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SOUTHAMPTON: Manchester United’s Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku shields the ball from Southampton’s Dutch defender Wesley Hoedt (2nd R) and Southampton’s English defender (R) during the English football match between Southampton and Manchester United at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, southern England yesterday. —AFP Lukaku strikes again as Man Utd beat Saints

of the season in all competitions and manager three points after an unimpressive performance. St Mary’s, having also done so with Everton and Phil Jones was at the heart of United’s Jose Mourinho was sent off for dissent yester- “It is not always possible to operate at high West Bromwich Albion. rugged defending, with several telling tackles Southampton 0 day. The result ensured United equalled their quality but we fought hard,” Mourinho told Sky He scrambled a 20th-minute winner, pounc- and interceptions, but the centre back also best start to a Premier League campaign but left Sports. “I felt some of the boys were not sharp. I ing on his own rebound in the six-yard box after heaped praise on Lukaku, who has now scored them second on 16 points from five games, didn’t feel like we could score three or four the home team’s keeper, Fraser Forster, had par- six Premier League goals in as many matches. behind leaders Manchester City on goal differ- goals, like we sometimes do, so the option was ried the striker’s close-range header following a “Romelu Lukaku needs one chance and Man United 1 ence after their arch rivals thrashed Crystal to make sure we got the points. superb cross from the left by Ashley Young. sticks it in the net and we are thankful to have Palace 5-0. “Romelu Lukaku’s work is so important for us. United fizzled out in the second half as the him,” said Jones. “We are happy with the three Mourinho, who was sent to the stands in the He scored his goal and worked hard, like every- Saints kept probing their defence and the home points, but not too happy with the perform- SOUTHAMPTON: Manchester United ground last minute of stoppage time as Southampton body else.” United’s prolific close-season signing team’s midfielder, , missed two ance. Maybe last season we would have come out a 1-0 Premier League win at Southampton piled on the pressure in the closing stages, was became the first Premier League player to score good chances before substitute Ander Herrera here and drew or lost it, but we need to do bet- as striker Romelu Lukaku scored his eighth goal glad to come away from St Mary’s Stadium with for three different clubs against Southampton at blazed his shot over the bar at the other end. ter than that.” — Reuters Sane excels as City thrashes Palace 5-0

aspirins to ease the headache.” It threatens to get after he failed to return from preseason in good even worse for Palace, which must play Manchester shape. After scoring twice in City’s League Cup win Man City 5 United, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham in four of over West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday, Sane put its next five fixtures. City ahead when he played a one-two with David And , the club’s only senior strik- Silva, poked the return ball over defender Scott Dann, er, hobbled off with what Hodgson said could be and placed his finish between the goalkeeper’s legs. Crystal Palace 0 knee ligament damage. City has an injury concern of Sane delivered a low cross to set up an easy tap-in its own after left back Benjamin Mendy went off with in the 51st for Sterling, who then scored from close a right knee injury in the first half, but that was the range from Sergio Aguero’s cushioned volley in the MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola had just given a ball- only negative on another brilliant attacking display. 58th. The highlight of Sane’s display was arguably his boy a ticking off for returning the ball too sluggishly Such was Guardiola’s lust for goals that he took off powerful, whipped left-wing cross for Aguero’s 176th when he kicked his seat in the dug-out in frustration , a center back, and sent on Delph for the City goal, leaving the striker one goal behind Eric as the halftime whistle sounded. Manchester City was final 20 minutes. With Delph’s late goal, City became Brook’s all-time record. leading Crystal Palace 1-0 but you’d never have the first side to score at least five goals in three “He is a guy who runs in behind in the right tempo known by the actions of its coach. straight top-flight games in the same season since and right moment like no one else in the world,” “The ball-boy was slow, everybody was slow,” Blackburn in 1958-59. Guardiola said of Sane. Sterling has scored in each of Guardiola said. He was a lot happier at fulltime, Sane was City’s star player, showing energy, trick- his last five league games, giving Guardiola yet anoth- though, with City having wrapped up a 5-0 win in its ery and an end product to delight Guardiola, who left er attacking option. “Now I have five strikers,” he said, LEICESTER: Leicester City’s Welsh midfielder Andy King (R) vies with Liverpool’s Brazilian mid- latest devastating attacking display in the English out the winger in the first few games of the season ominously, “and all of them deserve to play.” —AP fielder Philippe Coutinho during the English Premier League football match between Leicester Premier League. City has 16 goals in its last three City and Liverpool at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England yesterday. — AFP league matches, and has a club-record 21 for the sea- son after six games. At the current rate, this City team is rivalling Guardiola’s Barcelona and Bayern Munich Mignolet saves Vardy penalty sides for entertainment and efficiency in front of goal. “I must say,” Guardiola said, “we are still in September. But I’m not telling the people not to be excited. This is as Liverpool beat Leicester a show. ... The biggest satisfaction is to see the fans come here and be happy.” goal was Salah’s sixth of the season. The Premier League might never have seen Coutinho looked back to his best and attacking riches like the ones Guardiola has at his dis- Leicester City 2 increased the lead with a curled 25-metre posal, and last-place Palace - still without a point or free-kick inside Casper Schmeichel’s post on even a goal this season - couldn’t cope. Gabriel Jesus 23 minutes but Liverpool conceded just wasn’t even needed off the substitutes’ bench for City, before the break when Shinji Okazaki con- which broke Palace’s stubborn resistance in the 44th Liverpool 3 verted a knockdown despite strong appeals minute through Leroy Sane and picked off the visitors for a foul on the keeper. Goals flow at both with ease in the second half. ends whenever Liverpool play and no Sane led the rout, setting up for LEICESTER: Simon Mignolet conceded and sooner had restored the second goal and Sergio Aguero - for the 300th then saved a late penalty as Liverpool clung their two-goal lead than Vardy headed club goal of his career - for the fourth. Sterling fin- on for a 3-2 win over Leicester City in a pulsat- Leicester’s second before falling under a ished with two goals and substitute Fabian Delph ing Premier League clash at the King Power fly-kick challenge from Mignolet as the curled in a shot from the edge of the area for the best Stadium yesterday. Belgian failed to clear his lines. But Vardy of the lot in the 89th. The visitors dominated the first half and fired his spot-kick too close to the keeper, “When they take the lead,” Palace manager Roy opened the scoring through Mo Salah’s far- who had been shown a yellow card for the Hodgson said, “they are capable of showing the full MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Leroy Sane, right, scores his side’s first goal of the game during post header from Philippe Coutinho’s cross a foul and parried it away for his fifth penal- register of their qualities.” “We have to accept we’ve the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace, at the Etihad minute after the Egyptian missed a sitter. The ty save in eight attempts. — Reuters been given a headache, and now we have to find the Stadium, in Manchester, England, yesterday. — AP