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SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014 SPORTS Soccer results/standings Rooney’s wonder lob

English Scottish Premiership Cardiff 3 (Mutch 9, 88, Campbell 25) Liverpool Aberdeen 2 (Rooney 17, Jack 72) Kilmarnock 1 6 (Suarez 16, 60, 90, Skrtel 41, 54, Sturridge (Boyd 11); Celtic 3 (Johansen 44, Griffiths 61, keeps United on a high 75); Chelsea 6 (Eto’o 5, Schurrle 7, Hazard 17- Stokes 90) St Mirren 0; Inverness CT 1 (McKay pen, Oscar 42, 66, Salah 71) Arsenal 0; Everton 62) Partick 0; Motherwell 2 (McFadden 48, 3 (Baines 20-pen, Lukaku 53, Barkley 58) Sutton 60) Ross County 1 (Songo’o 82); St Swansea 2 (Bony 33, Williams 90); Hull 2 Johnstone 2 (MacLean 18, McGivern 55-og) (Rosenior 32, Long 38) West Brom 0; Hibernian 0. West Ham 0 Manchester City 5 (Toure 26-pen, 54-pen, 65, Fernandinho 84, Demichelis 88) Fulham 0; Scottish Football League Newcastle 1 (Cisse 90) Crystal Palace 0; Championship Norwich 2 (Snodgrass 20, Tettey 32) Alloa 3 Falkirk 0; Dumbarton 0 Dundee 1; Sunderland 0; West Ham 0 Manchester United Morton 3 Hamilton 4; Queen Of The South 2 Man United 2 2 (Rooney 8, 33). Cowdenbeath 1; Raith 2 Livingston 4.

Playing today Division One Aston Villa v Stoke, Tottenham v Airdrie 5 Forfar 1; Ayr 2 Arbroath 1; : posted a goal Southampton. Dunfermline 1 East Fife 2; Stranraer 1 Stenhousemuir 1. of the season contender as Manchester United ended a memorable week by win- Championship Playing today ning 2-0 at West Ham United in the Barnsley 0 Bournemouth 1; Birmingham 1 Brechin v Rangers Premier League yesterday. Reading 2; Blackburn 1 Leicester 1; Blackpool A week ago, manager 1 Huddersfield 0; Brighton 0 Ipswich 2; Division Two Charlton 0 Burnley 3; Derby 5 Nottingham had seen his players humiliated 3-0 at Albion 5 Elgin City 2; Annan Athletic 2 home by Liverpool, but United recovered Forest 0; Doncaster 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0; Peterhead 1; Berwick 3 Clyde 0; East Stirling 1 Leeds 2 Millwall 1; Middlesbrough 1 QPR 3; Queen’s Park 4; Stirling 2 Montrose 2. to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit against 2 Watford 1; Yeovil 2 Bolton 2. Olympiakos in mid-week to reach the German League Champions League quarter-finals. Division One Schalke 04 3 (Goretzka 17, Huntelaar 66, Szalai had been the star Brentford 3 Coventry 1; Colchester 2 Bristol 90+3) Eintracht Braunschweig 1 (Kessel 81); that night with a hat-trick, but he was also City 2; Gillingham 1 Crewe 3; Notts County 4 VfB Stuttgart 1 (Maxim 69) Hamburg 0; Carlisle 1; Oldham 1 Crawley 0; Peterborough injured in that game, allowing Rooney to Hanover 96 0 Dortmund 3 (Hummels 43, regain top billing with a brace at Upton 0 Rotherham 1; Port Vale 3 Tranmere 2; Lewandowski 52, Reus 90+1); Wolfsburg 1 Shrewsbury 2 Bradford 1; Sheffield Utd 0 (Olic 81) FC Augsburg 1 (Werner 43); Mainz 05 Park. Wolves 2; Stevenage 2 Milton Keynes Dons 3; 0 Bayern Munich 2 (Schweinsteiger 82, Goetze And he did so with an opening goal Swindon 1 Preston 0; Walsall 1 Leyton Orient 1. 86). worthy of a Hollywood script by emulat- ing former United hero LONDON: West Ham United’s Matt Jarvis (left) is tackled by Manchester United’s Alexander Division Two Playing later by beating the goalkeeper from astonish- Buttner during their English Premier League soccer match at Upton Park. —AP AFC Wimbledon 4 Cheltenham 3; Accrington 1 Moenchengladbach v Hertha Berlin Plymouth 1; Bury 1 Dagenham and Redbridge ing range. It was not quite as far out as 1; Exeter 3 Fleetwood 0; Mansfield 0 Beckham’s famous halfway-line lob United started strongly. Carroll double