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MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Eliaquim Mangala, top, and United’s challenge for the ball during the English soccer match between Manchester City and Manchester United at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, yesterday. — AP Rashford downs Man City in derby youngest ever Manchester derby goalscorer at the Champions League next month. Buoyed by their An apparent groin injury to Sterling gave ing his place. Demichelis’s nightmare was brought age of 18 years and 141 days. historic Champions League success against Pellegrini an opportunity to bolster his midfield, to an end shortly after when he was hooked in Victory took Louis van Gaal’s side to within a Dynamo, City had attacked the game with purpose with Fernando entering in place of the England favour of Wilfried Bony, which saw Fernandinho Man City 0 point of fourth-place City, stemming a damaging and twice went close to taking the lead through international and Yaya Toure moving forward. drop into central defence. run of four games without victory and creating Jesus Navas in the early stages. It put Toure in a better position to inflict damage City looked there for the taking and United hope that United may yet finish a testing season by Fernandinho also headed over the bar from a and he twice went close to equalising, curling nar- poured forward in search of the reassurance a sec- claiming a Champions League berth. Navas corner, but United’s pace on the break gave rowly wide with his left foot and then stabbing off- ond goal would bring, Caballero parrying a deflect- Man Utd 1 City’s grip on fourth place is also at threat from them a ready outlet and in the 16th minute they target after Bacary Sagna flicked on a Navas free- ed effort from Martial and Fernandinho blocking West Ham United and although they retain a game struck. Juan Mata fed Rashford on the edge of the kick. But Rashford had not finished his torment of fortuitously from Rashford. in hand on the teams above them, they now trail box and the youngster planted Demichelis on his Demichelis and in first-half stoppage time he went But the hosts survived to go in search of an MANCHESTER: Teenage sensation leaders Leicester City by a massive 15 points. backside before tucking a shot past Hart to claim down in the box after the Argentine stepped across equaliser, with Sergio Aguero lashing a shot wide struck again as Manchester United won 1-0 at Compounding a miserable last derby for outgo- his own piece of derby history. his path, only for referee Michael Oliver to dismiss and heading against the post from Toure’s cross. Manchester City yesterday to rekindle their top-four ing City manager Manuel Pellegrini, the hosts lost Shorn of captain Kompany and Otamendi, City his penalty appeal. Still City came forward, but Toure was unable to challenge and fatally compromise their derby rivals’ both goalkeeper and winger Raheem were always likely to be vulnerable in central There was more to come for Demichelis after the pick out Bony after Aguero looped a header across Premier League title hopes. Sterling to injury. With and defence and Hart was called into action moments break as an under-hit back-pass almost let Martial goal and both Navas and Fernandinho sent efforts Rashford embarrassed hapless City defender Nicolas Otamendi having both succumbed to injury later to beat away a shot from Anthony Martial. in, obliging Hart to make a rushed clearance. into the stand behind De Gea’s goal. Martin Demichelis to score the game’s only goal in against Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday, it has been a At the other end, Demichelis got his head to In doing so, the England goalkeeper damaged Six minutes of injury brought one last sight of the 16th minute, taking his tally to five goals in week that Pellegrini may come to rue when his side ’s free-kick, but the ball passed the his calf and had to be stretchered off, with League goal for Aguero, but after chesting down Silva’s eight first-team appearances and making him the cross paths with Paris Saint-Germain in the wrong side of ’s left-hand post. Cup final penalty shootout hero Willy Caballero tak- pass, he slammed wide. — AFP Mitrovic saves Newcastle, Lethal Kane keeps Spurs in title hunt Mane sinks Liverpool scored twice-and squandered a penalty-as Tottenham 3 Southampton checked Liverpool’s charge towards the top four by storming back from 2-0 Newcastle 1 down to win 3-2 at St Mary’s. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool went 2-0 up inside Bournemouth 0 22 minutes, Philippe Coutinho curling in a fine effort from 25 yards and Divock Origi teeing up Sunderland 1 to score. Senegal international Mane, a half-time LONDON: blew Bournemouth away as title-chasing Tottenham kept the pressure on Premier replacement for Dusan Tadic, saw a penalty MANCHESTER: Aleksandar Mitrovic scored an League leaders Leicester with a swaggering 3-0 victory saved by Simon Mignolet early in the second yesterday. Kane took just 44 seconds to open the scor- 83rd-minute equaliser as Newcastle United pre- half after Martin Skrtel was adjudged to have ing at and the Tottenham striker net- vented northeast rivals Sunderland from escap- fouled Graziano Pelle. But Mane sped past ted again 15 minutes later to effectively kill off ing the Premier League relegation zone in a 1-1 Mamadou Sakho to reduce the arrears and after Bournemouth before half-time. draw yesterday. Seeking a seventh successive Pelle equalised with a vicious shot in the 83rd added Tottenham’s third goal after the interval to keep win over Newcastle, Sunderland took the lead in minute, the Italian freed Mane to run through his side firmly in the hunt for a first English title since the 44th minute at St James’ Park when Jermain and score an 86th-minute winner. 1961. Mauricio Pochettino’s second-placed team are Defoe volleyed home left-footed after Rob Elliot “The first half we played brilliant football,” only five points behind Leicester and, with seven had parried a shot from Fabio Borini. said Klopp. “We have to close the game out. You games remaining, they go into the international break LONDON: Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen, left, attempts a shot during the English Premier But with seven minutes remaining, Georginio have to accept that in the second half they con- as the most credible candidates to profit from any slips League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth at White Hart Lane in Wijnaldum crossed for Serbian striker Mitrovic to trolled the game.” by the leaders in the closing weeks. London, yesterday. — AP score with a downward header, sparing It meant that Liverpool failed to put pressure This was a high-class Tottenham display and Kane, Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez from defeat on Manchester City and Manchester United, who had scored twice to seal last weekend’s victory at bined to give Tottenham the lead before the sell-out second consecutive season. in his first home game and keeping both teams who face off at the Etihad Stadium later. City cur- Aston Villa, looks almost unstoppable at present. crowd had even got comfortable in their seats. With their top-flight survival almost secured after in the bottom three. rently occupy the fourth and final Champions Keeping the England star fit and in-form is the key After struggling in the opening weeks, Kane had three successive victories, Bournemouth had less moti- “The players fought till the end and the fans League berth, a point above West Ham United to Tottenham’s bid for a first title since the glory days of kick-started his season with a hat-trick in Tottenham’s vation than their high-flying opponents and it showed were behind us in a difficult situation,” said and four points above both Manchester United Danny Blanchflower and , and Pochettino 5-1 win at Bournemouth in October and he took less as Tottenham tore through them again to double their Benitez. “We have to do this from the first and Southampton, with Liverpool three points seems well aware of that. than a minute to feast on the Cherries’ defence yet advantage in the 16th minute. Leicester’s win at Crystal Palace on Saturday had left minute to the last to get more points. I think we further back in ninth place. The day’s other game again. Walker advanced unchecked down the right Following a lengthy spell of probing possession, can stay up.” With eight games each to play, Tottenham with no margin for error but, crucially, flank and whipped over a low cross that Kane met with twisted the knife, playing a sumptuous sees second-place Tottenham Hotspur host Pochettino had rested Kane, Eriksen, Mousa Dembele third-bottom Sunderland are two points from Bournemouth, with Mauricio Pochettino’s side a perfectly-timed run into the six-yard box, where he pass to locate Kane’s intelligent run and the and Kyle Walker for Thursday’s Europa League defeat deftly guided the ball into the far corner. England striker’s predatory instincts did the rest as safety, with Newcastle a point behind in 19th bidding to cut leaders Leicester City’s advantage against Borussia Dortmund. The Argentine’s gamble place. In the day’s other early game, Sadio Mane It was Kane’s 22nd goal in his last 30 club appear- he fired a precise low drive past Artur Boruc from back to five points. — AFP was vindicated when two of his refreshed stars com- ances and took him to 20 Premier League goals for a the edge of the penalty area. —AFP