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WEST BROMWICH: West Bromwich Albion’s English defender Kyle Bartley (left) sees his shot beat Chelsea’s Argentinean goalkeeper Willy Caballero for their third goal during the English football match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea yesterday. — AFP

LONDON: Free-spending Chelsea came from 3-0 and City in the title race and even a arm to block Harry Maguire’s header. Referee Chris denied a point in a chaotic finale. “Sometimes life down to salvage a 3-3 draw at newly-promoted spirited second-half fightback could not hide the Kavanagh initially blew for full-time, but then isn’t fair and it feels like that at the moment,” said West Brom, while Manchester United were rescued embarrassment of his side’s defending for Lampard, awarded a penalty after consulting the pitchside Potter. “The performance level was amazing from by ’s 100th-minute penalty, award- who have taken just four points from their first three monitor and Fernandes confidently converted. “We us, I’m so proud of the players. It’s a sore one. ed after the full-time whistle, to beat Brighton 3-2 games. got the comeback started to a got away with one. Maybe one point we deserved, Everton sit top of the embryonic table as they won yesterday. But it is Everton who are setting the early swerving long-range effort. Substitute Callum we didn’t deserve more,” admitted United boss Ole the battle of two sides who started the day with a pace in the Premier League as they secured a third Hudson-Odoi then swept home 20 minutes from Gunnar Solskjaer. perfect record thanks to a controversial penalty on straight win in controversial circumstances, 2-1 at time after a neat one-two with . And After hit both posts with shots their own. Crystal Palace. secured a point in stoppage time from outside the box, while Adam Webster’s looping James Rodriguez again starred for Carlo Chelsea manager Frank Lampard handed the when he rolled in the rebound after Sam Johnstone header came back off the crossbar, Brighton finally Ancelotti’s men and played his part in Everton’s captain’s armband to on his Premier had parried Mount’s initial effort. got their reward when Fernandes clipped Tariq opener, converted by Dominic Calvert-Lewin for League debut, but the Brazilian had a nightmare Man Utd ‘get away with it’ Lamptey inside the box and Maupay cheekily already his fifth Premier League goal of the season. first 45 minutes as the Blues’ defensive deficiencies United bounced back from their 3-1 home defeat chipped his penalty down the middle of the goal. Palace quickly responded through Cheikhou were easily exposed. Callum Robison pounced on to Palace last weekend, but had a lot of fortune on ’s men undid their good work three Kouyate, but the game was decided by a VAR errors from Marcos Alonso and Silva to fire twice their side after being outplayed by Brighton. The minutes later when ’s own goal brought review five minutes before half-time. After consult- beyond Willy Caballero, who replaced Kepa Seagulls hit the woodwork five times and thought United level before the visitors scored a stunning ing the pitchside monitor, Kevin Friend pointed to Arrizabalaga in the Chelsea goal. Kyle Bartley then they had earned a point themselves five minutes second through Marcus Rashford early in the sec- the spot for handball by Joel Ward after he was made it 3-0 to the Baggies, who had lost their into stoppage time when headed home ond-half. struck on the arm by Lucas Digne’s header and opening two games back in the top flight. at the back post. March hit the post before Trossard’s unfortunate Richarlison converted the spot-kick. “I have despair Chelsea have spent a reported £220 million However, there just enough time for United to hat-trick was complete when he smashed off the about a rule that I believe is ruining the game of ($280 million) to try and close the gap to Liverpool mount another attack and raised his bar. And even once they did level, Brighton were football,” said Palace boss Roy Hodgson. — AFP

