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‘Disrespectful, silly’ Indian captain blasted Man City advance to at home and abroad AFP | New Delhi antics were unnecessary. ndian captain “At the end of the match, Ifaced stiff criticism both you should be able to look League Cup semis Down Under and at home yes- each other in the eyes, shake terday after his side’s crushing hands and say ‘great contest’,” loss to Australia in the second he wrote in a column for Fox Manchester City rely on penalties to beat Leicester in League Cup Test. Sports. Former Australian paceman “Virat Kohli could not do called Kohli that with , shaking Manchester City’s “disrespectful” and “silly” the Australian captain’s hand • his heated exchanges with fel- but barely making eye contact young keeper Arijanet low skipper Tim Paine during with him. To me, that is disre- Muric was the hero the Perth Test. spectful. of their shoot-out Former India great Sunil “Kohli gets away with more win at Leicester Gavaskar meanwhile hit out than most cricketers simply at “selection blunders” and the because he is Virat Kohli and Indian Express daily slammed he gets placed on a pedestal AFP | London Kohli’s “explicit lack of confi- but this Test left the Indian dence” in some of his players. captain looking silly,” he add- anchester City sur- Kohli and Paine exchanged ed. vived a penalty barbs, at one point prompting After the game both Paine Mshoot-out to reach intervention from the , and Kohli played down their the League Cup semi-finals as during the game that Australia on-field sledging, which was young keeper Arijanit Muric won by 146 runs on Tuesday to picked up by stump micro - starred in the dramatic finale to level the four-match series 1-1. phones. the holders’ win over Leicester It was reported that Kohli Kohli described it as simply on Tuesday. belittled Paine as just “a stand- banter that was part and parcel Pep Guardiola’s side took the in captain” -- a claim angrily of . lead when Kevin De Bruyne denied by India’s team man- “As long as there is no swear- marked his return from injury agement. ing the line doesn’t get crossed. with a fine finish in the first half The retired Johnson said the And no personal attacks,” he at the . Arijanet Muric of Manchester City makes a save during the penalty shoot out famously combative Kohli’s said. Marc Albrighton cancelled De Bruyne added: “I feel stiff ed in the 14th minute. Muric kept his side’s lead in- out De Bruyne’s first goal since but I am happy to contribute. To De Bruyne took control on the tact when he sprawled to the April with a late equaliser to set be out for so long and to play 70 left edge of the Leicester area, left to repel a long-range drive up the 3-1 shoot-out win. minutes is a good sign for me. cleverly shifted the ball onto from that ap - Muric, making his second “We want to win titles so his right foot before unleashing peared destined for the bottom City appearance in place of the there’s two games more and we a low drive that zipped through corner. rested Ederson, stole the spot- can battle for another trophy.” the legs of light as the 20-year-old Kosovo City had 87 percent of the and past goalkeeper Danny Muric shines international made two penalty possession in the early stages Ward. Sergio Aguero, back from an saves to clinch his team’s last and their pressure was reward- It was a cathartic moment for injury that sidelined him for four berth. De Bruyne in only his seventh three weeks, should have put Just hours after Guardiola’s appearance of a frustrating sea- City two up moments after half- old rival Jose Mourinho was son ravaged by two knee inju- time. sacked by Manchester United ries. However, the Argentine for- after their worst start for 28 The Belgium midfielder was ward shot too close to Ward af- years, City could afford to make making his first start since being ter running onto Mahrez’s pass. eight changes and still went KNOW WHAT injured in City’s League Cup Leicester drew level in the through as they chase the third win over Fulham on Novem - 73rd minute when Wilfred Ndi- trophy of the Guardiola era. ber 1. di lofted a pass that picked out No wonder City fans cheekily Manchester City was making Albrighton’s run behind Olek- chanted “bring back Mourinho”. had beaten Leices- his first return