SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016 SPORTS

Campbell late show gets Palace out of prison

time. The South Londoners went into that game with the worst form across 2016 in Crystal Palace 3 the whole of the English league structure, having garnered just 0.71 average points per game. — AFP Hull City 3

PARIS: A last-gasp Fraizer Campbell header Matches on TV brought Crystal Palace a point in a see-saw (Local Timings) 3-3 draw at fellow strug- glers Hull yesterday. English Premier League Londoners Palace came into the encounter on the back of a rousing 3-0 win Chelsea v Albion 15:00 over which snapped a six- beIN SPORTS 2 HD match Premier League losing streak. Manchester v Tottenham 17:15 But they were on the brink of a damag- beIN SPORTS 2 HD ing loss which would have left them on the Southampton v Middlesbrough 17:15 brink of the bottom five before Campbell beIN SPORTS 1 HD nodded home from a Wilfried Zaha cross to Liverpool v West Ham United 19:30 keep them three points above the bottom beIN SPORTS 2 HD three. The dropped points left Hull firmly in the drop zone just a point clear of tailen- Spanish League Primera Div ders Sunderland as they missed out on a win bonus which would have seen them go Eibar v Deportivo Alaves 14:00 above out of sorts Leicester. beIN SPORTS 3 HD Mike Phelan’s hosts took a 27th-minute Vigo v Sevilla 18:15 lead from the penalty spot from Robert beIN SPORTS 3 HD Snodgrass after he was fouled by Scott Espanyol v Sporting Gijon 20:30 Dann in the box. beIN SPORTS 3 HD Palace fought back and levelled three Real Betis v Bilbao 22:45 minutes after the break after Snodgrass beIN SPORTS 3 HD himself conceded a spot-kick converted by Christian Benteke, twice on target in the Italian Calcio League win over Southampton. Palace welcomed back Yohan Cabaye from sus- Cagliari v Napoli 14:30 MUNICH: Bayern Munich’s Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara (L) and Wolfsburg’s midfielder (R) vie for the ballduring the pension and the Frenchman was pulling beIN SPORTS 4 HD German first division football match between FC Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg in Munich, southern Germany, yesterday. — AFP the strings in midfield as the visitors Atalanta v Udinese 17:00 stepped things up, Zaha shooting them beIN SPORTS 7 HD ahead on 70 minutes following a corner. Bologna v Empoli 17:00 But the lead lasted barely 90 seconds as Bayern regain top spot as beIN SPORTS Adama Diomande drove home for 2-2 after Torino v Juventus 17:00 Harry Maguire fed him. With 12 minutes beIN SPORTS 4 HD remaining Hull were back in front as Palermo v Chievo Verona 17:00 Leipzig lose unbeaten record Snodgrass provided an assist for Jake Livermore. beIN SPORTS But late Palace pressure born of desper- Inter Milano v Genoa 22:45 BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski netted twice as and them win took them off bottom leaving Mueller grabbed his first league goal of the sea- ation saw Campbell, a former Hull loanee beIN SPORTS 4 HD Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Darmstadt, who lost 1-0 at Freiburg, last. Bayern son by firing home Robben’s pass on 76 minutes who helped the Tigers into the top flight Bundesliga yesterday with a 5-0 win over host Leipzig on December 21 at Munich’s Allianz then Brazil winger Douglas Costa added Bayern’s seven seasons ago, come to the rescue as German Bundesliga 1st Div Wolfsburg after RB Leipzig lost their unbeaten Arena, where the hosts romped to a heavy win fifth just before the whistle. Fresh from their 2-2 Zaha jinked his way through before send- Borussia Monchen’ v Mainz 17:30 record. Leipzig’s shock 1-0 defeat at bottom side over Wolfsburg. Champions League draw at Real Madrid, Ingolstadt, who finished with ten men, ended The 2015 German Cup winners have fallen Borussia Dortmund needed a 90th-minute