Sports Monday, September 28, 2020 13 PSG prevail over Stade de Reims 2-0 Leicester hit Man City for five, Tottenham pay harsh penalty AFP London

Jamie Vardy’s hat-trick dealt an early blow to Manchester City’s hopes of wrestling back the Premier League title as they conceded three penalties in a 5-2 defeat to Leicester, while Newcastle’s late spot- kick to snatch a 1-1 draw at Tottenham sparked fresh de- bate over the handball rule. City were without a host of first-team regulars due to injury and coronavirus infec- tions, but the deficiencies at the back that undid their title defence last season were again Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) Brazilian forward Neymar receives medical attention during the French L1 match against Stade de Reims at the exposed by the pace and fin- Auguste Delaune Stadium in Reims, France, on Sunday. PSG won the match 2-0 with both the goals being scored by Mauro Icardi (9’, 62’). (AFP) ishing prowess of Vardy as a Pep Guardiola team conceded five for the first time in his coaching career. Leicester stormed to the top of the league, but had to Suarez scores twice as come from behind to extend their perfect start to the sea- son as Riyad Mahrez’s stun- ning strike against his former Atletico hammer Granada club opened the scoring after Leicester City’s English striker Jamie Vardy jumps into the arms of just four minutes. Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans as he celebrates after scoring their AFP “The problem was we put third goal from the penalty spot during the English Premier League Madrid extra pressure on ourselves to match against Manchester City in Manchester on Sunday. (AFP) score the second and third,” Luis Suarez scored two and said Guardiola. “We need to be form Benjamin Mendy, al- Leeds blunt the Blades set up another in a sensational more calm, we don’t have the lowed Your Tielemans to score Leeds’ fine start on their re- 20-minute debut for Atletico players to attack the box that Leicester’s third penalty turn to the Premier League Madrid on Sunday as his new we need. after a 16-year absence contin- team started their Liga season “I am not going to give up, ‘Nonsense’ penalty ued as Patrick Bamford scored with a thumping 6-1 victory I am going to try to find solu- saves Newcastle a dramatic late winner to win a over Granada. tions.” Tottenham find themselves Yorkshire derby against Shef- Suarez set up a goal two City are reportedly close already five points behind the field United 1-0. minutes after coming on as to signing Benfica centre-back Foxes and Everton at the top of After pushing Liverpool a substitute, his sumptuous Ruben Dias and the need for the table after letting two points all the way in a 4-3 defeat pass finished off by Marcos defensive cover was obvious slip away from a dominant dis- on the opening weekend of Llorente, before scoring him- as Vardy tore apart the experi- play against Newcastle. the season, Marcelo Bielsa’s self with a powerful header at mental pairing of Eric Garcia Lucas Moura’s predatory men have won their next two the back post. He then added and Nathan Ake. finish on 25 minutes was all with the much-maligned another in injury time follow- “We set up to infuriate Spurs had to show from a first- Bamford scoring in all three ing up his own shot to make it them and it has worked a half littered with chances as games so far. six for rampant Atletico at the treat,” said Vardy. “We knew if Karl Darlow made three fine The Blades remain without Wanda Metropolitano. we stuck to our plan we would saves from Harry Kane and a point or a goal this season af- Diego Costa had earlier get some chances.” Son Heung-min hit the wood- ter impressing to finish ninth given the home team the lead. It was the more experi- work twice. on their return to the top- Angel Correa and the impres- enced Kyle Walker who was at Newcastle had not even flight last season. sive Joao Felix, who was per- Atletico Madrid’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez scores during the Spanish league match against against fault to start Leicester’s revival registered a shot on target West Ham got their first haps the best player on the Granada FC at at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Sunday. Atletico won 6-1. (AFP) as he brought down Vardy, until they were awarded a league win of the season in pitch put Granada out of sight, who slammed