SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 SPORTS

Soccer results/standings Bayern romp deepens

English result (Ainsworth 21, McManus 36) St Johnstone 1 (Mackay Aston Villa 3 (Westwood 1, Weimann 41, 45) Hull 1 27); St Mirren 1 (Wylde 79) Ross County 0. (Bowery 28-og); Manchester United 0 Sunderland 1 Playing today Hamburg’s drop fears (Larsson 30); Newcastle 3 (Ameobi 18, Remy 87, Hearts v Kilmarnock Taylor 90+1) Cardiff 0; Stoke 4 (Odemwingie 39, Scottish Football League results Arnautovic 54, Assaidi 73, Walters 82) Fulham 1 Championship BERLIN: Mario Goetze netted twice in Bayern (Richardson 80); Swansea 0 Southampton 1 (Lambert Cowdenbeath 1 Queen Of The South 1; Dundee 2 Munich’s 4-1 win at Hamburg yesterday which 90+3); West Ham 2 (Kane 27-og, Downing 44) Dumbarton 1; Falkirk 3 Alloa 1; Hamilton 10 (Ten) Tottenham 0; Everton 2 (Barkley 11, Lukaku 65) left the hosts facing a nerve-racking final week- Morton 2; Livingston 2 Raith 0. end where they could be relegated for the first Manchester City 3 (Aguero 22, Dzeko 43, 48) Division One Playing today Airdrie 2 Arbroath 0; Ayr 4 East Fife 1; Brechin 1 time. Arsenal v West Brom, Chelsea v Norwich Stenhousemuir 3; Dunfermline 1 Rangers 1; Stranraer As the only team in Germany’s top tier to Playing tomorrow 3 Forfar 1. have never been relegated, Hamburg’s 20th Crystal Palace v Liverpool Division Two defeat of the season left them third from bot- English Football League results Albion 1 Queen’s Park 0; Annan Athletic 2 Elgin City 0; tom on 27 points. Championship Berwick 1 Peterhead 2; East Stirling 1 Montrose 2; Barnsley 2 QPR 3; Blackburn 4 Wigan 3; Blackpool 0 That’s one point ahead of Nuremberg and Stirling 4 Clyde 1. two in front of Eintracht Braunschweig with Charlton 3; Bolton 2 Birmingham 2; Ipswich 2 Spanish League results Sheffield Wednesday 1; Leeds 1 Derby 1; Leicester 1 Barcelona 2 (Messi 23, Sanchez 67) Getafe 2 (Lafita those two sides occupying the automatic rele- Doncaster 0; Millwall 1 Bournemouth 0; Nottingham 37, 90+1); Malaga 0 Elche 1 (Rodrigues 11). gation places. Forest 1 Brighton 2; Reading 2 Burnley 2; Watford 1 Playing later The best former European champions Huddersfield 4; Yeovil 1 Middlesbrough 4. Osasuna v Celta Vigo, Valladolid v Espanyol Hamburg can now hope for is a two-legged rel- Division One Playing today Brentford 2 Stevenage 0; Crawley 1 Bristol City 1; egation play-off against the third-placed side in Almeria v Real Betis, Levante v Atletico Madrid, Crewe 2 Preston 1; Gillingham 1 Shrewsbury 1; Milton the second division to preserve their top-flight Sevilla v Villarreal, Real Madrid v Valencia. Keynes Dons 1 Leyton Orient 3; Oldham 1 Notts status. Playing tomorrow County 1; Peterborough 0 Port Vale 0; Sheffield Utd 2 Real Sociedad v Granada Bayern bounced back from Tuesday’s 4-0 Coventry 1; Swindon 1 Rotherham 2; Tranmere 1 German results defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League Bradford 2; Walsall 0 Colchester 1; Wolves 3 Carlisle 0. semi-final, second-leg to return to winning Division Two 3 (Grosskreutz 29, Mkhitaryan 31, Accrington 3 AFC Wimbledon 2; Bristol Rovers 0 Piszczek 34) Hoffenheim 2 (Roberto Firmino 5, Suele ways a fortnight before facing Borussia Mansfield 1; Cheltenham 2 Dagenham and 66); Bor. Moenchengladbach 3 (Stranzl 22, Kruse 54, Dortmund in the German Cup final on May 17. Redbridge 3; Chesterfield 2 Fleetwood 1; Hartlepool Kramer 77) Mainz 05 1 (Choup-Moting 66); VfB “It wasn’t easy after the Champions League 0 Exeter 2; Morecambe 0 Bury 0; Newport 2 Rochdale Stuttgart 1 (Gentner 62) VfL Wolfsburg 2 (de Bruyne defeat, but the win was important for us for the 1; Northampton 3 Oxford 1; Portsmouth 3 Plymouth 13, Olic 90+1); Werder Bremen 2 (Hunt 49, 90+1) cup final in Berlin,” said Bayern coach Pep Hertha Berlin 0; Nuremberg 0 Hanover 96 2 (Huszti 5, 3; Scunthorpe 2 York 2; Southend 1 Burton 0; Torquay Guardiola. 