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MANCHESTER: City’s Argentinian defender Nicolas Otamendi (C) attempts to shoot as Manchester United’s Ivorian defender (L) defends and Manchester United’s Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (R) dives during the English football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFP De Bruyne shines as Man City win derby

United’s perfect start to the season. was worse to come for the United skipper as City made nate to avoid conceding a penalty in the 56th minute. It left Guardiola’s side and Chelsea, who visit it 2-0, Iheanacho tapping in from six yards after De In turning away from Ibrahimovic, he overran the ball Man United 1 Swansea City on Sunday, as the only teams in the Bruyne’s low curler struck the base of the left-hand post. and launched himself into a lunging challenge on Premier League with 100 percent records. But Mourinho wore a face of thunder on the touchline, Rooney. Rooney was left writhing in pain, but Mourinho will have been angered by referee Mark but Bravo gifted his side a lifeline three minutes before Clattenburg waved play on, apparently deeming Bravo Clattenburg’s decision not to award the home side a half-time. to have won the ball cleanly. Man City 2 penalty after Bravo caught with a wild Guardiola responded to Mourinho’s changes by bol- challenge inside the City area. BRAVO JITTERS stering his own midfield, with Fernando and debutant MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola enjoyed victory over his The United manager made two surprising changes The Chilean allowed Rooney’s deep free-kick to slip Leroy Sane coming on and De Bruyne taking up a cen- old nemesis Jose Mourinho as his Manchester City side to his team, awarding Henrikh Mkhitaryan his full debut from his grasp and Ibrahimovic produced an athletic tral forward role. won 2-1 at Manchester United in yesterday’s eagerly and bringing in in place of Anthony volley to spear the loose ball into the net. It was an A beautifully poised game swung from end to end anticipated derby at Old Trafford. Martial and . unexpected foothold for the hosts and they finished the thereafter. United had a goal disallowed when First-half goals by and Kelechi But it was a move that backfired as City immediately first half strongly. Rashford’s shot clipped Ibrahimovic, who was standing Iheanacho put City in control and despite new goal- took a grip on the game and went ahead in the 15th Rooney crossed for Ibrahimovic to head at Bravo and in an offside position, and beat Bravo. De Gea then keeper Claudio Bravo’s gaffe allowing Zlatan minute. Aleksandar Kolarov’s high ball was flicked on by the Swedish striker then saw an effort blocked by John saved in quick succession from Fernandinho, Nicolas Ibrahimovic to hit back for United, City held firm. It was Iheanacho-in for the suspended Sergio Aguero-and De Stones after the City goalkeeper failed to field a stray Otamendi and Fernando, before Sane teed up De the first encounter between Guardiola and Mourinho, Bruyne beat Daley Blind to the ball before clinically ball. Bruyne for a shot that hit the right-hand post and rolled former El Clasico sparring partners, since 2013 and gave wrong-footing David de Gea. Mourinho repaired his error at half-time, introducing across the goal. the former Barcelona coach an eighth win in 17 encoun- United had barely had a kick and Rooney’s frustra- and terrace darling for The hosts procured one last chance, but ters with the ex-Real manager. City’s win, their tion showed as he grappled with Guardiola for the ball Mkhitaryan and Lingard. Bravo’s jitteriness gave the Ibrahimovic’s stoppage-time shot was deflected just 50th in competitive derby matches, saw them end at a throw-in before catching Fernandinho late. There home fans renewed belief and he was extremely fortu- wide. — AFP Ruthless Reds crush Quintana staves spluttering Leicester The England forward then opted for a selfless off Froome to and skillful back-heel that left Mane unmarked in Liverpool 4 the centre and able to score via the hand of Schmeichel. seal Vuelta win

BLOODY NOSE ALTO DE AITANA Colombian Nairo It is the first time in five Grand Tours Leicester 1 Liverpool were rampant and the home crowd Quintana kept Tour de France champi- that Quintana has beaten Froome when almost delirious. But the joy would be short-lived on Chris Froome at bay to virtually seal both have finished the race having fin- as Liverpool’s unfamiliar centre-half Lucas gifted the Vuelta a Espana yesterday with just ished on the podium for all of the Brit’s LIVERPOOL: Liverpool turned on the style to them a foothold in the game. today’s procession around the streets three Tour de France wins in 2013, 2015 mark the opening of the new-look with an Simon Mignolet’s short pass played Lucas of Madrid to come. and 2016. “He (Froome) started to imperious 4-1 rout of Premier League champions under pressure and, after the Brazilian-normally a Froome, aiming to become the first attack very early on in the descents, but Leicester yesterday. deep-lying midfielder-miscontrolled the ball, he man in 38 years to do the Tour-Vuelta I didn’t have any problem in defending Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane put Jurgen panicked and rolled it across an open goal for double, applauded as Quintana crossed all the way to the final climb,” Quintana Vardy to convert a simple finish. Klopp’s side two goals ahead as they played at the line on the 193.2km stage from told Spanish TV station Teledeporte. Mignolet looked particularly rattled by the home for the first time this season and for the first Benidorm to Alto de Aitana two sec- Froome’s early attempts to escape experience and, a few moments later, failed to time since expanding Anfield’s capacity by 8,500 onds ahead of him to extend his lead to Quintana’s attentions on the descents deal with a long throw-in from Luis Hernandez to 54,000. 