62 NEW VISION, Friday, October 3, 2014 PAYVISION BACKSPORT Park is Man U ambassador Park named Gunners begin to reap Man United from $16m Welbeck PARIS Champions League results ambassador Danny Welbeck answered former At. Madrid 1 Juventus 0 coach Louis van Gaal’s criticism Malmo 2 Olympiakos 0 in style on Wednesday, scoring Ludogorets 1 Real 2 LONDON a hat-trick in Arsenal’s 4-1 romp Basel 1 Liverpool 0 over Galatasaray in their Cham- Leverkusen 3 Benfica 1 Former South Korea cap- pions League group match while Zenit 0 Monaco 0 tain Park Ji-sung has been both Madrid clubs also recorded appointed as an ambas- wins. Arsenal 4 Galatasaray 1 sador by his former club Welbeck, let go by van Gaal as the Anderlecht 0 Dortmund 3 Manchester United, the Manchester United handler considered giants an- his scoring record was not what it Red flares rained down on The nounced on Thursday. should be, became only the sixth Emirates pitch from visiting fans as Park, now 33, played for Englishman to score a Champions Arsenal thumped Galatasaray but United for seven years, win- League hat-trick, celebrating Arsene equally worrying for the Gunners was ning four Premier League Wenger’s 18th anniversary in charge of yet another red card to one of their titles, three League Cups, one the club in style. players. Champions League title and “That instinct of a goalscorer in The points were already in the bag one Club World Cup, making Danny Welbeck was more aggressive with Arsenal leading 4-0 after an hour him the most decorated Asian and he finished well,” Wenger said. “He when goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny footballer in history. has such good pace it gives him time to rashly took out Burak Yilmaz in the He joins United greats such finish calmly.” area. as Bobby Charlton and Alex Borussia Dortmund, who outclassed He looked mortified as he walked off Ferguson on the list of the Arsenal in their opening game, top the the pitch for the second time in consec- club’s ambassadors and will group as they eased to a 3-0 win away utive home Champions League proper make an appearance at Old at Anderlecht, Adrian Ramos scoring a matches, having also seen red in the Trafford before their league double after Ciro Immobile had given first leg of the last-16 clash with Bayern game against Everton on them an early lead. Munich last season. Sunday. Holders Real were far from impressive Arsenal have had five red cards in the “I have fond memories of my in eking out a 2-1 win over Bulgarian last seven matches in the competition, time at Manchester United minnows Ludogorets, Cristiano including one in each leg of the final and I am delighted and hon- Ronaldo missing a penalty and having qualifying round against Besiktas earli- oured to have become an a goal disallowed before converting er this season. ambassador for the club,” Park another opportunity from the spot to was sent off in Turkey said in a statement. take him to within three goals of over- and Mathieu Debuchy in the second “Some of the best moments taking Raul as the all-time leading scor- leg in north London. of my life and career were er in the competition. New club skipper Mikel Arteta was spent here and I will never Frenchman grabbed also dismissed away to Napoli last sea- forget the great support I had a late winner against their obdurate son in the group stage. from the club and the fans. hosts. While Szczesny’s rush of blood had “I am looking forward to Meanwhile, Liverpool’s poor start to no impact on the result, it did cause the once again representing the season continued as they went home side to lose their shape and allow United and sharing some of down 1-0 to Basel in Switzerland. Galatasaray to mount a late rally after these memories with our glob- Welbeck celebrates one of his hattrick goals as (inset) keeper Szcz- Yilmaz had tucked away the resultant al fanbase.” esny sees red during the game against Galatasaray. AFP Arsenal’s long red card list penalty conceded by Szczesny. Typhoons threaten Japan Grand Prix

SUZUKA Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by just three points Race organisers are with five races remaining. bracing themselves for a Meanwhile, World champion rain-disrupted Japanese Sebastian Vettel laughed off Grand Prix this weekend persistent speculation about as a powerful typhoon his future on Thursday, insist- closes in. ing it was far from his mind in Heavy rain lashed the the run-up to the Japanese Suzuka circuit on Thursday Grand Prix. with more wet and windy The paddock rumour mill weather forecast for the week- Severe weather conditions has linked Red Bull’s four- end as Typhoon Phanfone is are nothing new at the times defending champion predicted to slam into Japan Japanese Grand Prix, and a with a switch to McLaren or on Monday. cancellation remains highly Ferrari next year as specula- Several drivers have been unlikely. tion builds over the identity of warned, with Force India's The race has twice been the line-up for McLaren, to be Sergio Perez telling reporters: thrown into chaos by extreme powered by Honda. "The hurricane might come. If weather in the last decade, It has been suggested that it comes, probably we won't with torrential rain delaying Honda will effectively buy out be able to race." qualifying until race-day his contract but Vettel Organisers could be forced morning in 2004 and 2010. shrugged off the merry-go- to tweak the schedule to avoid A wet race could also pro- round transfer talk as part and major disruption should the vide a twist in the title race parcel of the sport, pointing to typhoon strike the region. with Lewis Hamilton leading Britain’s Jenson Button as a