added to Dortmund’s misery by holding off Haaland draws a to fire home the hosts’ second on Atalanta off the mark in 54 minutes. Dortmund coach Lucian Favre reacted by bringing on Germany forward Julian Brandt and six-goal Torino thriller blank as Dortmund Marco Reus for the final half hour to no avail. Haaland was booked with a half an hour gone after MILAN: Atalanta got their Serie A campaign off in the Torino goal. crash at Augsburg some pushing and shoving with Augsburg defend- the mark yesterday with a 4-2 comeback win over Gomez then set up Luis Muriel for the second er Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, who was also shown a yel- Torino. The Bergamo side’s Italian league debut after 21 minutes, with Hans Hateboer grabbing a BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund crashed to a 2-0 low card. had been pushed back a week after they played in third after 42 minutes. Belotti’s header rekindled defeat at Augsburg yesterday as Norway striker RB Leipzig were held to a 1-1 draw at Baver the Champions League last eight in Portugal last hopes going into the break but Atalanta dominated Erling Braut Haaland failed to rescue the visitors on Leverkusen as Emil Forsberg’s superb opening month. But Gian Piero Gasperini’s side proved they on returning, Muriel setting up Marten De Roon on his return to Bavaria, where he wrote Bundesliga goal for the Champions League semi-finalists was had lost none of their attacking style from last sea- 55 minutes to hand new Torino coach Marco history in January. With defending champions cancelled out by an equally impressive long-range son with the most goals scored in Serie A including Giampaolo his second defeat in as many games. “It Bayern Munich at Hoffenheim on Sunday, last sea- effort from Leverkusen’s Kerem Demirbay. 7-0 against Torino last January in Turin. was the worst opponent we could have met,” said son’s runners-up Dortmund blew the chance to Leverkusen’s new signing Patrik Schick, who spent “We are stronger than last year,” warned Giampaolo. “They have been playing together for build on their impressive 3-0 win over Borussia last season on loan at Leipzig, curled in a superb Gasperini, after their third-place finish last cam- five years and have an extraordinary self aware- Moenchengladbach last Saturday when Haaland shot from 16 meters out but his stunning strike was paign. “You learn a lot from playing in Europe, and ness, it is difficult even for the most successful scored twice in an electric display on the opening ruled offside with 23 minutes left. Borussia despite the difficulties we have suffered, we teams to face Atalanta, while we’re trying to regain weekend of the season. Moenchengladbach had to settle for a point at haven’t given up. “This year some valuable players self-esteem.” The 20-year-old has netted 18 goals in 21 games home to Union Berlin in their 1-1 draw. have arrived and if we are lucky enough to recover Inter Milan open their campaign later against this year for Dortmund and wrote himself into Marcus Thuram’s headed goal for Gladbach on (Josip) Ilicic we will be even stronger.” Fiorentina with Lazio visiting Cagliari with all Bundesliga history in January when he became the 56 minutes was cancelled out by an equalizer from “It will be a season during which I will be able matches being played on front of a maximum first player to score a hat-trick off the bench on his Union defender Nico Schlotterbeck, 20, making his to rotate more players, last year I had a smaller 1,000 spectators because of the coronavirus pan- German league debut. Haaland’s three goals in 20 Bundesliga appearance for the Berlin-based club, squad available.” Andrea Belotti had put the hosts demic. Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus face their first minutes sparked a 5-3 fight-back win. However, the with 11 minutes left. History was made in Arminia on the scoresheet first, connecting with a Tomas major test this season Sunday when the Serie A Norwegian hot-shot drew a blank on his return to Bielefeld’s 1-0 win at Cologne as Joan Simun Rincon pass to rifle in after 11 minutes, the first of a champions tackle Roma in the Stadio Olimpico. Augsburg’s WWK-Arena with just one clear shot Edmundsson, 29 came on to score the winner and double for the Torino captain. But Atalanta hit Genoa’s match against Napoli has been pushed on goal as centre-back Felix Uduokhai powered become the first Faroe Island player to play and back two minutes later with Argentinian Papu back three hours on Sunday to 1600GMT after score in the Bundesliga. Newly-promoted home a header for the hosts from a free-kick on 40 Gomez’s rifling in from long range for his 100th goalkeeper Mattia Perin tested positive for coron- Stuttgart romped to a thumping 4-1 win at 10-man minutes. career goal on his 200th Serie A appearance for avirus. The entire Genoa and staff will have to Mainz. — AFP Then former Schalke playmaker Daniel Caligiuri Atalanta, leaving Salvatore Sirigu with no chance undergo new tests. — AFP