Lewandowski Strikes Again As Bayern Go Second in Bundesliga Lewandowski, Werner First Players in Bundesliga History to Score 20 Goals
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27 Sports Monday, January 20, 2020 Lewandowski strikes again as Bayern go second in Bundesliga Lewandowski, Werner first players in Bundesliga history to score 20 goals BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski hit his 20th league goal valid after doubts emerged last week over whether the this season as Bayern Munich climbed to second in the certificate earned in 2000 had expired. There was little Bundesliga yesterday with a 4-0 romp at Hertha Berlin else to cheer Hertha fans as Bayern established to trim RB Leipzig’s lead to four points. supremacy with nearly 70 percent possession as the Having seen RB Leipzig go five points clear with a 3- defending champions struggling however to break 1 win over Union Berlin on Saturday, Bayern climbed a Hertha’s defence. place in the Bundesliga with second-half goals in the The breach finally came on 60 minutes when Leon capital by Thomas Mueller, Lewandowski, Thiago Goretzka put a cross to the far post, Perisic headed Alcantara and Ivan Perisic. After Leipzig’s Germany back and Mueller crashed home the shot. Lewandowski striker Timo Werner had edged ahead of him as the had a header disallowed soon after when the video league’s top scorer with two goals against Union, assistant referee spotted the striker made contact with Lewandowski drew level with his main rival’s tally on 20 Hertha goalkeeper Rune Jarstein, who had claimed the league goals by converting a penalty. cross a millisecond before. Lewandowski and Werner are now the first players However, when Bayern were awarded a penalty after in Bundesliga history to have scored 20 goals after 18 Goretzka was upended, Lewandowski sent Jarstein the games in their challenge to Gerd Mueller’s record of 40 wrong way to put Bayern 2-0 up with 73 minutes gone. goals in a Bundesliga season, set in 1971/72. Alcantara added a third with superb finishing after the After a groin injury last month, Lewandowski proved Hertha defence had again been shredded and Perisic his fitness with an lively display at Berlin’s Olympic was finally rewarded for a good display when he head- Stadium. He now has 31 goals in 26 games in all compe- ed home with six minutes left with an assist from titions, including 10 in just five Champions League Mueller. games. The victory in Berlin sets Bayern up for Saturday’s There was good news before kick-off for Hertha crunch home clash against fifth-placed Schalke, who BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s Canadian midfielder Alphonso Davies (C) vies with Bayern Munich’s New Zealand midfielder coach Jurgen Klinsmann as the German Football beat fellow title contenders Moenchengladbach 2-0 in Sarpreet Singh (R) during the German first division Bundesliga football match Hertha Berlin v Bayern Munich in Berlin, Association (DFB) confirmed his coaching licence is Gelsenkirchen on Friday. — AFP yesterday. — AFP In November, leading Australia’s charge to win the behind Karolina Pliskova. Barty eyes home Fed Cup against France in Perth, she suffered an upset Williams, who has for years thrived under the pres- loss to Kristina Mladenovic which ended her team’s sure of expectation that faces Barty, has won seven of Matches on TV hopes of winning the trophy for the first time in 45 her 23 Grand Slam singles in Melbourne but faces a dif- (Local Timings) party as Serena years. ferent test in the twilight of her illustrious career. Yet Barty, who regained her number one spot in She was eight weeks pregnant when winning in ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE continues chase September after holding it for seven weeks following Melbourne in 2017 but similar success in Slams has her Roland Garros triumph, says she is ready for the proved elusive since she returned to the circuit as the Atalanta v Spal 22:45 next daunting chapter. “Having a number next to your mother of baby Olympia. She has lost four finals in her beIN SPORTS MELBOURNE: Ash Barty faces the double burden of name doesn’t guarantee anything. It doesn’t guarantee quest for a 24th Grand Slam singles title to equal being world number one and the focus of an expectant wins. You still have to go out there, do the work — put Margaret Court’s all-time record but last week enjoyed host nation as she seeks to win the Australian Open all those kind of runs on the board, I suppose — and her first WTA singles title in almost three years at the amid challenges from record-chasing Serena Williams work from there,” the former cricketer told reporters in Auckland Classic. and