0 Wycombe 3. Schmiedebach 51); Freiburg 0 Schalke 04 2 (Ayhan results 13, Huntelaar 65); Hamburg 1 (Calhanoglu 70) Bayern “I wish Hamburg the best of luck and hope Celtic 5 (Brown 25, 44, Stokes 53, Commons 69, 87) Munich 4 (Goetze 32, 70, Mueller 55, Pizarro 75); they reach the play-offs. A club with their histo- Aberdeen 2 (McGinn 28, Logan 56); Hibernian 1 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 Augsburg 1 (Bobadilla ry belongs in the Bundesliga.” Bayern needed (Stanton 88) Partick 1 (Doolan 8); Inverness CT 1 90+4); Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayer Leverkusen 2 32 minutes to take the lead as Goetze squared (Christie 7) Dundee Utd 1 (El Alagui 71); Motherwell 2 (Castro 28, Can 36). to Arjen Robben and then tapped home the return pass to put the champions 1-0 up. GERMANY: Hamburg’s Michael Mancienne of England (right) and Bayern’s Arjen Robben of the English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, They doubled their lead when Goetze was Netherlands (left) challenge for the ball during the German League soccer match. —AP points): left free to fire home Robben’s corner on 55 As the bottom three are separated by just shot from Niklas Suele to fly through his legs, Man City 36 25 5 6 96 37 80 Cheltenham 46 13 16 17 53 63 55 minutes, which went in off colleague Thomas two points, all that remains to be decided in made it 3-2 to the hosts with 66 minutes gone. Liverpool 36 25 5 6 96 46 80 Morecambe 46 13 15 18 52 64 54 Mueller. Chelsea 36 24 6 6 69 26 78 Hartlepool 46 14 11 21 50 56 53 next weekend’s final round of matches is which Ten-man Schalke 04 need just one more Arsenal 36 22 7 7 65 41 73 AFC 46 14 14 18 49 57 53 Goetze grabbed his second when he slotted two go down and who goes into the play-off. point to secure a direct Champions League Everton 37 20 9 8 59 39 69 Northampton 46 13 14 19 42 57 53 home Mueller’s pass after Robben’s shot was Poland striker Robert Lewandowski enjoyed place next season after their 2-0 win at Freiburg Tottenham 37 20 6 11 52 51 66 Wycombe 46 12 14 20 46 54 50 saved by Hamburg keeper Rene Adler. a 3-2 win against Hoffenheim in his final home kept them three points clear of Bayer Man Utd 36 18 6 12 60 41 60 Bristol Rovers 46 12 14 20 43 54 50 Hamburg pulled a goal back with 20 minutes match for second-placed Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen in third as Dutchman Klaas-Jan Southampton 37 15 10 12 53 45 55 — relegated left through Turkey midfielder Hakan Newcastle 37 15 4 18 42 57 49 Torquay 46 12 9 25 42 66 45 before joining Bayern next season. Huntelaar scored his 59th league goal for the Stoke 37 12 11 14 43 51 47 — relegated Calhanoglu before Claudio Pizarro grabbed Hoffenheim took the lead after just five min- Royal Blues in his 100th Bundesliga game. Crystal Palace 36 13 4 19 28 43 43 Note: AFC Wimbledon deducted 3 points for fielding Bayern’s fourth. utes when Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino Leverkusen kept their grip on fourth, and a West Ham 37 11 7 19 40 49 40 an ineligible player. Bayern defender Jerome Boateng was sent beat both Germany defender Mats Hummels Champions League play-off place, with a 2-0 Swansea 37 10 9 18 51 53 39 table off just