SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 16 Liverpool extend perfect start Liverpool stretch Premier League lead as Chelsea, Tottenham hit form Liverpool cruised to a• 3-1 win over Newcastle United, with Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah on target KNOW WHAT • Tammy Abraham Liverpool trailed at home scores hat-trick and for the first time since own goal as Chelsea March, but quickly rallied hammer Wolves to record a 14th straight Premier League victory Super Son strikes twice• as Tottenham demolish Crystal Palace volleying home Serge Aurier’s cross after Van Aanholt deflect- Marcus Rashford’s ed a cross into his own net. • “I think the players deserve early penalty edges more than three points today,” blunt Manchester said Son. United past Leicester Harry Kane was unable to build on his goalscoring form for England, but did play a part AFP | Liverpool in the fourth as his cross was turned home by Lamela. iverpool recovered from United had to suffer far more a shock Newcastle open- for just a second win in 10 league Ler to open up a five-point matches. lead at the top of the Premier Rashford shrugged off his re- League with a 3-1 win at An - cent miss from the spot in defeat Mohamed Salah of Liverpool holds off Jetro Willems of Newcastle United field, as Tottenham and Chelsea to Palace to convert a penalty bounced back to form with big United also coped without Paul Jetro Willems fired Newcas- and another brilliant Firmino three games with three brilliant on eight minutes after he had wins yesterday. Pogba to inflict Leicester’s first tle in front on seven minutes to flick teed up Salah to seal the finishes from close range. been brought down by Caglar Tammy Abraham’s sensational defeat of the season as Marcus leave the European champions points 18 minutes from time. “All three goals were so dif- Soyuncu. form continued as the English Rashford scored the only goal trailing at Anfield for the first ferent, it just shows what he can “We hung in there. It was the forward scored a hat-trick as from the penalty spot in a 1-0 time since March. Relief for Lampard do,” said Lampard. first time this season where we Chelsea romped to a 5-2 win at win at Old Trafford. Sadio Mane fired into the top Frank Lampard has endured Tottenham manager Mauricio have had to defend for large Wolves. United join Tottenham and corner to start the revival, but it a difficult start on his return to Pochettino hoped that the end periods,” said United boss Ole Spurs were 4-0 up by half- Chelsea on eight points from five was the introduction of Roberto Stamford Bridge as manager, but of the European transfer win- Gunnar Solskjaer. time against Crystal Palace to re- games, but Liverpool protected Firmino off the bench for the he enjoyed his finest day so far in dow would settle his squad and Brighton edged out Burnley cord just their second win of the the only 100 percent record in injured Divock Origi that truly charge of the Blues with his faith the Champions League finalists 1-0 at the Amex thanks to Neil season as Son Heung-min scored the league by reacting to a slow turned the tide in Liverpool’s in youth again fully vindicated. looked more like their old selves Maupay’s winner early in the twice, while Erik Lamela and an start in style. favour. Fikayo Tomori, 21, fired the by tearing apart Palace from the second-half. own goal from Patrick van Aan- Manchester City could close The Brazilian’s through ball visitors in front at Molineux off. Southampton were also 1-0 holt rounded off the scoring on the gap at the top to two points was spilled by Martin Dubravka with his first goal for the club Son was the star as the South victors at Sheffield United cour- a miserable day for the Eagles. with victory in a later match at to allow Mane a simple task for before Abraham took over to Korean opened the scoring then tesy of a brilliant strike from An injury-hit Manchester Norwich. his second just before half-time, take his tally to seven in his last finished off a fine team move by Moussa Djenepo. Australia’s hopes fade as England dominate fifth Test Juve held in Fiorentina AFP | Milan hamstring problem minutes AFP | London into the game, as Pjanic had a aurizio Sarri’s first game muscular issue just before the en Stokes and Joe Denly Mon the Juventus bench break with Danilo suffering Bbatted England into a poten- ended with a goalless draw at cramps in the heat. tially match-winning position in Fiorentina as the Italian cham- Sarri’s side are already miss- the fifth and final Ashes Test at pions held on despite losing ing injured captain Giorgio the Oval yesterday as Australia’s three players to injury. Chiellini, Mattia De Sciglio hopes of a series win faded. Former Chelsea coach Sarri and Marko Pjaca. At tea the home side -- des- missed the opening two wins They nevertheless held on perate to finish their World with pneumonia, but was back in Fiorentina despite pressure Cup-winning season on a high fit just days before Juventus from hosts with former French by levelling the series at 2-2 -- travel to Atletico Madrid in the international Franck Ribery were 193-2, leading by 262 runs. Champions League. impressive on his first start. England captain Joe Root will But the match in Tuscany Ex-Bayern Munich player be wary of declaring too soon proved costly for the reigning Ribery went off to a standing though as India last year made eight-time Serie A champions ovation from the crowd at the 345 batting fourth at the Oval with winger Douglas Costa Artemio Franchi Stadium after chasing 464. limping off early, followed by an hour as his team earned Denly was unbeaten on a Test- midfielder Miralem Pjanic and their first point this season. best score of 82 while Stokes, defender Danilo. “I hadn’t played a game like playing as a specialist batsman, Brazilian Costa, who turned this for almost three months,” was 57 not out after passing 400 Englands’s Joe Denly plays a shot 29 yesterday, pulled up with a said Ribery. runs for the series. England enjoyed two slices of over the series, albeit more than Burns and Denly put on 54 good fortune on a pitch offering 300 runs adrift of the Australi- for the first wicket -- the high- little in the way of help for the an’s total of 751. est opening stand of the series bowlers as the September sun Denly looked increasingly for either side -- after surviv- beat down from a clear London confident as his innings pro - ing a torrid four over on Fri - sky. gressed, finding the boundary 400 day evening during which they Steve Smith dropped Stokes regularly as the tourists’ spirits runs milestone has been scratched nine without loss and in the slips when the batsman drooped. achieved by Ben Stokes had Denly dropped by Marcus was on seven and Denly should Off-spinner Nathan Lyon for the Ashes Test series Harris. have been out lbw on 54 but struck twice in the morning The Australian opener split Australia failed to review. session, removing Rory Burns the webbing in his left hand in Stokes started his innings and Root but Australia failed the drop and did not take the slowly but accelerated, reaching to make a much-needed break- field yesterday. He required his fifty off 89 balls with a huge through after lunch. match hungry to wrap up their stitches but is expected to bat. six off leg-spinner Marcus La- England are aiming to restore first series victory in England Off-spinner Lyon struck in buschagne over wide long-on. pride even though Australia since 2001 after winning last his third over when Burns bot- The left-handed batsman have already retained the Ash- week’s fourth Test to take a 2-1 tom-edged a short ball outside is second only to Smith in the es urn. lead but that looks increasingly off-stump, with wicketkeeper Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo passes the ball after being combined run-scoring charts The tourists came into the unlikely. Tim Paine taking the catch. confronted by Fiorentina’s Brazilian defender Dalbert.