a host of other Grand Slam winners. Adelaide this week. “It’s pretty satisfying to get a win in a final,” Williams Chelsea rocked The 23-year-old Queenslander Barty spectacularly “All you can do is try and do your best every single told reporters. “That was really important for me. “I climbed to the top of the women’s rankings in 2019 and match.” Japan’s Naomi Osaka knows all about the want to build on it. Obviously it is a step towards the as Hayden’s late will start her Melbourne Park campaign next week hav- struggles of coping with the pressure of being world next goal in Melbourne.” While Melbourne will miss the ing won her maiden Grand Slam at the French Open number one but she will defend her crown having US Open winner Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, who and the WTA Finals in Shenzhen. rediscovered her confidence. Osaka started 2019 by pulled out with a knee injury, there will be plenty of strike lifts Newcastle Her successes saw her become the first Australian lifting her second straight Grand Slam title in others who have tasted major success before in what Melbourne following her success at the 2018 US Open looks a wide open field. woman since Evonne Goolagong-Cawley to gain the NEWCASTLE: Frank Lampard admitted he wants to but subsequently suffered early exits at the French Last year’s finalist Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep world number one accolade and also raised hopes that sign a new striker after Newcastle damaged Chelsea’s Open and Wimbledon. are equipped to add to their multiple majors while the she could end the country’s 42-year wait for a home bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League with a The 22-year-old, who appointed her third coach of 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki winner in Melbourne. dramatic 1-0 win at St James’ Park on Saturday. the year in Belgian Wim Fissette in December, also dis- will aim to bow out from the sport on the highest note. She will be the cynosure of the sports-loving nation With Tottenham held by Watford earlier in the day appointed in the defence of her US Open title. Yet Angelique Kerber, Sloane Stephens, Garbine and the local media when the year’s first Grand Slam and Manchester United facing runaway leaders Osaka regained some end-of-season form with the Pan Muguruza, Jelena Ostapenko, Venus Williams and kicks off on Monday but going by what happened in Liverpool on Sunday, Chelsea would have cemented Pacific Open and China Open titles and, after having Maria Sharapova are the other Grand Slam winners the recent past, handling the pressure could prove their grip on fourth place with a win on Tyneside. dropped to number four, is back to third in the world who are outside the top 16 seeds. — Reuters arduous for Barty. But Lampard’s side were unable to muster the cut- ting edge required to break down stubborn Newcastle and fell to Isaac Hayden’s header with just 20 seconds left in stoppage-time. Chelsea’s first defeat in four Inter Milan trip league matches leaves them five points clear of fifth- placed United and Lampard is growing tired of his team’s struggles against defensive opponents. up again as Lecce “We know we have problems at the top of the pitch in terms of we don’t get enough goals. If you don’t earn Serie A draw score you are always liable for a sucker punch and they got it,” Lampard said. “If we are looking for people to bring in to the areas to win games when you are con- MILAN: Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by relega- trolling it, it is scoring goals. tion-battling Lecce in Serie A yestrday, as Antonio “We can’t work anymore in training on finishing. You Conte’s side dropped points for the second weekend in need to have that killer instinct in front of goal. We a row. Inter substitute Alessandro Bastoni headed in a need to score more goals from front-line areas if we are second-half opener four minutes after coming on, but going to get to where we want to be. Lecce soon drew level through captain Marco Mancosu. “It’s quite clear from what I am saying now that we Marcelo Brozovic hit the post for Inter in the first half know where we need to strengthen but we shall see.” but Lecce, who went into the game on a four-match los- After four league games without a victory, this was a ing run and without a home win all season, went close to much-needed success for Newcastle, but a wasted grabbing a late victory when Filippo Falco’s free kick opportunity for Chelsea to open up a bigger gap in the struck the woodwork. race to qualify for the Champions League. Inter, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Atalanta last “We dominated every aspect of the game.