MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 16 Everton dent Arsenal’s top-four bid With Richarlison and Sigurds- son becoming increasingly in- Everton’s Phil fluential, a second Everton goal • beckoned, especially when the Jagielka strikes early Brazilian’s cross picked out his to secure victory Icelandic team-mate, who shot against Arsenal straight at Leno. And the home side really Jagielka’s goal should have doubled their lead • on 73 minutes when a Sigurds- secured Everton’s son shot was charged down by third consecutive win Sokratis and Richarlison sliced the rebound well wide from a AFP | Liverpool promising position. But Everton, who won against rsenal were haunted top-six opposition for the first by their dismal away time in 26 games on their last Aform yet again as Phil home match against Chelsea, Jagielka gave Everton a 1-0 vic- still managed to repeat that feat tory that dented the Gunners’ with the minimum of late scares. top-four bid A long shot from Henrikh yesterday. Mkhitaryan that bounced wide Jagielka was only drafted after 70 minutes proved to be into Everton’s starting line- Phil Jagielka of Everton scores the opener Arsenal’s last throw of the dice. up at the last minute due to an illness suffered by Michael line in the process of taking his Bernd Leno in the visitors’ goal. English Premiere League Keane. all-important throw. Gylfi Sigurdsson did manage Everton 1 - 0 Arsenal The Everton defender made But it was certainly a dramatic to produce his side’s second shot the most of his call-up with the intervention from Jagielka, who on target before the half-time FA Cup game’s only goal in the early had only been called into the whistle. stages at Goodison Park. team minutes before kick-off. That was enough for Emery Watford 3 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers It was another away-day flop KNOW WHAT Jagielka, 36, has suffered a dif- who, acknowledging his own for Arsenal, who maintained ficult season at Goodison, with pre-match selection gamble had Italian their wretched record as the a series of knee problems lim- failed, sent on Aaron Ramsey and Fiorentina 0 - 1 Frosinone only club in the top four divi- iting him to three starts, but his Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Cagliari 2 - 1 SPAL sions of English football not to Arsenal remain fourth impact on this occasion could the interval, resulting in an al- Udinese 3 - 2 Empoli have kept a clean sheet on their in the Premier League, not have been greater, or much most immediate improvement. 0 - 0 Atalanta travels this season. but they are ahead of quicker. A cross from the latter was Lazio 1 - 1 Sassuolo Unai Emery’s side remain fifth-placed Chelsea It was also the former England punched clear weakly by Jordan fourth in the Premier League, only on goal difference international’s first goal since Pickford, offering the ball up to German but they are ahead of fifth- as the race to qualify April 2017 as he became the old- Ramsey who volleyed over the FC Augsburg 0 - 4 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim placed Chelsea only on goal dif- for the Champions est player to score in the Premier open goal from 12 yards. Monchengladbach 1 - 0 SV Werder Bremen ference as the race to qualify for League heats up League this season. Aubameyang went close as the Champions League heats up. An early attack by Alexandre he met Shkodran Mustafi’s chip Spanish La Liga Everton had already threat- Lacazette had ended with a low forward but failed to get enough ened from one of Lucas Digne’s ball taking a kindly bounce, fall- shot skidding just beyond the far power behind his header. Alaves 1 - 1 Leganes long throw-ins before the full- ing to the unmarked defender post but, as Arsenal’s tendency Despite the second-half im- Getafe 1 - 0 Athletic Club back delivered the set-piece that who swept the ball in with the to reserve their worst perfor- provement from the visitors, Real Valladolid 0 - 2 Sevilla led to Jagielka’s opening goal on minimum of fuss from close mances for away games looked Everton maintained their own 10 minutes. range. like continuing, it was Everton attacking impetus. French His throw was flicked on by There were Arsenal appeals who grew in confidence. A poor header from Ainsley Reims 1 - 1 Lille Jagielka himself, for Dominic for offside, and television foot- Maitland-Niles let Bernard close Toulouse 1 - 0 Nantes Calvert-Lewin to attempt a age seemed to show that Digne’s Attacking impetus in on the Arsenal goal, where Nice 1 - 0 Montpellier header on goal that led to the foot might have been over the Not that they overly troubled Leno was required to block well. *Scores as of closing

Gerrard fumes after lighter incident mars Rangers win Hoffenheim keep European dream alive with Augsburg win AFP | Glasgow AFP | Berlin competition before he leaves angers manager Steven them for RB Leipzig this sum- RGerrard pleaded with fans ulian Nagelsmann’s hopes mer, and Belfodil’s star per- to curb the menace of objects It’s a sad thing to Jof leaving Hoffenheim with formance moved Hoffenheim being thrown from the stands see in this league European qualification were a step closer to their goal yes- after James Tavernier was tar- but there’s a lot of it given a boost yesterday as his terday. geted during yesterday’s 3-0 going on and there’s side beat Augsburg 4-0 to stay Andrej Kramaric scored win at Motherwell. a lot of other sad within a point of the top six. his 15th goal of the season to Referee Nick Walsh had to stuff that’s going on A second-half hat-trick from give the visitors an early lead, briefly stop the first-half action Ishak Belfodil left Hoffenheim sweeping the ball in on the re- to ask stewards and police to in world football. just one point behind the Eu- bound after Ishak Belfodil had surround a group of Mother- It seems like we’re ropa League places, hot on the forced a save from Augsburg well fans after a lighter was trying to send heels of Wolfsburg and Borus- goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. hurled at Rangers captain Tav- messages out every sia Moenchengladbach. Kobel later denied Kramaric ernier. Rangers’ James Tavernier hands the referee Nick Walsh the lighter that was time we speak to the Coaching prodigy Nagels- with a stunning reflex save, but After a thrown at him media, which is a mann, 31, has repeatedly he could do nothing to stop campaign that has been dogged shame spoken of his desire to guide Belfodil’s diving header just by objects raining down from world football,” Gerrard said. of his career to seal the points the club back into European after the hour mark. the stands as well as pitch inva- “It seems like we’re trying to at Fir Park. sions and offensive chants, Ger- send messages out every time Arfield, formerly of Hudders- rard is desperate for supporters we speak to the media, which field and Burnley, struck twice to behave themselves. is a shame. before the break to move into with Neil Lennon’s men still Tavernier was also the victim “It’s dangerous for the players double figures for the season. odds-on to retain the title. of an attack from a pitch-invad- when there are objects thrown He netted again on 60 min- Without suspended top-scor- ing Hibernian fan earlier this on to the pitch, whether it be a utes to complete the treble and er , Rangers season. lighter or whatever it may be. It give Rangers their second three- lacked a focal point. “It’s a sad thing to see in this needs to stop.” goal win since last Sunday’s Old But out of nowhere they league but there’s a lot of it go- Despite the shameful inci- Firm derby defeat at Celtic. grabbed the opener as Moth- ing on and there’s a lot of oth- dent, Rangers midfielder Scott Second placed Rangers trail erwell self-destructed on 22 er sad stuff that’s going on in Arfield fired the first hat-trick champions Celtic by 11 points, minutes. Ishak Belfodil of 1899 Hoffenheim scores his team’s third goal