United’s lead, but fired straight at The home side were visibly deflated Playing today Chesterfield 0; Morecambe 1 Northampton 1; against Wimbledon in 1996, but the for- stopped Fellaini’s header on the line in the Adrian, as did Mata soon afterwards. Mata by the setback and allowed Rooney a Nuremberg v , Bayer Portsmouth 0 York 1; Scunthorpe 1 Burton 0; third minute after the Belgian had been was operating in the hole behind Rooney chance to claim his hat-trick before half- Leverkusen v Hoffenheim. mer England captain just so happened to Torquay 0 Newport 1; Wycombe 0 Rochdale 2. be in the stands to watch it go in. picked out in the box by Young and it was and was a constant menace to the West time. Moyes’s starting line-up caused plenty not long before home goalkeeper Adrian Ham back-line. This time, however, his connection English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals of eyebrows to be raised as Alexander was required to stop a shot from Juan West Ham captain Kevin Nolan felt he from the edge of the box was wild and against, points): Buttner, Shinji Kagawa and Mata. should have had a penalty when he went the ball almost went out for a throw-in. all started and Michael Carrick, a former Then came Rooney’s moment of down under Darren Fletcher’s challenge, The second half was not so memorable as Chelsea 31 21 6 4 62 23 69 Scottish Football League tables genius in the eighth minute as he nudged but play continued, allowing United to West Ham won a series of corners, but Liverpool 30 20 5 5 82 38 65 Championship West Ham midfielder, was employed in Man City 28 20 3 5 76 27 63 Dundee 29 17 5 7 43 22 56 central defence. Hammers defender James Tomkins out of score on the counter-attack in the 33rd could not turn them into goals. Arsenal 30 19 5 6 53 34 62 Hamilton 29 16 7 6 49 29 55 Carrick was drafted in to replace the the way just inside the hosts’ half on the minute. Young fired in a cross from the United, for their part, were content to Everton 29 15 9 5 43 30 54 Falkirk 29 13 8 8 43 29 47 suspended Nemanja Vidic, with right before lofting a shot over Adrian right that Mark Noble hoofed away from keep possession whenever possible, but Tottenham 30 16 5 9 37 38 53 Q of South 29 13 6 10 41 32 45 from almost 60 yards. goal, but the ball hit the onrushing the urge to add to their lead was only Dumbarton 28 11 6 11 51 50 39 Marouane Fellaini detailed to help him Man Utd 30 15 6 9 48 34 51 West Ham replied with high balls Rooney on the shin and flew into the net. intermittent. Newcastle 30 14 4 12 38 40 46 Livingston 29 11 6 12 45 45 39 cope with home striker Andy Carroll at Southampton 30 12 9 9 43 37 45 Alloa 29 10 7 12 29 36 37 set-pieces. aimed at Carroll, who headed a free-kick It was Rooney’s 212th United goal, tak- Fellaini burst through late on and Aston Villa 29 9 7 13 32 38 34 Raith 29 9 9 11 39 47 36 Rio Ferdinand, who also began his just wide and found United goalkeeper ing him above Jack Rowley into third went down in the box under a chal- Stoke 30 8 10 12 32 44 34 Cowdenbeath 29 8 5 16 39 60 29 with another header after place on the list of the club’s all-time lead- lenge from Antonio Nocerino, the West Morton 28 3 7 18 23 52 16 career at Upton Park, was ruled out by a Hull 30 9 6 15 32 37 33 back injury, while England forward Danny had got the better of ing scorers, behind only Bobby Charlton Ham substitute, but no penalty was Norwich 31 8 8 15 26 48 32 Rafael da Silva. Kagawa had the chance to (249) and Denis Law (237). awarded. —AFP West Ham 30 8 7 15 32 40 31 Division One Welbeck could only make the bench. Swansea 30 7 8 15 40 46 29 Rangers 29 27 2 0 89 14 83 West