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TTENNISENNIS | Page 4 NNHLHL | Page 5 France crush Celtics beat Australian Spurs, lose dreams to Hayward to win Fed Cup broken hand Monday, November 11, 2019 FOOTBALL Rabia I 14, 1441 AH Qatar under-19 GULF TIMES qualify for Asian Championship SPORT Page 2 ASIAN SHOOTING FOOTBALL Liverpool go eight points clear with 3-1 Qatar trio claim victory over City Agencies RESULTS Liverpool Liverpool 3 (Fabinho 6, Salah iverpool opened up an 13, Mane 51) Manchester City 1 team gold in skeet eight-point lead at the (Bernardo 78) top of the Premier League Manchester United 3 (Pereira with an emphatic and 17, Propper 19-og, Rashford Lhugely impressive 3-1 win over Nasser al-Attiyah hopes for a wild card after missing out on Olympics quota place 66) Brighton 1 (Dunk 64) defending champions Manches- Wolves 2 (Neves 41, Jimenez ter City at Anfi eld yesterday. 84) Aston Villa 1 (Trezeguet The victory, sealed with goals 90+2) from Fabinho, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, leaves unbeat- en Liverpool on 34 points from Sergio Aguero, who had a dis- 12 games, eight ahead of Leices- appointing game, forced Liv- ter City and Chelsea, and nine in erpool keeper Alisson Becker front of Pep Guardiola’s fourth- into action in the 25th minute placed City. and then the Argentine should While talk of decisive results have done better three minutes in November, with 26 games before the break when he shot of the campaign remaining, is wide after being fed by Kevin De premature, the manner of Liv- Bruyne. erpool’s win over a team which Guardiola needed to adjust has dominated the league for something at the break to fi nd a the past two seasons was cer- foothold in the game but City’s tainly a declaration of intent. third defeat of the season, after Anfield exploded when Liv- losses to Norwich City and Wol- erpool grabbed a sixth-minute verhampton Wanderers, was lead with a thundering drive assured when Liverpool made from Brazilian Fabinho, who it 3-0 six minutes after the in- pounced on a poor clearance terval. from Ilkay Gundogan and Jordan Henderson superbly blasted past Claudio Bravo worked space on the right fl ank from over 20 metres out. and whipped in a cross which Yet City felt the stunning Mane dived to head home at the effort should have been ruled back post. out — and a penalty awarded Bernardo Silva pulled a goal to them — as prior to the break back for City in the 78th minute, that led to the goal Liverpool drilling home a low cross from defender Trent Alexander- Angelino and the visitors en- Arnold appeared to handle the joyed some late pressure but ball inside the box but the VAR it was too late for a comeback review went against the visi- from the champions. tors. City have not won at Anfi eld It was the latest VAR contro- in the league since May, 2003 — versy in the Premier League and their only win at Liverpool in 38 is certain to spark more debate, years. but while the opening goal set Meanwhile, Manchester the tone, Liverpool’s dominance United and Wolverhampton was soon evident all across the Wanderers climbed into the top Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (C) poses with Masoud Hamad and Rashid Hamad after Qatar won the team gold in skeet at the Asian Shooting Championships. fi eld. half of the Premier League with PICTURES: Nasser T K City pushed forward in re- home wins. sponse and Raheem Sterling United beat Brighton 3-1 and By Sports Reporter um. Tomar ultimately had to settle for missed a close-range header, Wolves held off Aston Villa 2-1 Doha bronze with a score of 449.1, while the but Liverpool struck again in in a West Midlands derby. Korean nabbed top spot on the podium the 13th minute when Andy The wins leave the sides level with a lead of just 0.8. Robertson crossed from the left on 16 points, with United above Meanwhile, continuing India’s im- and Salah nodded the bouncing Wolves in seventh on goal dif- atar’s shooters won gold in the pressive performance at the champi- ball past Bravo to make it 2-0. ference. skeet team event but agonis- onships, the duo of Manu Bhaker and Juergen Klopp’s European “It was an excellent per- ingly missed out on a quota Abhishek Verma got the better of com- champions, without a domes- formance from the lads,” Unit- place for the Olympics at the patriots Saurabh Chaudhary and Ya- tic league title since 1990, now ed manager Ole Gunnar Solsk- Q14th Asian Shooting Championship