Established 1961 Sport MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2020 England crowned Six Nations Mission accomplished: Ruthless Barca held by 10-man Alaves to 14champions; 3rd time in 5 years 15 All Blacks to retain Bledisloe Cup 15 extend winless streak in La Liga Arsenal stun Manchester United No home comforts for Man Utd; Everton rocked MANCHESTER: Arsenal’s Brazilian defender Gabriel vies with Manchester United’s Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani (up) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. Arsenal won the game 1-0. —AFP LONDON: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang condemned After an encouraging end to last season when they Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk needing knee sur- term, but they have bounced back impressively and sit Manchester United to fresh misery at Old Trafford as secured a top-four finish, United have gone backwards gery. in third place after their fourth win in their last five the Arsenal forward’s penalty clinched a 1-0 win, while and questions will be asked about Solskjaer’s ability to Newcastle took the lead in the 56th minute when games. On the heels of a 3-0 defeat against Leeds, Newcastle stopped Everton returning to the top of the hold on to his job if results do not improve soon. Andre Gomes was adjudged to have fouled Wilson as Villa’s second successive loss served as a reality check Premier League with a 2-1 victory yesterday. Arsenal moved up to eighth place after ending a two- he attempted to clear a corner at the near post. It after Dean Smith’s men won their first four league Aubameyang ended a five-game goal drought in the game losing run in the league. Mikel Arteta’s men were looked a harsh decision but Wilson stepped up to send games. Southampton made their pressure pay in the league when he stepped up to convert a 69th-minute deserved winners, having dominated for long periods Olsen the wrong way for his fifth goal of the season. 20th minute when Jannik Vestergaard headed in Ward- spot-kick after Paul Pogba fouled Hector Bellerin. The and hit the post through Willian in the first half. Everton Wilson finished off Everton with a close-range effort Prowse’s free-kick. Arsenal captain’s first league goal since the opening would have gone back above leaders Liverpool on goal from Ryan Fraser’s deflected cross in the 84th minute. Ward-Prowse curled a stunning free-kick past weekend of the season gave the Gunners their first difference with a win at St James’ Park. Netting with a flicked finish, Calvert-Lewin’s 11th club Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez from 25 yards in the league win at Old Trafford since 2006. But, with James Rodriguez and Richarlison missing goal of the season came too late to stop Everton’s sec- 33rd minute, then netted another majestic free-kick Donny van de Beek nearly fashioned a late equalizer from the Everton team, Carlo Ancelotti’s side suc- ond successive defeat. They are without a win in three from the edge of the area on the stroke of half-time. when his cross was scuffed by Mohamed Elneny into the cumbed to a limp defeat as Callum Wilson bagged his games and remain three points behind Liverpool in Danny Ings bagged Southampton’s fourth in the 58th face of Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno and on to the post. brace in the second half before Dominic Calvert- second place. minute, curling a superb shot into the top corner for But United have failed to win any of their four home Lewin’s late reply. It was a difficult day for Everton, his fifth club goal of the season. Tyrone Mings league games this season, with the three defeats including whose England keeper Jordan Pickford was dropped, Birthday bash reduced the deficit in the 62nd minute and Ollie a humiliating 6-1 rout against Tottenham. It is United’s losing his place to Robin Olsen after a turbulent start Elsewhere in yesterday’s action, James Ward-Prowse Watkins converted a 90th-minute penalty after a foul worst start to a home league campaign since 1972-73, to the season. Pickford has made a host of costly mis- celebrated his 26th birthday by scoring two fine free- on Grealish, who scored Villa’s third with the last kick. leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team languishing just six takes since Ancelotti took charge last season and was kicks in Southampton’s 4-3 win against Aston Villa. Tottenham hosted Brighton - looking to climb into points above the relegation zone in 15th place. fortunate not to be sent off for the challenge which left Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side lost