SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2013 SPORTS Bayern see off Braunschweig to extend record BERLIN: European champions Bayern lightly the threat of Eintracht, who have utes before Cameroon’s Eric Choupo- to Nuremberg to stay second. make it 2-2 at the break. Munich extended their record unbeaten never won in Munich, Dutch winger Moting fired home a penalty. South Korea striker Son Heung-Min Further Hoffenheim goals by Kevin run in the Bundesliga to 39 games with a Robben was as good as his word. Mainz were reduced to 10 men when netted twice while Germany’s Stefan Volland and Kai Herdling put the hosts 2-0 win over bottom side Eintracht The Netherlands star put the hosts Colombia’s Elkin Soto was sent off for Kiessling hit their second after a superb 4-2 up before Werder’s Nils Petersen Braunschweig yesterday. ahead with a header after just two min- stopping the ball going into the net with back-heel from midfielder Jens Hegeler. made it 4-3 for the final half hour. Having set a new Champions League utes, then slammed home a 30th-minute his hand and Poland striker Robert Werder Bremen warmed up for their But Bremen replacement Philipp record of ten consecutive games after shot, but this was not an impressive per- Lewandowski fired home the 79th- visit of Bayern Munich with their first Bargfrede-with the squad number 44 — their 3-1 win at CSKA Moscow on formance as Bayern barely got out of minute penalty. point in three games in an eight-goal equalised in the 91st-minute to make it Wednesday, Bayern cruised to victory in second gear. Lewandowski then made sure of the thriller. Hoffenheim raced into a 2-0 lead 4-4 and share the points. Augsburg-who Munich with two Arjen Robben goals Borussia Dortmund picked up their points with his second penalty when he after Sejad Salihovic converted two early face holders Bayern Munich on before the break. first win in three league games with a converted the 94th-minute spot kick penalties, but Bremen hit back within Wednesday in the third round of the Even with hamstring-victim Philipp hard-fought 3-1 win at ten-man Mainz when left-back Erik Durm was up-ended. two goals inside a minute on the stroke German Cup-warmed up with goalless Lahm, plus France’s Franck Ribery and 05 to stay third and seven points behind Bayer Leverkusen bounced back from of the half-time break. draw in the capital against Hertha Berlin. Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger on Bayern. Dortmund took the lead on 70 their 5-0 drubbing at home to Midfielder Aaron Hunt concerted a On Friday, Hamburg continued their the walking wounded list, Bayern had minutes when Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Manchester United in the Champions penalty then provided the cross-through revival under ex-Holland boss Bert van too much fire-power for Braunschweig. Aubameyang fired home a superb free- League on Wednesday-their worst home the legs of Hoffenheim goalkeeper Koen Marwijk with a 1-1 draw at fifth-placed Having warned his side not to take kick, but the lead lasted just four min- result in Europe-with a 3-0 win at home Casteels-for Dutch forward Eljero Elia to VfL Wolfsburg. — AFP Norwich City’s Hooper spoils Pulis’s Palace bow when standing on the line. Pulis’s new charges continued to press in the second Norwich 1 period but the closest they came to an equaliser was when Bassong sliced a low cross from Dean Moxey narrowly over his own crossbar. —AFP Crystal Palace 0 Matches on TV NORWICH: Tony Pulis’s debut as Crystal (Local Timings) Palace manager ended in disappointment yesterday after his side lost 1-0 at Norwich English Premier League City and slipped to the bottom of the Tottenham v Man United 15:00 Premier League. Aljazeera Sport 1 HD Pulis was taking charge of the London Hull City v Liverpool 17:00 club for the first time since succeeding Ian Aljazeera Sport 1 HD Holloway on a two-and-a-half-year con- Chelsea v Southampton 19:10 tract, and he saw his team beaten by a Aljazeera Sport 1 HD 30th-minute strike from Gary Hooper. Man City v Swansea 19:10 It was Palace’s first defeat in three games Aljazeera Sport 4 HD and saw them slide below Sunderland to Italian Calcio League the bottom of the table, six points from Calcio Catania v AC Milan 14:30 safety after 13 games of the season. Aljazeera Sport 3 HD In contrast, Chris Hughton’s Norwich are Cagliari Calcio v Sassuolo 17:00 now four points clear of the relegation Aljazeera Sport 4 HD places, having claimed only their second Atalanta v AS Roma 17:00 victory in seven league games. Aljazeera Sport 2 HD Pulis, the former Stoke City manager, Chievo Verona v Livorno Calcio 17:00 made two