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SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2016 SPORTS Debutant Austin punishes desperate Man United

dence. Looking to score for the fifth suc- cessive game for the first time since United 0 2010, Wayne Rooney tried his luck with a couple of efforts, but they never looked likely to bring him a goal. Wideman Jesse Lingard, whose focus was more on 1 defending than supporting United’s attacks, saw a tame shot go wide from a rare foray forward.

MANCHESTER: Debutant Charlie Januzaj return Austin’s late goal earned Southampton a Indeed, it was Southampton who had 1-0 victory at Manchester United yester- the best chance to take the lead in the day that put the pressure back on beaten first half. Nine minutes before half-time manager Louis van Gaal. Austin joined Dusan Tadic released Sadio Mane with a Southampton for £4 million ($5.7 million, perfect pass that the forward failed to 5.2 million euros) from Queens Park turn into a serious effort on goal with Rangers last week and made a spectacu- just to beat. The introduc- lar debut as a substitute at . tion of at half-time in place of The striker, a prolific scorer for QPR, Marouane Fellaini lifted the crowd and Burnley and Swindon Town, had been on United’s tempo as they finally started to the pitch for only seven minutes when stretch the Southampton defense. Mata he powered home a header from James and Rooney combined to almost find a Ward-Prowse’s 87th-minute free-kick. His way through, but the Saints remained goal handed United a fifth defeat in 10 dangerous on the break and it took a games, leaving them five points off the brave defensive header from Matteo top four, and despite a five-match Darmian to prevent from unbeaten run before this, Van Gaal’s side reaching Mane’s cross. Darmian was have won just three of their last 13 games. injured in the incident and went off, to That record, and the bland style of be replaced by Paddy McNair. It was a football that has contributed to it, is further source of concern for Van Gaal, doing nothing for Van Gaal’s job security who has already indicated his desire to and while the Dutchman has been try and sign another full-back after losing unhappy with speculation about his , Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw position, it will only intensify after this and Antonio Valencia to injury. latest dismal defeat. United have failed to McNair replaced Darmian in what was score at home in seven matches this sea- virtually a five-man United defense, and son and their chances of finishing in the which was almost undone from succes- top four to secure Champions League sive corners as Long and Victor Wanyama both headed wide. United did not heed SUNDERLAND: Sunderland’s Fabio Borini (right) vies for the ball with Bournemouth’s Adam Smith during the English soccer football next season are diminishing fast. match between Sunderland and Bournemouth yesterday. —AP Having gone 17 years without an away that warning, though, as they continued win over United, Southampton won at to look vulnerable from set-pieces and Old Trafford for the second season in a three minutes from the end of normal row. United’s first-half showing was as time they were sunk. Austin is a penalty- A goal not enough for bad as anything they have served up in a area predator and the 26-year-old clever- dreary campaign, with the home sup- ly found space to beat De Gea with a per- porters showing their displeasure before fectly directed header from eight yards the break. out. De Gea prevented a second goal as struggling Sunderland It took just 35 minutes for the first he saved from Oriol Romeu, but United boos and chants of ‘Attack!’ to be heard could not make the most of that after another aimless ball from the back reprieve. Adnan Januzaj, back as a substi- Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester O’Shea and a deflected Fabio Borini shot, they United to follow, it was a missed opportunity for equalized in first-half stoppage time. Borini, dropped harmlessly into the arms of tute following his unhappy loan spell at Borussia Dortmund, shot just wide in Sunderland 1 ’s side. returning to the side in place of Danny Graham, . The Southampton goal- ’s Bournemouth, beaten only picked out Van Aanholt’s run from left-back with keeper had been a virtual spectator as stoppage time, but there was to be no late equaliser to keep the heat off Van once in six league games on the road, remain a pass between centre-back and full-back and United’s promising start faded away, 15th, four points clear of third-bottom the Dutchman rifled home his second goal in along with their seemingly fragile confi- Gaal.