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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013 SPORTS

Soccer results/standings Aguero sends City fourth

English results Hibernian 1 (Heffernan 18) Celtic 1 (Forrest Arsenal 4 (Wilshere 18, Ozil 58, 88, Ramsey 83) 77); Kilmarnock 2 (Boyd 17, Irvine 71) Ross Norwich 1 (Howson 70); Chelsea 4 (Hazard 33, County 0; Motherwell 2 (Moore 69, West Ham 1 82, Eto’o 66, Oscar 78) Cardiff 1 (Mutch 10); Hutchinson 83) Hearts 1 (Stevenson 62); St Everton 2 (Mirallas 8, Pienaar 57) Hull 1 Mirren 4 (McLean 8, 76-pen, McGowan 60, (Sagbo 30); United 1 (Van Persie Thompson 89) St Johnstone 3; (MacLean 17, 26) Southampton 1 (Lallana 89); Newcastle 2 Hasselbaink 61, Fallon 84). (Cabaye 23, Dummett 56) Liverpool 2 (Gerrard Playing today Man City 3 42-pen, Sturridge 72); Stoke 0 West Brom 0; Inverness CT v Partick Swansea 4 (Bardsley 57-og, De Guzman 58, Scottish Football League results Bony 64-pen, Chico 80) Sunderland 0; West Championship Ham 1 (Vaz Te 58) Manchester City 3 (Aguero Cowdenbeath 5 Morton 1; 2 Queen : A masterful performance from Sergio 16, 51, Silva 80). of the South 1; Falkirk 1 Dumbarton 2; Playing today Hamilton 1 Raith 1; Livingston 3 Alloa 2. Aguero saw Manchester City win 3-1 at West Aston Villa v Tottenham Division One Ham United yesterday to claim their first away Playing tomorrow Airdrie 0 Forfar 2; Ayr 2 Arbroath 0; Brechin 3 victory in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace v Fulham Rangers 4; Dunfermline 1 East Fife 2; Stranraer The Argentina forward scored either side of results 1 Stenhousemuir 0. half-time before setting up David Silva for the Championship Division Two clincher after Ricardo Vaz Te’s acrobatic overhead Barnsley 3 Middlesbrough 2; Blackburn 0 Albion 0 Elgin 0; Berwick 0 Clyde 1; East kick had given West Ham a glimmer of hope. Charlton 1; Blackpool 1 Wigan 0; Bolton 1 Stirling 1 Queen’s Park 1; Stirling 3 Montrose It was no more than the visitors deserved Sheffield Wednesday 1; Ipswich 0 Burnley 1; 1. from a pulsating encounter in east London and Leicester 2 Huddersfield 1; Millwall 2 QPR 2; German Bundesliga results Nottingham Forest 1 Bournemouth 1; Borussia Dortmund 1 (Reus 4-pen) Hanover 0; moved last year’s runners-up into fourth spot. Reading 4 Doncaster 1; Watford 2 Derby 3; Bayern Munich 4 (Robben 50, Mueller 52, 82- West Ham manager was cele- Yeovil 0 Brighton 0. pen, Mandzukic 69) Mainz 05 1 (Parker 44); brating his 59th birthday and he used his pro- Playing today Werder Bremen 0 Freiburg 0; Eintracht gramme notes to urge supporters not to expect Leeds v Braunschweig 2 (Ademi 20, Bellarabi 59) too much, too soon from emerging Division One Schalke 04 3 (Meyer 29, Goretzka 65, Ravel Morrison. LONDON: West Ham United’s Portuguese striker Ricardo Vaz Te scores with an overhead kick Brentford 3 Colchester 1; Crawley 1 Bradford Neustaedter 90+1); Eintracht Frankfurt 1 The former Manchester United trainee took during an English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Manchester 0; Crewe 1 Bristol City 0; Gillingham 1 Preston (Drmic 86) Nuremberg 1 (Kadlec 50); Hertha his place in the free-form 4-5-1 formation used City at Upton Park. —AFP 2; Milton Keynes Dons 3 Rotherham 2; Berlin 1 (Ramos 36) Borussia to such devastating effect in last week’s 3-0 win Oldham 1 Carlisle 0; Peterborough 1 Moenchengladbach 0. had their goalkeeper to thank for keeping them failed to clear a cross. City kept pouring forward