Sport THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2020 Mourinho defends Kane against diving claims Don’t speak about Harry Kane. When I say my team has to be ready to compete, I’m not speaking about that. I’m speaking about winning 2-1 against a very difficult Brighton... and controlling the game. Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho Sport |09 7TH RACE MEETING - UMM AL HOUL CUP: Winner: X Force (01:10.15), Trainer: Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki, Jokey: Soufiane Saadi Leipzig beat injury-hit PSG as Messi-inspired Barca get third win in a row Morata brace fires Juve to 4-1 victory REUTERS – BUDAPEST Juventus’ Alvaro Morata in action against Ferencvaros players. Basaksehir Alvaro Morata scored twice before two defensive mistakes punish Sloppy helped Juventus to a 4-1 Cham- pions League win at Ferenc- varos yesterday as they Man United bounced back from last week’s defeat by Barcelona. REUTERS – ISTANBUL Morata tapped in Juan Cuadrado’s cross in the seventh Manchester United suffered a shock minute and swept home Cris- 2-1 defeat at Turkish Champions tiano Ronaldo’s pass on the Istanbul Basaksehir on Wednesday, hour to put Juventus in control the English side's first loss in three at a soggy Puskas Arena. Champions League group matches. Ferencvaros then self- United fell behind after 12 destructed as a howler by goal- minutes when Edin Visca found keeper Dense Dibusz allowed Demba Ba with a long pass in acres substitute Paulo Dybala to add of space and the striker ran forward the third and Lasha Dvali put before knocking the ball past goal- through his own goal after keeper Dean Henderson. another defensive mix-up. Basaksehir doubled their lead Franck Boli scored a late con- five minutes before halftime after solation for the Hungarians. Deniz Turuc nicked the ball from Juventus are second in Juan Mata and passed to Ba who set Group G with six points from up Visca to score. three games while Ferencvaros Anthony Martial's header two have one. minutes later gave United hope but Elsewhere, Lionel Messi despite enjoying plenty of possession scored a penalty for the third in the second half, they were unable Champions League game in a to break down the Turkish side's dis- row as Barcelona earned a far ciplined defence. United, who beat from convincing 2-1 win at last season's runners-up Paris St home to a depleted Dynamo over Group G opponents Fer- Ansu Fati. Dynamo, who were chances to equalise as well as low shot from the edge of the Germain and RB Leipzig in their first Kyiv to record three consec- encvaros and Juventus, tucked missing six players due to having a goal from a corner area. two games, top Group H with six utive victories in Europe's top away a penalty in the fifth COVID-19 positives, which also ruled out due to the ball going Emil Forsberg turned the points from three matches and Basa- competition. minute while Gerard Pique afflicted five members of staff, out of play. tide with a 57th-minute penalty ksehir have three after their first The Argentine, who had netted in the second half, gave a decent account of them- They deservedly pulled a after Presnel Kimpembe victory in the competition. also scored spot-kicks in wins glancing in a fine cross from selves and spurned a couple of late goal back in the 75th handled an Angelino cross, minute when Viktor Tsygankov having missed a gilt-edged slid the ball into the net, chance shortly after the break. pouncing on a rebound after From there on things only They scored two goals like Barca keeper Marc-Andre ter got worse for PSG as Idrissa you do in Europe when you Stegen could only parry a shot Gueye was sent off in the 68th do not defend well enough. from Benjamin Verbic. minute for two bookable fouls Meanwhile, RB Leipzig and Kimpembe was also dis- The first one is that we play came from behind to beat Paris missed in stoppage time for a a short corner and forget St Germain 2-1 at home in a second yellow card. about the man up top. That pulsating Group H clash yes- Di Maria and Moise Kean is unforgivable. The second terday, with the French club had goals ruled out for offside finishing the match with nine in quick succession shortly one as well, we are not very men. before Leipzig's equaliser as well organised to counter Third-placed PSG, who beat PSG dominated. the press. You don't turn up Leipzig 3-0 in last season's Ultimately, the visitors and get three points in the one-off semi-final in August, missed injured forwards have three points, level with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe as Champions League. They