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GENOA: Genoa’s Giovanni Marchese, left, and AC Milan’s Luiz Adriano go for the ball during a soccer match at Genoa’s Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Italy, yesterday. — AP Depleted Milan fall at Genoa

MILAN: AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic slammed the clash at home to Fiorentina. “In every game we play we’re Palermo own goal. Luca Toni, took the lead on the half hour thanks to Filip stuttering Serie A giants after a third defeat of the sea- only playing for one half, and that’s not good enough,” said Only four minutes after the restart the Helander only for Lazio to complete a stirring second-half son left the Rossoneri six points adrift of leaders and bit- Mihajlovic. erupted to celebrate a spectacular candidate for goal of comeback. ter city rivals . Milan travelled to Genoa’s “We played better when we were down to ten men, we the season so far, Marco Benassi firing a looping volley Second half substitute Keita Balde won a penalty on the Luigi Ferraris stadium looking to make it three wins in a had two or three chances but just couldn’t score. “In these over the head of Stefano Sorrentino from the right side of hour when he was chopped down in the area and Lucas row following 3-2 successes against Palermo and kind of games it’s not enough to rely on the fact we’re the area following Lopez’s cross-field ball from the left Biglia made no mistake from the penalty spot. Lazio were Udinese. But the visitors were a goal down after 10 called Milan. We have to dig deep and be a bit more ruth- wing. When Molinaro fouled Aleksander Trajkovski on the reduced to 10 men 10 minutes from the final whistle when minutes when Blerim Dzemaili beat Diego Lopez with a less. “If we had won today we’d have jumped a few places hour, he was sent off. Palermo capitalised 11 minutes later defender Mauricio was cautioned for a second bookable deflected free-kick and Milan were reduced to 10 men up the table.” Fiorentina, three points behind Inter, when Gonzalez rose high to meet a deep cross from mid- offence but minutes later the visitors pulled in front. when Alessio Romagnoli was sent off on the stroke of dropped one place to third as 10-man Torino went the oth- field and send a looping header over Daniele Padelli in the Lazio won a free-kick on the edge of the area and when half-time for a second bookable offence. er way following a 2-1 win at home to Palermo. The hosts Torino goal. Biglia hit a short pass to Parolo, unsettling the defensive On what was Mario Balotelli’s second start since return- were reduced to 10 men 16 minutes after the restart when It made amends for his earlier blunder, but it wasn’t wall and leaving Parolo to fire low through several bodies ing to the club and in the presence of Italy coach Antonio Cristian Molinaro saw red for a second bookable offence, enough for the Sicilians, who saw Aljaz Struna fire a header to beat Rafel at his near post. Conte, the on-loan Liverpool striker flattered to deceive, but the damage had already been done. from Oscar Hiljemark’s cross off post and crossbar in the Roma, who humiliated league new boys Carpi 5-1 on missing the target from a free-kick while hitting an angled dying minutes. Saturday, sit six points behind Inter in sixth place while drive straight at goalkeeper Eugenio Lamanna. Milan’s Spectacular goal Torino are two points behind Inter and Lazio are only champions Juventus are down in 15th place already 10 third reverse of the season dropped them to 10th place, six Torino took a 44th minute lead when Giancarlo one further adrift in fifth spot after a precious come-from- points off the pace after a 2-1 defeat at Napoli left them points behind Inter ahead of their later top-of-the-table Gonzalez got the final touch to Maxi Lopez’s strike for a behind win at Verona. Verona, still without injured striker with just one league win all season. — AFP Cabaye spot on as Palace Roma lose Dzeko, Totti crash Watford party and Keita with injuries MILAN: Roma will be without Edin Dzeko, a finger injury in the draw against Barcelona. but Pardew’s side are now back among the and Seydou Keita when the Second choice ‘keeper European places, four points below leaders Italians face BATE Borisov in the Champions has stepped in, and despite fans’ reservations Watford 0 Manchester United. Watford slip to 13th. League tomorrow after the trio were ruled he saved a penalty, and the rebound, on “There was not much difference between out through injury yesterday. Saturday as Roma claimed their third win of the two sides today,” said beaten manager The trio all hobbled off during a 5-1 romp the campaign to move to within four points Flores. “We did not stop the counter-attack, over Serie A newcomers Carpi on Saturday. of early pace-setters Inter Milan. Roma confirmed Dzeko has suffered a “grade Coach Rudi Garcia, who could welcome Crystal Palace 1 we were disorganised. It