Goetze Strikes As Bayern Run Riot at Dortmund
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SPORTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2013 Spanish League Roundup German League Roundup Barcelona crush Granada MADRID: Barcelona made light work of Lionel responsibility to slot the spot-kick low into the corner Messi’s absence to move six points clear at the top of of the net. La Liga with a routine 4-0 home win over Granada Granada came close to an equaliser four minutes yesterday. First-half penalties from Andres Iniesta later with their best effort of the game as Piti drilled a and Cesc Fabregas put the Catalans in command at shot from 25 yards off the crossbar. However, it didn’t the break. Granada were then left to play the final take long for Barca to double their advantage as Fran quarter of the game with 10 men as Manuel Iturra Rico clipped Iniesta’s heels just inside the area and was shown a second yellow card. Alexis Sanchez this time Fabregas stepped up to rifle the ball into added a third soon after from Neymar’s pass before the roof of the net. It should have been three for Pedro Rodriguez rounded off the scoring a minute Barca moments later when Pedro somehow blazed from time. over when presented with an open goal after With Victor Valdes, Xavi Hernandez, Dani Alves Roberto had flapped at Martin Montoya’s cross. and Jordi Alba also out injured, Barca boss Gerardo The visitors’ task became even tougher 23 minutes Martino was forced into making seven changes from from time when Iturra saw his second yellow card for the side that started their last outing against Real upending Pedro. Sanchez made it 3-0 when he lifted Betis two weeks ago. However, Martino reiterated his the ball over the advancing Roberto from Neymar’s belief that Barca have an ample enough squad to well-weighted through ball five minutes later. With cope with such a number of key absentees. “Some of the game won 17-year-old Adama Traore replaced the best players, like Leo or Victor, are missing, but all Neymar to make his Barca debut and he nearly the players are very good. Those that can play just sealed it with a memorable goal as he weaved past DORTMUND: Dortmund’s Polish midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski (right), Bayern Munich’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (left) and Bayern Munich’s Brazilian defender Dante (center) vie for the ball during the now are very good so I don’t see it as a different three Granada defenders before Roberto smothered match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich yesterday. — AFP match. It was a game in which we had some difficul- his low effort. ties but there was no motive for us not to play a And Pedro put the shine on another comfortable good game. afternoon for the Spanish champions when he “We have to work out how to win every game we turned home Fabregas’ cross. Real Sociedad moved Goetze strikes as Bayern are faced with and the best thing we can do is wait up to sixth thanks to four goals from Mexican striker for Leo, Victor, Jordi, Dani, Xavi whilst winning so that Carlos Vela as they came from 3-1 down to beat 10- the team gains confidence and so they don’t have to man Celta Vigo 4-3 at Anoeta. Two goals from on- run riot at Dortmund come back in a week or a month with the extra pres- loan Barcelona midfielder Rafinha Alcantara had put sure of begin the saviors of the team. “The thing that the visitors in charge, but Vela scored twice in three BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s Germany star Mario Goetze behind David Moyes’ Premier League side. Sixth- I will never do is make excuses.” The opener arrived minutes after Andreu Fontas had been sent-off to came off the bench to score the opening goal in the placed Schalke, who are away to Steau Bucharest in after 20 minutes when Dimitri Foulquier brought complete a remarkable return to form having not European champions’ 3-0 win at his ex-club Borussia the Champions League on Tuesday and second in down Fabregas and captain for the day Iniesta took previously scored in La Liga since August.