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ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 16 Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech (left), tries to block a shot from Morecambe’s Nathan- iel Knight-Percival during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Chelsea and Morecambe at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Jan 10. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Juventus team’s players celebrate after beating Fiorentina 2-0 to win the Italian women’ soccer Supercup, in Chiavari, Italy, Jan 10. (AP) Brady leads Bucs past Washington Rams get better of division rivals Seahawks Chelsea, Man City advance LANDOVER, Md, Jan 10, (AP): New team, same swashbuckling playoff suc- Reality TV star helps 4th-tier cess for Tom Brady. Brady threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past Washington 31-23 in their NFC wild-card game Crawley cause FA Cup shock Saturday night for their fi rst play- off victory since the 2002 season. LONDON, Jan 10, (AP): Sat on an upturned bucket next to After some time at Brentford, Tsaroulla is making his way Brady was critical of his play and the touchline, Marcelo Bielsa stared at the ground after see- in the game at Crawley and was in tears after the full-time the offense’s performance in the ing his Leeds team concede a third goal in another stunning whistle having scored his fi rst senior goal. red zone but relished picking up result in the FA Cup. There were no such fairy tales in the games involving For the widely admired Argentine coach, his record in the Chelsea and Manchester City, who dealt much better with his 31st career postseason win. famous old competition couldn’t be any worse: played three, lower-league opposition - albeit at home. In his 42nd postseason start and fi rst lost three. Timo Werner scored for the fi rst time in 13 games to not in a New England Patriots uni- Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass dur- And, rather embarrassingly, the latest defeat was adminis- help Chelsea to a 4-0 win over fourth-tier Morecambe. Kai form, Brady made the most of a lack ing the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the tered by a fourth-tier team containing a reality TV star mak- Havertz, another Germany international struggling for form, of early pressure to build a lead against Washington Football Team, Jan 9, in Landover, Md. (AP) ing his debut in professional soccer. also netted at Stamford Bridge. the NFL’s second-ranked defense that Crawley caused a major upset on Sunday, beating Premier Guardiola, City’s manager, fi elded a strong team – includ- held up. League team Leeds 3-0 to make a mockery of the 62-place gap ing star midfi elder Kevin De Bruyne – and was rewarded Brady had to outduel Washington’s between the clubs in English football’s pyramid. with a 3-0 win over second-tier Birmingham, with Bernardo Taylor Heinicke, who had a breakout Bielsa, a coach who has been an inspiration to the likes of performance in just his second pro Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino, spoke in the build- start and fi rst in the playoffs in place up to the game about his admiration for the history and tradi- SOCCER of injured starter Alex Smith. Hein- tion of a 150-year-old competition he described as “English icke - signed in early December to the football in its purest form.” Silva scoring the fi rst two goals. practice squad - ran for 46 yards and But he can’t get to grips with it - Bielsa is in his third Sergio Aguero was expected to start for City but the strik- a touchdown and threw for 306 yards season at Leeds and has lost in the third round all three years. er had to miss the game because he was in isolation after and a score. “He was very complimentary afterward,” Crawley man- coming into contact with someone who tested positive for ager John Yems said of Bielsa, “but I suppose when you lose COVID-19. FOOTBALL 3-0, you can’t be anything but.” Meanwhile, Emile Smith Rowe had a red card overturned Summing up the so-called “magic of the FA Cup” – a and scored in extra time to help holder Arsenal reach the But Heinicke wasn’t enough to phrase often trotted out at the third-round stage of the com- fourth round of the FA Cup beating Newcastle 2-0 . overcome Brady’s off-and-on bril- petition when the country’s biggest teams enter – was the The substitute was issued a red card by referee Chris Ka- liance. While