changes to the Palace starting Aljazeera Sport 4 HD Internazionale v UC Sampdoria 17:00 GOODISON PARK: Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, second right, has a shot on goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton XI, with Jason Puncheon and Cameron and Stoke City at Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, yesterday. —AP Jerome coming in for Dwight Gayle and the Aljazeera Sport 3 HD Juventus v Udinese Calcio 20:30 suspended Yannick Bolaise, while Norwich Aljazeera Sport 3 HD recalled Sebastien Bassong, Johan Elmander and Wes Hoolahan. Spanish League Deulofeu shows potential Norwich came within millimetres of RCD Espanyol v Real Sociedad 0:00 opening the scoring in the 10th minute, Aljazeera Sport +4 when Leroy Fer saw a header hit the cross- Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano 14:00 Aljazeera Sport 2 HD as Everton rout Stoke bar and bounce on the goal-line, but Hawkeye’s goal-line decision system Granada v Sevilla 19:00 showed that the ball had not crossed the Aljazeera Sport 2 HD the Toffees, scored his second goal Having seen an early low free- on the rebound. Oviedo added Valencia v Osasuna 21:00 line. Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni then for Everton, and his first in the kick parried by Stoke goalkeeper the third in the 58th minute as Aljazeera Sport +1 top-flight, with a first half strike Asmir Begovic, Deulofeu’s angled Everton pressed home their had to save from Norwich winger Nathan Athletic de Bilbao v Barcelona 23:00 Everton 4 Redmond, before Martin Olsson produced Aljazeera Sport 2 HD that opened the floodgates for shot was also denied at the near advantage. a timely block at the other end to thwart Roberto Martinez’s team. post. Begovic produced a brilliant The Costa Rican, deputising for Jerome. German Bundesliga Seamus Coleman, Bryan double save to stop Leon Osman’s the injured England left-back The hosts made the breakthrough in the Hannover 96 v Eintracht 17:30 Stoke 0 Oviedo and on-loan Chelsea strik- deflected shot and Lukaku’s close- Leighton Baines, collected 30th minute, with Elmander helping Dubai Sports er Romelu Lukaku all netted in the range follow-up either side of Deulofeu’s short corner, switched Redmond’s right-wing cut-back into the Borussia v SC Freiburg 19:30 second half as Everton climbed to another two angled efforts from the ball on to his weaker right foot box and Hoolahan steering the ball back Dubai Sports fourth in the table ahead of Deulofeu, before Lukaku headed and powered it home from dis- across the face of goal for former Celtic French League LIVERPOOL: Gerard Deulofeu today’s fixtures. Deulofeu’s poten- wide from Oviedo’s cross. tance. tial, having scored 18 goals in 34 Just as it appeared Everton’s Oviedo then turned provider striker Hooper to tuck home. FC Girondins v AC Ajaccio 16:00 enjoyed a memorable first Premier Palace responded impressively but Aljazeera Sport 5 HD League start for Everton as the on- games for Barcelona B last season dominance would go unrewarded with the cross for Lukaku to score goal-line technology came into play Bastia v Evian Thonon 19:00 loan Barcelona teenager inspired and with five first-team appear- Deulofeu struck, cutting in from his eighth league goal of the sea- again to deny them an immediate Aljazeera Sport 5 HD a 4-0 rout of Stoke yesterday. ances under his belt, was never in the left and getting the ball back son from close range. equaliser after confirming that Olsson Saint-Germain v Lyonnais 23:00 Deulofeu is a graduate of Barca’s question but his ability to adapt to via Osman and Gareth Barry to Lukaku was immediately had brilliantly diverted a shot from Barry Aljazeera Sport 5 HD La Masia academy and he showed English football was his manager’s finally beat Begovic with just sec- replaced by Nikica Jelavic, who Bannan up onto the bar with his head enough potential at Goodison primary concern. onds in the half remaining. Four has scored just one league goal Park to suggest he could be the The first-half focus was almost minutes after the break right-back since December 9, and the latest star to emerge from the entirely on the Barca prodigy, who Coleman made it 2-0 when his Croatian’s lack of confidence Spanish club’s production line. fittingly produced the first and mis-hit shot looped past Begovic. showed as with only Begovic to The 19-year-old forward, who last action of the opening 45 min- Deulofeu was far from finished beat he bundled a shot straight at had already impressed in eight utes with plenty of contributions and he drew a fine save from the goalkeeper in the 89th league substitute appearances for in between.