are bottom of the table well as striker Mauro Icardi. a team well organised and Basaksehir. In other group matches yes- we were not good enough. Angel Di Maria gave the vis- terday, Chelsea swept to a 3-0 That is it: Manchester itors an early lead and then win over 10-man Rennes while United manager Ole Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi (left) shoots a penalty kick missed a 16th-minute penalty Sevilla came back from two to score the opening goal against Dynamo Kiev yesterday. before Christopher Nkunku lev- goals down to pull off a heroic Gunnar Solskjaer elled in the 42nd with a crisp 3-2 win at home to Krasnodar. Al Sadd and Al Duhail Paris Masters: Nadal pick up points in Round 4 claims 1000th career win THE PENINSULA – DOHA AFP – PARIS the French capital less than a month after winning Al Duhail and Al Sadd regis- his 13th Roland Garros title, edged out his fellow tered their first wins in the Rafael Nadal secured the 1,000th Tour-level Spaniard 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. Ooredoo Cup as Al Sailiya victory of his illustrious career yesterday, Nadal, whose first match win on the ATP Tour and Al Wakrah were locked becoming the fourth man to reach that mark with came in April 2002, is fourth on the all-time list, in a 2-2 draw as the fourth a comeback three-set win over Feliciano Lopez with Jimmy Connors leading the way on 1,274 round came to a conclusion in the Paris Masters second round. victories, 32 more than second-placed Roger yesterday. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, back in Federer. Ivan Lendl also passed the 1,000 barrier. Al Duhail beat Qatar SC YESTERDAY'S RESULTS 1-0 at the Qatar SC Stadium GROUP A Al Sadd's Hashim with the help of a goal scored Al Duhail 1-0 Qatar SC Ali shoots to by Yasen Abdallah in the Al Sadd 1-0 Al Khor score against 43rd minute. Al Sailiya 2-2 Al Wakrah Al Khor yesterday. In the 16th minute, Qatar SC’s Yusuf Ayman Farhat unleashed a stunning long- defenders inside the Qatar SC Hashem Ali netted the range shot that beat Al Duhail box and quickly rifled a shot winner in the 48th minute as goalkeeper Ahmed Sofyan, into the top of the net with Al Sadd registered their first but the ball narrowly missed keeper Motasem completely win in the tournament. The the crossbar in first real beaten by the pace of the Wolves have four points and threat from the men in shot. Al Khor six. yellow. Yusuf Aymen of Qatar SC Elsewhere, Al Sailiya and At the half-hour mark, was then given the marching Al Wakrah were locked in a Qatar SC’s Anthony Okpotu orders for picking up two 2-2 draw at Al Khor Stadium. outpaced Al Duhail defender yellow cards, in a space of Abdullah Al Marri (18th Mohammed Moosa, but seven minutes as both teams minute) and Tiago Bezerra Sofyan stepped out of his were unsuccessful in scoring (42nd-minute penalty) position to block the chip another goal. scored for Al Sailiya. Jassim shot and kill the threatening Later, at the same venue, Al Jalabi (45+1-minute move. a goal at the start of second penalty and 59th-minute As the half neared its end, half helped Al Sadd beat Al penalty) scored for Al Yasen swivelled past two Khor 1-0. Wakrah. THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2020 SPORT 11 Qatar Classic: World No.1 Farag, Momen cruise into last 8 Ibrahim stuns top seed ElShorbagy FAWAD HUSSAIN QATAR CLASSIC Egypt's Youssef THE PENINSULA Ibrahim THIRD ROUND - RESULTS It’s a roller-coaster of celebrates Promising youngster Youssef Ibrahim [6] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) 3-0 Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (34m) emotions, to beat someone Fares Dessouky (EGY) 3-0 Borja Golan (ESP) 11-2, 12-10, 11-2 (34m) after defeating yesterday produced a stunning like Mohamed in his form and [4] Paul Coll (NZ) 3-2 Gregoire Marche (FRA) 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5 (83m) compatriot performance to cause one of the major [8] Joel Makin (WAL) 3-0 Lucas Serme (FRA) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (52m) and top seed where he is now, top seed of upsets in Qatar Classic Squash Cham- [2] Ali Farag (EGY) 3-0 Eain Yow Ng (MAS) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (35m) Mohamed the tournament – it’s just pionship history, shocking top seed and Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) 3-2 [1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) 11-9, 6-11, 3-11, 15-13, 11-6 (65m) ElShorbagy World No.2 Mohamed ElShorbagy in a [3] Tarek Momen (EGY) 3-1 James Willstrop (ENG) 11-8, 11-3, 3-11, 11-4 (37m) during the third massive.