NBA | Page 5 CRICKET | Page 7 Warriors Miller, du beat Nets, LA Plessis plunder Lakers topple tons as Proteas the Kings beat Australia Monday, November 12, 2018 TENNIS Rabia I 4, 1440 AH Siniakova shines GULF TIMES as Czech Republic claim sixth Fed Cup SPORT Page 4 FOOTBALL / ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE City win derby to stay two points clear of Liverpool Silva, Aguero and Gundogan score against Man United; Liverpool leapfrog Chelsea in standings after win over Fulham DPA the off side ruling and called for London VAR (video assisted referee) to be introduced but was proud of his team’s eff orts. anchester City out- “We showed some sign of im- classed local rivals provement,” he said. Manchester United “We need to be brave. This 3-1 yesterday to keep game is behind us and we must Mtheir noses in front of Liverpool look forward. We are frustrated at the top of the Premier League. after this kind of result. We must David Silva, Sergio Aguero keep going and try and fi nd a so- and Ilkay Gundogan scored the lution for our situation.” goals at the Etihad Stadium, with Chelsea remain unbeaten but Anthony Martial’s second-half dropped two points as they were penalty their only moment of joy. held to a 0-0 draw at home to “We deserved the victory,” Everton. City manager Pep Guardiola said. Marcus Alonso hit the post and “The fi rst half we played a lit- Jordan Pickford made a number tle bit with fear. We didn’t want of outstanding saves to deny to attack and they defended well. Chelsea a winner, keeping Ever- “In the second half the game ton ninth. is a bit open so we have to fi nd Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah Chelsea manager Maurizio more space but we made a good scored a goal in the 2-0 win over Sarri, the fi rst Premier League performance against a top, top Fulham yesterday. (Reuters) manager ever to go unbeaten in team.” his fi rst 12 matches, said his team Liverpool climbed to second “It was a performance with began too slowly but improved as thanks to a 2-0 win over Ful- mistakes and we paid for it. All it progressed. ham, leapfrogging Chelsea, who three goals are our mistakes. “We started the game mov- dropped to third after a 0-0 draw Against a team like City, if you ing the ball very slowly so it was at home to Everton. make mistakes you will get pun- impossible for us to be dangerous Arsenal lost ground in fi fth as ished. and easy for Everton to defend,” they were held to a 1-1 draw in the Mo Salah, with his eighth goal he said. day’s other game by Wolves, who of the season, and Xherdan Sha- “Then we played a good match stay 11th. qiri sealed victory for Juergen (after that). We were a bit un- City came out of the blocks Klopp’s Liverpool side over the lucky. I’m not happy of course quickly against United and Jose league’s bottom team, keeping but we are going the right way.” Mourinho’s side couldn’t handle them in touch with City. Arsenal made it 16 games un- it. “I’m completely happy,” Liver- beaten but needed a late equal- Silva opened the scoring on pool manager Juergen Klopp told iser to deny Wolves what would 12 minutes and Aguero doubled reporters. have been their fi rst win away their lead three minutes into the “Apart from scoring more win there since 1979. second half. goals it was a really good per- Ivan Cavaleiro put Wolves in Martial gave United hope when formance. We had to work hard front but substitute Henrikh Martial scored from the spot af- and we won it.” Mkhitaryan snatched a point ter a foul on substitute Romelu Fulham held out for 40 min- with Arsenal’s goal four minutes Lukaku but Gundogan wrapped utes but Salah and Shaqiri scored from time. things up, fi nishing off a 44-pass either side of half-time to leave move with a superb third late on. the London club rock bottom. RESULTS The result means City are now The win means Liverpool have Arsenal 1 (Mkhitaryan 86) 12 points ahead of United, who equalled their best-ever start to Wolves 1 (Cavaleiro 13) remained eighth, although man- a Premier League season, with Chelsea 0 Everton 0 ager Jose Mourinho said his side 30 points from 12 games, match- Liverpool 2 (Salah 41, Shaqiri were creators of their own down- ing their tally from the 2002-03 53) Fulham 0 fall. season. Manchester City 3 (D Silva 12, “I think it is not a bad per- Fulham manager Slavisa Aguero 48, Gundogan 86) Man- Manchester City players celebrate a goal during the English Premier League match against Manchester United at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, formance at all,” Mourinho said. Jokanovic was disappointed at chester United 1 (Martial 58-pen) England, yesterday. 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