14 Sunday, August 25, 2019 Sports Salah shines as Liverpool sink Arsenal; Palace stun Man Utd score,” United manager Ole Reds lead the EPL Gunnar Solskjaer said. “We have dominated the table with three game but we have not con- wins from three; trolled it. We weren’t clinical enough in front of goal. We Juventus’ Giorgio Chiellini scores Rashford misses defended poorly at times and it against Parma on Saturday. cost us.” (EPA-EFE) penalty in Tammy Abraham fired United’s loss Chelsea to their first win of the Frank Lampard era as the Chiellini strike AFP young striker’s double clinched London a 3-2 victory against Norwich. gets Juventus Lampard had gone three Liverpool extended their games without a victory in all off the mark perfect start to the Premier competitions since he took League season as Mohamed over as Chelsea manager, but Salah inspired an impressive 3-1 the Blues legend finally got off in Parma win over Arsenal, while Man- the mark thanks to his faith in chester United suffered fresh Abraham. AFP penalty woe through Marcus Abraham had failed to score Milan Rashford in their shock home in his three previous appearanc- defeat against Crystal Palace on es this term, but the 21-year-old Juventus captain Giorgio Saturday. striker bagged his first goal for Chiellini scored the first goal Jurgen Klopp’s title chal- the club to put Chelsea ahead at of the Serie A season on Satur- lengers made it three successive Carrow Road. day as the champions kicked victories thanks to Joel Matip’s Manchester United’s Marcus A pulsating encounter saw off their bid for a ninth con- opener and a brace from Salah, Rashford reacts after missing a Todd Cantwell equalise for Nor- secutive title with a 1-0 win at one a stunning solo effort. penalty against Crystal Palace at wich before Mason Mount re- Parma. Liverpool sit at the top of on Saturday. (REUTERS) stored Chelsea’s advantage. New Juventus coach Maur- the with the Teemu Pukki’s fifth goal in izio Sarri was missing from the last 100 percent record, three three games this season brought sidelines as he recovers from points clear of Arsenal, who saw Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring their third goal and his second of the match against Arsenal during thier English Premier Norwich back on level terms pneumonia which will also see their two-match winning streak League clash at Anfield on Saturday. Liverpool won 3-1.(reuters) before half-time, only for Abra- him miss next weekend’s game ruined by a fatal combination of ham to give Chelsea the points against Napoli in Turin. sloppy defending and poor fin- revival in perspective when he But Rashford fared no bet- footed past for But a terrible blunder by with his predatory second-half But Portuguese superstar ishing at Anfield. accelerated away from Luiz and ter when he hit a post from the Palace’s first goal of the season. United ‘keeper De Gea proved finish. Cristiano Ronaldo drew a blank Arsenal boss Unai Emery Nacho Monreal before finishing spot in the second half against When Scott McTominay decisive in the third minute of “I am very happy with the as he begins his second season will be furious that Reds de- off a superb solo strike in the Palace at Old Trafford, putting was fouled, Rashford, who had added time as the Spaniard al- result. We want to win games, in Italy with a goal ruled offside fender Matip was able to head 59th minute. United on course for their first scored a penalty against Chel- lowed van Aanholt’s shot to I want to stay in contention. It and several missed efforts. home from Trent Alexander- Lucas Torreira got one back defeat of the Premier League sea in the first game of the cam- squeeze under him at the near gives me more determination to Juventus’s new Dutch de- Arnold’s 41st-minute corner. in the 85th minute, but it was season as paign, took the ball as Pogba post. It was Palace’s first league work,” Lampard said. fender Matthijs De Ligt re- And Arsenal were guilty too late for an Arsenal escape grabbed the visitors a 2-1 win in looked on, but the England win over United since May 1991 Leicester got their first vic- mained on the bench with of another needless error four act. stoppage-time. striker’s spot-kick cannoned and their first league victory at tory of the campaign as they Welsh international Aaron minutes after half-time when On Monday, Manchester Palace took the lead in the back off the woodwork. Old Trafford since December beat Sheffield United 2-1 at Bra- Ramsey not in the group, while former Chelsea defender David United were forced to settle for 32nd minute as keeper Vicente Former Swansea midfielder 1989. mall Lane. French midfielder Adrien Rabi- Luiz tugged at Salah, conceding a 1-1 draw at