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Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham (second left), scores his side’s second goal during the English FA Cup fourth round soccer match between Chelsea and Luton Town at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Jan 24. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Chelsea ease pressure on Lampard Man City survive scare, Leicester beat second-tier club

LONDON, Jan 24, (AP): Tammy Abraham scored a hat trick as Chelsea beat Luton 3-1 and Leicester had to come from behind against another second-tier club before ousting Brentford by the same score to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Abraham netted twice in a seven- minute span in the first half. Jordan Clark profited from the struggling ’s latest goalkeep- ing error to reduce the deficit to 2-1 on the half-hour before Abraham struck again in the 74th minute, taking his tally to 11. missed a late penalty in a frustrating end to his afternoon. Chelsea will play another lower-league club, Barnsley, in the round of 16. This victory was crucial for under- pressure manager after five losses in the past eight games.

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Brentford, which beat four Premier League teams on its way to this sea- son’s League Cup semifinals, threat- ened another shock when it took the lead through Mads Bech Sorensen’s sixth-minute goal against Leicester. But Leicester turned it around with- in six minutes at the start of the second half. James Maddison weaved through the Brentford defense to the edge of the area before teeing up Cengiz Under, who powerfully fired in the equalizer. Youri Tielemans was tripped in the area by Tariqe Fosu and the Belgium midfielder netted from the penalty spot. Maddison killed it off in the 71st minute when he tapped in the rebound after Harvey Barnes’ shot was saved. Players of Argentina’s Defensa y Justicia celebrate with the trophy after winning the Copa Sudamericana final soccer match against Argentina’s Lanus in Cordoba, Argentina, on Jan 23. Jay Rodriguez struck twice for Defensa y Justicia won 3-0. (AP) Burnley in a 3-0 win at Fulham - the 31-year-old striker’s first goals since July. into the net. Gabriel Jesus scored City’s opener after 12 minutes. Tommy With just under 10 minutes left on second three minutes later to avoid extra Doyle’s cross was half cleared to Hazard shines for Madrid without Zidane the clock, Rodriguez turned provider time, though his goal may have been Benjamin Mendy and the defender’s for Kevin Long for the third. deemed offside if the video review sys- angled rocket was cleverly – and Manchester City survived a scare to tem - not used in cup games at non-Pre- bravely – cleared off the line for a De Jong leads Barca to win over Elche beat fourth-tier Cheltenham 3-1. mier League stadiums - had been in corner by Tozer. Cheltenham came close to one of operation. Guardiola tried to use the game to MADRID, Jan 24, (AP): Barcelona picked up their second sion for hitting an opponent in the team’s 3-2 loss to Athletic the biggest shocks in the 150-year his- Ferran Torres added a third in stop- give his young players experience, but win in a row without the suspended , defeating Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final on Jan. 17. tory of the FA Cup before Pep page time to ensure City move on to ended up bringing Cancelo, Ruben Elche 2-0 to regain third place in the Spanish league on The Argentina playmaker will be allowed to return to Guardiola’s City team scored three Sunday. action in Barcelona’s visit to Rayo Vallecano in the round of late goals. play Swansea in the fifth round. Dias and Ilkay Gundogan off the “We learned to suffer and at the end bench. scored in the 39th minute and set up 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. A long throw-in from Cheltenham Riqui Puig’s 89th-minute goal to give Barcelona its fourth Elche, winless in its last 13 league games, was second-to- captain Ben Tozer caused a mix-up in the quality made the difference. We “The players they brought on from league win in a row as Messi served the second of his two- last in the 20-team standings. the City defense and Alfie May seized won the game and we are happy to win the bench probably tells you some- game suspension for hitting an opponent. on a deflection to stab the ball into the this game in this type of competition,” thing, and the way they celebrated the Meanwwhile, Eden Hazard scored and set up Karim net. Guardiola said. “We knew how tough goals probably tells you something as The Catalan club moved a point in front of Sevilla, which Benzema for his first of two goals as Real Madrid eased to In the 81st minute City finally pulled it would be and the response from the well,” Cheltenham manager Michael on Saturday beat Cádiz 3-0. Barcelona was three points a 4-1 victory at Alavés in the Spanish league, ending a win- level as Phil Foden met Joao Cancelo’s players was magnificent.” Duff said. “I think they’ll know behind second-place Real Madrid - which won 4-1 at Alavés less run in a match that coach Zinedine Zidane missed after cross at the far post and knocked the ball City had been brilliantly denied an they’ve been in a game.” on Saturday - and seven points behind leader Atlético he contracted the coronavirus. Madrid. Hazard