before the final whistle for striking and Marcel Schmelzer to drill home his shot. win at Eintracht Frankfurt. But both Borussia Aston Villa 36 10 8 18 39 54 38 Celtic 36 30 5 1 96 21 95 Kerem Demirbay. The defeat means Hamburg Hull 36 10 7 19 37 48 37 — champions But Dortmund roared back with three goals Moenchengladbach and Wolfsburg can still West Brom 35 7 15 13 42 54 36 Aberdeen 36 19 8 9 50 36 65 cannot now finish outside the bottom three, in five minutes before the break. Germany claim the Bundesliga’s fourth Champions Sunderland 36 9 8 19 38 57 35 Motherwell 36 20 4 12 61 59 64 the same fate befalling Nuremberg after their winger Kevin Grosskreutz slotted in a 29th League place next season. Norwich 36 8 8 20 28 60 32 Dundee Utd 36 16 10 10 63 44 58 2-0 defeat at home to Hanover 96. minute shot, Henrikh Mkhitaryan headed home ‘Gladbach’s 3-1 win at home to Mainz keeps Fulham 37 9 4 24 38 83 31 Inverness CT 36 15 9 12 41 42 54 Bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig, who two minutes later and then Lukasz Piszczek hit them sixth, three points from fourth, while — relegated St Johnstone 36 15 7 14 45 37 52 lost 1-0 at home to Augsburg thanks to Raul Cardiff 37 7 9 21 31 72 30 St Mirren 36 10 8 18 38 56 38 their third after a mix up in the Hoffenheim Wolfsburg’s 2-1 win at VfB Stuttgart, thanks to — relegated Hibernian 36 8 11 17 31 49 35 Bobadilla’s 94th-minute goal, were already cer- defence from a free-kick. Ivica Olic’s late goal, also keeps them in the Note: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Partick 36 7 14 15 40 60 35 tain of finishing in the bottom three in their A bad mistake by Dortmund goalkeeper hunt for a Champions League spot, a point Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for Ross County 36 9 7 20 40 60 34 first season back in Germany’s top flight. Roman Weidenfeller, who allowed a long-range below Leverkusen.—AFP Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to Kilmarnock 35 9 6 20 43 61 33 Championship. Hearts 35 9 7 19 37 60 19 English Football League tables — relegated Championship Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering adminis- Leicester 46 31 9 6 83 43 102 tration Champions Celtic 30 points clear — champions Scottish Football League tables Burnley 46 26 15 5 72 37 93 Championship — promoted Dundee 36 21 6 9 54 26 69 : Celtic look on course for the Northern Irishman capitalised on Adam Derby 46 25 10 11 84 52 85 — champions biggest ever winning margin in the top flight Matthews’ miss-placed pass to round keeper — play-offs Hamilton 36 19 10 7 68 41 67 of Scottish football following a thrilling 5-2 Fraser Forster and tap the ball into the empty QPR 46 23 11 12 60 44 80 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33 66 Matches on TV — play-offs Q of South 36 16 7 13 53 39 55 win over Aberdeen that moves them a mas- net. (Local Timings) Wigan 46 21 10 15 61 48 73 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 51 sive 30 points clear of the Dons in second Celtic came close to regaining the lead — play-offs Livingston 36 13 7 16 51 56 46 place. Scott Brown and both when Virgil van Dijk connected well with a Brighton 46 19 15 12 55 40 72 Raith 36 11 9 16 48 61 42 English Premier League — play-offs Alloa 36 11 7 18 34 51 40 scored a double as the Hoops gained revenge Commons free-kick but Jamie Langfield got Arsenal v Bromwich 15:30 Reading 46 19 14 13 70 56 71 C’denbeath 36 11 7 18 50 72 40 on Aberdeen, who inflicted their only league down well to save before Peter Pawlett fired beIN SPORTS 9 HD Blackburn 46 18 