Brom 30 5 13 12 33 45 28 Dunfermline 30 17 3 10 62 48 54 Crystal Palace 30 8 4 18 19 39 28 Stranraer 30 13 7 10 49 45 46 Ayr 30 13 6 11 54 53 45 Sunderland 28 6 7 15 26 44 25 Newcastle 1 Toure hat-trick keeps Cardiff 31 6 7 18 26 58 25 Forfar 30 11 6 13 49 50 39 Fulham 31 7 3 21 30 70 24 Stenhousemuir 30 9 11 10 46 54 38 Brechin 29 9 5 15 47 60 32 five-goal City in touch Airdrie 30 8 7 15 37 53 31 English Football League tables East Fife 30 8 4 18 24 57 28 Championship Arbroath 30 7 3 20 42 65 24 Crystal Palace 0 Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho added a fourth Leicester 36 25 6 5 69 34 81 Burnley 37 21 13 3 62 31 76 six minutes from time when Fulham defended Division Two Man City 5 poorly at a City corner, enabling him to shrug aside Derby 37 19 9 9 65 43 66 Peterhead 30 18 7 5 62 33 61 QPR 37 19 9 9 46 32 66 Annan Athletic 29 16 5 8 58 42 53 Cisse’s late show William Kvist before scoring from a wide angle. Wigan 36 18 8 10 50 35 62 Clyde 30 14 6 10 39 37 48 Reading 37 16 11 10 58 42 59 Stirling 30 11 9 10 44 45 42 shatters Palace SLOW START Nottingham 37 14 15 8 55 46 57 East Stirling 30 11 8 11 39 44 41 Fulham 0 And there was time for defender Demichelis to Brighton 36 15 11 10 39 30 56 Berwick 30 11 7 12 51 42 40 Ipswich 37 14 12 11 48 42 54 Montrose 30 10 9 11 39 44 39 NEWCASTLE: Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse repaid the faith of tap into an open goal in the 88th minute after Blackburn 36 13 11 12 44 45 50 Albion 29 10 8 11 37 40 38 manager as his last-gasp strike earned a 1-0 win over Stockdale had deflected Stevan Jovetic’s shot into Bournemouth 37 13 10 14 45 52 49 Elgin 30 7 7 16 50 65 28 Crystal Palace yesterday. MANCHESTER: Yaya Toure scored a hat-trick as his path. Watford 36 12 12 12 53 43 48 Queen’s Park 30 5 6 19 32 59 21 Cisse had scored just three times this season, but Pardew The first penalty had been a timely opener, Leeds 36 13 8 15 50 52 47 Manchester City maintained their Premier League brought the Senegal international back into the starting line-up because last-placed Fulham were growing in confi- Middlesbrough 37 10 15 12 45 41 45 German League table title challenge with a one-sided 5-0 win at home to Sheffield 37 11 12 14 46 43 45 Bayern Munich 26 24 2 0 76 12 74 and he delivered the winner four minutes into stoppage-time at bottom club Fulham yesterday. dence and had almost snatched a surprising open- Huddersfield 37 12 8 17 47 51 44 Dortmund 26 16 3 7 59 29 51 St James’ Park. The 28-year-old’s second Premier League goal of Fernando Amorebieta gave Toure a helping ing goal just moments earlier. Bolton 37 9 14 14 48 54 41 Schalke 26 15 5 6 51 37 50 the campaign lifted Newcastle into eighth place after a third win hand, conceding two penalties with rash challenges Kieran Richardson wasted a free-kick with a shot Blackpool 37 10 11 16 32 52 41 Bayer 25 14 2 9 41 29 44 in their last four matches and left struggling Palace looking nerv- directly into the City wall, but the home side failed Doncaster 37 10 10 17 33 54 40 Wolfsburg 26 12 5 9 43 40 41 that earned the visiting defender a red card and Birmingham 37 9 10 18 44 53 37 Mainz 26 12 5 9 37 40 41 ously over their shoulders at the relegation zone. allowed the Ivorian to put City 2-0 up. to clear the danger and after Cauley Woodrow saw Charlton 34 7 11 16 25 44 32 Borussia 25 11 6 8 43 32 39 Tony Pulis’s team are just three points above third bottom He completed his treble with a magnificent a shot blocked, Richardson connected with an 18- Millwall 37 7 11 19 33 64 32 Augsburg 26 11 6 9 39 37 39 Sunderland, who have two games in hand over the Eagles. third goal and further