MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016 SPORTS Aubameyang seals Dortmund’s late fightback win

Socer League results/standings

League tables after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

English Premier League table Deportivo 25 6 14 5 33 31 32 Leicester 27 16 8 3 49 29 56 Malaga 26 8 8 10 23 23 32 Tottenham 27 15 9 3 49 21 54 Valencia 26 7 10 9 30 29 31 Arsenal 27 15 6 6 43 26 51 Real Betis 26 6 10 10 21 36 28 Man City 26 14 5 7 48 28 47 Espanyol 26 8 4 14 26 50 28 Man Utd 27 12 8 7 36 26 44 Getafe 26 7 5 14 26 40 26 West Ham 27 11 10 6 41 31 43 Rayo Vallecano26 6 8 12 36 53 26 Southampton27 11 7 9 35 26 40 Las Palmas 26 6 6 14 25 40 24 Stoke 27 11 6 10 29 33 39 Sporting Gijon26 6 6 14 30 46 24 Liverpool 26 10 8 8 38 36 38 Levante 26 5 5 16 24 48 20 Watford 27 10 7 10 29 28 37 Granada 25 5 5 15 26 51 20 Chelsea 27 9 9 9 40 37 36 Everton 26 8 11 7 46 35 35 French Ligue 1 table West Brom 27 9 8 10 27 34 35 Paris SG 27 23 4 0 67 13 73 Crystal Palace27 9 5 13 29 35 32 Monaco 28 13 11 4 40 30 50 Bournemouth27 7 8 12 30 44 29 Caen 28 13 3 12 30 36 42 Swansea 27 6 9 12 25 36 27 Nice 28 11 8 9 39 32 41 Norwich 27 6 6 15 30 51 24 Rennes 28 10 11 7 36 33 41 Newcastle 26 6 6 14 27 49 24 Saint-Etienne28 12 5 11 33 32 41 Sunderland 27 6 5 16 32 51 23 Nantes 27 10 10 7 26 24 40 Aston Villa 27 3 7 17 21 48 16 Lyon 27 11 6 10 38 29 39 Angers 28 10 8 10 29 29 38 Italian Serie A table Lorient 28 9 10 9 40 41 37 Juventus 26 18 4 4 46 15 58 Bastia 27 11 4 12 27 29 37 Napoli 26 17 6 3 54 21 57 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 37 43 37 Roma 27 15 8 4 55 28 53 Marseille 27 8 12 7 37 28 36 Fiorentina 26 16 4 6 47 26 52 Montpellier 28 10 5 13 36 33 35 Inter Milan 26 14 6 6 34 23 48 Lille 28 7 13 8 21 23 34 AC Milan 27 13 8 6 39 28 47 Guingamp 28 8 8 12 33 40 32 Sassuolo 26 9 11 6 32 31 38 Reims 28 8 8 12 32 39 32 Lazio 26 10 7 9 34 34 37 Gazelec Ajaccio27 6 10 11 28 38 28 DORTMUND: Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (right) and Hoffenheim’s Fabian Schaer challenge for the ball during the German Bologna 27 10 5 12 29 31 35 Toulouse 28 4 10 14 27 47 22 Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Dortmund, Germany yesterday. — AP Chievo 27 9 7 11 32 36 34 Troyes 28 2 8 18 20 57 14 BERLIN: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted of the table clash against Pep Guardiola’s half penalty, before Javier Hernandez pulled a Empoli 27 9 7 11 33 40 34 again as Borussia Dortmund scored three goals Bavarians in Dortmund. Hoffenheim remain sec- goal back. On Saturday, Bayern continued their Torino 27 8 8 11 33 34 32 German Bundesliga table in the final ten minutes for a dramatic 3-1 come- ond from bottom and four points from safety. seemingly unstoppable march to an historic Atalanta 27 7 9 11 26 31 30 Bayern Munich23 20 2 1 58 11 62 back win over ten-man Hoffenheim yesterday in Borussia Moenchengladbach went fourth after fourth consecutive league title with a 2-0 win at Udinese 27 8 6 13 24 40 30 Dortmund 22 16 3 3 54 24 51 the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim Sebastian a fightback earned a 2-2 draw at Augsburg. Wolfsburg.Guardiola’s outfit now have 62 points Genoa 27 7 7 13 27 32 28 Hertha Berlin23 11 6 6 31 24 39 Rudy gave his side the lead in Dortmund before Brazilian striker Raffael had sent Gladbach into a out of a possible 69, their tally exactly double Sampdoria 27 7 7 13 39 46 28 M’gladbach 23 11 3 9 45 40 36 being sent off and the hosts were just ten min- half-time lead before the game exploded into that of Wolfsburg, who are eighth. A tight strug- Palermo 27 7 6 14 27 47 27 utes from their first home defeat of the season. life with three goals in five second-half minutes. gle was settled by second-half goals from Frosinone 27 6 5 16 26 53 23 Leverkusen 22 10 5 7 31 23 35 Schalke 04 22 10 4 8 31 29 