16 12 70 62 70 Morton 36 6 8 22 32 71 26 defeat of the season back in March. just wide for the Dons. Chelsea v Norwich 18:00 Ipswich 46 18 14 14 60 54 68 — relegated beIN SPORTS 9 HD Bournemouth 46 18 12 16 67 66 66 Division One Celtic skipper Brown opened the scoring in The sides looked to be heading into the Italian Calcio League Nottingham 46 16 17 13 67 64 65 Rangers 36 33 3 0 106 18 102 the 25th minute before Niall McGinn capi- break level before Brown got his second of the Udinese v Livorno 16:00 M’dlesbrough 46 16 16 14 62 50 64 — champions talised on a defensive mistake to level the match in the 44th minute. The Celtic midfield- beIN SPORTS 4 Watford 46 15 15 16 74 64 60 Dunfermline 36 19 6 11 68 54 63 scores three minutes later. er collected a cut-back from Stokes and blast- beIN SPORTS 4 HD Bolton 46 14 17 15 59 60 59 Stranraer 36 14 9 13 57 57 51 Chievo Verona v Torino 16:00 Leeds 46 16 9 21 59 67 57 Ayr 36 14 7 15 65 66 49 Brown restored the lead just before the ed a low shot under the despairing Langfield. beIN SPORTS 8 Sheffield 46 13 14 19 63 65 53 S’housemuir 36 12 12 12 57 66 48 break and Anthony Stokes added a third in the Aberdeen started the second half brightly beIN SPORTS HD 8 Huddersfield 46 14 11 21 58 65 53 Airdrie 36 12 9 15 47 57 45 53rd minute. A tremendous strike from and former Celtic midfielder Barry Robson Catania v AS Roma 16:00 Charlton 46 13 12 21 41 61 51 Forfar 36 12 7 17 55 62 43 Shaleum Logan reduced the deficit three min- tried his luck with a fierce long-range effort beIN SPORTS 3 Millwall 46 11 15 20 46 74 48 Brechin 36 12 6 18 57 71 42 beIN SPORTS 3 HD Blackpool 46 11 13 22 38 66 46 East Fife 36 9 5 22 31 69 32 utes later but a Commons double put Celtic that stung the palms of Forster. Parma v Sampdoria 16:00 Birmingham 46 11 11 24 58 74 44 Arbroath 36 9 4 23 52 75 31 out of sight. However, it was Celtic who further beIN SPORTS 1 Doncaster 46 11 11 24 39 70 44 — relegated Despite the defeat Aberdeen have booked increased their advantage in the 53rd minute beIN SPORTS 1 HD — relegated Division Two their place in the Europa League qualifiers when Charlie Mulgrew’s persistence in the box Genoa v Bologna 16:00 Barnsley 46 9 12 25 44 77 39 Peterhead 36 23 7 6 74 38 76 beIN SPORTS 7 — relegated — champions although Motherwell moved to within a point saw the ball break to Stokes at the back post beIN SPORTS 7 HD Yeovil 46 8 13 25 44 75 37 Annan 36 19 6 11 69 49 63 of the Dons with a 2-1 win over St Johnstone. and the Irishman stabbed it home. AC Milan v Inter 21:45 — relegated Stirling 36 16 10 10 60 50 58 beIN SPORTS 3 Division One “I thought we were great-it was five but it A superb solo goal from Logan just three Clyde 36 17 6 13 50 48 57 beIN SPORTS 3 HD Wolves 46 31 10 5 89 31 103 could have been a lot more,” said Celtic man- minutes later saw the deficit reduced. The Berwick 36 15 7 14 63 49 52 Spanish League — champions Montrose 36 12 10 14 44 56 46 ager Neil Lennon. “We gave Aberdeen a goal Aberdeen defender burst out of his own half Almeria v Real Betis 13:00 Brentford 46 28 10 8 72 43 94 Albion 36 12 8 16 41 54 44 to start with as well but our reaction to that and past a couple of Celtic players before beIN SPORTS 2 — promoted East Stirling 36 12 8 16 45 59 44 beIN SPORTS 2 HD Leyton Orient 46 25 11 10 85 45 86 was fantastic. We are playing very well at the unleashing a thunderbolt strike from 25 yards Elgin 36 9 9 18 62 73 36 Levante v Atletico 18:00 — play-offs minute and I think we are providing plenty that fizzed past Forster into the bottom right- Queen’s Park 36 5 9 