46 Friday Sports Friday, October 5, 2018 Barcelona outgun Spurs as Insigne scores winner PARIS: Lionel Messi struck twice as Barcelona in- pounced on hesitant defending to net the winner flicted more Champions League pain on Totten- on the hour. ham with a 4-2 win at Wembley on Wednesday, PSG rebounded from their 3-2 defeat by Liv- while Neymar hit a brilliant hat-trick in Paris erpool with an attacking masterclass against 1991 Saint-Germain’s 6-1 rout of Red Star Belgrade. European Cup winners Red Star at the Parc des Philippe Coutinho scored after just two minutes Princes. Neymar curled in a sublime free-kick to for Barcelona, who arrived in London winless in open the scoring on 20 minutes, quickly doubling three La Liga matches, with Ivan Rakitic drilling his tally before Edinson Cavani, Angel di Maria and in a magnificent second. Kylian Mbappe also found the target. Former Ger- Messi, who had earlier twice hit the post, then many international Marko Marin popped up with got on the scoresheet in between goals from Harry a consolation for Red Star, with Neymar complet- Kane and Erik Lamela, before the Argentina su- ing his hat-trick from another stunning free-kick. perstar grabbed his second late on to seal victory. “I really liked the effort made by the whole team, “After a few bad results it was important to do but Neymar was sensational,” said PSG coach well today. Our response was very good,” said Thomas Tuchel. “He is one of the best players in Barca coach Ernesto Valverde. Barca head Group Europe and that is very, very important for us.” B on six points alongside Inter Milan, but Mauri- cio Pochettino’s side face a vital double-header Insigne sinks Liverpool against PSV Eindhoven after failing to collect a Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli top Group C on four point from their opening two matches. points after Lorenzo Insigne delivered a 90th- The Tottenham boss admitted Spurs had few minute winner at home to Liverpool, who are level answers for Messi as his team was left with an up- on three alongside PSG. Dries Mertens hit the bar LONDON: Barcelona’s Argentinean striker Lionel Messi is tackled by Tottenham Hotspur’s English midfielder hill struggle to reach the knockout stages. “He’s a for Napoli late on, but there was still time for In- Harry Winks (R) during the Champions League group B football match match between Tottenham Hotspur and fantastic player,” said Pochettino. “His average signe to nick all three points at the death as he slid Barcelona at Wembley Stadium. —AFP performance is this type of game. He’s always to poke in a cross from Jose Callejon. above everything.” Inter, the last Italian club to “Tonight we showed this group won’t just be win the Champions League in 2010, again recov- hard for Napoli, but for everyone involved,” said “I said it last season and I’ll say it again — Marco Reus fired in a third from a Bruun ered from a goal down to beat PSV 2-1 in the Ancelotti. “It means a lot to us to have won against Griezmann is the best player in the world,” said Larsen cross, leaving Dortmund and Atletico on Netherlands. the finalists from last year.” Antoine Griezmann Atletico coach Diego Simeone. Borussia Dort- six points apiece ahead of their upcoming home- A cracking Pablo Rosario strike put PSV scored two goals to lift Atletico Madrid, last sea- mund lead Atletico at the top of Group A on goal and-away meetings. In Group D, American inter- ahead, but Inter levelled through Radja Naing- son’s Europa League winners, to a 3-1 victory difference following their 3-0 defeat of a strug- national midfielder Weston McKennie hit an golan moments after visiting goalkeeper Samir over Club Brugge in Spain. Arnaut Groeneveld gling Monaco outfit. Jacob Bruun Larsen broke 88th-minute winner as struggling Schalke edged Handanovic somehow escaped a red card for cancelled out Griezmann’s opener with a thunder- the deadlock in Germany shortly after his intro- Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0. Porto are joint-top with handling outside his area. Mauro Icardi, whose ous strike from the left wing, but the France inter- duction as a half-time substitute, with Paco Al- Schalke following a 1-0 win over Galatasaray late goal stunned