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SPORT Wednesday 6 December 2017 PAGE | 30 PAGE | 31 PAGE | 32-33 Klopp urges Usain Bolt’s De Villiers, Steyn Liverpool to statue unveiled set to make finish the job in Kingston Test return Lukaku, Rashford power United into last 16 Benifica the game at Karaiskakis stadium, Reuters/AP leaving Bernardeschi with little UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE to do for the second goal in the anchester United Yesterday’s Results 90th minute. reached the GROUP A As the lone Olympiakos Champions Benfica 0 - 2 FC Basel striker, Uros Djurdjevic could League last-16 as Manchester United 2 - 1 CSKA Moscow have leveled with a header in the Group A winners GROUP B 41st but goalkeeper Wojciech Mafter coming from behind to beat Celtic 0 - 1 RSC Anderlecht Szczesny managed to get his left CSKA Moscow 2-1 at home and Bayern Munich 3 - 1 Paris Saint Germain leg in the way. finish ahead of Basel who also GROUP C Marko Marin replaced Seba went through with a 2-0 win at Chelsea 1 - 1 Atlético Madrid at the break to give the hosts Benfica yesterday. Roma 1 - 0 FK Qarabag some pace, but Szczesny denied The result left United top of GROUP D the German who threatened on the section on 15 points, three Barcelona 2 - 0 Sporting Lisbon the hour after Panagiotis Tachtsi- more than second-placed Basel Olympiakos 0 - 2 Juventus tidis slipped the ball past the and six ahead of third-placed Juventus defense. CSKA who will carry on in the Today’s Fixtures With eight minutes remain- second-tier Europa League after All matches kick off at 19:45 ing, substitute El Fardou Ben the winter break. GROUP E tried to grab a point for Olympi- Having missed a string of Liverpool vs Spartak Moscow akos but his header hit the bar. good chances in the opening NK Maribor vs Sevilla Group winner Barcelona beat period, United fell behind to a GROUP F Sporting Lisbon 2-0. freakish Vitinho goal, heavily Feyenoord vs Napoli Bayern Munich ruined Paris deflected off Alan Dzagoev, on Shakhtar Donetsk vs Manchester City St Germain’s perfect Champi- the stroke of halftime before GROUP G ons League record this season Romelu Lukaku and Marcus FC Porto vs Monaco with a 3-1 victory at the Allianz Rashford struck within a minute RB Leipzig vs Besiktas Arena yesterday but their rous- to turn the match on its head. GROUP H ing win could not stop the Rashford hit the post in the Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund French side advancing as Group fourth minute and saw a shot Tottenham Hotspur vs Apoel Nicosia B winners. from a tight angle saved by With both teams already CSKA’s busy keeper Igor Akin- qualified for the knockout feev, who also kept out a Luke Elyounoussi headed the Swiss side stages, Corentin Tolisso’s double Shaw volley as United’s left back into an early lead in Lisbon after and another goal from Robert enjoyed a fine evening after mak- Michael Lang’s inch-perfect cross. Lewandowski gave Bayern hope ing his first start since April. Another close-range header by of pulling off the improbable win CSKA struck out of the blue as striker Dimitri Oberlin doubled by a four-goal margin that would Mario Fernandes broke down the Basel’s lead midway through the see them top the group. right and set up Vitinho, whose second half as Benfica finished bot- Yet PSG, who had thumped miscued shot struck Dzagoev in the tom of the group with zero points Bayern 3-0 in Paris, always looked back and bounced into the net. from six games. likely to avoid that indignity in a United piled the pressure after Elsewhere, Juventus advanced high-quality contest once Kylian the break and Akinfeev parried to the round of 16, beating Olym- Mbappe scored just after halftime another fierce Rashford shot before piakos 2-0 on goals from Juan when they were 2-0 down. the home side’s siege finally paid Cuadrado and Federico The German champions started dividends. Bernardeschi. hungrily, Lewandowski having Lukaku used his physical Elsewhere, With Barcelona time to turn and score in the eighth strength to steer in the equaliser in already through, the result saw the minute after being played onside the 64th minute, as he got on the Greek team end its European run by a careless Dani Alves, before end of a probing Paul Pogba pass without a victory in Group D. Tolisso headed home James Rod- despite being tugged by CSKA cen- Third-place Sporting Lisbon con- riguez’s cross in the 37th minute. tre back Viktor Vasin. tinues in the Europa League. With the home crowd sensing Rashford got his reward for Cuadrado lunged forward to an extraordinary