Shrewsbury 0; Sheffield Utd 2 Port Vale 1; Playing today at Tottenham Hotspur, with Mohamed Diame in the game after that as he produced two saves and Negredo could not believe his luck when his Tranmere 0 Leyton Orient 4; Walsall 2 Hamburg v VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg v VfL once again deployed as a ‘false nine’. to deny Aguero his second goal. effort cannoned back off the crossbar. Stevenage 1; Wolves 1 Coventry 1. Wolfsburg Perhaps with the trip to play CSKA Moscow in With Morrison pulling the strings, West Ham Jaaskelainen then produced yet more heroics Played Friday Played Friday the Champions League on Tuesday in mind, City looked dangerous on the break and almost to keep his side in the match when he denied Swindon 2, Notts County 0 Hoffenheim 1 (Schipplock 88) Bayer manager Manuel Pellegrini changed the entire found a way through when Razvan Rat’s teasing Aguero his hat-trick before saving again from Division Two Leverkusen 2 (Sam 26, Kiessling 70). defence used in the last match against Everton, cross was hacked clear by Matija Nastasic. substitute Aleksandar Kolarov. Accrington 0 Oxford 0; Bristol Rovers 0 Spanish League results with Samir Nasri also coming in for . Wycombe 1; Cheltenham 1 Rochdale 2; Real Madrid 2 (Di Maria 46, A moment of madness from the usually Allardyce threw on Matt Jarvis for a visibly But the Chilean did keep faith in the bur- impeccable Reid then nearly gifted City a second disappointed Vaz Te, but despite finding space Chesterfield 0 Burton 2; Hartlepool 1 90+1-pen) Malaga 0; Valencia 1 (Pabon 90+2) geoning strike partnership between Aguero and Plymouth 0; Morecambe 1 AFC Wimbledon 1; Real Sociedad 2 (Griezmann 41, Pardo 58). before the break when he passed straight to down the flanks, too often there was no one on Newport 3 York 0; Northampton 2 Dagenham Playing today Alvaro Negredo and they almost found an early Silva, but Jaaskelainen did well to keep out Yaya the end of their final balls into the box. and Redbridge 2; Portsmouth 1 Bury 0; Granada v Getafe, Almeria v Rayo Vallecano, breakthrough in the seventh minute when Toure’s curling effort. The visitors did not have to City left Aguero as their sole striker and Scunthorpe 0 Exeter 4; Torquay 0 Mansfield 0. Real Betis v Elche, Valladolid Negredo just failed to control a precise chip into wait long to double their lead after half-time, looked to play on the break, and it was another Played Friday v Sevilla. his path. West Ham’s response was to surge up however. Some more slack marking from Vaz Te piece of sublime skill from the Argentine that Southend 2, Fleetwood 0 Playing tomorrow to the other end and Vaz Te was unlucky not to allowed Aguero space to show superb tech- finally settled matters 10 minutes from time. results Celta Vigo v Levante, Athletic Bilbao v get to Mark Noble’s cross ahead of . nique to head in Silva’s left-wing free-kick in the Instead of shooting when he found space on Aberdeen 1 (Zola 54) Dundee Utd 0; Villarreal Nine minutes later, City took the lead as 51st minute. the edge of the box, a glorious backheel into the Negredo dummied a through ball from Far from give up the ghost, that goal seemed path of the onrushing Silva allowed the Spaniard English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals Fernandinho to fool James Tomkins and Winston against, points): to inspire West Ham. Diame was denied by a the opportunity to curl an exquisite shot into the Reid, allowing