— AFP Dortmund yesterday. Goetze, who joined Bayern for Group E behind Chelsea, drew 3-3 at Eintracht 37 million euros (US$50m) in July after 12 years at Frankfurt. The Royal Blues flew into a 2-0 lead after Dortmund, gave the perfect reply to the chorus of only 18 minutes away from home, but leaked three boos at Borussia’s Westfalenstadion. The 21-year-old goals in 12 disastrous second-half minutes. Eintracht, smashed home a Thomas Mueller pass on 66 minutes, who are just above the relegation places, hit the back before the flood gates opened and Arjen Robben and of the Schalke net four times in those 12 minutes, but Mueller added late goals in the final five minutes. one of their efforts was ruled offside. This was a commanding performance and was the Frankfurt’s Spanish midfielder Joselu scored twice first time Bayern have beaten Dortmund in six with the ex-Real Madrid player adding to his earlier Bundesliga attempts, dating back to February 2010, header when he slammed home a long-range shot on as Munich again ran out winners in a replay of May’s 68 minutes. Germany defender Benedikt Hoewedes Champions League final. Dortmund had been forced saved Schalke’s blushes when he hit the top-right to patch together their back four after both centre- hand corner to equalize with just four minutes left. back Mats Hummels and left-back Marcel Schmelzer Wolfsburg’s four-match winning streak, which has returned from international duty with injury.But there seen them climb to fifth in the league, was ended can be no excuses as Bayern extended their record when they were held to a 1-1 draw at second-from- unbeaten run in the Bundesliga to 38 matches to bottom Nuremberg. The host team’s striker Daniel open a seven-point lead over Dortmund, who drop to Ginczek equalized after 19-year-old Maximilian third. Arnold had converted Brazilian play-maker Diego’s Earlier, Bayer Leverkusen warmed up for final pass for Wolves just before the break. Wednesday’s Champions League clash at home to Freiburg stay in the relegation places despite their Manchester United by going second with a 1-0 win at 1-0 win at bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig, while Hertha Berlin. Striker Stefan Kiessling, who has been Augsburg are up to tenth after their 2-0 win at repeatedly overlooked by Germany coach Joachim Hoffenheim. Today, Hamburg host Hanover without Loew since 2010, hit Leverkusen’s first-half winner for Dutch captain Rafael van der Vaart, who is expected his eighth goal in 13 league games. The win came at a to miss the next four weeks with an ankle injury. On cost as Germany winger Sidney Sam is doubtful after Friday, Borussia Moenchengladbach stayed fourth BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez (top) vies with Granada’s Romanian midfield- suffering a suspected torn thigh just four minutes with a 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart, their fourth straight er Gabriel Torje during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs CF Granada at the Camp into the game and will undergo a scan on Sunday. win, with goals by Brazil’s Raffael and Sweden’s Oscar Nou stadium yesterday. — AFP Leverkusen are second in Group A, just one point Wendt. — AFP PSG move 7 clear Russian Premier League in French League CSKA boost title hopes PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain kept their unbeaten start to the season intact with a dominant 3-0 win at Reims which extended their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to seven MOSCOW: Reigning champions CSKA Akinfeev and Brazilian defender Mario points yesterday. PSG who suffered their last league Moscow earned a hard-fought 1-0 win Fernandes. defeat at Reims last season when they lost 1-0 in the in their Russian Premier League derby One goal proved enough, champagne region, gained a slice of revenge in a con- against Spartak Moscow yesterday although Japanese midfielder Keisuke trolled, professional performance away from home. with Ivory Coast striker Seydou Honda, Serbian winger Zoran Tosic, Lucas Moura and Jeremy Menez shared goals either Doumbia scoring the game’s only Sweden’s Pontus Wernbloom and side of half-time and Zlatan Ibrahimovic added a late goal. The result allowed CSKA to gain Doumbia all squandered opportuni- insurance marker while Reims missed a late penalty as revenge for a 3-0 defeat when they ties to increase the lead. Spartak head Laurent Blanc’s men rumbled to their 10th victory in 14 last met Spartak, and the two teams coach Valery Karpin was upset with outings. Second-placed Lille host lower table Toulouse are now level with Lokomotiv Moscow his team’s performance, saying: “We on Sunday while Cote d’Azur big spenders Monaco also on 33 points, three points behind have nobody to blame for the defeat face a must win situation at Nantes in a bid to keep pace leaders Zenit St Petersburg. Zenit suf- except ourselves. “We allowed CSKA with the runaway leaders. “We turned in a really concrete fered a surprise 2-0 home defeat to to score an early goal because of a performance today, created chances and took our goals,” Rostov on Friday, while Lokomotiv serious mistake and after that they PSG ‘keeper Salvatore Sirigu told Canal Plus tv. entertain Dinamo Moscow in another were able to play on the break, which “We’re really happy with the win because it’s difficult capital derby today.