home the re- penalty five minutes into style with a 4-0 win over before Suarez stole the show. with Costa and Felix, perhaps with Felix booting the ball into clever dummy by Costa. sulting penalty. added time when Andy Car- Wolves despite the absence of Suarez might have had a invigorated by the Uruguay- the stand in frustration, sug- That was Costa’s last sig- The former England in- roll’s header brushed the arm manager David Moyes due to hat-trick given he also won a an’s arrival, looking sharper. gesting he might have been nificant contribution before he ternational then brilliantly of Eric Dier and referee Peter coronavirus. penalty and had the ball un- Felix was excellent. If the keen to take it. departed for Suarez, the Uru- flicked home Timothy Cast- Bankes pointed to the spot af- Moyes was still taking der his arm to take it, only for 20-year-old can find some Atletico’s dominance briefly guayan coming on in the 70th agne’s cross and drew another ter reviewing the incident on charge from home as he was in the decision to be reversed by consistency this season after a subsided and Granada might minute. He was set up a fourth penalty from Garcia’s naive the pitchside monitor. communication with his staff referee Javier Estrada. But stop-start opening year, Atleti- have gone in level at half-time, in the 72nd minute, a cush- challenge. Hugo Lloris got a hand to and will have enjoyed what he Suarez’s performance off the co could challenge for the title. their best chance falling to Vic- ioned pass on the volley allow- Vardy this time slotted low Callum Wilson’s penalty but saw as Jarrod Bowen curled bench completed the perfect They might have been two tor Diaz, who was denied at ing Llorente to find the corner. past Ederson and James Mad- could not keep it out with even them into a deserved half-time start to the season for him and up in the first quarter of an close range by Jan Oblak. Suarez then powered in a dison killed off a jaded City the Magpies boss Steve Bruce lead. for Atletico, who might start to hour as Costa did well to head Instead, the visitors ell away header at the back post from with a sumptuous curling ef- embarrassed to have escaped Bowen doubled his tally on believe the scoring problems of in Correa’s cross before Felix in the second half as the excel- Llorente’s cross before Granada fort into the top corner. with a point. the rebound after Pablo For- last term could be behind them. won a penalty, his dancing run lent Felix set up one and then pulled one back through Jorge Ake pulled a goal back six “It is a total nonsense,” nals hit the post before Raul It was not only Suarez’s into the box drawing a foul scored another. First, he picked Molina. But Suarez was not fin- minutes from time from Mah- said Bruce of the penalty Jimenez’s own goal and Se- contribution that would have from Domingos Duarte. out Correa at the back post with ished, his shot from outside the rez’s corner, but after Vardy award. “We should be jumping bastien Haller rounded off an pleased Diego Simeone but the But Saul Niguez’s shot was a curling pass and then finished area cannoned back off the post, had made way, another idi- through hoops, but I would be impressive performance from displays of his other forwards, brilliantly saved by Rui Silva, himself, coming inside after a but he reached the rebound first. otic City challenge, this time devastated if that was us.” the Hammers. Bayern’s winning streak ends with Hoffenheim thumping

AFP to take our chances or play Kimmich gave Bayern a Berlin with our usual intensity.” lifeline with shot from the edge Hoffenheim coach Sebas- of the area on 36 minutes, but European champions Bay- tian Hoeness is the nephew of Hoffenheim could have been ern Munich suffered a first de- Bayern’s honorary president 3-1 up at half-time as Kramar- feat for 10 months when their Uli Hoeness and left Munich’s ic clipped the crossbar before 23-match winning run was reserves in July to take over at the half-time whistle. ended by a shock 4-1 Bundesliga Hoffenheim. Flick responded by beef- loss at Hoffenheim on Sunday. “We put into practise eve- ing up his side by bringing Hoffenheim raced into a rything we had worked on, we on Lewandowski and central Aspetar’s medical support at 2-0 lead with early goals by were dominant from the be- midfielder Leon Goretzka for defender Ermin Bicakcic and ginning, managed to always Zirkzee