to Leicester fol- sandr Zinchenko and the sub- “A tough game, it is always ter on penalties at lowing his move to City in the stitute slammed a fierce strike difficult at Leicester. We played close-season. into the far corner. with a guy (Eric Garcia) who is the same stage of The Algeria winger almost Guardiola’s men had beaten 17 years old and some injured the League Cup last doubled City’s lead when he Leicester on penalties at the players, but it was a good game,” season pounced on Brahim Diaz’s shot same stage of the League Cup Tim Paine of Australia celebrates as Virat Kohli of India looks dejected after Guardiola said. and smashed a volley just over. last season. he was dismissed by of Australia

Fortuna hand Bundesliga German football boss Post-scandal Australia ‘grit’ blasts Infantino over leaders Dortmund shock loss hailed after ‘best win’ for decades lack of transparency AFP | Berlin AFP | Perth, Australia erman Football Feder- ine months on from the Gation president Rein- Nbiggest scandal to hit Aus- hard Grindel has launched tralian cricket, the embattled a withering attack on FIFA team have come out the other president Gianni Infantino side with a victory that yester- over a lack of transparency day was hailed as their most on proposals for new com- important in decades. petitions in an interview In beating India by 146 runs with Sportbuzzer.de pub- Dusseldorf’s Takashi Usami (m) shoots the ball past Dortmund’s goalkeeper in Perth, Tim Paine’s men lished yesterday. Roman Burki pulled off their first Test win “With this lack of trans- AFP | Berlin points when they travel to since the ball-tampering saga parency on these questions Dortmund this Friday. exploded in South Africa in he is reinforcing the prej- orussia Dortmund were Marco Reus had an ear - March. udices against FIFA,” said left reeling on Tuesday af- ly goal ruled out for offside The cheating row saw coach of Australia celebrates after taking the wicket of Lokesh Rahul Grindel. B of India ter a breathtaking goal from but Dortmund were sent into quit, captain “It is why I am insisting Jean Zimmer saw them lose shock when Dodi Lukebakio and vice-cap - winning back faith and respect pressed by the way Paine has with my UEFA colleagues in 2-1 to relegation candidates gave Duesseldorf the lead on tain banned, from fans and the media has handled himself. the FIFA Council on the cre- Fortuna Duesseldorf in a sen- 22 minutes. and Cricket Australia dump a been challenging. “Quality performance from ation of a task force where sational first league defeat of The Belgian striker broke swathe of top executives. “I’m relieved personally,” he Australia this week ... Tim Paine all the information can be the season. free of the back line to latch The unassuming Paine was said after his maiden win as is a very very good leader who laid out on the table and we The defeat saw Dortmund’s onto Kevin Stoeger’s through installed as skipper and Jus- skipper eased the pressure. deserves all the credit,” he can determine with honesty lead at the top of the table ball and place the ball into the tin Langer as coach, vowing to Test great tweeted. if we need other competi- shrink to six points after Thor- bottom corner. change their win-at-all-costs summed it up in a tweet after Importantly, the win in Perth tions and if so what format gan Hazard inspired Borussia The league leaders looked culture and rebuild a team that the victory, saying: “This was to level the four-Test series 1-1 they should take.” Moenchengladbach to a 2-0 helpless in their search for an had been rocked to its core. the best Test win for Aust in a was also warmly embraced by Infantino has long envis- win against Nuremberg earlier equaliser before Duesseldorf It has taken time and Paine, long time. Tim Paine take a bow the country’s sometimes-scath- aged the creation of an in- in the day. delivered the next hammer who has proven to be an ex - - we now have a Test captain.” ing media, with The Australian ternational nations league Gladbach have the chance blow 15 minutes into the sec- ceptional wicketkeeper and a Former England skipper hailing “the grit of a new Aus- and a Club World Cup ex- to narrow the gap to just three ond half. savvy captain, admitted that Michael Vaughan was also im- tralia cricket era”. panded to 24 teams.