strikes from Fernandinho and yard attempt that whistled just wide. Yeovil 37 7 10 20 35 57 31 Hertha Berlin 25 10 6 9 35 31 36 Pulis had made two changes to the side which drew 0-0 at Martin Demichelis sealed a win that took City to City, knocked out of the FA Cup and Champions Barnsley 36 6 11 19 31 63 29 Hoffenheim 25 7 8 10 54 56 29 Hanover 26 8 5 13 34 46 29 Sunderland last weekend as and Cameron within six points of leaders Chelsea, with three League in the past fortnight, did not carve out a Division One Werder Bremen 26 7 8 11 30 50 29 Jerome replaced Thomas Ince and Glenn Murray and the switches games in hand. Manuel Pellegrini’s side had made a chance until Stockdale saved well from a crisp, first- Wolves 37 24 8 5 67 23 80 Frankfurt 25 6 8 11 28 44 26 almost made an immediate impact. slow start to the game at the Etihad Stadium, with time James Milner shot after 17 minutes. Brentford 36 24 7 5 62 32 79 Freiburg 26 6 7 13 29 47 25 Puncheon clipped in a cross towards Jerome and the hulking the home crowd growing unsettled until Even after breaking the deadlock, City lacked Leyton Orient 38 22 9 7 71 35 75 Stuttgart 26 6 6 14 40 52 24 Hamburg 26 6 5 15 41 55 23 striker rose above his marker to flash a header just wide. Amorebieta gifted them the opening goal after 25 control and might have conceded just after the half Rotherham 37 19 12 6 68 44 69 Newcastle went even closer when Cisse spun away to fire in a hour. Steve Sidwell sent Richardson down the left Preston 38 18 15 5 52 37 69 Nuremberg 25 4 11 10 28 44 23 minutes. Peterborough 37 18 4 15 58 49 58 Braunschweig 26 4 6 16 21 48 18 shot that Julian Speroni could only parry out to , There appeared little danger as Alvaro Negredo and his cross was met at the far post by Sascha Keynes Dons 38 16 7 15 56 52 55 who headed the rebound over the bar. jumped to try and control a through ball on his Riether, who should have done better than flick Swindon 38 14 9 15 54 51 51 Jerome had another sight of goal after a Palace counter-attack chest, but the Fulham centre-back kicked the wide. City finally strung together one of their trade- Walsall 38 12 14 12 42 41 50 caught Newcastle flat-footed, but he failed to get his shot away Spanish forward from behind and referee Jonathan mark passing moves after 36 minutes, with Silva on Port Vale 37 15 5 17 51 59 50 Matches on TV quickly enough and the hosts recovered to block. the end of it, chipping over the goalkeeper, only for Sheffield Utd 36 13 9 14 37 40 48 Moss awarded a penalty. Crawley Town 34 11 13 10 38 41 46 (Local Timings) Speroni saved well again to deny Cisse after Moussa Sissoko Toure showed admirable poise, taking his time Amorebieta to head clear. Bradford 37 10 15 12 49 46 45 surged clear to cross from the right wing. Palace winger Yannick in approaching the ball before sending David And just before the half-time whistle, Gillingham 38 13 6 19 50 63 45 Bolasie sent a left-footed effort narrowly over just before half- Aleksandar Kolarov sped into the Fulham box and English Premier League Stockdale the wrong way for a 1-0 lead. Bristol City 38 9 16 13 56 61 43 time. Amorebieta escaped with a yellow card on that produced an angled drive that Stockdale did well to Colchester 37 10 13 14 42 47 43 Tottenham v Southampton 16:30 turn onto the Fulham crossbar at the expense of a Coventry 37 14 10 13 67 68 42 Pulis’s side were well on top in the early stages of the second occasion, but his afternoon came to an abrupt end beIN SPORTS 1 corner. The second penalty and dismissal, so early in Oldham 38 11 9 18 42 54 42 beIN SPORTS 1 HD half and Kagisho Dikgacoi had a golden opportunity to break