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English West Ham United 0 0 Chelsea Arsenal 2 0 Everton

Scottish Premiership Arsenal edge Kilmarnock 2 1 Celtic Rangers 5 1 St. Johnstone

Italian Serie A Torino 1 3 Napoli Bologna 2 0 Roma past Everton Chievo 0 2 Udinese Lazio 4 1 Genoa Milan 2 1 Atalanta Gunners ride their luck as Lacazette gem sinks Everton Frosinone v Juventus AFP | London German lexandre Lacazette fired 1 0 1. FSV Mainz 05 Arsenal to a fourth suc- Acessive Premier League Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 RB Leipzig win as the French forward’s superb strike inspired a hard- Spanish Primera Division fought 2-0 success against Ever- ton on Sunday. Levante 2 6 Sevilla ’s side rode their Villarreal 0 0 Valencia CF luck in the first half at the Emir- Real Betis v Athletic Club ates Stadium as Everton wasted a host of chances to punish a Barcelona v Girona sloppy opening from the Gun- ners. French But Lacazette ensured that lethargic spell wouldn’t prove Rennes 1 3 Paris Saint-Germain costly when he smashed a sub- Guingamp 1 3 Bordeaux lime opener in the second half. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang v Marseille doubled Arsenal’s lead moments *Scores as of closing later when the Gabon forward was al-lowed to slot home de- spite being clearly offside. That controversial effort shattered Everton’s resolve as Arsenal’s French striker Alexandre Lacazette (R) scores the opening goal Ton-ups Rohit, Dhawan Arsenal celebrated a flattering victory that lifted them to sixth could consider themselves un- pushed away by Everton keeper Richarlison, back after serv- crush Pakistan place in the Premier League. lucky, but their first half profli- Jordan Pickford. ing a three-match ban, was a The north Londoners have gacy proved decisive. If that move show-cased the constant menace to the pon - now won their last five games Marco Silva’s team have lost best of the attack-minded Bel- derous Arsenal defence and in all competitions, yet, not for their last two matches and have lerin, Everton’s next chance he went close again with a low the first time, this was a far from won only one of their six league underlined the Spaniard’s de- curling effort from the edge of convincing display. games this season. fensive frailties. the area. A first clean sheet of the Em- After a laboured start from A long pass into Richarlison There were plenty of emp - ery era was a welcome sight Arsenal, they finally pieced to- should have been easy for Bel- ty seats around the Emirates for the Arsenal manager, but he gether an incisive raid when lerin to subdue, but he allowed and, with Arsenal struggling to will know there is still plenty Hector Bellerin’s cross found the Brazilian forward to turn find any rhythm, those who had of room for improvement in all Aubameyang at the far post. away from him far too easily, shown up were growing rest- areas. Aubameyang scuffed the ball and it took a good save from Petr less by the time Lucas Digne’s Everton, without a win in back to Nacho Monreal and the Cech to spare his team-mate’s free-kick was tipped over their last 25 visits to Arsenal, Arsenal defender saw his strike blushes. by Cech.

Neymar gets PSG back on track Indian Cricket team captain Rohit Sharma (L) and Shikhar Dhawan (2L) run between the wickets

AFP | Paris AFP | Dubai but Imam-ul-Haq dropped an easy catch off a luckless Sha- rom a deeper than usu - peners Rohit Sharma and heen Shah, giving the colourful Fal playmaker role Brazil’s OShikhar Dhawan hit pun- Indian power to smash seven pulled the strings as ishing centuries to steer an im- boundaries and four sixes. Paris Saint-Germain came from perious India to a nine wicket Sharma, who scored back behind to beat Rennes 3-1 in win over a listless Pakistan in to back fifties in the last two Ligue 1 on Sunday helping to the Asia Cup match in Dubai games, also became the ninth dispel midweek memories of a on Sunday. Indian batsmen to complete European flop at Liverpool. Sharma notched 119-ball 111 7,000 one-day runs in his 187th Hosts Rennes took a sur - not out for his 19th one-day match when he reached 94, prise 11th minute lead when hundred while Dhawan made soon after he was dropped on PSG Adrien Rabiot a 100-ball 114 for his eighth 81 by Fakhar Zaman off Shadab nodded past his own ‘keeper century as the pair put on 210 Khan. Gianluigii Buffon from a cor- for the opening stand -- second Dhawan matches his skipper ner before goals from Angel di best in all India-Pakistan one- shot for shot, firing 100-ball Maria, Thomas Meunier and day internationals. 114 with 16 boundaries and Eric Maxim Chupo-Moting That super effort from the two sixes as Pakistani bowlers gave them a hard-fought sixth openers saw India overhaul the had no clue to the rasping and straight Ligue 1 win. target with 10.3 overs to spare. flowing strokes of the Indian PSG critics had suggested the The Super four win is the sec- openers. French giants had overspent on ond for India over arch-rivals Pakistan’s pace spearhead strikers and forgotten about the following their easy eighth Mohammad Amir, brought midfield after a tame 3-2 defeat wicket win in the first round. back in one of two changes in the Champions League at An- The win is India’s highest after dropped for the Afghan- field this week. against Pakistan in terms of istan match, went wicketless With superstar striker Kylian Paris Saint-Germain’s (L) heel kicks the ball to Neymar wickets, improving on the for a fifth match in a row, leav- Mbappe banned after his red eight wicket win over Pakistan ing the much vaunted Pakistan card there was room for both sub and the youngster crumpled Neymar seemed to be at the ori- a precise jab into the bottom in Melbourne in 1985. bowling biteless. Di Maria and German winger in tears as his hero hugged him gin of almost everything the vis- right-hand corner from a good Pakistan were steered to 237- Even when Dhawan got out Julian Draxler in the starting and gave him his shirt in touch- itors threw at Rennes including 25 meres out. 7 by Shoaib Malik who made in the 34th over with 38 need- line up with Neymar pulled into ing scenes bound to glorify the when Cavani hit the post from a The 26-year-old Neymar was 90-ball 78 after winning the ed it was through a run out. the No.10 position, where his former Barcelona striker when sumptuous set up. at the origin of both Meunier’s toss and batting but it proved The best opening stand in passes were a sight to behold, they go viral on social media.. On the stroke of half time go ahead goal on 61 and for too little for the strong Indian Indo-Pak one-day interna- behind Edindson Cavani. Draxler cut back from the Chupo-Moting’s first goal for batting line. tionals was 224 Mohammad A young fan ran onto the pitch Di Maria cracker by-line and Cavani dummied the Parisians since joining from Pakistan could have got Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed at as Neymar was leaving as a late After Rabiot’s earlier upset setting up di Maria to crack Stoke. Sharma out in the sixth over Dhaka in 2012.