Bill Belichick and the sight of Mark Wright coming on for Crawley as a late sub- vanagh for a tackle on Sean Longstaff at the end of the 90 Patriots watch from home with their stitute. minutes, but the card was downgraded to yellow on a VAR playoff streak snapped at 11 following The 33-year-old Wright has taken part in reality TV shows review. a 7-9 season, Brady has the opportu- “The Only Way Is Essex,” “I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out “Obviously the incident wasn’t ideal and it defi nitely nity to play in another Super Bowl - in Of Here!” and “Strictly Come Dancing” but has continued wasn’t intentional, so I’m happy to get the goal and go his new home stadium. Los Angeles Rams safety Nick Scott (right), tips the ball away from intend- to pursue his dream of becoming a soccer player, and joined through to the next round,” Smith Rowe said. The Buccaneers await the result of ed receiver wide receiver Tyler Lockett late in the second half of an NFL Crawley last month on a non-contract basis in a move that is It proved decisive, as he grabbed the opener in the 109th Chicago at New Orleans on Sunday to wild-card playoff football game, Jan 9, in Seattle. (AP) being documented in a BBC program. minute followed by captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang see if they’ll be visiting Drew Brees For some, Wright’s late showing summed up a triumph of confi rming the victory eight minutes later with a tap-in. and the Saints or host the Los Ange- loose. Donald, before leaving with 10-game home playoff win streak perseverance. For others, it simply capped a humiliating day “We knew coming into the game how tough it was going les Rams next weekend. They’d need a rib injury, and Jalen Ramsey were snapped. for Leeds and Bielsa. to be and it was just about breaking them down, and we got Among the scorers for Crawley was Nick Tsaroulla, who there in the end,” Smith Rowe told the BBC. “It just shows a Bears upset to play at home in the superb. But so were other role players Bills 27, Colts 22 divisional round. such as Troy Reeder, Jordan Fuller and was released by Tottenham after being involved in a car how together we are. We’ve been working to get closer as a The Buffalo Bills earned their fi rst crash in 2017 that led to him being out of football for a year. group and it’s all starting to show on the pitch.” Rams 30, Seahawks 20 Leonard Floyd. playoff victory in a quarter-century Floyd had two of the Rams’ fi ve Quietly, Aaron Donald, Jared Goff on Saturday when Josh Allen threw sacks. Two of the others belonged to two touchdown passes, scored another and the rest of the Los Angeles Rams Donald. The Rams allowed just 278 seethed. rushing, and Micah Hyde batted down total yards and 11 fi rst downs. Philip Rivers’ desperation pass for a They watched less than two weeks The victory sent the Rams into next ago as the Seattle Seahawks loudly 27-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts celebrated a division title the Rams felt week’s divisional playoff round, likely in a wild-card game. they gave away. Los Angeles desper- at top-seeded Green Bay unless Chi- Buffalo snapped an 0-6 postseason ately wanted another shot. cago upsets New Orleans. skid by winning its fi rst playoff game Behind a lot of Cam Akers churn- Williams’ third interception against since a 37-22 win over Miami on Dec. ing yards on the ground and mostly a Wilson after picking him off twice 30, 1995. And it came in the Bills’ fi rst great defense, the Rams are moving on in Los Angeles came as he jumped a home playoff game in 24 years, with a in the NFC playoffs at the expense of wide receiver screen intended for Met- limited number of 6,700 fans in attend- the Seahawks. calf and returned it untouched for a ance for the fi rst time this season. Akers rushed for 131 yards and a 13-3 lead midway through the second Allen fi nished 26 of 35 for 324 touchdown, Darious Williams returned quarter. yards, with a 5-yard touchdown to Russell Wilson’s interception 42 yards Akers added a 5-yard TD run just Dawson Knox and a 35-yarder to Ste- for a score, and the Rams beat the Sea- before halftime for a 20-10 lead. It fon Diggs. hawks 30-20 in the NFC wild-card proved enough against a Seattle of- The game wasn’t decided until the playoff game . fense disjointed and confused nearly fi nal play, when Rivers faced fourth- The best defense in the league dur- from the start.