story, Mbappe tireless work less than a minute meet a cross from Alex Sandro and ruined the script when heading in later, drilling in a sublime Juan beat Olympiakos goalkeeper Sil- from Edinson Cavani’s neat Mata chip with a fierce left-footed vio Proto in the 15th minute. chipped cross five minutes after the shot from 13 metres which gave Juventus coach Massimiliano break. Akinfeev no chance. Allegri left striker Mario Mandzu- Still, the French midfielder Needing to match CSKA’s result kic on the bench as he recovered Tolisso kept the pressure on, fin- to go through, Basel quickly estab- from a calf injury, but the Biancon- ishing clinically in the 69th minute Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring their second goal lished their grip on a knockout eri looked comfortable in low gear. after David Alaba’s storming run against CSKA Moscow during the UEFA Champions League match played at Old stage berth as Mohamed The hosts tired toward the end of and cross down the left flank. Trafford in Manchester, Britain yesterday. Aquabike: Qatari squad off to Thailand for World Cup The Peninsula the mega competition. The January 2016 remains his delegation is headed by the best performance in the yeing a successful run vice president of the Doha event. Al Nuaimi is a budding at the upcoming Jet Ski Club for Marine Sports, Salah pilot and will take part in EAquabike World Cup Ibrahim Al Mannai. beginners category. 2017, Qatari squad left for Seasoned rider Al Shar- Al Sharshani recently in Thailand to take part in the shani, who will compete in an interview with The Penin- event starting in Pattaya City the Pro Runabout Grand Prix sula expressed satisfaction from Friday. will be Qatar’s main hope in over his preparations. Team Qatar - Tamim Al the event. “I am in good form and Majd – will be represented It will be fourth appear- very much confident of by Waleed Mahmoud Al ance for Al Sharshani in the achieving a good result in the Sharshani and Ali Moham- World Cup. He competes in upcoming challenge,” said med Al Nuaimi in the event the in the Pro Runabout the top Qatari rider. which will see riders from as Grand Prix and his best result “It’s a top class event and many as 35 countries in so far was the top spot he the competition will also be action. The event will con- earned in the US in January very tough but I am hopeful clude on December 10. 2016 edition. of good results. I have Ahead of the departure, This year’s World Cup trained hard for this compe- Qatari aquabike riders Waleed Mahmoud Al Sharshani and Ali Mohammed Al Nuaimi pose for a the team underwent a stren- will be the fourth appear- tition and have so far photograph with team officials prior to their departure for Thailand at the Hamad International uous training camp at Al ance for the Qatari rider, competed in five races this Airport yesterday. Wakra beach to prepare for with a top spot in the US in season.” 30 SPORT WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER 2017 Klopp urges Liverpool to finish the job London Brendan Rodgers’ side into the of new permanent manager Sam AFP Europa League. Allardyce. The starting team is “All good and bad things that likely to include playmaker Merseyside derby headlines iverpool boss Jurgen happened in the Champions Coutinho, who continues to be Klopp is desperate to League -- mostly good --- has the subject of speculation over avoid any slip-ups brought us to this situation and a renewed bid from Barcelona FA Cup third round draw from his side as he tar- if we win we are through and after the Catalan club’s failure gets a place in the that is cool,” said Klopp, whose to sign him in the summer. LChampions League knockout Liverpool side are bidding to Klopp was asked what made London stages with the odds heavily reach the knockout stages for him so sure Coutinho would still AFP stacked in their favour. the first time since 2009. be at the club in February but A draw at home to Spartak “I know a lot of people might he dismissed the question. iverpool will host city Moscow in their final group think we should be already “Nothing -- but I don’t think rivals Everton for the sec- match would put Liverpool through but that’s not life, it is about it, I think about the Mos- Lond time inside a month through while a win would not ‘if’ and ‘when’, it is about the cow game,” he added. “Not one when they face-off in the third ensure they top Group E but moment. second have I thought about that round of the FA Cup in early Klopp is taking nothing for “Spartak could say the same so far.
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