ing over a tantalising cross which the one- beIN SPORTS 5 HD cap England striker buried. their three-week stint as leaders. from grace and defeat leaves Wolfsburg 15th, Marco Reus goal to rescue their 1-1 draw at ten- Schalke v Leverkusen 19:30 The comeback eased the pressure on Carlo Ancelotti’s Bayern cut the three-point only clear of the relegation zone on goal differ- man Cologne. Palace manager Alan Pardew, who was tak- beIN SPORTS 5 HD gap and regained top spot on goal difference ence. Head coach Valerien Ismael, who took Cologne took the lead when Germany ing charge of his 300th Premier League with both teams on 33 points. over after Dieter Hecking was sacked in October, defender Jonas Hector fired in a long-range free- game. Three years ago Pardew, then at French League 1st Div “We’re top of the table again-that’ll be good left Germany’s attacking midfielder Julian kick and Artjoms Rudnevs slipped his marker, Newcastle, was sanctioned after pushing Lyonnais v Stade Rennes 17:00 for our Christmas party!” quipped Thomas Draxler out of the squad. The 23-year-old cost heading past Dortmund goalkeeper Roman his head into the face of Hull’s David beIN SPORTS 6 HD Mueller, who scored his first league goal in 999 35 million euros ($37.3m) from Schalke in Weidenfeller on 28 minutes. But Reus rescued a Meyler. On this occasion he left the venue Saint Etienne v Guingamp 19:00 minutes, as Bayern prepared for the club’s festive August 2015 and Wolfsburg say they are open to point when he cooly slotted Adrian Ramos’ cross with more to cheer as Palace avoided a beIN SPORTS 6 HD celebrations. Second-placed RB had their 13- sell him in January’s winter break. Bayern start- for a point which kept Dortmund sixth as match unbeaten run ended-a record for a club at ed with Jerome Boateng on the bench with a Cologne had Salih Ozcan sent off late on for a repeat of their demoralising 5-4 loss at fel- Paris Saint v Nice 22:45 low relegation candidates last the start of their first Bundesliga season-as shoulder injury and his centre-back partner Mats second yellow. beIN SPORTS 6 HD month when they led going into injury coach Ralph Hasenhuettl endured a horror Hummels was missing with gastroenteritis. Hamburg stay in the bottom three despite return to Ingolstadt, who he left after last sea- Arjen Robben opened the scoring by curling his their 1-0 home win over Augsburg as both sides son. “Defeats always hurt, it doesn’t matter superb shot around Wolfsburg’s goalkeeper finished with ten men. against who,” said Hasenhuettl, who’s side bat- Diego Benaglio on 18 minutes. The hosts took the lead when Nicolai Mueller tered the Ingolstadt goal with 13 shots, to the hit the post and Serbia international Filip Kostic hosts four, but could not score. “The opponents REUS RESCUES DORTMUND converted the rebound on 68 minutes. forced their own game on us, we had little influ- Lewandowski netted five goals in a record Hamburg had sent off just before ence and didn’t show enough courage. nine minutes in the same fixture in September the break for lashing out after Augsburg’s mid- “We were better after the break, but we 2015 and the Poland hot-shot needed just 21 fielder Dominik Kohr’s rough tackle. But Kohr couldn’t make our 300 percent (more shots) minutes to also get on the scoresheet. was also shown a red when he earned his sec- count. The ball didn’t want to go in.” To compound Wolfsburg’s problems, defend- ond yellow soon after. Ingolstadt had Australia striker Mathew er Marcel Schaefer went off with a knee injury On Friday, Hoffenheim were held to a goalless Leckie sent off for two yellow cards in quick suc- after 23 minutes as it finished 2-0 at the break. draw at but are now the only cession in the final stages, but his team held on Lewandowski added his second on 58 minutes, unbeaten team in Germany’s top flight. —AFP