Spurs a fortnight ago, was the national restored Atletico’s lead before Koke cacer finding the net just minutes after smacking courtesy of Moussa Marega’s second-half goal in hero again for Luciano Spalletti’s men as he made the points safe in stoppage time. a penalty against the bar. Portugal. —AFP in 2016 and the club’s Slovakian captain, Napoli striker Milik Marek Hamsik, was held up at gunpoint in the centre of the city four years ago. place of Maurizio Sarri-hailed the success at robbed at gunpoint Napoli beat last year’s Champions League No one to blame their Stadio San Paolo. finalists 1-0 with a 90th-minute Insigne “Big win against a great team! Ancelotti after Liverpool win goal to go top of Group C. —AFP worthy of his fame,” wrote De Laurentiis on but ourselves, Twitter. Last season Napoli’s style of football under Sarri impressed against Manchester City NAPLES: Napoli’s Polish striker Arkadiusz but the team lost 4-2 at home before exiting Milik was robbed at gunpoint on his way says Klopp the competition in the group stage. Insigne’s home after his team’s Champions League Matches on TV winner ensures they are top of Group C with win over Liverpool, Italian police said yes- NAPLES: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp four points, one more than Liverpool and Paris terday. The 24-year-old was in his car (Local Timings) said his side could only blame themselves after Saint-Germain. heading towards his home at Varcaturo on the last year’s Champions League runners-up “I think we timed it well,” said former the Domitian Coast 20km west of Naples ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE were overrun by Napoli before Lorenzo In- Chelsea and Real Madrid coach Ancelotti. “If at around 2am when his car was stopped Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United 22:00 signe’s late winner gave the Italians a 1-0 win Mertens had scored a few minutes earlier, it by a high-powered motorcycle blocking beIN SPORTS HD 2 to go top of Group C on Wednesday. “We were would’ve been more time suffering. “We inter- not good enough and if you are not good preted the game well. We had an extra central the road. The two assailants — whose SPANISH LEAGUE PRIMERA enough, you’ll lose and that happened to us defender and were able to build the game from faces were entirely covered by helmets — Athletic de Bilbao v Real Sociedad 22:00 tonight. That’s it,” said Klopp. “Napoli made a the back. There was a perfect balance.” Napoli approached the footballer’s car and beIN SPORTS HD 3 really good game, we didn’t, and that’s why needed a win on Wednesday after their open- pointed a gun at him, ordering him to hand they deserve the three points.” ing match ended 0-0 at Red Star Belgrade. over his Rolex Daytona watch worth ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE Lorenzo Insigne scored after 90 minutes Liverpool, meanwhile, played as if they 7,000 euros ($8,000). Torino v Frosinone Calcio 21:30 in a game Napoli dominated from the start would settle for a point after they beat Paris The robbers then sped into the coun- beIN SPORTS HD 4 with substitute Dries Mertens also rattling Saint-Germain 3-2. The Reds’ strike force of tryside towards Licola, police said accord- the crossbar. The hosts had the better Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio ing to the AGI news agency. As soon as he GERMAN BUNDESLIGA chances throughout as Insigne, Jose Callejon, Mane were a shadow of the trio who ter- recovered from the shock, Milik went to Werder Bremen v Wolfsburg 21:30 Fabian Ruiz and Arkadiusz Milik all threat- rorised Europe last season, with Napoli the nearest police station to report the beIN SPORTS HD 5 ened under-pressure Liverpool goalkeeper goalkeeper David Ospina not called upon crime. Attacks on professional players in Alisson. Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis- for a single save. Liverpool’s best effort FRENCH LEAGUE the southern Italian city are frequent. Ital- who hired three-time Champions League came when Egyptian Salah shot wide after Toulouse v OGC Nice 21:45 winning coach Carlo Ancelotti this season in the break. —AFP ian international Lorenzo Insigne was beIN SPORTS HD 6 robbed of jewelry, cash and a luxury watch.