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goBerlin 7whistle when hisclear cross ranck Ribery came off was driven home by Results Fthe bench to seal Bayern Ribery. Cologne 0 Bayern Munich 3 Munich’s 3-0 win at Cologne Elsewhere, Pierre- Mainz 1 VfL Wolfsburg 1 yesterday, extending their Emerick Aubameyang 6 Bayer Leverkusen 2 Bundesliga lead to seven netted twice as Borussia Hoffenheim 5 FC Ingolstadt 04 2 points. Dortmund warmed- Werder Bremen 2 SV Darmstadt 98 0 Bayern warmed up for up for Wednesday’s Borussia Moenchengladbach v Schalke 04 (1730) Tuesday’s Champions League Champions League last Sunday last 16 second leg at Arsenal’s 16 return leg at home Emirates Stadium -- holding a to Benfica with a 6-2 Eintracht Frankfurt v Freiburg, 5-1 first-leg lead -- with their thrashing of Bayer v Hertha Berlin (1630) fourth big win in five games. Leverkusen at Signal Spain internationals Javi Iduna Park. home by Aubameyang, striker Martinez and Juan Bernat Aubameyang’s brace again at the far post, to put Adam gave Bayern a comfortable leaves him with 21 league Dortmund 3-1 up on 69 Szalai two-goal lead before Ribery goals in as many games, two minutes. netted twice. netted a late third on 90 ahead of Bayern’s Robert Brazilian defender Bottom minutes. Lewandowski. Wendell curled a free-kick side The result allowed Bayern Dortmund wasted no time into the Dortmund goal on Darmstadt lost to extend their lead over in going after a third straight 74 minutes before Borussia’s 2-0 at Werder second-placed RB Leipzig, win since losing 1-0 at Benfica US international teenager Bremen who drew 2-2 at Augsburg as Ousmane Dembele gave Christian Pulisic made it 4-2 with on Friday. Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd on 77 minutes. Germany Martinez headed home Leno no chance with a shot It turned into a rout striker Arturo Vidal’s cross after after just six minutes. when Andre Schuerrle, on Max Kruse Bayern worked a short-corner Aubameyang was then left for Aubameyang, netted a also scoring Cologne’s Polish defender Pawel Olkowski routine on 25 minutes. unmarked to head home at penalty on 85 minutes and twice in the and Bayern Munich’s French Franck Bayern doubled their lead the far post on 26 minutes. then Portugal’s Raphael second-half. Ribery (L) vie for the ball just after the break when Leverkusen pulled a goal Guerreiro smashed home two Darmstadt Thomas Mueller spotted back when Kevin Volland minutes into time added on coach Torsten Bernat unmarked to shoot held off Dortmund defender as Dortmund consolidated Frings had a miserable return Arsenal legend Freddie Wolfsburg was cancelled home with the help of a Soktratis Papastathopoulos third spot. Fourth-placed to Bremen, who sacked him as Ljungberg as his assistant, out by a first-half equaliser deflection on 48 minutes. and drilled his shot inside the Hoffenheim enjoyed a 5-2 assistant trainer in September. picked up a point on debut from Mainz’s Colombia Bernat then turned near post just after the break. thrashing of second-from- Wolfsburg’s new head with a 1-1 draw at Mainz. international Jhon Cordoba. provider just before the final Dembele’s cross was headed bottom Ingolstadt as Hungary coach Andries Jonker, with Mario Gomez’s goal for (AFP) Murray clinches Dubai title

Dubai 35th-ranked left-hander Verdasco to 13 wins ndy Murray clinched his first title and just one loss. of 2017 and 45th of his career as he He was playing in his second final of 2017 Adominated Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 6-3, after losing to Novak Djokovic in nearby 6-2 to win the Dubai Tennis Championships Doha during the opening week of the season on Saturday. in January. World number one Murray claimed the The first three games of the contest featured trophy in the emirate for the first time after breaks of serve before Murray steadied, losing the final five years ago to Roger Federer. breaking for 5-3 and taking the opening set. The Scot finished the job in just 73 In the second, Murray earned a 2-1 lead as minutes on the first of three match points, he eased to victory. an untouchable service winner. Murray now makes the long flight halfway “It’s obviously nice to finally win here,” around the world to Los Angeles to prepare said the top seed. “It feels great to take the for the start of the Indian Wells Masters. trophy for the first time. His win on Saturday allowed Murray to “I played a good match today. I had a bit become the first British champion in the of a slow start, but we’ve had a lot of late 25-year history of the Dubai tournament. nights this week. But once I got going, I was He was playing in his seventh final in his Andy Murray of Great Britain moving well and finished strong.” last eight tournaments and 14th final in his returns the ball to Spain’s Fernando Murray improved his record over last 16 events. Verdasco