Wolves after Paul Guaita thumped the ball up- Daniel James looked to have “Two games, two missed Sebastien Haller’s first goals ot came on late in place of Sami a penalty that the Egypt forward Pogba’s penalty was saved by field and flicked spared Rashford’s blushes penalties. It’s part and parcel for West Ham ensured his side Khedira. drove home for his second goal Rui Patricio when the France on to Jordan Ayew, who was when he bagged his second goal of it. If we keep putting our- cruised to a 3-1 victory at Wat- Defender Chiellini made of the season. star insisted on taking over played onside by the slow-to- for United with a fine finish in selves in those positions we will ford, while Southampton won the difference early, connecting Salah put talk of Arsenal’s spot-kick duties from Rashford. react Harry Maguire and side- the 89th minute. get more penalties and we will 2-0 at 10-man Brighton. with an Alex Sandro cross off a corner to fire in after 21 minutes at the Ennio Tardini stadium in Emilia Romagna. It was just the 27th goal in Bales and James start but Chiellini’s 14-year Juventus Lewandowski hits hat-trick as ‘happy’ career. Parma finished 14th on their return to Serie A last sea- Madrid held by Valladolid son having been demoted fol- Coutinho makes Bayern Munich bow lowing bankruptcy. AFP James starting his first Ma- But they pushed the cham- Madrid drid match since April 2017, AFP Yet Lewandowski killed pions hard with Robert Inglese alongside Bale, whose rein- Berlin the game off 15 minutes from denied twice in the first half by Gareth Bale and James tegration continues after his time, slipping away from Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Rodriguez started together for impressive display last week- Hat-trick hero Robert Le- marker Salif Sane to complete Szczesny. the first time in over two years end against Celta Vigo. wandowski hailed the strength the seventh Bundesliga hat- Ronaldo squandered a gold- on Saturday but Real Madrid But while Madrid scored of Bayern Munich’s squad af- trick of his career. en chance after half an hour were denied victory after a three in Vigo, they were ter securing a 3-0 victory over “The expectations are al- controlling a Higuain cross late equaliser by Real Vallado- toothless here, their lack of Schalke on Saturday, as new ways growing, but I always try to with his chest but sending wide lid grabbed a 1-1 draw. cutting edge in the final third, signing Philippe Coutinho get better,” said Lewandowski. across the face of goal. Bale and James both so often their undoing last made his Bundesliga debut for Everton loanee Kenny was The Portuguese looked to looked certain to leave Ma- season, once again meant the German giants. not the only unfortunate Eng- have made up for his earlier er- drid this summer but each chances were not converted “Our squad is optimal now. lishman on Saturday, as an ror on 34 minutes, finishing off were included by Zinedine into points. We brought two good players own-goal from youth interna- a Douglas Costa effort into the Zidane in a line-up that was Valladolid, who won away on in the second half today, and tional Lewis Baker sent Bayer back of goal. The goal was ruled without a single new signing at Real Betis on the opening we need that because we play a Leverkusen on their way to a 3-1 offside after consultation with for the second game in a row. weekend, rode their luck too lot of games over the season,” win over Fortuna Duesseldorf VAR with Ronaldo deemed to Instead, Karim Benzema but defended with determi- Lewandowski told Sky. earlier in the day. be marginally offside. looked to have won it when nation and Guardiola’s finish Coutinho, on loan from Bar- Chelsea loanee Baker turned he found the corner in the was certainly not their only celona, replaced Thomas Muel- a Kevin Volland cross into his 82nd minute at the Santiago chance. ler in the 57th minute, coming own net after just six minutes. Bernabeu but Sergi Guardiola Madrid had 14 attempts at on alongside fellow debutant Charles Aranguiz and Karim World champion levelled in the 88th and Val- goal in the first half and while Ivan Perisic with Bayern al- Bellarabi added two more in a ladolid snatched a point. none of them could go down ready two goals up. stylish first-half performance Marquez clinches With Eden Hazard and as glaring misses, Valladolid “I am very happy to be here. from Champions League quali- Ferland Mendy both injured, were breathing heavily by the The football here is very intense, Bayern Munich’s Polish forward Robert Lewandowski after scoring his fiers Leverkusen. Silverstone pole Luka Jovic and Eder Militao break. and I have only been here for third goal against