— AFP Bournemouth 1 Newcastle United. , 21, had kept two games. goal for Sunderland in their two previous games, It was a goal that will have completely but Mannone returned to the starting XI against changed the tenor of the half-time team-talks Bournemouth and was at fault for the first goal. and Sunderland were a different team after the SUNDERLAND: Second-bottom Sunderland Afobe met Junior Stanislas’s bouncing cross from interval. Former Bournemouth striker Jermain squandered a chance to close in on Premier the right with a diving header and although he Defoe almost caught Boruc out with a dipping League safety as ’s strike made decent contact, Mannone got a strong shot that sailed inches wide, while Billy Jones earned them a 1-1 draw at home to hand to the ball and should have kept it out. headed straight at Boruc from Adam Johnson’s Bournemouth yesterday. The Dutch left-back Bournemouth looked to build on their early right-wing cross. Yann M’Vila also tested Boruc, struck in first-half injury time after January sign- momentum, with Stanislas unable to turn the but the game’s momentum tilted again in the ing Benik Afobe had put Bournemouth ahead ball in after Mannone missed a cross from Marc latter stages. saw a deflected shot with a 13th-minute header that embarrassed Pugh, Andrew Surman shooting just wide and trickle narrowly wide and then created a glori- recalled Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone. Mannone parrying from Stanislas and Afobe. But ous chance for substitute Lewis Grabban, who Van Aanholt’s goal inched Sunderland to within Sunderland belatedly gained a foothold and somehow contrived to shoot wide from five three points of safety, but with games against after had saved a header from John yards.— AFP

Basement club Aston Villa Matches on TV battle for Baggies’ point (Local Timings) ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Baggies failed to register an attempt on tar- get. Not even forward , the Everton v Swansea City 16:30 West Brom 0 match-winner in the reverse fixture, could beIN SPORTS MANCHESTER: Southampton’s English striker Charlie Austin (2nd left) heads the ball rouse the Baggies in what may prove to be Arsenal v Chelsea 19:00 his final league game for the club if he to score the opening goal during the English Premier League football match beIN SPORTS between Manchester United and Southampton yesterday. —AFP makes a January transfer window move. Aston Villa 0 Goalkeeper made his first Premier League start since March following SPANISH LEAGUE a knee injury and he made an important Athletic de Bilbao v Eibar 14:00 first-half save to deny Ayew. Later, Ayew Spurs shatter Palace WEST BROMWICH: Aston Villa’s modest was somewhat less than convinced he beIN SPORTS recovery continued with a goalless draw deserved a penalty, despite Olsson’s poor Atletico v Sevilla 18:00 some costly recent errors, but his confi- away to Midlands rivals West Bromwich challenge. With the match heading towards beIN SPORTS dence seemed unshaken when he reacted Albion yesterday. The point extended Villa’s a stalemate, both managers made changes, Palace 1 sharply to tip over Kieran Trippier’s miscued unbeaten run to five matches across all with Baggies boss Tony Pulis calling Deportivo v Valencia 20 :15 cross. The Eagles, without a goal in their competitions, but they remained bottom of Berahino off the bench and Villa’s Remi beIN SPORTS previous five matches, gratefully accepted the Premier League, six points adrift of sec- Garde bringing on Rudy Gestede with 26 v Real Madrid 22:30 a gift from Tottenham in the 30th minute. ond-bottom Sunderland. Villa were unhap- minutes left. Gestede’s afternoon lasted beIN SPORTS Tottenham 3 py at being denied a first-half penalty when just 17 minutes because of a hamstring Thunderous Jordan Ayew was brought down by Jonas strain as Garde’s wait for a first away win in Palace winger found space Olsson. For the fourth time this season the English football continued.—AFP ITALIAN LEAGUE from a cross and when Vertonghen tried to Fiorentina v Torino 14:30 : produced a contender clear, the Belgium defender only managed for goal of the season as Tottenham to poke the ball into his own net at the Ighalo lifts Watford beIN SPORTS cemented their position in the Premier near post. Stung by allowing Palace’s first Lazio v Chievo Verona 17:00 League’s top four with a 3-1 win against league goal for 482 minutes, Tottenham beIN SPORTS almost bagged an immediate equalizer to 2-1 Newcastle win Crystal Palace yesterday. Alli has emerged Hellas Verona v Genoa 17:00 one of the brightest young stars in the top- when Toby Alderweireld’s angled shot drift- flight this season and the teenage midfield- ed wide before a thunderous Danny Rose and Rolando Aarons, operating as a left beIN SPORTS er’s meteoric rise gathered pace at Selhurst volley produced a good stop from wing-back, making his first league start of Sampdoria v SSC Napoli 17:00 Watford 2 Park with a moment of magic that put Hennessey. the season. beIN