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STOKE-ON-TRENT: Stoke City’s English goalkeeper Lee Grant (R) looks back as he dives to see the ball go into his goal from a free kick hit by Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (L obscured) for Rooney to score an equalising goal for 1-1 and his 250th goal for Manchester United. (Inset) Wayne Rooney waves to fans after the English soccer match between Stoke City and Manchester United. — AFP, AP Rooney breaks United record in draw at Stoke

due to play struggling Hull on Sunday. astute pass and his low cross was deflected past David Stoke were indebted to Lee Grant. Rooney’s strike was appropriately enough witnessed De Gea by Mata at his near post. With Marouane Fellaini First, the keeper reacted smartly to tip over a volley Stoke City 1 by 1966 World Cup-winning star Charlton sitting in the recalled to the starting line-up, it was clear United from Fellaini and then from the resulting corner he director’s box. would adopt a direct approach and it almost got them denied Pogba with another fine save. “It means a hell of a lot,” said Rooney. “It is a great straight back into the game when Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s The pattern of play didn’t change after the break, but Man Utd 1 honour and I am very proud. “It is difficult at the minute control in front of goal let him down badly at the crucial it wasn’t long before Mourinho had seen enough as to be over-pleased because of the result but in the moment. Rashford was sent on in place of Fellaini. grand scheme it is huge honour. Pieters and Mata were then involved in another inci- STOKE-ON-TRENT: Wayne Rooney fired home a spec- “It is not something I expected when I joined. As I ONE-WAY TRAFFIC dent which resulted in United having furious appeals tacular injury-time equaliser to break Bobby said before, I am proud and I hope there is more to Mata’s afternoon then went from bad to worse when for a penalty waved away by referee Mark Clattenburg. Charlton’s Manchester United goalscoring record and come.” United manager Jose Mourinho said the record he missed a glaring opportunity to atone for his earlier The Stoke defender got across to block Mata’s force a 1-1 draw with Stoke City in yesterday’s Premier allowed Rooney to be termed a legend. mishap on the half hour. attempt at goal from a Pogba cross, but the ball clearly League clash. “The record is the record. It is the record of the Paul Pogba’s vision picked out Ibrahimovic bursting struck his outstretched arm in doing so. Rooney couldn’t have chosen a better way to grab biggest club in England and one of the biggest in the forward and he laid the equaliser on a plate for the United hung their heads in frustration when Jesse his 250th goal for the club from a free-kick with time world,” said the Portuguese coach. “Before him the Spaniard with his cross to the far post, but Mata some- Lingard beat Grant with a long-range effort, but running out after United had trailed since the early record belonged to a legend of English football. Now how contrived to scoop it over a gaping net from just watched as it clipped the bar. stages to an unfortunate own goal by Juan Mata. Wayne becomes a legend of Manchester United.” United inside the six-yard box. However, their persistence eventually got its reward While Rooney was delighted with his personal had gone behind to a lame goal in the 19th minute. It was all one-way traffic in the closing stages of the deep into injury time when Rooney struck with his free- record, the point did little to advance United’s title Erik Pieters was picked out by Marko Arnautovic’s first half as United pressed hard for an equaliser and kick from wide on the left. — AFP claims as they trail Chelsea by 11 points with the leaders Spurs fightback thwarts Ghana beat Mali to Guardiola’s Man City reach last eight

successive league win. PORT GENTIL: Ghana became the Ghana only had to dwell on the was forced off by injury in the second team at the African Nations missed opportunity for four minutes Man City 2 second half, meaning he will potentially join fellow Cup to book a quarter-final place before going ahead as Jordan Ayew Belgian centre-back on the side- after veteran striker Asamoah Gyan whipped in a perfect cross, met by a lines. City’s defeat at Everton was the heaviest scored the only goal of the game powerful header from Gyan who league reverse of Guardiola’s stellar coaching career, against Mali in Group D yesterday. steered it wide of a despairing dive Tottenham 2 but his response was to go on the attack. A second successive 1-0 win for from . Centre-back John Stones was dropped again, Ghana ensured they progressed Aston Villa striker Ayew then had MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City while De Bruyne and David Silva joined Yaya Toure past the group stage for the sixth a shot saved just after the half hour were denied a morale-boosting Premier League in an attacking midfield trio that enabled City to successive tournament, although mark by Sissoko, who had to deal victory as Tottenham Hotspur came from two goals pierce holes in Spurs’ rearguard right from kick-off. they needed two late saves from with a difficult bounce on an down to earn a contentious 2-2 draw yesterday. After sights of goal for Pablo Zabaleta and Sergio goalkeeper Razak Brimah to make uneven surface. Blunders by Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris Aguero, Lloris turned a low Silva shot behind and sure of the victory. Mali brought on midfield play- allowed Leroy Sane and Kevin De Bruyne to give then stood motionless as Zabaleta’s drive from De Gyan delivered a power header maker after halftime City a deserved 2-0 lead, only for and sub- Bruyne’s corner skidded inches wide. in the 20th minute to set up the to lift them out of a slumber and he stitute Son Heung-Min to grab a point for the visi- With Spurs incapable of playing through City’s win after Ghana had beaten orchestrated a vastly improved tors. The game’s main talking point occurred high press, Kevin Wimmer and were both MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Leroy Sane, Uganda by the same score line in showing, with chances finally shortly before Son’s 77th-minute leveller when booked inside the first 13 minutes. right chests the ball past Tottenham Hotspur’s their opening match. being created. Kyle Walker got away with a push on City forward By the time De Bruyne rolled a cross-shot across goalkeeper Hugo Lloris as he scores the open- They joined Senegal as teams The first for Moussa Marega went Raheem Sterling inside the Spurs box as he took goal and wide after Aguero had robbed Dier, ing goal of the match yesterday. — AP through to next weekend’s knock- wide before Brimah pulled off a out phase in Gabon. There was a point-blank save to deny Kalifa aim at Lloris. Pochettino had seen enough, moving Dier into against Sane, who had the simple task of tapping shocking miss from Andre Ayew Coulibaly and stopped a rasping vol- Guardiola reacted furiously and having seen his midfield and swapping his 3-4-2-1 for a more stable into an empty net. If fortune deserted Lloris on that after 17 minutes as the Mali defence ley from two minutes team humiliated 4-0 at Everton on their previous 4-3-2-1. Still City came, with Sane heading wide and occasion, he only had himself to blame five minutes was breached by a skilful burst from into stoppage time. outing he will know this was a huge missed oppor- Lloris twice thwarting Aguero, springing to his right later as his failure to gather Sterling’s cross from the Christian Atsu. Mali have a single point and need tunity for his misfiring team. City, for whom £27 mil- to catch a header and then getting down at his right allowed De Bruyne to bundle in City’s second. He laid a square pass in the direc- to beat Uganda in their last game to lion ($33 million, 31 million euros) new signing near post to parry a left-foot drive. It was no more than the hosts deserved, but just tion of Jordan Ayew but his elder stand any chance of progress along- Gabriel Jesus made his debut, remain fifth and will Pochettino made another change at the interval, four minutes later Spurs hit back, Alli heading in brother got in the way of what side the Ghanaians. fall 12 points off the pace if leaders Chelsea beat sending on Son for Wimmer, but within nine min- Walker’s superb right-wing cross for his eighth goal looked an easy tap-in, but recovered Seven-times champions Egypt Hull City on Sunday. utes of kick-off his side were 2-0 down as Lloris in seven games. Danny Rose had to produce a bril- to control the ball and turn towards play Uganda later in the second While Spurs remain second, the point earned at unwittingly took centre stage. liant last-gasp tackle to prevent Sterling restoring goal, only to put his shot wide from Group D game at the newly built the Etihad Stadium came at a cost for Mauricio Flying out to meet De Bruyne’s 50-yard pass on City’s two-goal cushion before Alderweireld limped right in front of the target. stadium in Port Gentil. — Reuters Pochettino’s side, who had been chasing a seventh the edge of his box, Lloris contrived to head the ball off holding the back of his right thigh. — AFP