MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 SPORTS

Bayern destroy Hamburg 8-0 with Lewandowski hat-trick

BERLIN: Bayern Munich forward Robert the 54th minute after Arturo Vidal had put the break as Hamburg again capitulated draw at Hertha Berlin last week. goal drought after 471 minutes to score Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as the the hosts ahead in the 17th. to the Bundesliga champions and current They had 75 percent possession in the twice as Borussia Dortmund tightened Bundesliga leaders mercilessly obliterated Strugglers Hamburg had been confi- leaders. “A perfect day, a perfect game,” first half alone and could have added to their hold on third place with a 3-0 victory Hamburg SV 8-0 on Saturday as coach dent they would not be the punch bags of said Ancelotti. “The team played an out- their tally with Lewandowski also hitting at Freiburg. Dortmund are on 40 points, Carlo Ancelotti celebrated his 1,000th past matches between the sides, having standing game and I could not be happi- the woodwork. “I think we did not win a three ahead of Hoffenheim who play game as manager. also lost 8-0 in Munich two years ago, and er.” “I told my players before the game that single one-on-one throughout the entire Schalke 04 today. Hertha Berlin beat 10- The win kept Bayern five points clear at they had been unbeaten in their last three I wanted a good match for my anniversary. first half,” Hamburg keeper Rene Adler man Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 with goals the top as they again inflicted on their games. But they looked shell-shocked as I never thought it would be that good. I said. “It’s just intolerable.” from Vedad Ibisevic and Vladimir Darida in opponents their heaviest league defeat. they conceded another goal by David hope we show the same attitude in our Second-placed RB Leipzig stayed five the second half to leapfrog their oppo- The Pole, who has netted 19 times in Alaba in the 56th and substitute Kingsley next game.” points off the pace after beating Cologne nents into fifth place.Eintracht, two points the Bundesliga this season, struck twice in Coman scored twice more within five min- Bayern never gave Hamburg a chance, 3-1 to climb up to 48 points. behind in sixth, had Haris Seferovic sent the first half and slotted in his third goal in utes a little later. Arjen Robben struck on making amends for their last-gasp 1-1 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ended his off for elbowing an opponent. —Reuters

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham Hotspur 4, Stoke City 0; Chelsea 3, Swansea City 1; Crystal Palace 1, Middlesbrough 0; Everton 2, Sunderland 0; Hull City 1, Burnley 1; Watford 1, West Ham United 1; West Bromwich Albion 2, Bournemouth 1. Standings P W D L F A Pts Crotone 26 3 4 19 21 45 13 Chelsea 26 20 3 3 55 19 63 Pescara 26 2 6 18 27 57 12 Tottenham Hotspur2615 8 3 50 18 53 Manchester City 25 16 4 5 51 29 52 GERMANY LEAGUE RESULTS/STANDINGS Arsenal 25 15 5 5 54 28 50 Bayer Leverkusen 0, Mainz 2; Bayern Munich 8, Liverpool 25 14 7 4 54 30 49 Hamburg Sv 0; Hertha Berlin 2, Eintracht Frankfurt Manchester United2513 9 3 38 21 48 0; RB Leipzig 3, Cologne 1; Freiburg 0, Borussia Everton 26128 6422744 Dortmund 3; SV Darmstadt 98 1, FC Augsburg 2; Albion 26 11 7 8 36 32 40 Vfl Wolfsburg 1, Werder Bremen 2. West Ham United26 9 6 11 35 44 33 Stoke City 26 8 8 10 30 40 32 Standings P W D L F A Pts Burnley 26 9 4 13 28 37 31 Bayern Munich 22 16 5 1 54 13 53 Watford 26 8 7 11 30 43 31 RB Leipzig 22 15 3 4 41 22 48 Southampton 25 8 6 11 28 31 30 Dortmund 22 11 7 4 46 23 40 Bournemouth 26 7 5 14 36 51 26 Hoffenheim 21 9 10 2 38 2137 Swansea City 26 7 3 16 32 57 24 Hertha Berlin 22 11 4 7 30 24 37 Middlesbrough 26 4 10 12 19 28 22 Eintracht Frankfurt2210 5 7 25 22 35 Crystal Palace 26 6 4 16 33 46 22 Cologne 22 8 9 5 31 22 33 Leicester City 25 5 6 14 24 43 21 Bayer Leverkusen22 9 3 10 34 32 30 Hull City 26 5 6 15 23 50 21 Freiburg 22 9 3 10 28 39 30 Sunderland 26 5 4 17 24 48 19 Mainz 22 8 4 10 31 37 28 FC Augsburg 22 7 6 9 21 28 27 SPANISH LA LIGA TABLE Schalke 21 7 5 9 25 22 26 Spanish La Liga table after yesterday’s