the in the 52nd minute when he made an impetuous Crewe 38 10 10 18 45 70 40 Aston Villa v Stoke City 19:00 deadlock, only for Tim Krul to repel the South African midfielder tackle on David Silva and conceded a second the second half, effectively settled the outcome and Tranmere 37 10 9 18 46 67 39 beIN SPORTS 1 with a fine save. Bolasie was denied the opening goal when he penalty. Milner almost added a third goal on the hour when Carlisle 37 10 8 19 39 61 38 beIN SPORTS 1 HD tricked his way past Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa for a ferocious shot After the Venezuelan was shown a red card, his clever footwork created room for a shot that just Shrewsbury 38 8 13 17 36 49 37 which cannoned back off the crossbar. Toure again made short work of the resulting penal- cleared the bar. Stevenage 37 10 7 20 39 58 37 Italian Calcio League Notts County 38 10 4 24 49 68 34 Speroni kept out Cisse’s strike as Newcastle responded strong- ty, beating Stockdale in almost identical fashion. As City pressed on in an attempt to bolster their Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering Parma v Genoa 14:30 ly. Cisse had another chance when he met ’s cross, The hat-trick goal, comfortably the pick of the goal difference, Milner had a shot deflected just administration beIN SPORTS 4 but his header failed to test Speroni. three, came from a short free-kick that wide, Kolarov’s shot was parried by Stockdale and a beIN SPORTS 4 HD Palace were just seconds away from a valuable point when laid off for Toure to curl an unstoppable shot into Demichelis header was cleared off the line by John Division Two Inter v Atalanta 17:00 Heitinga. —AFP Rochdale 38 21 7 10 61 39 70 beIN SPORTS 3 Ben Arfa swung over one last cross into the visitors’ penalty area the top corner from 25 yards. Scunthorpe 38 17 17 4 59 37 68 beIN SPORTS 3 HD and Cisse found space to head home. —AFP Chesterfield 39 18 13 8 61 36 67 Sampdoria v Verona 17:00 Fleetwood 38 18 7 13 54 45 61 beIN SPORTS 4 Everton climb to fifth spot Burton 38 16 13 9 41 37 61 beIN SPORTS 4 HD Oxford 38 15 14 9 49 37 59 Udinese v Sassuolo 17:00 Norwich 2 York 38 14 13 11 45 38 55 down a place in the England squad for the World Plymouth 38 15 10 13 43 42 55 beIN SPORTS 6 beIN SPORTS 6 HD Cup and he made an early impression by winning Southend 38 13 14 11 44 36 53 Everton 3 Dagenham 38 12 14 12 47 47 50 Napoli v Fiorentina 20:30 the penalty from which Baines put Everton ahead. Hartlepool 38 13 10 15 44 41 49 beIN SPORTS 3 Sunderland 0 The 20-year-old midfielder drew a foul from Newport 37 12 12 13 46 49 48 beIN SPORTS 3 HD Flores with a neat stepover and Baines beat Michel Cheltenham 38 11 15 12 45 51 48 Catania v Juventus 22:45 Vorm from the spot with a low shot. Morecambe 38 12 12 14 45 56 48 beIN SPORTS 6 Swansea 2 Swansea levelled just 13 minutes later with a AFC Wimbledon 38 12 11 15 40 45 47 Norwich seal vital win beIN SPORTS 6 HD sweeping move that their former coach Martinez Accrington 38 11 12 15 46 49 45 Lazio v AC Milan 22:45 Exeter 38 11 11 16 45 49 44 NORWICH: Norwich extended their unbeaten home record to six might have appreciated had it not been scored beIN SPORTS 3 LIVERPOOL: Everton bolstered their bid for Mansfield 38 10 14 14 37 50 44 beIN SPORTS 3 HD matches with a 2-0 victory over struggling Sunderland in the Premier against his current side. found Bury 37 9 16 12 42 43 43 League yesterday. Two first-half goals, from and a European qualification yesterday with a 3-2 win at right-back Angel Rangel rampaging down the Bristol Rovers 37 10 13 14 34 40 43 Spanish League fantastic volley from , were enough for Chris home to Swansea