Aguero to take full advantage by sharp save from Hart before a brilliant overhead net to complete a satisfying afternoon for the Arsenal 8 6 1 1 18 9 19 Newport County 12 5 4 3 18 14 19 slotting past Jussi Jaaskelainen. The home side kick from Vaz Te pulled a goal back when City visitors. —AFP Chelsea 8 5 2 1 14 5 17 AFC Wimbledon 12 5 3 4 14 13 18 Liverpool 8 5 2 1 13 7 17 Burton Albion 12 5 3 4 17 17 18 Man City 8 5 1 2 20 9 16 Scunthorpe 11 4 5 2 13 12 17 Southampton 8 4 3 1 8 3 15 Dagenham 12 4 5 3 17 17 17 Pienaar preserves Everton 8431121015 Portsmouth 12 4 4 4 19 19 16 Everton’s home record Spurs 7 4 1 2 6 5 13 Hartlepool 12 4 3 5 14 14 15 Man Utd 8 3 2 3 11 10 11 Cheltenham 12 3 3 6 15 24 12 LIVERPOOL: Veteran Hull 8 3 2 3 7 9 11 York 11326131711 South African Steven Newcastle 8 3 2 3 11 14 11 Plymouth 12 3 2 7 8 15 11 Pienaar scored with Everton 2 Swansea 8 3 1 4 12 11 10 Bristol Rovers 12 2 4 6 10 16 10 Aston Villa 7 3 1 3 9 8 10 Torquay 12 2 4 6 13 21 10 his first touch to West Brom 8 2 4 2 7 6 10 Bury 12 2 3 7 13 16 9 secure Everton a 2-1 West Ham 8 2 2 4 8 8 8 Northampton 12 2 3 7 10 17 9 win over Hull in their Stoke 8 2 2 4 4 7 8 Accrington 12 0 4 8 7 19 4 Premier League clash Hull 1 Cardiff 8 2 2 4 8 13 8 Scottish Premier League table yesterday. Fulham 7 2 1 4 5 9 7 Celtic 9 7 2 0 20 8 23 The 31-year-old’s Norwich 8 2 1 5 6 13 7 Inverness CT 9 6 1 2 15 8 19 goal-just after he Crystal Palace 7 1 0 6 5 13 3 Motherwell 10 6 1 3 13 12 19 came on as a second- Sunderland 8 0 1 7 5 20 1 Aberdeen 10 5 2 3 12 8 17 half substitute extended Everton’s unbeaten Premier English Football League tables Hibernian 10 4 3 3 9 9 15 League home record in 2013 to 13 games and brought to Championship Dundee Utd 10 3 4 3 12 8 13 Burnley 12 9 2 1 22 7 29 St Johnstone 10 3 3 4 15 13 12 an end Hull’s four-match unbeaten run. QPR 11 8 3 0 14 4 27 Partick 9 2 4 3 8 10 10 The hosts had got off to a cracking start with Belgian Leicester 12 8 2 2 19 12 26 Ross County 10 3 1 6 11 19 10 LONDON: Liverpool’s English striker (left) shoots at goal during the international Kevin Mirallas putting them 1-0 up after just Nottingham 12 6 5 1 20 12 23 St Mirren 9 2 2 5 9 16 8 English Premier League football match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at eight minutes. Blackpool 12 6 5 1 14 9 23 Kilmarnock 10 1 3 6 10 16 6 St Jamesí Park. —AFP However, Hull goalkeeper, former Rangers stopper Allan Reading 12 6 4 2 19 11 22 Hearts 10 2 2 6 7 14 -7 McGregor, will not wish to see the replay as he let the gen- Watford 12 6 3 3 24 14 21 Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering Newcastle hold Liverpool tle long range effort go by, thinking it was going wide. It Derby 12 5 3 4 24 20 18 administration was the first goal Hull had conceded in almost four hours Bournemouth 12 5 2 5 19 25 17 Scottish Football League tables Cabaye was given space to advance down the of Premier League play. Blackburn 12 4 3 5 17 14 15 Championship The visitors suffered another blow just after the quarter- Ipswich 12 4 3 5 18 16 15 Hamilton 10 6 3 1 14 5 21 inside-right channel and from 30 yards he dis- Wigan 10 4 2 4 14 11 14 Dundee 10 6 2 2 19 10 20 Newcastle 2 patched a vicious, dipping shot that flew past of-an hour mark as Danny Graham’s wretched year contin- Huddersfield 12 3 5 4 14 12 14 Raith 9 4 4 1 16 11 16 Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet into the ued, with the former Swansea star-who has failed to find