FC Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday. (AFP) Yet Volland bemoaned on the bench and Rodrygo Bale and James were at three or four days, so I need to his side’s lapse in concentra- AFP gaining experience in the B the heart of things, their work hard,” Coutinho told Sky. Everton, clattered into the back kick to double the lead just af- tion after Alfredo Morales Silverstone, United Kingdom team, there was little to show energy and enthusiasm ap- Bayern, who have not lost of Kingsley Coman, and Lewan- ter half-time. grabbed a consolation goal for Madrid’s 300 million eu- preciated by the crowd, who to Schalke in the league since dowski slotted home from 12 A resurgent Schalke had for Duesseldorf. World champion Marc Mar- ros spent. were in a far more sympa- 2010, took the lead from a pen- yards to score against Schalke several handball penalty ap- “We deserved to win but we quez secured pole for the Brit- Jovic came on, and hit the thetic mood than during the alty on 20 minutes. for the ninth game in a row. peals turned down as Bayern are not at 100 percent. Other- ish MotoGP with a track record crossbar, yet this was a team miserable final weeks of last English right-back Jonjoe The Polish striker then struggled to maintain control in wise we would have kept a clean time at Silverstone on Saturday looking back not forwards, season. Kenny, on loan to Schalke from curled in a spectacular free- the second half. sheet,” he said. as French rookie Fabio Quarta- raro’s fortune ran out. Quartararo shone in the first three practice sessions. The 20-year-old on Yamaha’s SRT satellite bike clocking a track Al Sadd top league standings after opening week record time on the freshly laid surface Friday and lowering his Tribune News Network past Al Shahania own mark again in third free Doha Al Rayyan and Umm Salal QNB STARS LEAGUE TABLE practice. played out a 2-2 draw in the last # Team MP w D L F A D P But in fourth free practice The 2019/20 QNB Stars fixture of Week 1 of the 2019- 1 Al Sadd 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 3 and then final qualifying, Mar- League got off to a flying start 20 QNB Stars League at the Al quez for Honda stole the show as 21 goals were scored and Sadd Stadium on Friday. There 2 Al Gharafa 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 with a new fastest time of 1min defending champions Al Sadd were also wins for Al Arabi who 3 Al Arabi 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 58.168 seconds. top the table after a convinv- beat Al Ahli and are in third, 4 Al Duhail 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 The Spaniard, starting from ing 4-1 win over newcomers while Al Duhail squeezed past 5 Al Rayyan 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 pole for the fourth consecutive Al Wakrah. Qatar Sports Club thanks to late 6 Umm Salal 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 race, is joined on the front row Hernandez who has goals by Yousef Msakni and Al- on Sunday by Italian veteran gotten off to a near perfect start moez Ali. 7 Al Khor 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 1 Valentino Rossi. to coaching continued his im- Meanwhile former league 8 Al Sailiya 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 1 The seven time Mo- pressive run with the Wolves. winners Al Rayyan continued 9 Qatar SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 toGP/500 world champion Next for the champions will be their miserable run, as Diego 10 Al Ahli 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 pushed his factory Yamaha to the AFC Champions League Aguirre’s men could only man- 11 Al Wakrah 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 within 0.428sec of Marquez quarter-final against Al Nassr age a 2-2 draw against a strong 12 Al Shahaniya 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 with the pair joined at the head on Tuesday. Umm Salal team on Friday. of British grid by Australian “This game (the win against as it will be a tough match in an after the match on Wednesday. Al Sailiya were held by Al Jack Miller on Ducati’s Pramac. Al Wakrah) was a good test for intense atmosphere. We will Slavisa Jokanovic also got Khor on Thursday. The Per- the pitch. Sami Trabelsi had they prepare for their first Free-practice trailblazer the upcoming game against Al prepare well for it. Our goal is to off to a good start on his QSL egrines have been praised for earlier said his team need to participation in the AFC Quartararo had to settle for Nassr in the Champions League, reach the semi-final,” Xavi said debut as Al Gharafa cruised their stability both off and on be ambitiuos this season as Champions League. fourth, and the second row.