was a very big deci- sion from the referee to decide the match (by one tear” in the collateral medial ligament in back right-back Alessandro Florenzi and awarding the penalty). I am not sure.” his right knee, while Totti has suffered a thigh winger Iago Falque-both of whom sat out Watford were unchanged from their 2-1 injury that requires further tests “in 10 days Saturday’s fixture-for the trip to Belarus was LONDON: Yohan Cabaye slammed home a win at Newcastle United last weekend and time” to determine the length of his absence. left counting the cost. decisive 71st-minute penalty as Crystal Palace they were the first side to chance their arm on Malian Keita was thought to have suffered “It was a pyrrhic victory,” said the won 1-0 at Watford yesterday to climb to sixth a summery afternoon, with Etienne Capoue a hip flexor injury but was diagnosed with an Frenchman as he weighed the positives of “injury to his right thigh”. Like Totti, he will their league win against the negatives of los- place in the Premier League table. The France shooting wide from out on the right. undergo further tests in 10 days but could be ing three key players. The only positive to international struck from the spot after Allan Chances were at a premium in a cagey first out for several weeks. come out of Saturday’s win was a lively per- Nyom was penalised for sliding in on Wilfried half, but Palace went close in the 13th minute “Edin Dzeko will be sidelined for three formance by Gervinho which suggests the Zaha on the left-hand edge of the penalty when Cabaye’s free-kick met the head of to four weeks after suffering injury to his Ivorian striker has found his scoring boots. area. Brede Hangeland, who was denied at point- right knee during Roma-Carpi,” said a club Gervinho had not hit a league goal since It was the first goal Watford had conceded blank range by Watford goalkeeper Heurelho LONDON: Watford’s Nathan Ake, right, statement. November 30, 2014 but got back on the at Vicarage Road since securing promotion Gomes. The home side began to assert them- competes for the ball with Crystal Palace’s Italian media reports claim Totti will also scoresheet when he banged home the from the Championship last season, as selves in the second period, however, with Yannick Bolasie during the English Premier be out for up to a month. After leaving hospi- rebound from a Maicon shot in the first half Quique Sanchez Flores’ side missed out on a Jose Manuel Jurado curling a free-kick against League soccer match between Watford and tal, the club icon-who scored his 300th Roma on Saturday. third consecutive victory. the bar from 25 yards and Wayne Hennessey Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road stadium in goal last week-admitted the injury had put a Garcia said: “He’s been working really “Sometimes as a manager you want a per- saving a crisp low shot from Almen Abdi. London, yesterday. — AP dampener on his 39th birthday celebrations. hard in training. All he wants is to do well formance that lifts you-the back four were ter- But as the game approached the hour “It could have gone better on my birthday, for Roma.” Although BATE have never beat- rific and didn’t give Watford too much day- mark, Palace’s rapid counter-attacks began to left corner and Palace went close to adding a but that’s football,” Totti told reporters. “All I’m en Italian opposition, they are bidding for a light,” Palace manager Alan Pardew told Sky cause Watford problems. Bakary Sako saw a second when Gayle’s low, left-foot shot thinking about now is getting better.” It fourth consecutive home victory in the Sports. “Down the sides our wide players deflected free-kick touched around the post grazed the post. means all three players are out of Tuesday’s competition having accounted for caused trouble and we got ourselves a great by Gomes and Dwight Gayle side-footed a United finished the weekend top of the clash in Belarus, which comes two weeks Dundalk, Videoton and Partizan Belgrade in win in a tight game. We’ve lost two tight shot against the right-hand upright before pile, for the first time since Alex Ferguson’s after Roma battled to a 1-1 draw with defend- the qualifying rounds and play-offs. games, so a win makes up for the games Nyom’s rash challenge enabled Cabaye to put retirement as manager in 2013, after they ing European champions Barcelona at the Previous matches against Serie A oppo- where the margins cost us.” the visitors in front. beat Sunderland 3-0 on Saturday and previ- Stadio Olimpico. sition finished in draws - 1-1 with AC Milan Palace had lost their two previous games, The former Paris Saint-Germain ous leaders Manchester City lost 4-1 at Roma are already missing their first-choice in 2011/12, and 2-2 with Juventus in goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who suffered 2008/09. — AFP to Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, confidently drove his spot-kick into the top- Tottenham.— AFP