Brighton 12 3 5 4 11 12 14 Falkirk 10 4 3 3 15 10 15 bottom-left corner. the net in 16 matches-being stretchered off after falling Leeds 11 4 2 5 10 13 14 Alloa 10 4 2 4 12 11 14 An exchange of chances saw Mamadou awkwardly in a tussle for the ball with . Middlesbrough 12 2 6 4 19 21 12 Dumbarton 10 4 1 5 17 22 13 Liverpool 2 Sakho and Suarez go close for Liverpool, with Hull drew level though on the half hour mark as Ivory Doncaster 11 3 3 5 11 16 12 Livingston 9 3 2 4 15 18 11 Cabaye shooting over and Mignolet saving from Coast international Yannick Sagbo scored his first goal in Millwall 12 3 3 6 14 25 12 Cowdenbeath 10 3 1 6 15 21 10 Moussa Sissoko in reply, before the visitors the Premier League, turning in Sone Aluko’s cross. Birmingham 11 3 1 7 13 15 10 Queen of South 10 2 3 5 13 16 9 equalised three minutes before half-time. Hull tried to stifle Everton’s more expansive tactics in Charlton 11 2 4 5 9 14 10 Morton 10 1 3 6 10 22 6 the second-half which worked for a while but eventually NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United played for an Yanga-Mbiwa was adjudged to have held Bolton 12 1 6 5 10 19 9 Division One the home crowd were rewarded with a deserved second Barnsley 12 2 2 8 14 29 8 Rangers 9 9 0 0 38 5 27 hour with only 10 men but still managed to hold back Suarez as he raced in on goal and from the from Pienaar, who was set up by Mirallas. Everton should Sheffield 11 0 7 4 11 17 7 Stenhousemuir 10 5 2 3 17 22 17 visitors Liverpool to a 2-2 draw in an entertain- resulting penalty, Gerrard steered a shot into the have extended their lead shortly before the final whistle as Yeovil 12 1 3 8 6 18 6 Ayr 10442181416 ing Premier League encounter yesterday. bottom-left corner. Ivory Coast striker Arouna Kone was presented with an Division One Dunfermline 9 5 1 3 20 17 16 Yohan Cabaye put the home side ahead with The goal saw Gerrard become the 24th play- open goal, only to hit the crossbar. —AFP Leyton Orient 12 10 2 0 31 8 32 Stranraer 10 4 2 4 13 15 14 a fine long-range strike, but er to have scored 100 goals in the Premier Peterborough 12 10 1 1 24 8 31 Arbroath 10 4 0 6 18 24 12 claimed his 100th league goal from the penalty League era, following in the footsteps of his for- Wolves 11 8 2 1 21 7 26 Forfar 10 3 1 6 15 16 10 spot to equalise after Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa had mer Liverpool team-mates Robbie Fowler, Stoke and West Brom Preston 12 6 4 2 19 13 22 East Fife 10 3 1 6 8 20 10 Michael Owen, Robbie Keane, Bradford 12 6 3 3 21 10 21 Brechin 10 2 3 5 16 21 9 been sent off for holding back Luis Suarez. Young defender Paul Dummett, sent on to and . share spoils in draw Swindon 12 6 2 4 22 13 20 Airdrie 1022614238 Yanga-Mbiwa’s dismissal appeared to hand Keynes Dons 12 5 4 3 21 16 19 Division Two shore up the home defence following Yanga- STOKE-ON-TRENT: Crawley Town 11 5 4 2 18 14 19 East Stirling 8 5 1 2 15 12 16 Mbiwa’s dismissal, crowned his home league Liverpool the initiative and Newcastle goalkeep- er Tim Krul had to claw away a low strike from fit- Stoke were left Walsall 12 5 4 3 14 12 19 Elgin 9 3 4 2 17 15 13 debut with a 57th-minute goal to restore lamenting a Stephen Stoke 0 Rotherham 12 5 4 3 18 18 19 Stirling 8 4 1 3 11 12 13 again visiting right-back early in Newcastle’s lead. Ireland miss and West Brentford 12 5 3 4 16 16 18 Clyde 9 4 1 4 9 11 13 But Suarez crossed for Daniel Sturridge to the second period. Port Vale 12 4 2 6 14 18 14 Peterhead 