City Sink Bournemouth David Silva Supplies, Sergio Aguero Scores As Manchester City Pair Shine in Bournemouth Win
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MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019 16 Stokes’ century keeps England in the Ashes City sink Bournemouth David Silva supplies, Sergio Aguero scores as Manchester City pair shine in Bournemouth win Aguero’s finish. tained in training. an unwanted record in the cor- Raheem Sterling Silva’s contribution to the sec- City said Jesus will be back to responding fixture last season • ond was even more eye-catch- full fitness after next month’s when they became the first also struck on the south ing, with his superbly weighted international break, meaning home team not to register a shot coast as Manchester ball picking out Sterling’s dart- he should miss only next week- on goal in the Premier League. ing run into the box before the end’s clash with Brighton. City returned to Note of panic winning ways England attacker struck past Bournemouth had established keeper Aaron Ramsdale. On this occasion a posi - Then a positive surge into the tive start ensured they quick- AFP | Bournemouth Bournemouth area caused con- ly avoided a repeat with Josh fusion among the home backline King testing Ederson in the first Ben Stokes plays a shot ergio Aguero bagged a before Aguero pounced for the minute. AFP | Leeds Headingley. brace and David Silva third. It was clear from the start “It was a very special feeling. Smarked his 400th appear- Those moments helped City KNOW WHAT Bournemouth were anxious not en Stokes was the hero yet Stokesy was unbelievable. It ance for Manchester City by maintain control of a game that to concede territory to Guardio- Bagain as his incredible un- was like nothing I’ve ever seen playing a role in all three goals could easily have slipped from la’s team, who initially appeared beaten century saw England to before. And the crowd was in- as the champions won 3-1 at their grasp had Eddie Howe’s Sergio Aguero struck unsettled. a thrilling one-wicket win in sane,” admitted Leach. Bournemouth yesterday. side enjoyed better fortune. Kyle Walker was booked for a the third Ashes Test at Head- Australia captain Tim Paine First half efforts from Aguero Aguero’s predatory finishing twice, extending his foul on Nathan Ake in the 10th ingley yesterday. said: “It’s hard to take, losing and Raheem Sterling ensured was the perfect tonic for City City record to 235 minute, having already been for- England -- all out for a woe- that from that position but you Pep Guardiola’s side led at the after Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus goals but his total for tunate to escape a caution for ful 67 in their first innings -- tip your hat sometimes. interval despite a stunning free- was withdrawn from the squad clubs and country to an equally bad challenge on the were 286-9, still needing 73 “Ben Stokes played an unbe- kick reply from Bournemouth’s with a hamstring problem sus- 400 same player. more runs to reach a victory lievable innings and in the end Harry Wilson. target of 359 when bespecta- he was too good for us.” Argentina striker Aguero cled No 11 Jack Leach walked As Leach looked on, wrapped up City’s second Pre- out to bat to join Stokes at the all-rounder Stokes went mier League victory of the sea- crease. into one-day mode by driv- son with his second goal of the Leach, however, held firm ing off-spinner Lyon for two game after half-time. with World Cup final winning straight sixes and then pro - It was Silva, though, who was batting star Stokes’s astonish- duced a stunning reverse the architect of the win and hav- ing 135 not out seeing England against him that sailed high ing already announced this will complete their highest suc- over deep point. be his last season at the Etihad cessful fourth innings chase Stokes’s extravagant scooped Stadium, this display only un- as they squared the five-match six off Cummins reduced the derlined how much he will be series at 1-1. target to 40. missed. “There’s nothing like being Despite Australia captain The Spanish midfielder re- out there in the end and get- Tim Paine having scattered mains an integral part of Guar- ting your team over the line. I all his fielders to the bounda- diola’s team, with his contribu- didn’t get nervous till we need- ry, Stokes pulled Josh Hazle- tion to City’s goals demonstrat- ed single figures, I didn’t know wood for four to complete a ing exactly why he is so valued