1min 23sec. from four category two climbs proved reduced the deficit to a single goal which allowed Huth to head against the Liverpool LIVERPOOL: Leicester City’s Ghanaian mid- bar. Klopp’s decision to select a back four featuring Quintana’s compatriot Esteban fruitless. after Lucas’s mistake. But Adam Lallana’s fine strike fielder Daniel Amartey (L) vies with Chaves made the most significant The Sky rider then tried with a series restored Liverpool’s two-goal advantage and two specialist midfield players, Lucas and Milner, Liverpool’s English midfielder Adam Lallana had looked a gamble before kick-off and now move on the penultimate stage by of attacks on the final special category Firmino’s late effort wrapped up a worrying defeat during the English Premier League football leapfrogging Alberto Contador onto climb to Alto Aitana, but Quintana for Leicester, who have won only one of their first looked like it might prove disastrous. That said, match between Liverpool and Leicester City the podium after an attack 50km from comfortably sat on his tail and followed four matches. only Schmeichel had prevented Liverpool scoring at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England the finish saw him gain 1min 24sec on all the way to the top before jumping in The new £115 million main stand at Anfield another goal on 26 minutes after Mane played a yesterday. — AFP the three-time Vuelta champion. front just before the line. was treated to an enthralling contest but one brilliant one-two with Lallana and crossed to the Frenchman Pierre Latour won the Froome also had to settle for second which Liverpool only had themselves to blame for near post, where a Sturridge shot was superbly shot into the top corner. not killing off inside the opening half hour. kept out by the Leicester goalkeeper. Vardy was unusually wasteful just after the stage from Colombia’s Darwin Atapuma in the Vuelta after losing out to Juan After 13 minutes the hosts scored the first goal Liverpool’s nerves were not helped early in the hour, when played clean in on goal by Riyad and Italian Fabio Felline in a time of Jose Cobo in his breakout tour in 2012 in front of their new stand, with stand-in left-back second half when Mignolet suffered a badly Mahrez, only to be denied by the outstretched 5hrs 19mins 41secs. Sunday’s 104.8km and Contador in 2014. James Milner making a superb, in-field pass to blooded nose after a collision with Huth at a cor- leg of Mignolet. Leicester continued to press, flat stage takes the riders from Las “I want to congratulate him,” added Firmino. ner. The home side might have lifted the growing without the clinical touch they enjoyed in their Rozas on the outskirts of the Spanish Quintana. “He is a great rival, yesterday The Liverpool forward had only to advance a anxiety on 56 minutes when Firmino played in league-winning campaign. capital into a series of laps around the he had a great time trial and he made few yards but did so effectively, scything between Sturridge, but the striker attempted to lift the ball Huth nodded just wide, Danny Drinkwater city centre. me suffer.” and Robert Huth before drilling a low over the advancing Schmeichel and succeeded saw a spectacular volley deflected wide and Froome cut his gap to Quintana by Contador was the big loser on the shot past the diving Kasper Schmeichel from 14 only in hitting the ball against the keeper. Vardy headed straight at Mignolet. Henderson over two minutes by storming to a time day as he was again isolated without yards. On 31 minutes Liverpool doubled the The miss did not prove costly, however, and wasted a perfect opportunity to put the game trial win on Friday, but his bid ultimate- Saxo-Tinkoff teammates and unable to advantage with the increasingly impressive seconds later Lallana restored Liverpool’s two-goal beyond all reasonable doubt on 78 minutes, but ly never recovered from losing 2min respond to Chaves’s well-constructed Jordan Henderson carving out the goal with a cushion. Nathanial Clyne, Sturridge and Georginio Firmino ensured his team-mate wouldn’t rue 37secs when he was caught out by an attack to miss out on third by 13 sec- defence-splitting pass that sent Daniel Sturridge Wijnaldum combined well before the Dutchman that miss when he slotted home in the 89th early attack by Quintana on stage 15. onds. — AFP sprinting away from a static back four. laid the ball off for Lallana to drill an unstoppable minute. — AFP