SPORTS Tottenham on course for a crucial victory. The much-maligned Hennessey made a New Watford attacking Nordin Citta v 17:00 The 19-year-old’s sixth club goal of the sea- pair of good saves to deny Kane early in the Amrabat, who signed from Malaga this week, son was a breathtaking combination of second half, but the England international started on the bench, making his debut late beIN SPORTS sublime skill and lethal finishing. wasn’t going to be denied for much longer. Newcastle 1 in the game. Aarons, 20, had the first chance Sassuolo Calcio v Bologna 17:00 In the 63rd minute, Tottenham’s pressure And with England manager Roy of the game, but his half volley went just wide beIN SPORTS Hodgson watching from the stands, Alli’s finally paid off when substitute Chadli of ’s left post. There were few stunning strike provided a compelling case clipped a cross towards Kane and he pow- chances for either side in the first half with Inter v Carpi 17:00 for his inclusion in the Euro 2016 squad ered a header past Hennessey from close- LONDON: Second half goals from Odion Cathcart failing to open the scoring after six beIN SPORTS after he scored on his debut against France range. Palace responded well and Hugo Ighalo and got Watford back to minutes when he picked up a Ben Watson Juventus v AS Roma 22:45 last year. More importantly for Mauricio Lloris kept Tottenham on level terms with a winning ways with a 2-1 success at home to cross only to head wide. kept out a beIN SPORTS Pochettino’s side, they left south London diving one-handed save to push away injury-hit Newcastle yesterday. Ighalo claimed shot after 15 minutes, with the having consolidated fourth place in the Zaha’s curling effort. his seventh goal in seven league games at Newcastle goalie also clearing an Etienne race to qualify for the Champions League, Adding to Tottenham’s fraying nerves, just after the break with the Capoue goal-bound effort a minute later. GERMAN LEAGUE Vertonghen limped off with what looked Nigerian striker setting up Northern Ireland But it was after the break that the match while also remaining only five points Eintracht v Wolfsburg 17:30 behind leaders Leicester. Jan Vertonghen’s like a knee injury in the closing stages. Alan defender Cathcart for the second ten minutes came to life, and within the first minute first half own goal had put Palace ahead, Pardew’s side had the momentum and they later. Magpies’ defender Capoue sent the ball over the Newcastle beIN SPORTS but equalized after the interval nearly had the lead when head- reduced the deficit with his 71st-minute defense for Ighalo to beat the offside trap Schalke v Werder Bremen 19:30 header following a cross. with only Elliot in his way, before firing into with his 12th goal in his last 14 league ed against the bar before the ball fell to beIN SPORTS matches and 16th of the season in all com- , whose shot also rattled the But the hosts held on to end their four- an empty net for his 14th goal this season. petitions. woodwork. But Tottenham steadied them- game losing streak and complete an Watford took control with Ighalo, 26, setting Alli put Tottenham ahead in the closing selves to snatch the points thanks to Alli’s unprecedented top-flight double against up Cathcart for the second on 58 minutes. FRENCH LEAGUE stages before Nacer Chadli netted from gem. With just six minutes left, the teenag- Newcastle. It lifted Quique Sanchez Flores’s Newcastle substitute Ayoze Perez then came AS Monaco v Toulouse 16:00 long-range to give the visitors their fifth er received possession with his back to goal side to their first win in six league games to on and looked set to score, but his effort beIN SPORTS win from their last seven league games. and took a delicate touch to flick the ball sit tenth with 32 points, while Newcastle are from a Moussa Sissoko cross went high and After an impressive first half of the season, over his head before turning sharply to stuck in the relegation zone on 21 points. wide. But Lascelles headed home Shelvey’s Reims v Saint Etienne 19 :00 Palace’s momentum has come to a crashing drive a low strike past Hennessey from 25 Manager Steve McClaren had to scramble corner with Newcastle pressing for the beIN SPORTS together a makeshift defense as Newcastle equaliser, but Watford held on to claim their halt during a run of six league games with- yards. Not to be outdone, Chadli produced Lyonnais v Marseille 23:00 out a win and now a fourth successive a superb goal from 30 yards deep into struggled with injuries. Lascelles was third victory over the Magpies this season defeat. Palace goalkeeper Wayne stoppage-time to put the seal on the visi- brought in with Senegalese international following an FA Cup success earlier this beIN SPORTS Hennessey endured heavy criticism for tors’ blistering finish. — AFP midfielder handed his full debut, month.—AFP