Wolf Shines, Cologne Beat Relegation Rivals Bielefeld
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ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 16 Edmonton Oilers’ Darnell Nurse (25) and Toronto Maple Leafs’ Ilya Mikheyev (65) battle for the puck during third-period NHL hockey game action in Edmonton, Alberta, on Jan 30. (AP) – See Page 15 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Leicester miss chance to go 2nd Chelsea down Burnley 2-0 in EPL to give Tuchel 1st win LEICESTER, England, Jan 31, (AP): Leicester Metz top Brest missed the chance to move above Manchester United into second place in the PSG ‘slump’ to Premier League by losing 3-1 at home to Leeds, for shock 3-2 loss whom striker Patrick PARIS, Jan 31, (AP): Neymar’s two Bamford scored one goal penalties were not enough as Paris and set up the other two on Saint-Germain slumped to a shock 3-2 defeat at struggling Lorient, opening Sunday. the door for Lille to move three points Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds recov- clear at the top of the French league if ered from conceding the opening it wins later Sunday. goal of the game to Harvey Barnes After pulling a silly face to celebrate in the 13th minute by equalizing his second penalty, Neymar cut a dif- two minutes later through Stuart ferent figure at the final whistle, Dallas and adding goals after half- throwing his arms up in exasperation as he looked at the defense. An equally time from Bamford and then Jack frustrated Kylian Mbappe did the Harrison on a counterattack. same. Bamford now has 11 goals this cam- Defending champion PSG has lost paign and is starting to dispel his repu- five league games already this season, tation as a wasteful finisher. His goal and this was coach Mauricio against Leicester was excellent, col- Pochettino’s first defeat since replac- lecting the ball after being played in on ing Thomas Tuchel, who was fired in the left of the penalty area and smash- December. ing a fierce shot into the far top corner. But the manner of this loss, with two goals conceded late, will raise concerns with PSG facing Lionel SOCCER Messi’s Barcelona in the Champions League on Feb. 16. It was only Leicester’s second league loss since Nov. 30 and kept SOCCER Brendan Rodgers’ team in third place – when it could have moved two points Lorient is languishing in 18th place behind leader Man City. but took the lead in the 35th minute Chelsea 2, Burnley 0 through captain Laurent Abergel after In London, Thomas Tuchel secured PSG’s Danilo Pereira was closed his first win as Chelsea manager as his down on the edge of the penalty area. team beat Burnley 2-0 in the Premier Neymar’s first penalty came on the League thanks to goals by Cesar stroke of halftime when Houboulang Players of Brazil’s Palmeiras celebrate with the trophy after winning the Copa Libertadores final soccer match against Brazil’s Santos at the Maracana Mendes fouled him and the Brazil star Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso. Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan 30, 2021. Palmeiras defeated Santos 1-0. (AP) After beginning his tenure with a sent goalkeeper Matthieu Dreyer the wrong way. 0-0 draw against Wolverhampton at The day after 250 fans of struggling Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, Leverkusen sign winger Gray from Leicester Saint-Etienne interrupted the club’s Tuchel again saw his Chelsea play- training session, the players responded ers dominate possession against to their demands with a 1-0 win at another team that struggles to score Nice. goals. Wolf shines, Cologne beat relegation rivals Bielefeld Striker Charles Abi got the winner They finally found a cutting edge with just three minutes left as coach this time, though, as Callum Hudson- COLOGNE, Germany, Jan 31, Claude Puel secured a much-needed Odoi ran at the Burnley defense on the (AP): Two goals from Marius Wolf victory against his former side. right before setting up Azpilicueta - on lifted Cologne to a 3-1 win over Al-Nasr hold off Qadsiya in Kuwait Premier League “This success is for everyone at the the overlap – to smash a rising shot Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday in a KUWAIT CITY, Jan 31, (KUNA): club and for our supporters,” Puel said. past goalkeeper Nick Pope in the 40th “They were constructive yesterday minute. game between two teams trying to Al-Nasr beat Qadsiya 1-0 in a match avoid relegation from the held on Sunday as part of the second (Saturday) in their discussions. The Hudson-Odoi struck a deflected players listened to them.” effort against the post early in the sec- Bundesliga. round of Kuwait Premier