their first two matches this the top four in the final match of the day. — AFP as Martins slid the ball across goal for his unmarked ‘Cristiano is back’: Volland off the mark team-mate. Nice moved up to fourth as Patrick Vieira’s team extended their unbeaten domestic run to five Ronaldo returns as Monaco thrash games with a 3-0 victory at Angers. Rony Lopes put Nice ahead on 11 minutes and Pierre Lees-Melou added a second from the spot. Hicham Boudaoui came with double Bordeaux 4-0 off the bench to net a third as Nice stayed four points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain. MILAN: PARIS: Germany international Kevin Volland scored Metz continued their fine recent form with a 1-0 win Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to his first goals for Monaco since joining the club in at Nimes while Montpellier defeated Saint-Etienne by score a brace on his return from coronavirus as Juventus got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 September as Niko Kovac’s side thrashed Bordeaux 4- the same scoreline courtesy of a goal from Englishman victory against promoted Spezia yesterday. The cham- 0 in Ligue 1 yesterday. Monaco struck three times in as Stephy Mavididi. Reims beat Strasbourg 2-1 while pions ended a run of three consecutive draws to move many minutes through Wissam Ben Yedder, Gelson Dijon remain the only team without a victory following second in Serie A, four points behind leaders AC Milan, Martins and Volland in the first half to take control at a goalless draw at home to Lorient. Lille put their who beat Udinese 2-1 earlier in the day thanks to a CESENA: Juventus’ Portuguese striker Cristiano the Stade Louis II. Volland then grabbed another in the undefeated record on the line in yesterday’s late game spectacular late winner from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Ronaldo (center 7) celebrates with teammates after second half as Monaco won for just the second time in when they hosted a resurgent Lyon. Christophe Ronaldo replaced Paulo Dybala in the 56th minute in French midfielder Adrien Rabiot scored during the six matches to climb up to seventh place. Galtier’s Lille have won five and drawn three of their Cesena with the match level after Tommaso Pobega had Italian Serie A football match between Spezia and France forward Ben Yedder crashed home a spot- opening eight games. They could go back level on cancelled out Alvaro Morata’s opener for Juventus. Juventus yesterday. — AFP kick on 27 minutes after his header was handled by points with PSG at the top with victory. But the Portuguese striker put Juve in front just Pablo, with a penalty awarded despite the ball looping In another development, Kylian Mbappe scored three minutes later. Adrien Rabiot grabbed a third on Ronaldo had been COVID-positive for 19 days after a over Benoit Costil and into the net following the deflec- from the penalty spot as Paris Saint-Germain eased 68 minutes, with Ronaldo scoring a second from the test while on national duty with Portugal, missing four tion. Martins grabbed his first goal since serving a six- to their seventh straight Ligue 1 win on Saturday, penalty spot with 15 minutes to go for his fifth goal in games. The nine-time defending champions had won their month ban for pushing a referee last season when he beating Nantes 3-0 away to move provisionally three league games this season. “Cristiano is back. This opener against Sampdoria in September, their only lunged at the far post to poke in a Ruben Aguilar cross. three points clear at the top of the table. All the is the important thing,” said Ronaldo, who had been league victory on the pitch, before three draws. Between And former Bayer Leverkusen forward Volland goals came in the second half at the Stade de la furious at missing Juventus’ Champions League 2-0 those matches they were awarded a 3-0 victory after promptly headed in from a Ben Yedder delivery to end Beaujoire, with Ander Herrera opening the scoring defeat in midweek by Lionel Messi’s Barcelona. “I was Napoli refused to travel to Turin on October 4 because of his drought following his 11 million-euro ($13 million) two minutes after the restart and Mbappe convert- stopped for a long time even though I had no symp- coronavirus cases. Before Ronaldo took to the pitch, move from Germany. ing a 65th-minute spot-kick before Pablo Sarabia toms and felt good. Today I got back to doing what I Juventus had labored against 16th-placed Spezia, playing The 28-year-old tapped in a second on 57 minutes secured the points late on. — Agencies like, playing football.” their first ever top-flight campaign. — AFP .