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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SPORTS Schalke’s nightmare start continues Bellarabi scores in ninth second

BERLIN: Schalke 04’s poor start to the German season twice on his Hertha Berlin debut but the home side continued as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Hanover yes- were held to a 2-2 draw against Werder Bremen. terday as Bayer Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi hit the Former forward Schieber ’s fastest ever goal after nine seconds. headed home a cross from another new signing, Schalke were dumped out of the German Cup by third Dutch winger Roy Beerens, to give Hertha the lead division Dynamo Dresden on Monday but Klaas Jan- after 16 minutes. Hertha continued to create chances Huntelaar’s goal looked set to give them victory on and deservedly doubled their lead when a cross the opening weekend of the Bundesliga. Last season deflected into Schieber’s path on 47 minutes. Assani the Dutch striker’s 12 goals helped Schalke finish third Lukimya gave the visitors hope at the other end when and he opened his account for the new campaign 90 he bundled home from a free-kick on 53 minutes and seconds into the second half. But the home side lev- two minutes later Franco di Santo hauled Werder lev- elled 20 minutes later, when el. Hoffenheim also scored two goals in three minutes surged down the right and picked out Edgar Prib. as they beat Augsburg 2-0. The home team took the Two minutes later Hanover got what proved the lead after 33 minutes after a scramble ensued when winning goal. Summer signing Joselu tried his luck Augsburg goalkeeper Marvin Hitz failed to hold from outside the box and the former Hoffenheim Roberto Firmino’s cross shot. striker’s shot took a slight deflection before nestling in The ball eventually fell to Hungarian striker Adam the corner. “I’m extremely angry,” said Schalke 04 boss Szalai, who had a simple finish for his first goal since Jens Keller. “Until the 67th minute, our plan worked. moving from Schalke in the summer. Two minutes lat- “It’s incredibly annoying when you’re in control of a er, Firmino was again involved as Hoffenheim moved game and you lose it through two counter attacks.” further clear. Meanwhile, Leverkusen midfielder Ballarabi made his- The Brazilian squared for Norway’s Tarik tory with a nine-second goal in the late game against Elyounousssi to score as Augsburg, who lost to fourth HANOVER: Schalke’s defender Kaan Ayhan (left) and Hanover’s Chilean defender Mikko Albornoz vie Borussia Dortmund. The strike was two seconds tier Magdeburg in the German Cup, slumped to for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match Hanover 96 v FC Schalke 04, quicker than the previous record held by Bayern another defeat. Meanwhile chances were few and far at HDI-Arena in Hanover, Germany yesterday. Hanover won 2-1. — AFP Munich’s Giovanni Elber wh scored in the 11th second between as newly-promoted Cologne were held to a against Hamburg on January 31, 1998. ball after spending 14 years at Werder Bremen and an euro summer signing from Real Sociedad slotted scoreless draw at home by big-spending Hamburg. Elsewhere, Thomas Schaaf enjoyed his return to early strike from Haris Seferovic gave him plenty to home the only goal. “We can play a lot better,” Schaaf On Friday, goals from Thomas Mueller and Arjen the Bundesliga as his side beat vis- smile about. After 15 minutes, the ball broke kindly said. “But I won’t complain. This team work, have fun Robben helped defending champions Bayern Munich iting Freiburg 1-0. Schaaf had taken a year out of foot- for the Swiss striker inside the box and the 3.2 million and want to prove themselves.” Julian Schieber scored open with a 2-1 home win over VfL Wolfsburg. —AFP Zarate’s goal worsens Crystal Palace misery

pair worked together at Cardiff. The fall-out from that scandal also led Moody to quit as Palace 1 Palace’s sporting director in midweek and the end of what Parish described as a “diffi- cult week” was just as traumatic. Former Tottenham manager Tim West Ham 3 Sherwood pulled out of the running for the Palace job after initially being deemed sec- ond choice to Mackay, leaving caretaker boss Keith Millen to take charge for the sec- LONDON: Mauro Zarate hit a superb debut ond week running. Millen saw former Lazio goal as West Ham’s 3-1 victory added to the striker Zarate cap a lively debut with an problems of managerless Crystal Palace exquisite strike to open the scoring in the yesterday. Argentine forward Zarate joined 34th minute. Hammers boss Allardyce has the Hammers from Velez Sarsfield in pre- only clung onto his job after promising to season and he marked his maiden appear- play more expansive, attacking football ance in the