scored the winner midway through the second half less than 10 minutes after Giampaolo Pazzini equalized with a penalty. Borja Valero opened the scoring for Inter in the first half. Inter moved back into second place, two points behind Napoli and one ahead of six- time defending champion Juventus and Lazio. Dejan Lovren (file pic) Verona dropped to next to last with London Tottenham’s opening two goals at only one win in 11 matches. Showing iverpool defender Dejan Lovren Wembley, and was substituted by continuity under new coach Luciano says a “disgusting” death threat Reds boss Jurgen Klopp after just Spalletti, Inter became the first side againstL his family was sent to him 31 minutes. in the Italian league to use the same on social media. He was set to start Saturday’s starting 11 in five different matches The 28-year-old Croat was heavily home game against Huddersfield, this season. criticised for his performance in the but withdrew through injury in the Borja Valero, a crafty Spanish Reds’ 4-1 Premier League defeat at warm-up of a game Liverpool won signed from Fiorentina, Tottenham on 22 October. 3-0. broke the deadlock in the 36th, In an Instagram story, he shared Before the match, Klopp redirecting a cross from Antonio a screengrab of a private message in compared the media reaction to Candreva as two defenders drifted Inter Milan’s Borja Valero (L) vies with Verona’s Mohamed Fares (Picture courtesy: xinhua) which the sender said they would Lovren’s performance to people toward Mauro Icardi and left him “murder” the footballer’s family. “watching an accident”. unmarked. once he checked video he saw that the crossbar a few minutes before “I cannot ignore when my family “You are the kind of people Pazzini’s equalizer came with the Handanovic fouled the Verona winger. Perisic’s winner came following a is threatened,” said Lovren. standing around with smartphones help of the video assistant referee. The Pazzini was brought on for the corner that was cleared toward the “I just can’t and won’t accept instead of helping,” said the referee ruled to play on after contact penalty and scored with his first touch, Croatia international. Perisic’s shot was that.” German. “I’m not this kind of between Inter goalkeeper Samir a precise and low shot to the left corner. so powerful that Verona goalkeeper Lovren was at fault for person.” (BBC) Handanovic and Alessio Cerci but Inter midfielder Matias Vecino hit Nicolas had no time to react. (AP)