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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014 SPORTS Arsenal held by Saints Southampton 2 Arsenal 2 SOUTHAMPTON: Arsenal missed a chance to move four points clear at the top of the Premier League table following a 2-2 draw at Southampton on Tuesday. Arsene Wenger’s side were on course to cement first place in the English top-flight after recovering from the shock of conceding Jose Fonte’s first half goal. MADRID: Espanyol’s goalkeeper Francisco ‘Kiko’ Casilla makes a save during a Copa Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla had put del Rey soccer match between Real Madrid and Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu Arsenal 2-1 ahead at St Mary’s, only for Adam stadium. —AP Lallana to equalise after the break and deny Arsenal a vital three points. The Gunners are two points clear of second Real ease past Espanyol placed Manchester City, who can claim top spot with a victory at Tottenham late yesterday. MADRID: Real Madrid set up a King’s Cup minutes without conceding a goal, over- Arsenal’s frustration was summed up when semi-final against holders Atletico taking the record set by Paco Buyo, who French midfielder Mathieu Flamini was dis- SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton’s Luke Shaw (right) competes for the ball with Arsenal’s Mesut Madrid or Athletic Bilbao when they beat played for Real in the late 1980s and missed for an 80th minute challenge on Morgan Ozil during the English Premier League soccer match. —AP Espanyol 1-0 in their quarter-final, second 1990s. Schneiderlin. leg on Tuesday for a 2-0 aggregate suc- Real have come into form in recent Ivan Gazidis, the Arsenal chief executive, had with a move to Manchester United and Chelsea, the area after Mesut Ozil had led a breakaway. cess. Real lost 2-1 to Atletico at their own weeks but have some difficult games confirmed before this game that Wenger would delivered a deep cross towards the centre-back, Pochettino’s side appeared deflated but they Bernabeu stadium in last year’s final and coming up, including Sunday’s La Liga soon sign a new, three-year contract to remain who headed in at the far post. conjured the perfect response just 60 seconds will be keen to avenge that bitter defeat, visit to fourth-placed Bilbao and the two- at the club. Lallana came close to adding a second when later when Jay Rodriguez worked his way which meant they ended the season legged Cup semi-final which takes place An away victory would have been the ideal he forced Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny towards the byline before pulling back for without any silverware, if they face their next week and the week after. way to mark the announcement, but it quickly into a full length save and Gallagher stabbed an Lallana who struck from 10 yards out. Both sides city rivals in the last four. “It’s a very tough calendar for us but I became clear this would be a major test for the even better chance wide after Monreal’s appeared capable of going on to win the game Atletico have a 1-0 advantage over think we are on the right path,” centre leaders. attempted clearance had been charged down. but it was Arsenal who had the better chances Bilbao from last week’s first leg at the back Nacho Fernandez told reporters. Southampton’s defeat at the Emirates The opening 45 minutes had been one-sided to reclaim the lead. Calderon and play at the Basque club’s “It’s key that we are keeping so many Stadium had triggered an alarming run that had but Arsenal finally showed signs of their threat Ozil capped a surging run with a powerful new San Mames arena late yesterday. clean sheets,” added the 24-year-old, brought just two wins from their previous 11 immediately before the break when Laurent shot that was deflected over Boruc and Real were quickly into their stride on a whose younger brother Alex featured in league games. Koscielny forced a superb reaction save from rebounded to safety off the crossbar. chilly night in the Spanish capital and midfield for Espanyol. Injuries have taken their toll and with Rickie Artur Boruc. And Monreal should have done much better their Spain playmaker Xabi Alonso “We knew that we were playing Lambert out and Dani Osvaldo suspended fol- But if that was a warning, Southampton when he found himself with a clear shooting unlocked the Espanyol defence with a against the best club in the world and it lowing a training ground fight with Fonte, failed to heed the signs and the visitors explod- opportunity on the left hand side of the Saints magisterial seventh-minute pass. would be very tough,” Alex, who played Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino handed a first ed into life after the restart with two goals in box, only to blast his effort high into the crowd. Forward Jese sped clear before clip- with Nacho in Real’s B team before join- league start to teenager Sam Gallagher. seven minutes. But the advantage swung back in ping a clinical effort into the net past ing Espanyol, told Canal Plus. But that did little to unsettle the home side Giroud brought the Gunners back on level Southampton’s favour following Flamini’s reck- goalkeeper Kiko Casilla from a tight “We gave a good account of ourselves who started the game positively and continued terms in the 47th minute with a clever flick after less, two-footed challenge on Morgan angle. Casilla made several fine saves to Bacary Sagna had forced his way into the Schneiderlin in the 80th minute. and now we have to focus on the league,” to dominate throughout the first half, with deny Cristiano Ronaldo but any faint Southampton box before squaring for the Referee Lee Mason had no hesitation in he added with Espanyol in mid-table. Gallagher coming close to breaking the dead- hope Espanyol had of getting back into lock with a powerful shot after just seven min- France striker to redirect the ball into the net. showing the Frenchman a straight red card and On the other side of the draw, record the tie disappeared when midfielder utes. Then, with the home side reeling, Spanish while Flamini protested his innocence, televi- King’s Cup winners Barcelona have a 4-1 Victor Sanchez earned a second yellow Fonte’s 21st minute goal came when Luke playmaker Cazorla added the 52nd minute sec- sion replays supported the match official’s deci- advantage when they host Levante at the card and was sent off 13 minutes from Shaw, the Saints left-back who has been linked ond with a low, left foot drive from the edge of sion. —AFP time. Real keeper and captain Iker Nou Camp on Wednesday and would play Casillas barely touched the ball and Carlo Real Sociedad or third-tier Racing Ancelotti’s side have now gone eight Santander in the semi-finals. matches without conceding a goal, a club Sociedad are 3-1 up thanks to their Newcastle in drab draw record. victory in San Sebastian last week and the Santander players have threatened to stinging drive from Hatem Ben CLUB BEST boycott today’s return in protest over Arfa. Casillas also set a new club best of 682 unpaid wages. —Reuters Norwich 0 The Magpies also hit the bar twice, first from a superb long- range effort by Remy and then English clubs boost 2013 when the same player’s shot was Newcastle 0 saved by Ruddy and hit Johnson on the back before striking the global transfer spending frame of the goal. Ben Arfa then NORWICH: Newcastle United missed a relatively easy opportuni- LONDON: English clubs led the way as world- BT agreed to a three-year deal worth 3.018 bil- ty before Norwich nearly went wide spending on international transfers shot lion pounds ($4.70 billion), a 70 percent began what looks like life without star Frenchman Yohan Cabaye with ahead against the run of play up by 41 percent last year to reach $3.7 billion, increase on the previous agreement, to show when former Celtic star Gary FIFA said in a report published yesterday. Premier League matches. FIFA said that 82 per- a disappointing 0-0 draw away at relegation-threatened Norwich City Hooper saw his shot from outside English clubs spent $913 million on interna- cent of the spending came from nine countries, the box saved well by Dutchman tional transfers in 2013, an increase of 51 per- England, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, in their Premier League clash on Tuesday. The Magpies, who have Tim Krul. cent over the previous year. Surprisingly, they Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal. Fifteen percent Newcastle started the second were followed by Italian clubs who, despite was spent by 14 countries comprising the mar- not beaten Norwich at Carrow Road since January 1994, will won- half in the same lively fashion and widespread reports of financial difficulties, ket’s middle segment, while the remaining 3 thought they had a good shout for splashed out a total of $475 million between percent was spent by the bottom segment of der how they came away with just a point as they peppered the a penalty when Ben Arfa went them, a staggering jump of 120 percent year- 116 countries. The lion’s share of the money down heavily under a challenge by on-year. was exchanged within Europe which account- hosts’ goal only for either the woodwork or goalkeeper John Ryan Bennett-referee Chris Foy Spanish clubs were the biggest sellers, ed for 77 percent of the total market value.