with a cool fin- and this enterprising display was a step in ish in the first half at Selhurst Park. Stewart the right direction. Downing claimed just Downing netted a fine second for the his second West Ham goal three minutes Hammers moments later before Marouane Chamakh reduced the deficit early in the later as Palace paid the price for backing off second half. Carlton Cole’s goal sealed West in midfield. Ham’s first win of the season following their He raced down the right, cut off his flank last-gasp loss to Tottenham last weekend and nudged a side-footed effort past goal- and eased the pressure on boss Sam keeper Julian Speroni. James Tomkins Allardyce. headed against the crossbar to open the Palace’s second successive defeat second half as West Ham sought to finish plunged the south London club into fur- off the contest. Palace immediately seized ther turmoil, with co-owner Steve Parish on the reprieve, former Arsenal forward SWANSEA: Burnley’s English goalkeeper Tom Heaton (left) makes a save from Swansea City’s French striker Bafetimbi Gomis (right) during the still hunting a replacement for boss Tony Chamakh firing in a low shot from 20 yards English Premier League football match between Swansea City and Burnley yesterday. — AFP Pulis, who quit on the eve of the new sea- to half the deficit in the 48th minute. But son after a row over transfer policy. Parish Cole, so profligate against Tottenham, thought he had lined up Pulis’s successor pounced on a loose ball in the Palace area Swansea maintain winning earlier this week when he offered the job to to lash past Speroni and kill the contest in . But he had to rescind that the 62nd minute. Parish must now act offer following the newspaper revelations swiftly to secure a new managerial about inappropriate text messages sent appointment, with Palace battling to get start as Dyer sinks Burnley between Mackay and Iain Moody when the their season back on track. — AFP remain without a point despite a battling display past the goalkeeper’s weak attempted save at that saw Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski his near post. Swansea 1 produce an excellent second half stop to deny Bony had another chance straight after the David Jones and preserve the win. The Swans restart when Dean Marney’s headed back pass were unchanged following their shock victory at fell into his path but he horribly miskicked as he , with midweek signings Federico bore down on goal. Danny Ings’ drive was Burnley 0 Fernandez and Tom Carroll not included in deflected wide as the Clarets came into the Monk’s squad. game more in the second half. And Burnley They went close to taking a third-minute lead should have been level when Marney’s 64th SWANSEA: Swansea winger Nathan Dyer when Wayne Routledge’s cross found Wilfried minute cross picked out the unmarked Lukasz bagged the winner as his side maintained their Bony 12 yards out. The Ivory Coast striker’s head- Jutkiewicz but the former Middlesbrough for- 100 percent start to the season with a 1-0 victory er seemed destined for the far corner of the net ward headed over. Monk had seen enough and over Burnley yesterday. Garry Monk’s team had but Burnley defender Jason Shackell intervened sent on Bafetimbi Gomis and Jefferson Montero enjoyed a shock win against Manchester United to clear the danger. Routledge then sped past for Bony and Dyer, but Burnley were within inch- on the opening day of the new Premier League to deliver the perfect ball for Gylfi es of equalizing when Ings found Jones and his campaign and Dyer’s first half strike was enough Sigurdsson, yet the Icelandic midfielder’s shot shot was saved by Fabianski. Swansea nearly to claim another three points in a hard-fought lacked power and Burnley goalkeeper Tom landed the killer second goal when South Korea clash at the Liberty Stadium. Burnley had been Heaton held on. But Heaton was beaten in the midfielder Ki Sung-yeung’s rising drive just beaten by Chelsea in their first game back in the 23rd minute as Ben Mee failed to intercept cleared the crossbar, but the hosts had already top-flight on Monday and ’s side Sigurdsson’s ball and Dyer advanced to shoot done enough.— AFP Van Persie’s return boosts Man United