34 The game turned when Rudy was shown a Despite their midweek Europa League exit at Kingsley Coman and Lewandowski, who netted Carpi 274 914244421 straight red card-on his 26th birthday-for bring- the hands of Liverpool, Augsburg, who are 13th, his 33rd goal in all competitions. Verona 27 2 12 13 24 45 18 Mainz 05 22 10 3 9 29 28 33 VfL Wolfsburg23 8 7 8 32 31 31 ing down Aubameyang, who was through on roared back with two goals in quick succession. Elsewhere, bottom side Hanover gained goal, on 58 minutes. Winger Henrikh Iceland striker Alfred Finnbogason thumped a ground in the relegation battle with a shock 2-1 Spanish La Liga table Ingolstadt 0423 8 6 9 17 24 30 Cologne 23 7 8 8 24 29 29 Mkhitaryan spared Dortmund’s blushes with an header home on 50 minutes, his first goal since win at Stuttgart after an eight-match losing Barcelona 25 20 3 2 67 20 63 80th-minute equaliser before substitute Adrian joining from Olympiakos, before Brazil winger streak. Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake Hamburg 23 7 7 9 26 31 28 Atletico Madrid26 18 4 4 36 11 58 Ramos headed Lukasz Piszczek’s cross home on Caiuby slotted neatly home just three minutes capped his first start since November after VfB Stuttgart 23 8 4 11 35 44 28 Real Madrid 26 16 6 4 71 25 54 85 minutes. Mkhitaryan then laid on the third later. Gladbach’s American winger Fabian injury by setting up both goals for defender Augsburg 23 6 7 10 26 33 25 Villarreal 26 15 7 4 33 18 52 when he sprinted clear, drew Hoffenheim keep- Johnson gave the perfect response as he Christian Schulz. It means just four points sepa- Sevilla 25 11 8 6 36 26 41 Darmstadt 9823 6 7 10 25 36 25 er Oliver Baumann and passed for Aubameyang smashed home his shot on 55 minutes to make rate the bottom three sides, but Hanover Celta Vigo 26 12 5 9 39 44 41 Eintracht 22 5 7 10 27 37 22 to tap home in the second minute of stoppage it 2-2. The visitors should have won as Sweden’s remain five points from safety. Hamburg drew Athletic Bilbao26 11 5 10 38 35 38 Werder Bremen23 5 6 12 27 46 21 time. Oscar Wendt fired wide late on while only a 1-1 at home to Ingolstadt while Werder Bremen Eibar 26 10 6 10 40 35 36 Hoffenheim 22 3 9 10 22 3318 It was the 22nd goal of the season for the Marwin Hitz save denied Borussia captain Granit are deep in the relegation battle despite their 2- Real Sociedad26 9 7 10 36 35 34 Hanover 96 23 5 2 16 21 38 17 Gabon striker, who is one behind the league’s Xhaka. Mainz warmed up for Wednesday’s 2 draw at home to Darmstadt. On Friday, top scorer, Bayern Munich’s Robert league game at Bayern by moving up to fifth Hertha Berlin strengthened their grip on third Lewandowski. The win allows second-placed with a 3-1 win at home to Bayer Leverkusen. place with a 1-0 victory at Cologne as Vedad Borussia to trim Bayern’s lead at the top of the Mainz’s Yunus Malli and Jhon Cordoba net- Ibisevic scored the winner to break their run of stun Sri table to eight points before next Saturday’s top ted first half goals, then Malli netted a second- six games without a win.—AFP Lanka; Sabbir hits 80 Monaco held; : Sabbir Rahman scored a brilliant of the regular captain , half-century to set up a 23-run win for Mathews opened the bowling and struck Bangladesh over in the plumb in front for a Caen surprise Twenty20 in Dhaka yesterday. Sabbir hit 80 duck in the second ball of the innings. off 54 balls as Bangladesh posted a Mathews then took a catch off Nuwan Saint-Etienne respectable 147-7 and then restricted Sri Kulasekara to remove the other opener Lanka to 124-8 for their maiden win over , also for a duck, giving Sri PARIS: Monaco were held to a goalless draw by the islanders in the Twenty20 format. The Lanka a solid start to the game. Sabbir in-form Nantes yesterday as Caen moved provi- win, Bangladesh’s second in three matches launched a