22 36 68 24 beIN SPORTS 2 Rotherham 46 24 14 8 86 58 86 entertainment as well.” hand corner. beIN SPORTS 2 HD — play-offs German Bundesliga table Sevilla v Villarreal 20:00 Preston 46 23 16 7 72 46 85 Bayern 33 28 3 2 93 23 87 His Aberdeen counterpart Derek McInnes Commons came close to adding to the beIN SPORTS 4 — play-offs — champions was furious at being denied a penalty when score-line with an audacious chip that beIN SPORTS 4 HD Peterborough 46 23 5 18 72 58 74 Dortmund 33 21 5 7 76 38 68 his side were 3-2 down. “I think it takes a mas- Langfield only just got his fingertips to before Schalke 33 18 7 8 59 42 61 Real Madrid v Valencia 22:00 — play-offs sive effort and performance from everybody Aberdeen had a penalty appeal turned down Sheffield Utd 46 18 13 15 48 46 67 Bayer 33 18 4 11 58 40 58 beIN SPORTS 2 Swindon 46 19 9 18 63 59 66 VfL Wolfsburg 33 17 6 10 60 49 57 to beat a team of Celtic’s quality and we were when ’ path to go was blocked by beIN SPORTS 2 HD French League Port Vale 46 18 7 21 59 73 61 M’hengladbach33 16 7 10 58 40 55 always in the game today,” McInnes said. Efe Ambrose. Saint Etienne v Montpellier 15:00 Milton 46 17 9 20 63 65 60 Mainz 33 15 5 13 49 52 50 “We were disappointed in the first two Commons wasn’t to be denied a goal, how- Bradford 46 14 17 15 57 54 59 Augsburg 33 14 7 12 45 46 49 beIN SPORTS 5 HD Bristol City 46 13 19 14 70 67 58 Hoffenheim 33 10 11 12 69 69 41 goals as I thought they were too easy from our ever, as he got on the end of a pass from Valenciennes v Girondins 18:00 Walsall 46 14 16 16 49 49 58 Hertha Berlin 33 11 8 14 40 44 41 point of view but the pivotal moment was at Stokes and fired home a first-touch finish to beIN SPORTS 10 HD Crawley 46 14 15 17 48 54 57 Hanover 33 11 6 16 43 57 39 Lorient v Ajaccio 18:00 3-2 when we should have had a penalty kick.” make it 4-2 in the 69th minute. The former beIN SPORTS 5 HD Oldham 46 14 14 18 50 59 56 Werder Bremen33 10 9 14 41 64 39 After Commons twice came close it was Scotland forward added a second to round off Colchester 46 13 14 19 53 61 53 Eintracht 33 9 9 15 39 55 36 Stade Reims v Gaillard 18:00 Gillingham 46 15 8 23 60 79 53 Freiburg 33 9 9 15 41 58 36 Brown who eventually opened the scoring for the scoring in the 88th minute. beIN SPORTS 1 HD Coventry 46 16 13 17 74 77 51 VfB Stuttgart 33 8 8 17 49 61 32 Celtic. The captain broke into the box and Elsewhere, Dundee were promoted to the Sochaux v OGC Nice 18:00 beIN SPORTS 4 HD Crewe 46 13 12 21 54 80 51 Hamburg 33 7 6 20 49 72 27 then drilled a low left-foot shot into the bot- Scottish Premiership with a 2-1 win over Notts 46 15 5 26 6477 50 Nuremberg 33 5 11 17 36 66 26 Toulouse v Nantes 18:00 Tranmere 46 12 11 23 52 79 47 Braunschweig 33 6 7 20 28 57 25 tom right-hand corner of the net. Dumbarton that sealed the Championship beIN SPORTS 7 HD — relegated Note: Top three qualify directly for the Champions Their lead was short-lived however as a title despite second-placed Hamilton breath- Marseille v Lyonnais 22:00 Carlisle 46 11 12 23 43 76 45 League, fourth goes into the play-offs, fifth, sixth and horrendous defensive mistake allowed ing down their neck with a crunching 10-2 beIN SPORTS 5 HD — relegated seventh into Europa League. The bottom two sides are McGinn to equalise in the 28th minute. The demolition of Morton.