RUGBY | Page 5 TTENNISENNIS | Page 9 World Mayer fi res record in Argentina To Advertise here sight for into fi ft h Davis Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 All Blacks Cup fi nal Monday, September 19, 2016 FOOTBALL Dhul-Hijja 17, 1437 AH Guardiola calm GULF TIMES and composed about fl ying start SPORT Page 3 QATAR STARS LEAGUE Rashidov, Romarinho help Jaish beat Wakrah Watford’s French midfielder Etienne Capoue celebrates after scoring against Manchester United at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of London, yesterday. FOOTBALL/EPL El Jaish players Mohamed al-Jabri (L) and Dami Terawari celebrate after their team’s win over Al Wakrah yesterday. By Sports Reporter Jaish started the second half with Doha real intensity and could have doubled their lead just three minutes after Watford add to the restart. Rashidov’s powerful shot l Jaish registered a 2-1 victory crashed against the underside of the over a spirited Al Wakrah in cross bar. the Qatar Stars League to en- However, it wasn’t long till Jaish Esure they stayed on par with doubled their lead. title rivals Lekhwiya, Al Rayyan and El Jaish were awarded a penalty on Al Sadd after the fi rst round of action. the 49th minute after QSL debutant At the Lekhwiya stadium yesterday, Seidou Keita was pushed down in Mourinho woe, goals from Sardor Rashidov and Ro- the box by Ahmed Kahil. Romarinho marinho from the penalty spot were stepped up and calmly stroked the ball enough for the soldiers who had to into the bottom right hand side to give endure a nervy fi nal 15 minutes after Jaish a two-goal lead. Al Wakrah striker Pablo Olivera pulled Lamouchi’s side looked dangerous a goal back for his side. in the fi nal third and struck the wood- Sabri Lamouchi’s team enjoyed the work for the second time in the match. majority of the possession through- In the 57th minute, Romarinho’s ef- Spurs go third out the tie and looked sharp going fort from inside the box left Wakrah forward. They broke the deadlock on keeper Idriss scrambling. the 24th minute when a cross from Ali Al Wakrah eventually found their United were beaten 2-1 by Manchester City in their previous league game Sanad fell to the feet of Uzbekistan way back into the tie with playmak- international Rashidov and the Jaish er Mouhcine Moutouali pulling the AFP Antonio Valencia, Luke Shaw, Ma- earlier been hurt in a clash of heads United in 30 years and saw them number 10 had enough time to con- strings in attack. His powerful run London rouane Fellaini, Wayne Rooney and with Janmaat, and he left the pitch climb to ninth place. trol the ball before unleashing an un- and shot brought out a good save from Zlatan Ibrahimovic coming in. shortly after, with Ashley Young “It is a very important three points stoppable half-volley past Al Wakrah Jaish stopper Khalifa Ababacar. But once again United made a coming on. to give my players the confi dence to stopper Hassan Idriss. In the 73rd minute, Wakrah striker isfi ring Manchester sluggish start and they were given a Rashford, making his fi rst league go ahead,” said Mazzarri, via an in- El Jaish looked confi dent on the ball Pablo Olivera curled in a shot to give United crashed to a third big let-off when Odion Ighalo some- start of the season, equalised just af- terpreter. with Brazilian attacker Romarinho, his side a lifeline in the match with consecutive defeat yes- how curled wide of an open goal af- ter the hour, slamming in from close “We were playing well, we con- fresh from signing a new three year just 15 minutes to go. Team mate terday as manager Jose ter visiting goalkeeper David de Gea range after Ibrahimovic’s cross from ceded a goal and we stopped play- deal with the side, looking good lead- Mouhcine Moutouali held the ball up MMourinho saw his side deservedly dropped a high ball. the left bounced into his path. ing and we were afraid. But then we ing the Jaish attacking line. well and laid the ball off for Olivera, beaten 3-1 at Watford in the Premier Paul Pogba cracked a dipping shot But United were undone in the made the changes and everything Al Wakrah where reduced to long and his eff ort found the back of the League. against the bar moments later, but 83rd minute when Roberto Pereyra went the right way.” shots for the majority of the fi rst half. net for the Blue Waves, a perfect debut It is the fi rst time Mourinho has United fell behind in the 34th minute cut the ball back for substitute Zu- Tottenham leapt up to third place, A speculative eff ort