grazed a long pass to redirect it to Benzema to It was the first time Barcelona won four consecutive double the lead for Madrid in the 41st after Casemiro had Improving Monaco hand Marseille another defeat league matches this season, with all four victories coming in headed in the 15th-minute opener. away matches. It hasn’t lost in nine straight league games. De Jong scored into the open net after the Elche defense failed to fully clear a cross from to SOCCER inside the area. The Dutch midfielder Bayern extend lead made a well-placed cross for Puig’s late header for his first- The Belgium forward scored just his third goal of the ever Spanish league goal. season in first-half injury time to build a 3-0 lead at the GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany, Jan from U.S. striker Matthew Hoppe led Marc-André Ter Stegen made a crucial foot-save to keep break. Toni Kroos recovered possession in midfield and met 24, (AP): Bayern Munich extended the team to a 4-0 win over Hoffenheim Barcelona ahead in the 56th after Elche forward Emiliano Hazard’s run behind a disordered defensive line to score their German league lead to seven on Jan. 9 – the club’s first league win Rigoni entered the area in a one-on-one situation. The past goalkeeper . points as Robert Lewandowski scored in nearly a year. breakaway for the hosts was prompted after a blunder by Mato pulled one back for Alavés on the hour-mark for the eighth Bundesliga game in a ❑ ❑ ❑ Barcelona defender Óscar Mingueza, who gave the ball when he headed in Lucas Pérez’s free kick. row to earn a 4-0 win over last-place Improving Monaco beat Marseille away near midfield. Benzema made it a brace in the 70th after Luka Modric Schalke on Sunday. Barcelona was coming off a 2-0 win over third-division played him clear on the break. The French striker cut back After title rivals Leipzig, Bayer 3-1 in the French league for a fifth win in six games, while the struggling visi- club Cornellà in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey on inside the last defender before firing in his 10th goal in the Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund Thursday, when Messi served the first match of his suspen- league this campaign. all lost earlier in the weekend, three tors slipped to a fourth straight defeat assists from Joshua Kimmich took despite taking an early lead. Bayern a step closer toward what After defender Guillermo Maripan would be their record-extending ninth equalized for Monaco, midfielder consecutive Bundesliga title. Aurelien Tchouameni headed in the Kimmich put Bayern on track for second goal and forward Stevan the win with a superb 33rd-minute Jovetic thumped in a superb angled cross which left Thomas Müller free kick in the last minute to complete needing only a simple headed finish what ended up as a comfortable win. to score the opening goal. Kimmich also set up Lewandowski in the 54th when the Polish striker beat defender SOCCER Ozan Kabak before scoring his 23rd goal in 17 Bundesliga games this Bayern’s Kingsley Coman (left), season. and Schalke’s goalkeeper Ralf Arkadiusz Milik started on the Müller headed in another goal in the Faehrmann vie for the ball during bench for Marseille after joining on 89th off a Kimmich free kick, and the German Bundesliga soccer loan from Italian club Napoli. match between FC Schalke 04 and The Poland striker, who signed an David Alaba made it 4-0 soon after Bayern Munich in Gelsenkirchen, from long range. Germany, Jan 24. (AP) 18-month deal late Thursday night, Bayern had goalkeeper Manuel scored 48 goals in four seasons for Neuer to thank as the team recorded dip in form, with two rare defeats this Napoli but had not featured for the back-to-back shutouts in the league for month. Italian club during this campaign. the first time this season. Neuer made Marseille took a deserved lead in the The German and European champi- 11th minute when winger Nemanja a series of saves in the first half and ons’ punishing schedule will only showed fast reactions to parry an Radonjic chased a long ball out of defense, angled header from Mark Uth in the intensify next month with a trip to the sprinted clear down the left flank and fin- 11th as Schalke threatened to score Club World Cup in Qatar and a ished confidently from close range. first. Champions League last-16 game For much of the first half Marseille Despite Bayern’s two late goals, it against Lazio. looked the better side, but familiar was a far closer game than Bayern’s Schalke are last in the league with frailties resurfaced. 8-0 hammering of Schalke on the seven points from 18 games and are 10 Maripan headed in the equalizer opening day of the season in points from safety as it battles deep- from a corner just after the break, with September, testament both to Schalke’s seated financial problems worsened by Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda recent improvement under new coach the coronavirus pandemic. They have rooted to the spot as the ball sailed into Barcelona’s (right), is challenged by Elche’s Antonio Barragan during the Spanish soccer match Christian Gross and to Bayern’s own lost all three games since a hat trick the top corner. between Elche and Barcelona at the Manuel Martinez Valero stadium in Elche, Spain, Jan 24. (AP)

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