counter-attack, hitting sionally into third place in Ligue 1 with a surprise in the tournament, kept the hosts firmly in Kulasekara for three fours and a six off con- 2-1 win at Saint-Etienne. Monaco are eight points the race for a place in the final on March 6. secutive balls in the fourth over to seize the clear in second after their draw at the Stade de la They will face Pakistan in their last momentum back for the hosts. He contin- Beaujoire but their result leaves open the possi- league match on March 2. Al-Amin Hossain ued in the same vein despite the run out of bility that runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain claimed 3-34 while for four at the other end could clinch an inevitable fourth successive title chipped in with 2-21 as Sri Lanka collapsed and shared 82 runs with Shakib for the from 76-1 to lose their last seven fourth stand. as early as next weekend. for 41 runs. Dinesh Chandimal was Shakib was happy to play second fiddle For that to happen, Laurent Blanc’s side, who dropped on the second ball of the innings as Sabbir flayed Sri Lanka’s bowlers to com- are currently 23 points clear, must win away at and went on to make a run-a-ball 37, the plete his third fifty Lyon and then hope Monaco slip up at Caen next highest in Sri Lanka’s innings. Shehan off 38 balls with a six off Shehan Jayasuriya Friday. PSG, who are unbeaten domestically Jayasuriya was the only other notable run over midwicket. “It was a good opportunity since March last year, would then go into their getter for Sri Lanka with 26 from 21 balls. to come in early. I just rotated the strike home clash with Montpellier next Saturday “We have always struggled a bit in and played to my strength,” said man of the knowing victory would suffice for them to be Twenty20. This was a good win for us,” said match Sabbir. Medium pacer Dushmantha confirmed champions with two months of the Bangladesh captain . Chameera ended his onslaught when he season remaining. While Monaco look set to fin- “The wicket was pretty good to bat on. deceived the right-hander with a slower ish as runners-up, nobody seems to want the With 147, you can still fight it out. After a to force a catch at midwicket to third place that also brings with it a place in the couple of catches missed, we stood up and Jayasuriya. Chameera took an edge from qualifying rounds for next season’s Champions did our best.” Sri Lanka captain Angelo Shakib, who made 32 off 34 balls, in the League. Mathews rued the loss of wickets. “We just next over and added Nurul Hasan to his tal- Nantes are one of the many sides in con- lost our way, and once we hit that 12-runs- ly to finish with 3-30. Pakistan will face the tention, though, after extending their long an-over mark, we just kept losing wickets,” UAE in the next match of the tournament unbeaten run to 13 league games and 16 match- said Mathews Leading Sri Lanka in absence today. — AFP es in all competitions. That has lifted Michel Der Zakarian’s team provisionally up to seventh SCOREBOARD place, just two points adrift of the podium. Nantes had the best chances in a lively start to DHAKA: Scoreboard of the Asia Cup Twenty20 match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka yesterday: the game, but Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, on two occasions, and Emiliano Sala were unable to find Bangladesh T. Dilshan c Soumya b Shakib 12 a way past Danijel Subasic in the visitors’ goal. Mohammad Mithun lbw b Mathews 0 S. Jayasuriya st Nurul b Shakib 26 Guido Carrillo came close for Monaco early in Soumya Sarkar c Mathews b Kulasekara 0 A. Mathews c Shakib b Al-Amin 12 Sabbir Rahman c Jayasuriya b Chameera 80 the second half while Alejandro Bedoya did have T. Perera lbw b Mustafizur 4 Mushfiqur Rahim run out 4 the ball in the net for Nantes in the 71st minute, M. Siriwardana c