what to do then,” admitted remarkable 199 ball-century by his manager. Stokes. -- his second in a row after For the 15th minute open - Australia, his 115 not out ing goal, it was Silva who op- who would in the drawn erated as the fulcrum towards have retained second Test at the start of the move with the the Ashes had Unbelievable. It’s one Lord’s -- fea- midfielder finding Oleksandr they won, I’ll never forget. I’m not turing eight Zinchenko on the left, allow- missed a clear fours and five ing the left-back to drill in the chance to run sure it’ll ever happen sixes. low cross that eventually led to Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero shoots to score Leach out again. It’s one of the Stokes then when Nathan two best feelings I’ve hoisted the Lyon failed ever felt on a cricket next two balls to gather a pitch for six. throw and He rode his BEN STOKES then paid luck when a Rahane in touching distance of 10th Test ton dearly for sliced two off squandering a review. Cummins was dropped by a AFP | Antigua and Barbuda struck in the second over of the morning All-rounder Stokes even- diving Marcus Harris at third when Roston Chase removed Virat Kohli tually flayed fast bowler Pat man. jinkya Rahane was within touching dis- before the Indian captain had added to his Cummins for four to seal a Stokes, however, command- Atance of a tenth Test century as India overnight score of 51. famous victory arguably even ingly pulled and drove Cum- tightened the screws on the West Indies Attempting to turn a full-length delivery more improbable than Eng- mins’s next two balls for for in reaching 287 for four in their second in- to the on-side, the ball took a leading edge land’s celebrated 1981 Ashes four to leave England just nine nings at lunch on the fourth day of the first for John Campbell to take the catch at the Test success at Headingley runs shy of victory. Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in second attempt at short extra-cover and when they won after follow- But a single left Leach on Antigua yesterday. give Chase his third wicket of the innings. ing-on. strike with two balls left in Rahane, who top-scored with 81 in the However Vihari, who scored an unbeaten This was only the fourth the over. tourists’ first innings total of 297, will re- century as captain of the Indian ‘A’ team time a team had made more The first of those sailed over sume in the afternoon session on 90 in Virat Kohli plays a shot against their West Indies counterparts than 300 to win in the fourth Leach’s head and the next saw partnership with Hanuma Vihari, who has overall advantage which now stands at 362 in an unofficial Test two weeks earlier in innings of a Test at Australia waste a review for a contributed 57 so far to a century stand for runs. Trinidad, started positively and not even ball that pitched outside leg the fifth wicket as the top-ranked Test team After labouring through a wicketless the introduction of the second new ball stump. seeks to build even further on a formidable final session of day three, the West Indies could stem the flow of runs. Racist abuse ‘only makes me stronger’ says Pogba Djokovic motivated by talk of AFP | Manchester penalty was saved by Wolves racists. “Enough now, this needs to goalkeeper Rui Patricio in “My ancestors and my stop Twitter. Manchester catching Federer in Slams aul Pogba says Monday’s 1-1 draw. parents suffered for my gen- United is a family. Paul Pogba AFP | New York people are talking about. And Phe is ready to Then United striker Rash- eration to be free today, to is a huge part of that family. it’s flattering, obviously,” Djok- fight against racist ford suffered racist abuse work, to take the bus, to play You attack him you attack op-ranked defending ovic said. abuse after the Man- online after hitting the post football,” Pogba wrote on his us all.” Tchampion Novak Djokovic “But at the same time, it’s chester United star with a penalty in Saturday’s Instagram account yesterday. United manager Ole Gun- takes inspiration from talk he still a very long way ahead of and his team-mate shock 2-1 defeat against “Racist insults are igno- nar Solskjaer condemned could pass Roger Federer for me. It does also put a certain Marcus Rashford Crystal Palace. rance and can only make me both incidents involving his all-time record total of men’s level of responsibility to me as were subjected Chelsea striker Tammy stronger and motivate me players. 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