14 Monday, January 11, 2021 Sports Crawley shock Leeds in FA Cup; Spurs, Chelsea and Manchester City through DPA ted the second two minutes LONDON later and Jordan Tunicliffe put paid to Leeds’ hopes of FOURTH-TIER League Two a comeback on 70 minutes side Crawley Town stunned after he knocked in the third Leeds United in the FA Cup from close range to seal their third round on Sunday with place in round four. a 3-0 home win. “You have to enjoy these There was no dream up- games - you work hard set for semi-professional enough for it,” said Crawley side Marine against eight- coach John Yew. “It was time cup winners Tottenham a really good team perfor- Hotspur as Jose Mourinho’s mance and it’s clear that men hammered the Liver- we’ve got 11 star men. we’ve pool-based eighth-tier team showed what we can do 5-0. against a really good side in Carlos Vinicius scored a Leeds.” first half hat-trick with Lucas Leeds are the second Moura adding a superb free- Premier League team that kick to show that the hosts have been knocked out of the were out of their depth by competition after West Bro- the break. mwich Albion lost a penalty Alfie Devine, Totten- shoot-out to third-tier Black- ham’s 16-year-old prospect, pool on Saturday. fired in the fifth on the hour Bernardo Silva scored mark. Nick Tsaroulla had twice as Manchester City an emotional day for Craw- eased past Birmingham City ley after the former Totten- with a comfortable 3-0 vic- ham academy player burst tory. Manchester City boss through to score the second- Pep Guardiola confirmed half opener against Leeds. later that striker Sergio The 21-year-old was re- Aguero was absent because leased from his contract by he is self-isolating after com- Spurs two years ago and he ing into contact with corona- had to fight back the tears virus. in his post-match interview. Unfortunately he was in “It’s crazy. It’s been a long contact with a person who hard road for me with a cou- has tested positive [for coro- ple of tough years, but what navirus] and that’s why he a moment for me,” said Tsa- must be isolated for a few roulla. days,” he explained. “I don’t Crawley Town’s English striker Tom Nichols (centre) jumps to win a header during the English FA Cup third round match against Leeds United at Broadfield Stadium in Crawley, “It was all a bit of a blur. know exactly how long he England, on Sunday. (AFP) But I am buzzing. Anyone will be missing because he can come back from every- has been tested, like all of us, ley’s fellow League Two op- more goals maybe but the break them down but I was Barnsley, Bristol City and County, who reached the thing and I just hope that I six times in the past 10 or 15 position Morecambe in a game was very comfortable, pleased. It was a game we Cheltenham Town are also fifth round in 2019, will aim can inspire somebody else days.” 4-0 home win at Stamford although it wasn’t easy,” should win with the squad we through in the day’s other to start a similar run this out there.” Frank Lampard’s Chelsea Bridge. Lampard said. have and we did because results. year at home against Bright- Ashley Nadesan net- had no trouble with Craw- “We could have scored “It took a while to we did everything right.” Welsh outfit Newport on & Hove Albion. Stuttgart outclass Augsburg; Bielefeld out of Bundesliga bottom three DPA it was way too little,” he said BERLIN of the contact in the box. “A wrong decision in my eyes.” VFB STUTTGART cruised 4-1 Only a superb save by Gregor away to Augsburg on Sunday Kobel, touching Caligiuri’s free to leapfrog their hosts into kick onto the bar, prevented 10th place in the Bundesliga Augsburg levelling at 1-1 but while their fellow promoted from that point on Stuttgart side Arminia Bielefeld left the were in complete control. bottom three with a 1-0 home Hertha had the better of win over Hertha Berlin. the early stages in Bielefeld A slick performance from but the hosts turned the tide Inter Milan’s Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi (left) celebrates after Stuttgart began with Nicolas before the break and had a scoring during the Italian Serie A against AS Roma at the Olympic Gonzalez’s penalty and their penalty revoked after video re- stadium in Rome on Sunday. (AFP) lead was doubled by Silas Wa- view showed Niklas Stark was mangituka. blameless in sending Fabian Augsburg’s Marco Richter Klos to the deck. Inter