early match Moenchengladbach217 5 9 23 29 26 (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, Wolfsburg 22 6 4 12 20 33 22 points): Werder Bremen 22 6 4 12 28 43 22 Real Madrid 22 16 4 2 57 20 52 Hamburg 22 5 5 12 21 45 20 Sevilla 24 16 4 4 48 29 52 Ingolstadt 04 21 5 3 13 19 32 18 Barcelona 23 15 6 2 63 19 51 Darmstadt 22 3 3 16 15 43 12 Atletico Madrid 23 13 6 4 43 19 45 REGGIO EMILIA: AC Milan’s defender Gabriel Paletta (front) controls the ball over Sassuolo’s midfielder Matteo Politano during het Italian Serie Real Sociedad 24 14 2 8 37 32 44 FRANCE LEAGUE RESULTS/STANDINGS A football match Sassuolo vs AC Milan yesterday at the Mapei stadium in Reggio Emilia. — AFP Villarreal 23 10 9 4 30 15 39 En Avant de Guingamp 1, Monaco 2; Nantes 3, Eibar 24 11 5 8 39 31 38 Dijon FCO 1; Nice 2, Montpellier HSC 1. Espanyol 24 9 8 7 33 31 35 Standings P W D L F A Pts SOCCER Athletic Bilbao 23 10 5 8 28 28 35 Monaco 27 19 5 3 78 25 62 Celta Vigo 22 10 3 9 36 36 33 Nice 27 17 8 2 44 21 59 Alaves 24 8 9 7 24 29 33 Paris St 26 17 5 4 50 18 56 Las Palmas 24 7 7 10 32 36 28 Lyon 25 14 1 10 49 31 43 Immobile, Bacca spot-on Valencia 24 7 5 12 34 43 26 St Etienne 26 10 9 7 31 21 39 Malaga 24 6 8 10 31 40 26 Marseille 26 11 6 9 35 31 39 Real Betis 23 6 6 11 23 37 24 Girondins 26 10 9 7 32 31 39 Leganes 24 5 6 13 20 39 21 Toulouse 26 9 7 10 31 28 34 for Lazio and Milan Deportivo La Coruna 23 4 7 12 26 39 19 Guingamp 27 9 7 11 31 35 34 Sporting Gijon 23 4 4 15 25 47 16 Stade Rennes 26 8 9 9 25 31 33 Granada 23 3 7 13 21 49 16 Nantes 269 611223533 MILAN: Ciro Immobile and Carlos Bacca hit spot- way to an opening defeat after succeeding Juric in loan from Manchester City, made his entry on 92 Osasuna 24 1 7 16 24 55 10 Montpellier 27 8 8 11 39 45 32 kicks for Lazio and AC Milan respectively yesterday midweek, after Federico Viviani struck for Bologna minutes and coolly sidestepped his marker to beat Angers SCO 26 8 6 12 22 33 30 in key wins that boosted the sides’ hopes of just before the hour. Antonio Mirante in the Bologna net with an ITALIAN LEAGUE RESULTS/STANDINGS Lille 26 8 5 13 24 32 29 European football next season. Table-toppers But 21-year-old French midfielder Ntcham, on unstoppable drive two minutes later. —AFP Chievo Verona 2, Pescara 0; Crotone 1, Cagliari 2; Caen 26 8 4 14 26 43 28 Juventus took their lead over Roma to 10 points Genoa 1, Bologna 1; Lazio 1, Udinese 0; Palermo 1, Metz 25 8 6 11 25 45 28 with a comfortable win over Empoli on Saturday, Sampdoria 1; Sassuolo 0, Ac Milan 1; Juventus 2, Dijon FCO 27 6 9 12 37 44 27 and the gap will remain if Roma suffer defeat at Empoli 0; Napoli 0, Atalanta Bergamo 2. Nancy-Lorraine 26 7 6 13 18 34 27 later. Kane scores hat trick as Standings P W D L F A Pts Bastia 25 5 8 12 22 33 23 With third-placed Napoli now 12 points in Juventus 26 22 0 4 55 17 66 Lorient 266 416275222 arrears after a shock 2-0 defeat to Atalanta, the race AS Roma 25 18 2 5 54 22 56 for a top-three finish is back on. Atalanta (three Spurs thrash Stoke 4-0 Napoli 26 16 6 4 60 29 54 points off third), Lazio (four), Inter (six) and AC Atalanta Bergamo26 16 3 7 42 26 51 Milan (seven) are all within reach, but it took a pair “This season we are not only winning Lazio 26 15 5 6 45 29 50 of spot-kicks for Lazio and AC Milan to keep their games (at White Hart Lane), we are playing Inter Milan 25 15 3 7 40 24 48 Matches on TV hopes alive. Tottenham 4 very well here. Maybe because we all know it’s AC Milan 26 14 5 7 37 29 47 (Local Timings) Lazio welcomed Udinese protecting a three- the last season here and it’s a very special Fiorentina 25 11 7 7 42 35 40 game unbeaten run but it took Immobile’s second- atmosphere on the pitch and in the stadium.” Torino 25 9 8 8 46 40 35 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE half penalty to secure the points at the Stadio Stoke has now lost its last three Premier Sampdoria 26 9 8 9 31 32 35 League games against Tottenham 4-0. “Maybe Leicester City v Liverpool 23:00 Olimpico after Iraqi defender Kadhim Ali Adnan Stoke 0 Chievo Verona 26 10 5 11 28 34 35 was deemed to have handled. The 1-0 win kept we had a few scars from the previous two