—AFP Shrewsbury 46 9 15 22 44 65 42 relegated and the team finishing 16th has a two- — relegated legged play-off against the side which finishes third in Stevenage 46 11 9 26 46 72 42 the second division. — relegated Spanish League table Wenger frustrated by missed opportunity Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering Atletico 35 28 4 3 75 22 88 administration Barcelona 36 27 4 5 99 32 85 : Arsene Wenger claims he will look during his weekly press conference on Friday. Division Two Real Madrid 34 26 4 4 98 32 82 Chesterfield 46 23 15 8 71 40 84 back on the season as a missed opportunity even But instead the Arsenal manager was in reflec- Bilbao 36 20 8 8 65 38 68 if Arsenal clinch a place in the Champions League tive mood as he contemplated his team’s failure — champions Sevilla 35 17 8 10 66 50 59 Scunthorpe 46 20 21 5 68 44 81 Real Sociedad 35 16 9 10 59 51 57 this weekend. to seize a golden opportunity to win the Premier — promoted Villarreal 35 15 7 13 54 43 52 Wenger’s side can guarantee their participa- League for the first time since 2004. Rochdale 46 24 9 13 69 48 81 Valencia 35 12 9 14 47 48 45 tion in Europe’s elite club competition for the The north Londoners led the table and looked — promoted Rayo Vallecano 36 13 4 19 45 74 43 Fleetwood 46 22 10 14 66 52 76 17th successive year with a victory over West genuine title contenders before fading badly in Celta Vigo 35 12 7 16 44 52 43 — play-offs Bromwich Albion today. the new year. “When we came out of Christmas, Levante 35 10 12 13 31 42 42 Southend 46 19 15 12 56 39 72 Espanyol 35 11 8 16 39 46 41 They won’t even need to win their final home we were in a strong position and what you want — play-offs Malaga 36 11 8 17 37 45 41 game of the season if fifth placed Everton lose then is to have your strong players available in Burton 46 19 15 12 47 42 72 Elche 36 9 12 15 29 47 39 against title-chasing Manchester City on March and April, but we had too many injuries,” — play-offs York 46 18 17 11 52 41 71 Granada 35 11 4 20 30 53 37 Saturday-a result which would end the Toffees’ said Wenger, who lost the likes of Aaron Ramsey, — play-offs Getafe 36 9 9 18 32 53 36 hopes of finishing fourth. With silverware proving Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere for long periods Oxford Utd 46 16 14 16 53 50 62 Osasuna 35 9 8 18 29 58 35 elusive to Arsenal for most of the last decade, this term. “It is very difficult. You can have one or Arsene Wenger Dagenham 46 15 15 16 53 59 60 Almeria 35 9 6 20 38 69 33 Valladolid 34 6 14 14 33 54 32 maintaining a Champions League presence has two, but after that when you have too many against their title rivals-they were thrashed at Plymouth 46 16 12 18 51 58 60 become a cause for celebration for Wenger. injuries you always have to play the same players Mansfield 46 15 15 16 49 58 60 Real Betis 35 5 7 23 29 70 22 Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool-is widely Bury 46 13 20 13 59 51 59 — relegated And, with a chance to finally end the club’s and that is detrimental to the efficiency of the regarded as the key to their unsuccessful title bid. Portsmouth 46 14 17 15 56 66 59 Notes: Top four teams qualify for next season’s nine-year trophy drought coming shortly in the group. “The regret we have is that too many play- But Wenger suggested their failure to beat Newport 46 14 16 16 56 59 58 Champions League; fifth to seventh place teams quali- FA Cup final against Hull on May 17, it would have ers were out at the same time between Christmas Aston Villa, Everton and Swansea at home was Accrington 46 14 15 17 54 56 57 fy for Europa League; bottom three teams relegated been no surprise if Wenger was in buoyant mood and April.” Arsenal’s dismal record in away games just as damaging.—AFP Exeter 46 14 13 19 54 57 55 to Segunda Division.