draw at gritty cut the deficit 30 seconds after The video consultation the restart but Stuttgart cap- took more than four minutes tain Gonzalo Castro restored to resolve the issue. Roma, Milan extend the two-goal advantage, after “I can’t get out of the way,” a video review, and Richter’s said Hertha captain Stark. late dismissal ended Augs- “I’m biased but I was going lead in Serie A burg’s hopes. sideways and he ran into me.” Daniel Didavi then com- Sergio Cordova fired just wide pleted the rout by adding a late but Hertha did not heed the DPA utes left to ensure a share of fourth. warning and Bielefeld went in ROME the spoils. Stuttgart are four points front when Yabo turned Peter “We had the chance to off sixth, the final automatic Pekarik and drove into the top INTER Milan drew 2-2 at close the game, but we lacked European spot, with Augsburg corner while Jessic Ngankam hosting Roma on Sunday and the killer instinct,” Inter coach two worse off a place below Stuttgart’s German midfielder Daniel Didavi (left) celebrates with Stuttgart’s Austrian forward Sasa was off injured for the visitors. slipped three points behind Antonio Conte said. them. Kalajdzic after scoring during the German first division Bundesliga match against FC Augsburg in Augs- “I’m just really happy we Serie A leaders AC Milan over “We played against a Hertha are 12th and just burg, Germany, on Sunday. (AFP) could decide this game in our the weekend. strong team who have been five points above the relega- favour,” said Yabo after his The front-runners beat To- doing great things and despite tion play-off place now oc- form in the Bundesliga over the scored,” said Stuttgart coach 76th minutes to see reds, ru- first Bundesliga goal, and add- rino 2-0 on Saturday, bouncing the [2-1] deficit we had the cupied by Cologne. Reinhold season and needed only six min- Pellegrino Matarazzo. ining the good work he did in ed the team had been “reward- back from a first league defeat strength to bounce back. It’s a Yabo grabbed the only goal to utes to open the scoring when “Overall, it was a good dis- netting in Augsburg’s first at- ed for a good performance suffered in midweek against pity to then have conceded on lift Bielefeld up a place to 15th Reece Oxford clipped Mateo Kli- play from us. I’m happy that tack of the second half. over 90 minutes.” A superb champions Juventus, who sit a set piece.” Napoli went fifth and outright safety. mowicz in the box. we were able to win again.” “We have again missed out shot from Ritsu Doan hit the 10 points off the top with a past Juve thanks to a last-gasp League leaders Bayern Gonzalez stroke home the Castro, initially flagged off- on attaching ourselves to the inside of the post for Bielefeld game in hand against Napoli. 2-1 win at Udinese. Munich and second-placed spot-kick and when Waman- side, slotted in Stuttgart’s upper group, that would have but they held on, aided by a Juve close the day’s pro- The Neapolitans’ skipper RB Leipzig both suffered de- gituka from Borna Sosa pass third just after the hour and been a very, very important handball decision ruling out gramme against Sassuolo. Lorenzo Insigne converted a feats this weekend, 3-2 at made it two in the 29th there Didavi converted Waldemar win,” Augsburg’s Daniel Cali- an equalizer for Hertha’s Kr- Roma, who are third penalty before home striker Borussia Moenchengladbach would only be one winner. Anton’s cross at the back post giuri told Sky television, who zysztof Piatek. three points behind In- Kevin Lasagna levelled courte- and 3-1 at home to Borussia “I was very happy that we three minutes from time. also complained about the “It was an equal game,” ter, went ahead from Lor- sy of a bad clearance and Tie- Dortmund respectively. didn’t need long to settle our- By that point Richter had award of the penalty. said Stark. “We were a tick not enzo Pellegrini’s low drive, moue Bakayoko nodded home Stuttgart have the best away selves again after Augsburg been booked in the 73rd and “From my point of view so sharp as Bielefeld. which met a slight deflection in the 90th minute. from Alessandro Bastoni Lazio won 2-0 at Parma, 17 minutes into a pulsating who had Roberto D’Aversa first half. back at the helm after his Au- Home keeper Pau Lopez gust lay-off, and Verona beat Sergio Aguero absent from Man City made prodigious saves on ei- backmarkers Crotone 2-1.