15 SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 11DAYS TO BAHRAIN sports GRAND PRIX 2020 Millman the hero as Australia fight off Brazil Liverpool bounce back, Arsenal close gap on top four Liverpool edge past• Bournemouth thanks to Sadio Mane and James Milner Australia’s John Millman celebrates his win qualifying the country for the Alexandre Davis Cup finals Lacazette• breaks West AFP | Adelaide, Australia during the match, the body Ham’s resistance for was a little sore and the emo- fortunate Arsenal ohn Millman lifted Aus- tion levels were perhaps down a little at times, but my bench Jtralia to a gritty 3-1 victory AFP | London over Brazil with a tenacious dragged me up when I was win over Thiago Monteiro yes- really down.” terday to qualify his country Team skipper Hewitt said it iverpool moved to within for the Davis Cup finals later would be a weekend for Mill- nine points of claiming this year. man to remember. Lthe Premier League title Millman proved to be his “What a performance. by coming from behind to beat team’s hero with a second That’s what Davis Cup tennis Bournemouth 2-1 as Arsenal fighting win is all about, the boosted their charge towards in the singles boys left it all the Champions League places wearing down out there in the with a 1-0 win over West Ham. Monteiro 6-7 doubles, came Jurgen Klopp’s men had (6/8), 7-6 (7/3), Thiago was serving up a little short suffered three defeats in four 7-6 (7-3) in amazing, he wasn’t and Johnny had games in all competitions, in- three hours five giving me many to come out and cluding their first in the Premier minutes at Ade- looks, but you are back up what he League for 45 matches at Wat- laide’s Memori- playing for the did on Friday,” ford last weekend. Sadio Mane of Liverpool gets away from Ryan Fraser of AFC Bournemouth al Drive. Hewitt said. Callum Wilson’s controver- The victory Green and Gold “That’s going sial early opener threatened could have a big impact on the but it was Arsenal who made captain Billy Sharp’s winner to followed up his and you can’t die to go down as another major upset. But all of Reds’ title celebrations in the the breakthrough 12 minutes beat bottom-of-the-table Nor- other come- wondering one of the great Liverpool’s setbacks of late have weeks to come with the possibil- from time. wich 1-0. from-behind JOHN MILLMAN weekends in his come away from Anfield and ity of games being played behind Mesut Ozil was originally Roy Hodgson celebrated his win over Thia- career.” they set an English top-flight closed doors. flagged offside as he latched onto new contract as Crystal Palace go Seyboth Wild in three sets Monteiro proved a tough record for 22 consecutive home But the abandonment of the Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s boss with a 1-0 win over Watford in Friday’s singles. obstacle with his big serves league wins as two quickfire normal pre-match ritual of deflected shot and headed down as the Eagles moved into the top Lleyton Hewitt’s Australians and powerful groundstrokes, goals from Mohamed Salah and handshakes was the only dis- for Lacazette to sweep home. half of the table. will now join 11 other qualifi- taking the opening set in a tie- Sadio Mane turned the game ruption to the Premier League But the goal was finally given Newcastle also secured the ers and the 2019 semi-finalists breaker but edged out in two around. calendar this weekend. after a delay of several minutes win that should guarantee -- Canada, Britain, Russia and more tiebreaks by Millman in The runaway league lead - Despite the coronavirus risk to move Arsenal to within five their survival courtesy of Allan Spain -- along with wildcards a gruelling encounter. ers still needed a miraculous there was no halt to players cel- points of the top four. Saint-Maximin’s strike to beat France and Serbia for the Da- Marcelo Demoliner and goal-line clearance from James ebrating wildly with each other Wolves missed the chance to 10-man Southampton 1-0. vis Cup finals in Spain in No- Felipe Meligeni Alves earlier Milner to deny Ryan Fraser and Arsenal players piled on top move into the top four as a dis- Moussa Djenepo gave the vember. kept Brazil alive in the tie with an equaliser, but defeat leaves of Alexandre Lacazette after a appointing 0-0 draw at home Saints a mountain to climb when “Thiago was serving amaz- a gripping three-set win in the Bournemouth still marooned in long VAR review of the French- to Brighton left