Serena, Sharapova Windies rout again on Miami Bangladesh collision course WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 201417 18 Brazil beckons Pakistan’s street kid footballers Page 19 OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester City’s Argentinian defender Pablo Zabaleta (left) and Manchester United’s English forward Danny Welbeck lie injured after clashing during the English Premier League football match.— AFP Dzeko’s brace give City derby spoils Dzeko claimed his second goal early in the Hertha Berlin to secure the Bundesliga title in invited City to attack them. to deny Dzeko-but they did not heed them second half before Yaya Toure added a late record time. Jones had to slide in to block from Silva after and in the 56th minute it was 2-0. Nasri Man United 0 third to leave Manuel Pellegrini’s side three “We didn’t start the game well,” admitted Carrick lost the ball, while United goalkeeper shaped a corner towards the near post from points behind leaders Chelsea, with two games Moyes.”I think we have played a very good David de Gea produced a superb one-handed the right-hand side and Dzeko left Rio in hand, ahead of Saturday’s trip to Arsenal. side, playing at the sort of level we are aspir- save to thwart Dzeko and atone for a loose kick Ferdinand in his wake to steer a right-foot vol- “We scored three goals and had three or ing to. We need to come up a couple of lev- of his own. ley into the top-right corner. Man City 3 four more good chances to score,” City manager els ourselves because at the moment we are Gradually the hosts began to make inroads, With victory secure, City’s fans delved into Manuel Pellegrini told Sky Sports. not there.” but City goalkeeper Joe Hart was able to save their songbook, goading both Moyes and his “I don’t remember many chances Eager to avoid a repeat of United’s recent 3- comfortably from first Wayne Rooney and then predecessor, Alex Ferguson, as well as pro- Manchester United had to score. We started for 0 loss at home to Liverpool, Moyes stiffened his Fellaini, while Juan Mata lashed over from a claiming their team “the pride of Manchester”. MANCHESTER: Manchester City snuffed out the three points from the first minute.” midfield by deploying Tom Cleverley alongside Rafael cut-back. Fellaini, meanwhile, was fortu- There were opportunities for United to Manchester United’s recent revival and closed Dzeko’s brace helped earn City a third con- Michael Carrick and Marouane Fellaini, but the nate to make it to half-time after being shown reduce the arrears in the latter stages, but Hart on Premier League leaders Chelsea as Edin secutive victory at Old Trafford and prevented hosts were behind within a minute. only a yellow card by referee Michael Oliver saved twice from England colleague Danny Dzeko scored twice in a 3-0 victory at Old United from avenging their 4-1 humiliation at After Rafael da Silva had thrown himself into despite appearing to catch City right-back Welbeck and then boxed a deflected free-kick Trafford yesterday. the Etihad Stadium in September. a block to deny David Silva, City worked the Pablo Zabaleta with a deliberately raised elbow. by Mata over the bar. It was left to Toure to United had been encouraged by wins over Defeat left David Moyes’s United 12 points ball wide to Samir Nasri on the left and when Moyes introduced Shinji Kagawa in place of apply the coup de grace, collecting a deflected Olympiakos and West Ham United, but Dzeko adrift of the top four and to compound matters, his shot came back off the near post, Dzeko Cleverley at half-time, but it was City who took cross from substitute James Milner in the 90th needed only 43 seconds to put City ahead in while they slumped to a sixth home defeat of tapped in. the upper hand. United were given warnings- minute and drilling a low shot into the bot- the 150th league derby between the teams the campaign, next week’s Champions League Momentarily United looked dazed, and their Fernandinho heading over from an offside tom-left corner to notch his 21st goal of the and the hosts never threatened to respond. opponents Bayern Munich were beating sloppiness on the edge of their own box only position, Jones producing a last-ditch tackle season. — AFP Flamini own goal adds to Arsenal’s misery 1,000th match in charge and he made just two changes, with Thomas Vermaelen replacing the Arsenal 2 injured Laurent Koscielny and Flamini coming in for Podolski. Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were also available to start after the Gunners won their Swansea 2 appeals against Gibbs’ mistaken identity dismissal at Chelsea and the FA’s subsequent attempt to punish Oxlade-Chamberlain for handball on the goal-line. Oxlade-Chamberlain almost made the most of his LONDON: Arsenal’s spluttering title challenge suf- reprieve in the opening moments when he seized on fered another major blow as Mathieu Flamini’s last- a poor headed clearance from Ashley Williams and gasp own goal forced the Gunners to settle for a 2-2 fired in a fierce half-volley which was parried away by draw against Swansea City yesterday. Arsene Michel Vorm. Wenger’s side looked set to bounce back from The last time Arsenal were beaten by six goals, an Saturday’s humiliating 6-0 defeat at Chelsea after two 8-2 defeat at Manchester United in 2011, they got goals in the space of 60 seconds midway through the back on track by beating Swansea in their next match. second half from Lukas Podolski and then Olivier And Wenger had tried to remain upbeat, respond- Giroud erased Wilfried Bony’s early opener at the ing to the Chelsea massacre by proclaiming “just Emirates Stadium. because an accident has happened doesn’t mean you But Flamini deflected the ball into his own net are a bad driver”. But the Gunners were destined for from close range in the final moments to leave another costly crash as Swansea took the lead in the Arsenal six points behind leaders Chelsea with only 11th minute. seven games left. Vermaelen had lost his place after some shaky dis- LONDON: Arsenal’s French midfielder Mathieu Flamini (center) runs with the ball against Swansea City’s Welsh That devastating setback may well herald the end plays earlier in the campaign and, offered the chance defender Ashley Williams (right) during the English Premier League football match. — AFP of fourth-placed Arsenal’s title bid and even their to prove Wenger wrong, the Arsenal captain instead place in the top four isn’t secure as fifth-placed allowed himself to be exposed again when Neil Taylor Everton, currently six points behind the Gunners, have advanced unchecked before swinging over a fine a game in hand and will host Wenger’s team at cross from the left. Barkley stuns Newcastle Goodison Park in April. Bony showed greater anticipation than Vermaelen involved when he signalled advantage Deulofeu, a Spaniard on loan from Wenger had offered his flops a chance for redemp- and muscled his way in front of the Belgian centre- tion following the capitulation at Chelsea in his when Deulofeu was fouled as he chested Barcelona, was particularly influential at back to guide a superb header past Wojciech Szczesny the ball down-and Barkley certainly took the start of the second half as he again for his 20th goal of the season. Newcastle 0 advantage. showed why he is rated highly by the EPL results/standings Wenger’s men were struggling to find any momen- He surged forward from midway Catalan club. Arsenal 2 (Podolski 73, Giroud 74) Swansea 2 (Bony 11, Flamini tum and even when Santi Cazorla did work a sight of inside his own half, leaving four His 52nd-minute shot forced Krul to 90-og); Manchester United 0 Manchester City 3 (Dzeko 1, 56, goal with some clever footwork the Spaniard’s shot Newcastle players in his wake before he make another save with his legs as the Toure 90); Newcastle 0 Everton 3 (Barkley 22, Lukaku 52, Osman was well saved by Vorm. Everton 3 angled his run into the area and, as defence opened up in front of him 87). Booed off at half-time, Arsenal desperately needed Fabricio Colccini slipped, powered a shot once again. high into Tim Krul’s goal. It was a memo- And, within 60 seconds, Deulofeu’s English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, an early goal after the interval but there was no won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): immediate improvement and Wenger sent on rable illustration of the technique and pace had taken him away from Paul Podolski for Oxlade-Chamberlain. NEWCASTLE: Ross Barkley scored a tenacity that will surely persuade England Dummett before he delivered a low cross Chelsea 31 21 6 4 62 23 69 The Gunners pushed Swansea to defend deeper as remarkable goal to send Everton on coach Roy Hodgson to include Barkley in that presented Lukaku with a simple their way to a 3-0 victory at Newcastle Man City 29 21 3 5 79 27 66 the half wore on and they finally equalised in the 73rd his squad - and possibly in his team - at chance to score from close range. United that improved their prospects of the World Cup finals in Brazil. Barkley had It was the signal for Newcastle to send Liverpool 30 20 5 5 82 38 65 minute.