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Champions League needs VAR, says Guardiola as City gain from penalty AFP | Manchester Jennings ton puts anchester City need- Med no help to swat aside Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 to move to the brink of the Champions League last 16, but got a boost with Lanka on the ropes a farcical penalty award that led to even manag - er Pep Guardiola to call Keaton Jennings hits undefeated 146 as England set Sri Lanka 462 to win for the introduction of VAR. Hungarian referee Viktor SCOREBOARD B. Stokes b Perera 62 Kassai remarkably pointed J. Buttler c Silva b Herath 35 to the spot when Raheem England first innings 342 (B. Foakes 107, B. Foakes c Mendis b Dananjaya 37 Sterling tripped himself up S. Curran 48; S. Lakmal 3-18, D. Perera S. Curran 0 as he bore down on goal 5-31) Extras (b4, lb7, nb2) 13 midway through the first Sri Lanka first innings 203 (A. Mathews Total (6 , 93 overs) 322 half with City already lead- Did not bat: A. Rashid, J. Leach, J. ing 1-0 through David Silva’s 52; M. Ali 4-66) opener. Anderson “It’s not (a penalty),” said England second innings Bowling: Perera 30-3-94-2, Lakmal Guardiola. “VAR doesn’t R. Burns run out 23 9-2-30-0, Herath 23-1-59-2, Dananjaya exist in UEFA so that is the K. Jennings not out 146 18.5-2-87-1, de Silva 12.1-2-41-0 problem.” M. Ali c Herath b Perera 3 Fall of wickets 1-60 (Burns), 2-67 (Ali), Despite some controver- J. Root c Dickwella b Herath 3 3-74 (Root), 4-181 (Stokes), 5-258 (But- sial calls, the use of video tler), 6-319 (Foakes) referees was largely deemed England batsman Ben Stokes cuts the ball to pick up some runs watched by Sri Lanka wicketkeeper successful at the World Cup Niroshan Dickwella and will be introduced in was run out for 23. appeal off Dhananjaya de Silva when the Champions League next with the home side’s spin attack. Moeen Ali, out first ball in the first in- Jennings was on 58 was turned down and season. AFP | Galle, Sri Lanka At the close of play, Sri Lanka were 15 nings, fared little better, driving straight Sri Lanka chose not to review. However, Guardiola, without loss with to at mid-on off Dilru- Ben Stokes hit a brisk 62 off 93 balls who was sent to the stands Keaton Jennings century helped on seven and Kaushal Silva on eight wan Perera for three. that saw three sixes, including one back for protesting a goal City England put Sri Lanka on the after hanging on for seven overs, with a Herath, in his last game before retiring, over Perera’s head and an almighty sweep had wrongly ruled out in Aropes in the first Test yesterday, further 447 to make at a ground where then got England Joe Root out high over midwicket off Dhananjaya de a quarter-final elimina- setting the hosts a daunting 462 to win no team has successfully chased more for the second time in the match, caught Silva to bring up the 300. tion to Liverpool last sea- at notoriously low-scoring Galle. than 99. behind for three. But shortly before tea he became Per- son, called for it to be used England declared at 322 for six on day In the morning session a somewhat But Jennings played cautiously and era’s second scalp, a demon of a ball in the competition this three with Jennings 146 not out after a shaky Rory Burns, brought in to fill the looked comfortable against spin against pitching outside leg and angling back to term. patient innings that saw him deal deftly huge shoes of the retired Alastair Cook, Perera and the other spinners. An LBW take the Durham all-rounder’s off stump.