and Pavard on 57 min- Doha Diamond League praised striker Munas Dabbur. be dangerous and defend utes, but to no avail. Although Joshua Kimmich well, so I am not surprised by Kramaric made sure of The Organising Committee of Qatar Sports Club offering ser- gave Bayern a lifeline just be- the result,” said Hoffenheim the win when he finished the Wanda Diamond League vices to all participating athletes fore the break, Croatia interna- coach Hoeness. a counter-attack with a Doha 2020 (held on Friday) 117 athletes from 65 countries tional striker Andrej Kramaric Bayern looked tired, show- stunning strike on 77 min- praised Aspetar’s medical participating in Doha Diamond netted a second-half goal and ing the effects of being taken to utes and slotted the resulting services provided at this year’s League 2020. A team of physi- converted a late penalty. extra time in the UEFA Super Hoffenheim’s Norwegian defender Havard Nordtveit (left) and Bayern penalty in added time when event. “Thank you Aspetar cians, nurses, physiotherapists The shock win left Hof- Cup on Thursday before beat- Munich’s German midfielder Joshua Kimmich vie for the ball during Neuer brought down replace- and our medical team for the and massage therapists pro- fenheim top of the table while ing Sevilla 2-1 in Budapest. the German first division Bundesliga match in Mainz on Sunday.(AFP) ment forward Ihlas Bebou in unparalleled support to assure vided immediate medical care defending champions Bayern “We shouldn’t forget that the area. safety. Everyone was tested throughout the event and at the are in the unusual position of Bayern played 120 minutes Dortmund – the chance to nuel Neuer. Freiburg are fifth in the ta- before and after the event and participants’ residences. seventh after two matches. four days ago, but we put in win a fifth title in 2020 – his The hosts doubled their ble, two places above Bayern, the result was negative on both Cheruiyot, the world 1,500m It was the first time Bayern a great performance,” added 19-year-old understudy Josh- lead when Bayern defender after their 1-1 draw at home to counts. That proves to that champion, said in press confer- have lost under head coach Hoeness. ua Zirkzee struggled to spark Benjamin Pavard tried to snuff Wolfsburg as Nils Petersen’s major sporting events can still ence: “I took a cautious ap- Hansi Flick in any competi- The loss brings to an end Bayern’s attack. out a counter-attack, but his early goal for the hosts was happen if precautionary meas- proach from the gun tonight. tion since going down 2-1 to Bayern’s run of 23 consecutive “We will tick off this pass rolled into the path of Is- cancelled out by an equaliser ures were taken, the organisers A small hamstring niggle Borussia Moenchengladbach wins, a record for a club in one match and focus on what we raeli striker Dabbur, who held from Wolves’ Croatia mid- said through a tweet. prevented me from firing on all on December 7, 2019. of Europe’s five main leagues, can do better on Wednesday,” his nerve to chip the ball over fielder Josip Brekalo. This year’s competition came cylinders. Thanks to the Aspetar “Compliments to Hoffen- surpassing Real Madrid’s 22 added Flick. Neuer on 24 minutes. Schalke sacked head in exceptional circumstances for their care these past days. “ heim, they cut out our space straight between September Hoffenheim took full ad- It was the first time Bay- coach David Wagner on Sun- due to the COVID19 pandemic, For the tenth consecutive year, and gave us few chances,” said and December 2014. vantage of Munich’s lethargy ern have been two goals down day morning in the wake of where a strict health protocol Aspetar, the orthopaedic and Flick, who bristled at repeated With Robert Lewandowski with Bicakcic giving them the since they lost 5-1 at Eintracht their 3-1 defeat at home to was applied. For this year’s sports medicine hospital, questions about his team’s rested ahead of Wednesday’s lead on 16 minutes when he Frankfurt in November 2019, Werder Bremen, which left Doha Diamond League, Aspetar provided its world-class medical tired display. German Super Cup show- out-leapt Corentin Tolisso at a defeat which cost Flick’s pre- them winless in their last 18 set up on-site facilities at the support to athletes at the meet. “We just couldn’t manage down at home to Borussia a corner and headed past Ma- decessor Niko Kovac his job. league games.