yes- shaswini Singh Deswal 16-10 to win the had a fi rm grip on the game and jaer told the BBC. terday. gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed caused constant trouble for “The table does not really At the Lusail Shooting Range, Rashid team event. Bhaker and Verma shot 577 City’s shaky defence with their matter at the moment. Hamad, Masoud Hamad, and Lon- and 387 in the two qualifi cations, while powerful surges forward. “We need to keep improving don Olympic bronze medallist Nasser Chaudhary and Deswal managed 576 Liverpool were on top physi- and keep winning games and see al-Attiyah shot 120 points each out of and 387. In the junior’s Mixed team air cally and their pressing stopped where it takes us.” 125 in the qualification stage as Qatar’s pistol, India’s Esha Singh and Sarabjot City from establishing their Two early goals at Old Traf- total of 360 earned them a top place in Singh won gold. usual possession game but still ford started Manchester United the team event, ahead of Kuwait and they managed to carve out some on the way to their fi fth win in Kazakhstan. The results: openings. six games in all competitions. However, disappointment was in store Mixed team Air pistol: 1. India (Manu for the trio as none of them could reach Bhaker, Abhishek Verma) 16 (387, 577); the fi nal in the individual competition, 2. India-A (Yashaswini Singh Deswal, thus missing out on a place at the Tokyo Saurabh Chaudhary) 10 (387, 576); 3. Games next year. Rashid, Masoud and Iran 17 (386, 575); 4. China 15 (387, 581). Nasser all were involved in a qualifying Men: 50m rifle 3-position: 1. Kim shoot-off with fi ve others for four places Jonghyun (Kor) 459.9 (1178); 2. Zhao in the fi nal, but could not clear the in- Zhonghao (Chn) 459.1 (1173); 3. Aishwary tense competition. Pratap Singh Tomar (Ind) 449.1 (1168) Nasser will be the most disappointed Team: 1. China 3505; 2. Korea 3499; 3. of all. Having been in a good position India 3477. after three rounds on day one, the Qa- India’s skeet gold medallist Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (C), silver medallist Mairaj Skeet: 1. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (Ind) tari legend shot a 21 in the fourth round, Ahmad Khan (L) and bronze-winner Saud Habib of Kuwait pose on the podium. 56(6) 120 (14, 22); 2. Mairaj Ahmad Khan which dealt a huge blow to his fi nal (Ind) 56(5) 120 (14, 24); 3. Saud Mukha- hopes. Though he shot a perfect 25 in the tions. I’m glad for the team because it’s a the 12 for the 2016 Rio Games and 11 for mediyev Habib (Kuw) 45 (120)14, 23. fi fth and fi nal round, it only meant he strong team and to win an Asian champi- London 2012. Team: 1. Qatar 360; 2. Kuwait 358; 3. was involved in an eight-way shoot-off . onships gold is great,” he added. There was a shoot-off for the gold Kazakhstan 357; 4. India 357. The windy conditions at the Lusail Nasser was hoping to receive a wild medal and Bajwa prevailed 6-5 against range did not help their cause, which card for Tokyo, in what it will be his sev- his compatriot after both were tied on Women: later Nasser admitted. “The concentra- enth Olympics. “It will not be easy to 56 at the Lusail Shooting Complex. The Skeet: 1. Wei Meng (Chn) 20 (124); 2. tion was good. Yesterday we had good qualify for the Olympics but we will see. bronze medal and the last quota place Zhang Donglian (Chn) 18 (120); 3. Kim results, but today we couldn’t do any- I have some good results and I hope to went to Saud Habib of Kuwait. Minji (Kor) 17 (117)3. thing because there was sandstorm and receive a wild card,” he said. Earlier, teenager Aishwary Pratap Team: 1. China 363; 2. Thailand 350; 3. a lot of rain. Yet, we did our job winning Meanwhile, it was a double delight for Singh Tomar’s secured India a Olympic India 339. the team gold medal,” Nasser said. “In- India in the skeet as Angad Vir Singh Ba- quota in the men’s 50m rifl e 3-position dividually, we were in the shoot-off but jwa won gold, while Mairaj Ahmad Khan after he won bronze. Junior women: all three of us were not lucky. There were picked up a silver to go with two Olym- It was a closely contested fi nal, with Mixed team air pistol: 1. India (Esha eight qualifi ers with a score of 120 and it pics quotas. Their medals ensured India Tomar, South Korea’s Kim Jonghyun Singh, Sarabjot Singh) 16 (381, 569); 2. Liverpool’s English midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (L) vies with was stiff competition.