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Liverpool fans cheer during the English Premier League soccer match between Norwich City and Liverpool at Carrow Road Stadium in Norwich, England. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com BENITEZ OPENS EVERTON TENURE WITH WIN,VILLA STRUGGLE WITHOUT GREALISH Man United, Chelsea underline title credentials; Brentford stun Arsenal Leicester pip Wolves as Brighton rally to beat Burnley

MANCHESTER, England, Aug 14, (AP): Bruno Fer- nandes scored a hat trick and Paul Pogba set up four goals as Manchester United thrashed Leeds 5-1 Saturday to make a state- ment about their Premier League title credentials. On a day when Jadon Sancho made his debut off the bench and Raphael Varane was presented as the club’s second big signing, a packed crowd at Old Trafford was treated to a midfi eld clinic by Unit- ed’s two most high-profi le players against a fi erce local rivals. Pogba set up Fernandes for United’s 30th-minute opener and, after Luke Ayling equalized with a long-range strike in the 49th, played in Mason Greenwood for a low, angled shot that regained the lead for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side. Fernandes was the beneficiary of another through-ball from Pogba before cutting inside and driving in a low effort that just went over the line before being cleared away by Ayling. And after Fernandes completed his first hat trick for United by running SOCCER onto a long pass by Victor Lindelof and rifling a shot high into the net, Pogba made it four assists for the match - one more than he managed in the whole of last season - by providing the cross that Fred swept home in the 68th. Solskjaer said he couldn’t ask for any more from his players in their Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy saves the ball from Everton’s Richarlison during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Southampton, at Goodison Park, in opening match, with Pogba - the sub- ject of plenty of transfer talk during Liverpool, England. (AP) the offseason - laughing and joking Everton struggled at home through- with Fred after the final whistle while out last season and, in the period up to Bruno walked off with the match ball. the interval, that looked like being rep- Promoted teams Fürth, Bochum make losing starts Sancho, signed from Borussia licated. Dortmund for $100 million, was given However, Richarlison, fresh off the final 15 minutes as a substitute to winning a gold medal with Brazil in soak in the Old Trafford atmosphere in the football tournament at the Olympic Bayern open Bundesliga season with draw front of 72,722 fans, who had earlier Games, got the hosts back on level seen Varane walk onto the field hold- terms early in the second half by prod- BERLIN, Aug 14, (AP): Defending champions Bayern Mu- for the opener. ing a team jersey and take a selfie in ding in from close range, Abdoulaye nich opened the Bundesliga season with a 1-1 draw at Borus- Goalkeeper Yann Sommer denied Lewandowski an im- the center circle before the match after Doucoure’s superb shot on the turn put sia Mönchengladbach with the hosts incensed at the referee mediate response, then again a short time later when Bay- finalizing his move from Real Madrid. them ahead and Dominic Calvert- for denying them a late penalty. ern’s bench was poised to celebrate. Josip Stanisic was next Leeds were blown away in an eight- Lewin’s diving header clinched only Dayot Upamecano twice looked like he conceded a pen- to test the Gladbach keeper. minute spell from the 52nd when the second win at Goodison Park since alty in the late stages of his Bayern debut, but referee Marco Stanisic, who usually plays for Bayern’s reserves, was United scored three times in response March. Fritz waved play on and received no contradiction from the making just his second league appearance due to Benjamin to Ayling’s fierce long-range strike. Despite that, they had little to show video referee despite clear contact from the French defender Pavard’s ankle injury. Chelsea 3, Palace 0 from a positive start, with Allan shoot- on compatriot Markus Thuram on But the equalizer came from a familiar source. Lewan- Chelsea began their bid to follow up ing weakly at Alex McCarthy and both occasions. dowski got ahead of his marker to volley in Joshua Kim- a Champions League title with another Calvert-Lewin heading wide. Gladbach coach Adi Hütter was mich’s corner before the break. Premier League trophy by beating But even Benitez, a master in the art booked for his protests in his fi rst league Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin drew 1-1 in their Crystal Palace 3-0 on Saturday, illus- Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso, (left), of micro-management, could not have game in charge of the home team. trating the size of the task facing newly celebrates scoring their side’s fi rst foreseen what came next as Keane’s Counterpart Julian Nagelsmann hired manager Patrick Vieira at the goal of the game with team-mate dithering on the ball proved costly. was making his debut as Bayern SOCCER visitors. Mason Mount during the English Leicester 1, Wolves 0 coach. Defenders Marcos Alonso and Premier League soccer match be- Jamie Vardy scored the winner as Alassane Plea gave the hosts the opening Bundesliga game while promoted teams Greuther tween Chelsea and Crystal Palace Leicester followed up their Community lead in the 10th minute but Robert Le- Fürth and Bochum made losing starts to the league season. Trevoh Chalobah - with his first goal at Stamford Bridge, London. (AP) for Chelsea, on his Premier League Shield victory with a 1-0 win over wandowski equalized in the 42nd. Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart team routed Fürth 5-1, debut - scored either side of a close- long throw-in, handing the promoted Wolverhampton . Hütter’s call to start American teen- and Bochum had a player sent off in the fourth minute before range strike by U.S. forward Christian club a perfect start to life in the Premier Vardy ran onto a cross from Ricardo ager Joe Scally on the left of defense Plea losing 1-0 at Wolfsburg. Pulisic in a dominant display by League in front of nearly 16,500 fans Pereira in the 41st minute to flick a for his Bundesliga debut paid off as Union’s stadium was half full for Leverkusen’s visit under Thomas Tuchel’s team. at the Community Stadium. left-footed shot past Wolves goalkeep- the 18-year-old again impressed following his fi ne perfor- new regulations after a season in which they were shut out The win came three days after Those fans finally had a chance to er Jose Sa. mance in the German Cup last weekend. due to coronavirus restrictions, with supporters once again Chelsea won the UEFA Super Cup by celebrate inside the stadium, which Wolves, under new manager Bruno Some 23,000 supporters were allowed at the game under milling around, drinking beer and enjoying grilled sausages beating Villarreal in a penalty shootout. was opened last year amid the lock- Lage, dominated the second half but new regulations that permit up to 25,000 or half capacity, and steaks before the game. A huge banner facing the fi eld Even without Romelu Lukaku, who down when no supporters were allowed couldn’t find an equalizer even with whichever is greater. Few fans were allowed at any games called for an end to restrictions and stadiums to be fi lled. completed his move from Inter Milan into games. striker Raul Jimenez leading the attack last season due to the risk of coronavirus infections. However, some Union fans whistled when Leverkusen for a club-record $135 million on They had waited even longer for a on his first league appearance since Gladbach’s Patrick Herrmann fl ashed a good chance just players Nadiem Amiri and Jonathan Tah’s names were read Friday, Chelsea had far too much moment like this. Brentford’s last fracturing his skull nine months ago. wide early on and the hosts missed an even better opportu- out during the lineup announcements. Amiri was insulted by going forward for Palace - with even game in England’s top division was a Watford 3, Villa 2 nity shortly afterward, when Herrmann opted to pass to Lars Union’s Florian Hübner in the sides’ previous game, when two defenders chipping in with goals. 1-0 loss to Arsenal, in May 1947. Now Watford record signing Ismaila Sarr Stindl instead of shooting. Bayern’s disorganized defense Tah made allegations of racist abuse. Alonso, an attacking wing back, the team is top of the league for at least starred on his Premier League return as cleared the danger. Taiwo Awoniyi gave Union a seventh-minute lead, but was dangerous throughout and capped an evening, ahead of the rest of the the Hornets held off a late challenge Serge Gnabry missed when he only had the goalkeeper to Leverkusen answered with a period of pressure and Moussa an impressive display by curling a free weekend’s games. from Aston Villa to secure a 3-2 win . beat, but otherwise it was all Gladbach and Stindl set up Plea Diaby equalized in the 12th. kick over the defensive wall and inside Brentford’s opener came after right- Sarr had already set up Emmanuel the near post in the 27th minute. back Calum Chambers hacked the ball Dennis for his first club goal for Pulisic made it 2-0 by converting a off the byline, only for it to come back Watford’s opener in the 10th minute their first look at a post-Jack Grealish finish from close range after Palace via Ethan Pinnock to Canos, who cut before he found the net himself after an Aston Villa, which had to wait until goalkeeper Vicente Guaita failed to inside the defender and buried a low individual run down the right for his the 70th minute for their first shot on gather a low cross by Cesar Azpilicueta shot inside Bernd Leno’s near post. side’s second. target. from the right. Everton 3, Southampton 1 In the second half, debutant Cucho Brighton 2, Burnley 1 The 22-year-old Chalobah, who Former Liverpool manager Rafael Hernandez added Watford’s third just Neal Maupay and Alexis Mac played on the right of the back three Benitez’s controversial tenure at moments after coming on but Aston Allister scored second-half goals as after making his first competitive Everton got off to a strong start as his Villa was able to reply through John Brighton came from behind to beat senior appearance for Chelsea against team came from behind to beat McGinn’s long-range effort at Burnley 2-1 away. Villarreal, completed a memorable Southampton 3-1. Vicarage Road in the 70th. Burnley took the lead via a second- few days by scoring the third goal. It The Spaniard, famous for a rather Referee Mike Dean pointed to the minute header by James Tarkowski, was a brilliant one, too, as he col- more high-profile comeback with the penalty spot in stoppage time after a which stood after a VAR check amid lected a pass midway into Palace’s red half of the city in the Champions foul in the box, with debutant Danny Brighton claims that the defender had half on the right, advanced, and League final in 2005, has plenty of Ings stepping up and making no mis- fouled Maupay. Burnley went on to drilled a low shot in off the far post work to do to convince the doubters he take for his new club, firing the ball strike the woodwork twice before half- from 25 meters. can ever be accepted at Goodison Park into the back of the net. time, with Johann Berg Gudmundsson Brentford 2, Arsenal 0 but this was as good an opening as he Sarr had joined Watford for their last hitting the post and Ben Mee the bar. Brentford started their first topflight could have wished for. Premier League campaign for a club- The visitors capitalized on those campaign since 1947 by stunning It was a performance which could record fee in the summer of 2019 but near-misses after the break as two Arsenal . have gone horribly wrong after Michael struggled in a tumultuous season for substitutes helped them turn things Sergi Canos put Brentford ahead in Keane’s error allowed Southampton the club, finishing with just six goals. around, with Jakub Moder teeing up Moenchengladbach’s Florian Neuhaus, (lef), vies for the ball against Bay- the 22nd minute and Christian debutant Adam Armstrong to score his It was a return to full stadiums for Maupay’s equaliser in the 73rd minute ern’s Josip Stanisic during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Noergaard headed in the second in the first Premier League goal midway the fans, but the visiting contingent and Mac Allister then netting the win- Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayern Munich in Moenchengladbach, 73rd after Arsenal failed to deal with a through the first half. will not have been too pleased with ner five minutes later. Germany. (AP)

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