League. General atmosphere of the game Saint-Etienne is in 16th place. ond half as Burnley struggled to get Cologne moves up two places to Elsewhere, Angers beat Nimes 3-1, out of its own half, before Alonso col- 14th with its second win of 2021, was largely lackluster with the play- ers’ movements largely confined to the Metz topped Brest 4-2, and Reims beat lected a short pass from substitute dropping Bielefeld into 16th and a Strasbourg 1-0. Christian Pulisic and powered a volley relegation playoff spot. middle of the pitch. in off the underside of the crossbar in The match heated up in the second Wolf gave Cologne the lead with a half, when Al-Nasr managed to score the 84th. goal on the rebound in the 10th min- Chelsea climbed to seventh place the single goal by its Bahraini player but the opposition will get tougher for ute after Ellyes Shkiri’s header was Sayed Diyaa, in the 86th minute, rais- Tuchel, with his next game at palmed away by the goalkeeper at a ing its score to six points, while Tottenham on Thursday. corner. He added the second 18 min- Qadsiya retained its three points. Tuchel, who replaced the fired utes later with a powerful low volley Frank Lampard on Tuesday, appears off a misplaced headed clearance. coronavirus. I like German foot- ready to give every member of ball,” Gray said on the club website. Chelsea’s large squad a chance to SOCCER “I can, and I would, like to devel- stake a claim for a starting spot. op here and be successful with this After making a raft of changes against Wolves – and also switch- attractive team.” Elvis Rexhbeçaj extended Gray won the Premier League ing formation to 3-4-2-1 – he tin- Cologne’s lead in the 63rd, finish- kered again by restoring Timo title with Leicester as a 19-year-old ing off an incisive team move, in 2016 but dropped out of the first Werner, Mason Mount, Alonso and before Sergio Córdova reduced the KUNA photo Tammy Abraham to the lineup and Photo taken during Al-Nasr and Qadsiya match, held as part of the second team this season, playing only 18 leaving out playmaker Hakim deficit for Bielefeld. round of Kuwait Premier League. Wolfsburg can move up to third minutes in the league. Ziyech from the matchday squad Gray continues a trend of altogether. with a win over Freiburg in Sunday’s late game. Leverkusen said Gray signed a Champions League place in the Leverkusen looking to Britain for The German coach seems settled on Atalanta’s Ruslan Malinovskyj, a three-man backline of Azpilicueta, Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen deal through the end of the 2021-22 Bundesliga. signings after bringing in full-back season. Sporting managing director “The whole world was watching (right), and Lazio’s Lucas Leiva jump Thiago Silva and Antonio Rudiger, signed winger Demarai Gray from Jeremie Frimpong from Scottish for the ball during the Italian Serie A while Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic Leicester on a one and a half-year Rudi Völler said the plan was for when the Bundesliga was the first champion Celtic and defender soccer match between Atalanta and have started both games under Tuchel. deal on Sunday in its third signing him to add depth to the squad. big league to start playing again last Timothy Fosu-Mensah from Lazio, at the Gewiss Stadium in The other places in the team look up from a British club this month. Leverkusen is in a tight battle for a year after the break caused by the Manchester United. Bergamo, Italy on Jan 31, 2021. (AP) for grabs, though. Getafe hold Alavés to 0-0 draw Suárez stays hot, Atlético increase lead MADRID, Jan 31, (AP): Luis Suárez continued his good form with Atlético Madrid on Sunday, scoring twice in a 4-2 win over Cádiz to help Diego Simeone’s team open a FA vows to act after more 10-point lead in the Spanish league. Suárez scored a goal in each half to reach 14 league goals online ‘abuse’ of players this season, marking his best-ever league start in Spain. The Uruguay striker, who was let go by Barcelona at the end of LONDON, Jan 31, (AP): England’s Football Association last season, has scored nine goals in his last eight matches vowed to work with the British government and social with Atlético. It was the eighth league win in a row for media platforms to tackle racism after a spate of incidents Atlético, which reaches the halfway mark of the season 10 over the past week involving Premier League players from points ahead of second-place Real Madrid with a game in Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United hand. Simeone’s team has 50 points from 19 matches, being targeted by online abuse. remaining on pace for a 100-point season for the first time.