them still two he was shown a straight red card ing, he wasn’t giving me many doubles. the bottom three. man’s winner at the Emirates. points adrift of Chelsea in fifth. for a lunge of Isaac Hayden on looks, but you are playing for Demoliner and Alves fought “We are not geniuses, but we West Ham were made to rue a A vital point for the Seagulls 28 minutes. the Green and Gold and you back to beat John Peers and can really fight and that’s all we series of missed chances as they edges them two points clear of Alex McCarthy kept South- can’t die wondering,” Millman James Duckworth 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 have to do until the end of the remain just outside the relega- the relegation zone. ampton in the game as he saved said. (8/6) in almost three hours to season and see what we get from tion zone on goal difference. Sheffield United moved above Matt Ritchie’s penalty, but “I always believed in myself pull Brazil back to trail 2-1. it,” said Klopp. Jarrod Bowen hit the wood- Manchester United and Totten- Saint-Maximin stabbed home work and Bernd Leno made a ham into sixth to further their the winner 11 minutes from time Arsenal close on Chelsea string of saves from Michail dreams of Champions League to take the Magpies eight points The spread of coronavirus Antonio and Sebastien Haller, football next season thanks to clear of the drop zone. Injured Halep and Kerber pull out of Indian Wells Reuters | Los Angeles Leipzig draw blank at Wolfsburg ormer world number ones AFP | Berlin more in a five-minute period FSimona Halep and Angeli- midway through the second que Kerber have pulled out of B Leipzig dropped more half, both a direct product of next week’s BNP Paribas Open Rpoints in the Bundesliga ti- Bayer’s commitment to coun- in Indian Wells after failing to tle race after labouring to a 0-0 ter-pressing and counter-at- recover from injuries. draw at Wolfsburg yesterday. tacking under coach Peter The tournament is the sea- Leipzig missed the goal threat Bosz. son’s first Premier Mandato- of Timo Werner, who started the Schalke and Hoffenheim ry event and Romanian Ha- game on the bench after over- fought out a 1-1 draw at the Velt- lep, the reigning Wimbledon coming a muscular problem ins Arena. American midfielder champion, has not shaken off during the week. Weston McKennie scored just a foot problem. Despite being subbed on in his second goal from 67 Bun- “I’m incredibly disappoint- Simona Halep looks on during a the 60th minute, Werner ?- who desliga appearances when his match (file photo) ed to have to withdraw from has 21 goals for RB in the Bunde- left-footed drive put his side 1-0 the 2020 BNP Paribas Open,” at Indian Wells in 2015. sliga this season -? failed to make up in the 20th minute. Halep, the world number two, Three-times Grand Slam an impact in a dour encounter Hoffenheim levelled in the said in a statement on the tour- champion Kerber has not re- with few chances for either side, 69th minute through Christoph nament’s Twitter handle. covered from a leg injury and marking just the third time this Wolfsburg’s German midfielder Renato Steffen (R) and Leipzig’s Uruguayan Baumgartner. “Unfortunately, the foot the 32-year-old is also set to season that Leipzig have failed defender Marcelo Saracchi (L) vie for the ball Elsewhere, relegation-threat- injury that I picked up be - miss this month’s Miami Open. to get on the scoresheet. kusen dominated Eintracht a cross from Moussa Diaby. Ka- ened Werder Bremen held on fore Dubai is still causing me “My patience is being tested Second-placed Leipzig Frankfurt 4-0 to jump up to rim Bellarabi scored the home for a 2-2 draw away at Hertha trouble and I will be unable these days as I’m still recover- could finish the weekend fourth in the table. side’s second just 10 minutes Berlin. Bremen flew out of the to recover in time to travel to ing from a left leg injury,” the five points behind Bayern if German football’s golden boy later when chipping in from blocks to chalk up a 2-0 lead Indian Wells.” German, last year’s runner-up the leaders beat Augsburg Kai Havertz opened the scoring close range. after just six minutes with goals Halep, who won the Dubai at Indian Wells, wrote on In- today. in the fourth minute with his Leverkusen’s teenage Brazil- through Josh Sargent and Davy title last month, was champion stagram. At the BayArena, Bayer Lever- sixth of the season, tapping in ian forward Paulinho added two Klaassen..