MANCHESTER: Robin van Persie’s return to the patience in the wake of the shock defeat by League is a very difficult game, You have to win and Manchester United line-up gives new manager Swansea. The Dutchman joked he had gone from a that’s not simple. “Sunderland will do everything, some welcome good news ahead of king to a devil in the space of two weeks. While he with the support of the home crowd, it will be a the Premier League match away to Sunderland has made light of the reaction to a first defeat since tough game but we need a victory and we’ll do today. Van Gaal, hoping to bounce back from the 2-1 he took over, he accepts that United must get off the everything.” Sunderland manager Poyet has insisted opening weekend defeat by Swansea, has been mark against Gus Poyet’s Sunderland side. Van Gaal the Black Cats have a psychological edge over LONDON: Crystal Palace’s English midfielder Stuart O’Keefe (left) vies with West Ham beset by injuries in midfield and Ander Herrera is the added: “For sportsmen you know that you can lose a United after last season’s success against the former United’s English midfielder Mark Noble during the English Premier League football latest to be absent, with an ankle problem, along- game. I think that the players have suffered that last Premier League champions. match between Crystal Palace and West Ham United yesterday. — AFP side Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini and Jesse year too and I think they have responded well.” “In The north-east club dumped United out of the Lingard. pre-season in the United States we beat good oppo- League Cup at the semi-final stage, in addition to Jonny Evans, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia nents but I agree with the media that you have to earning their first league win at Old Trafford for 46 Southampton held 0-0 could also miss the trip to the but win a home match against Swansea. “I know that we years, as they pulled off their great escape to avoid while Van Gaal has concerns in those areas, he has have to win very quickly. Every game in the Premier relegation. —AFP his first-choice attack available. Van Persie was given at home by West Brom extra time off after playing for a Netherlands side coached by compatriot van Gaal that reached the his marker to head the ball into a vacant semi-finals of the World Cup in Brazil. But this week- MATCHES ON TV net. Koeman introduced his £12 million end could see the striker make his first appearance Southampton 0 ($20 million, 15 million euros) signing in the Premier League since the 3-0 defeat by Shane Long, the former Hull City striker Liverpool in March. Van Gaal’s 3-4-1-2 formation is ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE beIN SPORTS 2 HD who had come on for 15 minutes at Anfield geared towards getting the best out of a forward Hull City v Stoke 15:30 beIN SPORTS 13 HD last weekend, for the second half against three of Juan Mata playing behind Van Persie and beIN SPORTS 1 HD Celta de Vigo v Getafe 22:00 West Brom 0 one of his former clubs. . Since Spain midfielder Mata joined Tottenham v QPR 15:30 beIN SPORTS 4 HD The second period was only minutes old from Chelsea for a United record £37.1 million ($61.2 beIN SPORTS 1 HD Levante v Villarreal 0:00 when Koeman’s opposite number Alan million, 44.8 million euros) in January, the trio have beIN SPORTS 11 HD beIN SPORTS 4 HD Irvine unleashed West Brom’s record sign- started just six times together in the Premier League. beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS 15 HD SOUTHPORT: Southampton and West ing Brown Ideye, the Nigerian coming on Bromwich Albion are still looking for their Van Gaal is excited about the prospect of seeing van Sunderland v United 18:00 for injured Victor Anichebe. And Ideye, who Persie and England striker Rooney, whom he has FRENCH LEAGUE first wins in the fledgling Premier League joined Albion in a reported £10 million ($16 beIN SPORTS 1 HD season after an underwhelming goalless made United captain, playing in attack together. beIN SPORTS 11 HD Lyon v Racing Club 15:00 million) move from Dynamo Kiev, almost “Robin is ready to play so that’s a big benefit for our draw at St Mary’s yesterday. After last enjoyed a dream start with his first touch of beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS 5 HD team so I’m very happy that he’s now able to play,” week’s opening loss to Liverpool, new the ball, meeting a cross at the back post, beIN SPORTS 13 HD said van Gaal. “In theory it should be a very good Saints manager Ronald Koeman picked up his header ending up in the side netting. SPANISH LEAGUE Saint Etienne v Stade Rennes 18:00 his first point, but the hosts were unable to Southampton came closest to breaking the couple (with Rooney). They can score a lot of goals Eibar v Real Sociedad 20:00 beIN SPORTS 5 HD find their way past a stout West Brom deadlock in the 70th minute with James and I hope it shall show that.” beIN SPORTS 4 HD beIN SPORTS 13 HD defense. Saints striker Dusan Tadic had the Ward-Prowse’s dipping freekick flew past beIN SPORTS 7 HD Nantes v AS Monaco 22:00 best chance of a mistake-riddled first half the wall before being stopped by West ‘Win quickly’ Barcelona v Elche 22:00 beIN SPORTS 5 HD on 40 minutes, but was unable to rise over Brom keeper Ben Foster. —AFP Meanwhile van Gaal has renewed his call for