City that took them into fifth right flank and he crossed for Bony to score from Wycombe 38 10 12 16 39 47 42 place in the Premier League. After visiting forward Portsmouth 38 9 15 14 38 52 42 Bilbao v Getafe 0:00 Hughton’s Canaries to seal an invaluable win that moves them into close range. Swansea threatened to take the Northampton 38 9 12 17 31 49 39 beIN SPORTS 2 13th in the table on 32 points, seven clear of the relegation zone. cancelled out ’s 20th- upper hand, with Hernandez seeing a deflected Torquay 38 9 9 20 35 56 36 beIN SPORTS 2 HD Their win over a bottom-table rival could not have come at a bet- minute penalty, quick-fire goals from Romelu free-kick trickle narrowly wide just before half- Osasuna v Sevilla 14:00 ter time given that Norwich’s final four games are against heavy- Lukaku and Ross Barkley gave Everton victory, with time, but it was the hosts who struck next. Scottish Premiership table beIN SPORTS 2 weights Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Ashley Williams claiming a late consolation. Everton With eight minutes on the clock in the sec- Celtic 30 26 3 1 74 14 81 beIN SPORTS 2 HD moved a point above Tottenham Hotspur, on whom Aberdeen 29 18 3 8 42 27 57 Sunderland remain rooted in the relegation zone in 18th posi- ond half, Lukaku rolled his man on the edge of Real Betis v Atletico 19:00 they have a game in hand, and to within eight points Motherwell 30 18 3 9 50 44 57 beIN SPORTS 2 tion, on 25 points, equal with Cardiff and one point ahead of bottom the box and sprayed the ball wide to Kevin Dundee Utd 30 14 8 8 54 36 50 beIN SPORTS 2 HD club Fulham, but with three games in hand. Hughton made five of fourth-place Arsenal, while Swansea remain 15th. Mirallas before haring into the area to dispatch Inverness 29 14 6 9 34 28 48 Valencia v Villarreal21:00 changes to his line-up with Johan Elmander and Ricky van Everton coach Roberto Martinez made two his Belgium team-mate’s centre. Five minutes lat- St Johnstone 30 12 5 13 37 32 41 beIN SPORTS 4 changes to his starting line-up following last week- Hibernian 31 8 10 13 29 40 34 Wolfswinkel starting up front and captain Sebastien Bassong recalled er Everton doubled their advantage, with Barkley Kilmarnock 31 8 6 17 38 54 30 beIN SPORTS 4 HD in defence alongside Russell Martin. Sunderland coach Gus Poyet end’s last-gasp 2-1 win over Cardiff City, with Barkley exploiting inattentive marking at a corner to Partick 30 6 11 13 32 47 29 Real Madrid v Barcelona 23:00 included Jozy Altidore up front at the expense of Steven Fletcher and Aiden McGeady replacing Leon Osman and head a cross from Mirallas past Vorm at the back Ross County 30 8 5 17 35 52 29 beIN SPORTS 2 who sustained an ankle injury last weekend. while Jack Colback Gerard Deulofeu. Swansea showed three changes post. Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard then pro- St Mirren 30 7 6 17 29 50 27 beIN SPORTS 4 replaced Seb Larsson. Snodgrass opened the scoring at Carrow Road from their 2-1 loss at West Bromwich Albion, mean- duced a brilliant one-handed save to thwart Hearts 30 5 6 19 26 56 6 beIN SPORTS 2 HD while, with Chico Flores, Pablo Hernandez and Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering beIN SPORTS 4 HD on 20 minutes after a poor clearance from Black Cats defender Wes Bony, but Swansea did claim a second goal in administration Brown. Tettey doubled the home side’s lead 12 minutes later with Nathan Dyer the players drafted into the starting XI stoppage time when Williams met a corner with what could be a contender for goal of the season. by manager Garry Monk. Barkley is looking to nail a powerful header. —AFP