Sabbir b Mortaza 3 Shakib Al Hasan c Chandimal b Chameera 32 only to be denied by the offside flag. Saint- D. Shanaka c Rahim b Al-Amin 14 not out 23 Etienne could have gone third but instead Caen C. Kapugedera not out 12 Nurul Hasan c Mathews b Chameera 2 did just that by winning at the Stade Geoffroy- Mashrafe Mortaza run out 2 N. Kulasekara c Soumya b Al-Amin 0 Guichard against opponents still reeling from Extras (b1 w-2 nb1) 4 D. Chameera not out 1 their Europa League exit to Basel during the Total ( seven wickets; 20 overs) 147 Extras ( w3) 3 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mithun), 2-2 (Soumya) 3-26 Total ( eight wickets; 20 overs) 124 week. Caen went in front with just 12 minutes (Rahim), 4-108 ( Sabbir), 5-123 ( Shakib), 6-140 ( Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Dilshan), 2-76 (Chandimal), left when Andy Delort headed in Herve Bazile’s Nurul), 7-147 (Mortaza) cross for his 10th league goal of the campaign, Did not bat: Al-Amin Hossain, , 3-78 (Jayasuriya) 4-85 (Perera), 5-92 (Siriwardana), 6-102 (Mathews), 7-116 (Shanaka), 8-117 and Ronny Rodelin doubled their lead soon after. Bowling: Mathews 3-0-8-1, Kulasekara 4-0-44-1, (Kulasekara) Valentin Eysseric pulled one back for Saint- Perera 1-0-14-0, Jayasuriya 3-0-21-0, Herath 4-0- Did not bat: R. Herath Etienne from a stoppage-time free-kick but they 24-0, Dilshan 1-0-5-0, Chameera 4-0-30-3 (nb1 Bowling: Taskin 3-0-19-0, Al-Amin 4-0-34-3, must now rouse themselves for a French Cup w2) Shakib 4-0-21-2 (w1), Mustafizur 4-0-19-1(w1), quarter-final against PSG in midweek. SAINT-ETIENNE: Saint-Etienne’s French defender Paul Baysse (left) vies with Caen’s French- Caen’s hold on third may not last long, Sri Lanka Mortaza 3-0-17-1(w1), Mahmudullah 2-0-14-1. Beninese midfielder Jordan Adeoti (right) during the French L1 football match Saint- D. Chandimal c Taskin b Mahmudullah 37 Result: Bangladesh won by 23 runs. though, as Lyon will leapfrog the Normandy side Etienne (ASSE) vs Caen (SMC) yesterday.— AFP on goal difference if they can beat Paris. Elsewhere yesterday, Marseille’s match away to Gazelec Ajaccio was postponed due to the inclement weather in Corsica. Nice had started Hiddink fumes over Chelsea’s Cup date the weekend in third place but their Champions League hopes were hit when they lost 2-0 at SOUTHAMPTON: Guus Hiddink has attacked the decision game in which Spanish winger Pedro limped off with a “I don’t know who has decided that, all of a sudden. It home to bitter rivals Bastia on Friday. On to schedule Chelsea’s FA Cup quarter-final meeting with hamstring that could rule him out of the decisive second was astonishing that people could change the kick-off Saturday, Rennes scored two late goals as they Everton three days after the club’s Champions League leg clash with PSG at Stamford Bridge on March 9. time. “We have PSG on the Wednesday night. Hopefully it came from behind to win 2-1 at struggling showdown against Paris Saint Germain. Blues’ interim “We have a tight schedule, Norwich on Tuesday and doesn’t go into extra-time. The players, not just Chelsea Toulouse, who later parted company with coach players, need time when the intensity of the league is like manager Hiddink fears the demands being placed on his then Stoke and PSG. Then, surprisingly, the Everton Dominique Arribage after a defeat which left players are too high and believes it is time medical profes- game was put on a Saturday instead of a Sunday. this. “The medical people at the FA and the Premier sionals had an influence on the fixture list. Hiddink was Normally we should have played Liverpool on the League should make this known as well. We have to pro- them second from bottom and 10 points from speaking after his side’s 2-1 victory at Southampton, a Sunday,” Hiddink said. tect the players as well.—AFP safety. — AFP