8 3 3 2 14 12 12 However, it was Newcastle who struck next, Bromwich Albion a head in an equaliser 18 minutes from time, tak- disputed decision Shrewsbury 12 2 6 4 12 14 12 Berwick 9 3 2 4 14 10 11 ing the England striker’s tally of league goals to with substitute Dummett ghosting in behind Colchester 12 2 6 4 11 17 12 Annan Athletic 7 3 2 2 15 12 11 after a goalless draw West Brom 0 seven and provisionally lifting Brendan the Liverpool defence to volley a lofted free-kick Carlisle 11 3 3 5 10 20 12 Montrose 8 3 2 3 14 12 11 from Cabaye past the exposed Mignolet. between the Premier Crewe 12336112512 Albion 8 3 2 3 11 9 11 Rodgers’s side above Arsenal at the top of the League rivals at the table. Dummett, 22, had never previously scored Coventry 12633272111 Queen’s Park 8 0 2 6 8 23 2 for Newcastle, where he has been since the age Britannia Stadium yes- Oldham 11 3 2 6 14 16 11 German Bundesliga table Newcastle, beaten 6-0 in the corresponding of nine. terday. West Brom’s Gillingham 12 2 3 7 14 21 9 Bayern Munich 9 7 2 0 19 4 23 fixture last season, climbed one place to ninth. Youssouf Mulumbu was unfortunate not to be awarded a Sheffield Utd 12 2 2 8 10 20 8 Dortmund 9 7 1 1 22 7 22 Prior to kick-off, hundreds of Newcastle fans Krul saved from Suarez as Liverpool pushed for an equaliser, but the Uruguayan would not penalty after being clipped by in the second Stevenage 12 2 2 8 10 21 8 Bayer Leverkusen 9 7 1 1 20 9 22 marched through the city centre protesting half. Ireland could have made the Baggies even angrier Tranmere 12 2 2 8 10 25 8 Hertha Berlin 9 4 3 2 15 9 15 about owner Mike Ashley’s management of the be discouraged and in the 72nd minute he Notts County 11 2 1 8 13 21 7 Schalke 04 9 4 2 3 17 19 14 crossed from the left for Sturridge to head in a moments later but blazed over the top of the bar and West club. The supporters are disgruntled about the Brom then had the last opportunity, in a game of few Bristol City 11 0 6 5 15 22 6 Borussia 9 4 1 4 19 14 13 appointment of the unpopular Joe Kinnear as close-range equaliser. Sturridge appeared to Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering Hanover 96 9 4 1 4 11 12 13 chances, to win the match only for Stephane Sessegnon to sporting director and the club’s failure to signifi- have squandered a glorious opportunity to put administration Werder Bremen 9 3 3 3 9 12 12 his side ahead moments later when he slid the shoot straight at Asmir Begovic. Division Two VfB Stuttgart 9 3 2 3 16 10 11 cantly improve the squad during the close sea- A largely uninspiring first half saw Sessegnon work his son. ball wide of an open goal, only for an offside flag Chesterfield 12 7 2 3 18 11 23 Hoffenheim 9 2 4 3 21 22 10 to spare his blushes. Still Liverpool came, Suarez way into the Stoke box before a good challenge by the Rochdale 12 7 2 3 18 12 23 Eintracht 9 2 4 3 12 14 10 Kinnear defended himself in the match-day clipping the bar with a powerful half-volley and industrious Steven Nzonzi ended his run. Exeter 12 7 2 3 18 13 23 Augsburg 8 3 1 4 9 15 10 programme, writing that Newcastle “cannot Sessegon saw a snap-shot go just wide of the post and Sturridge miscuing from 12 yards before volley- Oxford Utd 12642211222 Mainz 05 9 3 1 5 13 21 10 compete commercially with the very biggest nearly scored when he evaded two tackles following good ing wide from a deep Gerrard cross. Fleetwood 12 7 1 4 20 14 22 VfL Wolfsburg 8 3 0 5 9 11 9 global brands in football because