Hendrick cracker brings Bournemouth down to earth

HULL: Crystal Palace’s Frazier Campbell scores his side’s third goal during the English Burnley 3 Premier League soccer match between Hull City and Crystal Palace at the KCOM sta- dium in Hull, England yesterday. — AP

Bournemouth 2 Okaka’s Watford brace BURNLEY: Irish midfielder ’s sensational flick- and-hit volley inspired Burnley to a 3-2 victory over deepens Everton gloom Bournemouth in the Premier League yesterday. Hendrick struck from long range in the 13th minute and head of steam, with Ramiro Funes Mori further goals from Stephen Ward and secured obliged to slide in and prevent Okaka the three points despite and Charlie Daniels Watford 3 reaching Etienne Capoue’s low cross, when replying for Bournemouth. Everton took a 17th-minute lead. Victory ended a run of three consecutive defeats for ’s Burnley, who are now five points above the Gareth Barry did not even need to look relegation zone and a point below Bournemouth, who up to know where Lukaku would be run- slipped one place to 11th. Everton 2 ning, hoisting a first-time pass over the Bournemouth had stormed back from 3-1 down to beat Watford defence for the Belgium striker to Liverpool 4-3 on their previous outing, but manager Eddie finish past Gomes. Howe could not engineer a repeat performance against his WATFORD: Italian striker ’s Okaka’s first attempt at an equaliser first two Watford goals inspired a 3-2 come- former club. was rewarded for inspiring lacked the pace or placement to trouble Bournemouth’s comeback against Liverpool with a starting back win over Everton yesterday, leaving Everton goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, Ronald Koeman’s side with one win in 10 place as the south-coast club went in search of a first ever but his second effort was a gem. Nordin win at at the 14th attempt. SWANSEA: Swansea City’s Jay Fulton, right, and Sunderland’s Didier Ndong in action Premier League games. Amrabat curled a cross into the box from during the English Premier League soccer match between Swansea City and Romelu Lukaku scored twice for His early run created a chance for Afobe, who was bril- the right and Okaka-signed from liantly denied by fit-again Burnley goalkeeper . Sunderland at the in Swansea Wales, yesterday. — AP Everton, bookending the scoring, but Anderlecht in August-stole in front of his Dan Gosling also put a shot over Heaton’s crossbar, but it Okaka’s double-the first a brilliant flick-and marker before pirouetting to flick a graceful was Burnley who drew first blood, and in stupendous fash- a Sebastian Prodl header earned Walter back-heel volley home from six yards. ion. Racing down the inside-right channel, Hendrick leapt Swansea beat Sunderland Mazzarri’s men victory. Watford might have gone ahead before to bring down a pass from a team-mate, kneed the ball up It was Watford’s first win over Everton half-time, but Troy Deeney miscued after and then cracked an unstoppable, looping volley into the 3-0 in relegation clash since a 2-1 success in March 1987 and took ghosting in to meet Adlene Guedioura’s top-right corner from 25 yards. them above the Merseyside club in the deep cross. The second goal would not His fellow Irishman Ward added a second less than three table, putting them level on points with elude them for long, however, as Jose minutes later, slamming home after Bournemouth goal- in the 50th minute after a handball by Manchester United. Holebas bent a free-kick into the box from keeper failed to hold Ben Mee’s header. Jason Denayer and he turned provider four Everton have gone five games without a the left in the 59th minute and Prodl Boruc then had to save from Michael Keane, but after Swansea 3 minutes later, sliding a low corner into the win and now face a daunting pair of home charged in to plant a header past Adam Smith had extended Heaton with a free-kick at the box which Spaniard Llorente steered past games against Arsenal and derby rivals Stekelenburg. Within five minutes it was 3- other end, Afobe tucked away Simon Francis’s cut-back to goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Liverpool before a trip to champions 1. Stekelenburg produced a finger-tip save reduce the arrears in first-half injury time. Llorente wrapped up the three points in Leicester City. Everton received a blow this to keep out Miguel Britos’s header, but from After Afobe had squandered a good chance to make it Sunderland 0 the 80th minute when he headed in week with the news close-season signing the resulting corner Holebas picked out 3-1, scuffing hopelessly wide, Dyche turned to his bench, Jefferson Montero’s cross following an inter- Yannick Bolasie is likely to miss the rest of Okaka to glance in his second goal. Koeman sending on and Ashley Barnes for ception by the excellent Leon Britton, who the campaign due to a serious knee injury. sent on Ross Barkley, Enner Valencia and and . Gray procured a clear opportunity to SWANSEA: A Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty and was making his first appearance since the took over from the for- Aaron Lennon and the latter’s left-wing stretch the hosts’ lead when the ball fell to him in a kind a brace from gave start of November. The win was Swansea’s mer Crystal Palace winger at cross allowed Lukaku to reduce the arrears position, but he thrashed his shot straight at Boruc. Swansea City a 3-0 win over fellow strug- second under American Bradley, the and drew an unorthodox, volleyball-style with a close-range header four minutes He made a more telling contribution in the 75th minute, glers Sunderland in the Premier League favourite with British bookmakers to be the save from Watford goalkeeper Heurelho from time. But Watford held on, a stoppage- his back-heel teeing up Boyd to double Burnley’s lead, and yesterday, relieving the pressure on man- next Premier League manager to lose his Gomes with a teasing early cross. time Barkley free-kick the only meaningful although Daniels hit back for Bournemouth in stoppage ager Bob Bradley. job, and made it back-to-back victories at The hosts seemed to be building up a effort Gomes had to save. — AFP time, it came too late. — AFP Sigurdsson struck from the penalty spot the Liberty Stadium for his team. — Reuters