from Moroccan for the Uruguayan hit man. lost three straight games within the when Daryl Janmaat cut the ball back niga, who exploited acres of space to four points below leaders City, after playmaker Mouhcine Moutouali saw Wakrah probed for an equalizer and same season since he was at Porto in for Capoue to sweep home his fourth curl a shot past De Gea with his fi rst bouncing back from their opening the ball balloon well over the crossbar. could have had one had Pablo Olivera 2002 and it left United six points be- goal of the campaign. touch after coming on. Champions League loss to Monaco The fi rst half ended with El Jaish going kept his shot down in the fi nal min- hind early pace-setters Manchester Mourinho felt that United should Deeney sealed victory in the fi fth by sinking Sunderland at White Hart into the break with a slender 1-0 lead. utes of the tie. City. have been awarded a free-kick for a minute of stoppage time, drilling a Lane. Tottenham Hotspur went third foul on Anthony Martial by Miguel penalty into the net after Fellaini had Kane settled the game in the 59th after beating Sunderland 1-0 with Britos in the build-up. caught Zuniga. minute, slotting in from close range a goal from Harry Kane, who later Martial landed heavily, having It was Watford’s fi rst victory over after Papy Djilobodji miscued an at- limped off . Crystal Palace crushed tempted clearance. Stoke City 4-1 and Southampton But there was bad news for man- edged Swansea City 1-0. RESULTS AND STANDINGS ager Mauricio Pochettino as Mousa “We started the season very well Dembele and Eric Dier were forced and had good results,” said Mour- Watford 3 Man United 1 3 Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 2 0 8 2 11 off with apparent hamstring injuries inho. Crystal Palace 4 Stoke City 1 4 Arsenal 5 3 1 1 12 7 10 before Kane hobbled off after seem- “I feel the fi rst moment we had a Southampton 1 Swansea City 0 5 Chelsea 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 ing to roll his right ankle. defeat, a diffi cult situation, some of Tottenham Hotspur 1 Sunderland 0 6 Liverpool 5 3 1 1 11 8 10 Sunderland winger Adnan Januzaj the boys are having a bit of diffi culty 7 Manchester United 5 3 0 2 8 6 9 was sent off in the last minute after coping with the negativity.” Saturday, September 17: 8 Crystal Palace 5 2 1 2 7 5 7 picking up a second yellow card. Marcus Rashford cancelled out Hull City 1 Arsenal 4 9 Watford 5 2 1 2 10 9 7 Crystal Palace rose to eighth place Etienne Capoue’s opener for Wat- Leicester City 3 Burnley 0 10 West Bromwich 5 2 1 2 6 5 7 after a breezy 4-1 win over bottom ford, but a late goal by Juan Camilo Manchester City 4 Bournemouth 0 11 Leicester City 5 2 1 2 7 7 7 club Stoke City. Zuniga and a stoppage-time Troy West Bromwich 4 West Ham United 2 12 Hull City 5 2 1 2 6 7 7 James Tomkins, Scott Dann, James Deeney penalty gave Walter Maz- Everton 3 Middlesbrough 1 13 Middlesbrough 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 McArthur and Andros Townsend zarri’s side the three points. 14 Southampton 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 found the net for Palace before Marko United were beaten 2-1 by Man- Friday, September 16: 15 Swansea City 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 Arnautovic claimed a consolation in chester City in their previous league Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 16 Burnley 5 1 1 3 3 8 4 stoppage time. game and then went down 1-0 to 17 Bournemouth 5 1 1 3 3 9 4 Elsewhere, Southampton moved Feyenoord in the Europa League on P W D L F A Pts 18 West Ham United 5 1 0 4 7 13 3 out of the bottom three after Charlie Thursday. 1 Manchester City 5 5 0 0 15 4 15 19 Sunderland 5 0 1 4 3 9 1 Austin’s second-half volley secured a Mourinho made fi ve changes to the 2 Everton 5 4 1 0 10 3 13 20 Stoke City 5 0 1 4 3 14 1 1-0 win over Swansea. team that had lost in Rotterdam, with El Jaish coach Sabri Lamouchi reacts during the match. Gulf Times 2 Monday, September 19, 2016 FOOTBALL SERIE A REACTION Some United players not coping with Perisic winner helps pressure: Mourinho The Guardian Manchester ose Mourinho admitted Inter stun Juventus, some of his players are un- able to cope with the pres- sure of playing for Man- Jchester United at the moment and also stressed how they need to learn from their defensive mistakes after his side slumped to a third successive defeat on an boosts De Boer afternoon that ended with the Portuguese once again criticising the match offi cials.