the hugely work by Victor Anichebe and before A foul on Suarez by Mathieu Debuchy gave Morecambe 12 6 4 2 20 15 22 Hamburg 8 2 2 4 17 19 8 lucrative deals will go their way”. As if to illustrate Begovic blocked his shot. the Liverpool number seven an opportunity to Wycombe 12 6 2 4 18 14 20 Nuremberg 9 0 6 3 10 18 6 his point, Liverpool enjoyed the early running at Begovic, fresh from helping Bosnia qualify for the World Mansfield 12 5 5 2 15 11 20 Freiburg 9 0 5 4 9 18 5 claim a dramatic winning goal deep into stop- St James’ Park, with Suarez and Martin Skrtel Cup in midweek, was then quickly off his line to smother a Southend 12 6 2 4 14 10 20 Braunschweig 9 1 1 7 7 21 4 page time, but his curling effort was palmed both threatening from corners, only for the shot from French winger Morgan Amalfitano, played in by away by Krul. —AFP hosts to take the lead in the 23rd minute. Sessegnon. Benin attacking midfielder Sessegnon was at the heart of the Baggies’ best work but Stoke, cutting off the supply line, gradually forced their way back into the Swansea thrash Southampton match. Jonathan Walters had a long-range effort saved comfortably by Boaz Myhill and Adam headed well over romped to a 4-0 win at the Liberty games but a own goal, Brighton boss Poyet as he looks to Swansea were caught sleeping from a corner. An increasingly fractious match saw World Stadium yesterday. a Jonathan de Guzman strike, lift the Wearsiders clear of the rele- at a corner as Johnson found Cup final referee Howard Webb hand out several bookings, Swansea 4 Poyet was hired to replace the Wilfried Bony’s penalty and Chico gation mire. It was a dispiriting end Fletcher unmarked, but the although Adam was fortunate to escape punishment for sacked earlier this Flores’ header gave them a convinc- to a day that had started brightly Scotland forward could not control catching Sessegnon on the ankle. month, but the two-week interna- ing victory which kept Sunderland for Poyet as he watched Sunderland his half-volley and his shot flew But the Scot was even luckier 10 minutes into the sec- tional break had deprived the for- rooted to the bottom of the Premier enjoy plenty of possession in the wide. Swansea’s lethargy was ond-half when he clipped Mulumbu’s heel inside Stoke’s Southampton 0 mer Tottenham and Chelsea mid- League with only one point from first half. Chico had to make a cru- summed up when Ben Davies, nor- box. Webb, however, dismissed the penalty appeal and fielder of the opportunity to work their first eight matches. cial tackle to prevent Adam mally so reliable at left-back, Mulumbu’s overly-dramatic fall probably didn’t help his with his new players and they Sunderland had been combative up Johnson racing clear after a terrible allowed Sebastian Larsson too cause even though replays suggested he had been fouled. SWANSEA: Gus Poyet endured a looked lost during a shocking sec- until the opener, but they fell apart pass by De Guzman, while Steven much room to get in a cross that Austria’s Marco Arnautovic then released Ireland with a fine dismal start to his reign as ond half collapse. The Swans had during the final half-hour to illus- Fletcher should have had the Black Michel Vorm had to gather at the through ball but the midfielder wastefully struck his first- Sunderland manager as Swansea not won on home soil in eight trate the task facing former Cats ahead a few minutes later. second attempt.—AFP time shot high over the crossbar.—AFP