Celtic Held, Lukaku Slams Hat-Trick

Wozniacki earns top seed showdown SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015 FEBRUARY SATURDAY, 42 SportsSports in Dubai ITALY: Roma’s defender from Greece Konstantinos Manolas jumps for the ball during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 match AS Roma vs Feyenoord.— AFP Celtic held, Lukaku slams hat-trick PARIS: Celtic’s rematch with Inter Milan ended in a John Guidetti was the hero for Celtic on the Meanwhile, the Europa League again brought BALOTELLI WINNER memorable 3-3 draw in Glasgow in the first leg of night, coming off the bench to volley home a stop- out the best in Everton as Lukaku became only the Liverpool won 8-0 the last time they enter- the Europa League round of 32 on Thursday as page time equaliser against Roberto Mancini’s fourth player representing the blue half of tained Besiktas in the Champions League in Romelu Lukaku inspired Everton to a big win. side. Before that, Celtic’s evening had started in Merseyside to score a hat-trick in Europe, follow- 2007, but on this occasion they needed Balotelli Lukaku scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 Everton victo- nightmare fashion, with Xherdan Shaqiri and ing in the footsteps of Alan Ball, Andy Gray and to score an 85th-minute penalty to win the game ry against Swiss side Young Boys that leaves the Rodrigo Palacio putting Inter 2-0 up inside 13 min- Yakubu Aiyegbeni. Seamus Coleman also scored, at Anfield and give them an advantage to take to Toffees with one foot in the last 16, but the utes. Stuart Armstrong, making his home debut for with Roberto Martinez’s side coming from behind Istanbul. And Balotelli only scored after an Premier League’s other representatives in the Celtic following his January move from Dundee after Guillaume Hoarau gave Young Boys an early apparent disagreement with Jordan Henderson, competition still have work to do. United, got one back and then forced the 26th- lead at the Stade de Suisse. the captain on the night, and Daniel Sturridge A late Mario Balotelli penalty gave Liverpool a minute own-goal by Hugo Campagnaro that The Toffees have won only one of their last over who would take the penalty. 1-0 win against Turkish league leaders Besiktas at restored parity. nine Premier League games but they won their Tottenham took the lead against Fiorentina Anfield, while Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 with However, Inter went back in front just before Europa League group in style in the autumn and as Roberto Soldado, starting instead of the in- Fiorentina at White Hart Lane, meaning they must the break when Palacio pounced on an error by they were impressive again on this occasion. form Harry Kane, volleyed in after just six min- now score in the return in Florence next week. Celtic ‘keeper Craig Gordon to roll the ball home. However, the one blotch on their evening’s utes, but Jose Maria Basanta equalised before Celtic will also be up against it in Italy but they “We don’t get punished the way we did tonight work was the sending-off of defender John Stones the interval. have given themselves a chance after coming from in the domestic league, but we were also a little for bringing down Hoarau in the box, although Elsewhere, trophy holders Sevilla won 1-0 at 2-0 and then 3-2 down to hold Inter in a repeat of unlucky,” Celtic manager Ronny Deila told BT Hoarau blazed the resulting spot-kick over the bar. home to Borussia Moenchengladbach in the first the 1967 European Cup final. Sport. “We have to do better defensively. They Of Lukaku, who missed several chances to leg of their tie in Spain thanks to a Vicente Iborra Members of the Celtic team, known as the maybe scored from every chance they had.” add to his tally late on, Martinez said: “He’s the goal. In-form Bas Dost scored both goals as Lisbon Lions, that won that game 2-1 to become However, the Norwegian added: “I’m so proud complete striker, but he’s only 21 and people German Bundesliga high-fliers Wolfsburg beat the first British club to be crowned champions of of the boys. In the second half we controlled the forget about that. “We saw today he really makes Sporting Lisbon 2-0, and there were also wins for Europe, were in attendance to watch a remarkable game and had three or four chances and scored at a difference in front of goal and he’s someone Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Napoli, Zenit St match played in wild winter conditions in the end. The atmosphere was fantastic. Without who is going to have a really strong ending to Petersburg, Club Brugge, Guingamp, Villarreal Glasgow’s East End. fans like that it wouldn’t be possible.” the season.” and Ajax. —AFP.

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