per- Cagliari 26 9 4 13 35 52 31 beIN SPORTS Lazio fifth, 16 points behind runaway leaders formances,” Stoke manager Mark Hughes said. Sassuolo 26 9 3 14 35 42 30 Juventus, and just four behind third-placed Napoli. “We were a little bit too passive and not Udinese 26 8 5 13 28 35 29 LONDON: Harry Kane scored a first-half hat ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE “After Atalanta’s win at Napoli, it’s given the table a aggressive enough in our defensive work. At Bologna 26 7 7 12 24 39 28 trick as Tottenham thrashed Stoke 4-0 yester- times we were a little bit awestruck and different look,” Immobile told Premium Sport. day to deliver a record-equaling eighth Genoa 26 6 8 12 28 41 26 ACF Fiorentina v Torino FC 22:45 “We’re up there as well now, and we’ll try to capi- maybe gave a little bit too much respect to Empoli 26 5 7 14 15 37 22 straight Premier League victory at home. Kane good players.” beIN SPORTS talise from here on in. We have a few key games reached 100 career goals at club level with his Palermo 26 3 6 17 22 50 15 coming up, so we have to stay focused if we want opener as he delivered a spectacular treble LANDMARK STRIKE Europe.” AC Milan’s Champions League hopes are within 37 minutes, before setting up Dele Alli probably over following a series of recent setbacks, Kane’s landmark strike came in the 14th as to give Spurs a 4-0 halftime lead. he took advantage of Ryan Shawcross’ failure and they showed little improvement in a cagey Tottenham’s eighth successive win at White performance away to Sassuolo. to clear, sending the ball across goal with Hart Lane equals the club record set in 2009. It power and precision from the right side of the Marseille’s American Bacca’s 22nd minute penalty ended a three- was the perfect way for Mauricio Pochettino’s game victory famine at the Mapei Stadium for box. Despite the final score, Hugo Lloris pro- side to get its Premier League campaign back duced one of the game’s most crucial Vincenzo Montella’s men. on track after a turbulent February, which saw owner vows buying spree After earning an early caution from referee moments in the 23rd to preserve his side’s defeat to domestic rivals Liverpool followed lead. The French goalkeeper repelled Peter Gianpaolo Calvarese for simulation, Domenico by a surprise Europa League exit at the hands MARSEILLE: Marseille’s American bil- success with the purchase of Payet, Crouch’s effort at point-blank range after the Berardi missed the spot-kick for Sassuolo after Juraj of Belgian side Genk. lionaire owner Frank McCourt says he among others, during the winter trans- former Spurs striker met Erik Pieters’ cross. Kucka hauled down Alfred Duncan minutes later. “I’m very pleased for him (Kane), he intends to invest heavily in new talent to fer window but the real action would Warning heeded, Tottenham did not look Ten minutes later the hosts suffered another blow deserves it, he’s very professional and he’s a restore the glory days of the once-domi- come later. “Our main objective is the back. Jan Vertonghen struck the crossbar with when Calvarese awarded Milan a penalty after top man. It doesn’t surprise me, because I’ve nant French giants. summer transfer market,” Eyraud said. “It a rising right-footed effort before Kane came Andrea Bertolacci came down under a soft chal- told you many times that for me he’s one of Marseille stumped up a club-record will give us the opportunity to complete within inches of adding his second with a lenge. Bacca slid on his way to mis-hitting his the best strikers in the world,” Pochettino said. 30 million euros ($32m, £25m) to lure our strengthening of the team ahead of effort, which flew over the body of Andrea Consigli powerful strike from outside the box.—AP French international Dimitri Payet back our first full season in control of the and into the net, prompting vociferous protests from Premier League West Ham during club.” Boston-born tycoon McCourt, 63, from Sassuolo that the Colombian had made con- the winter transfer window, when they who made his fortune building up a tact twice with the ball. Sassuolo saw valid claims also signed veteran Patrice Evra on a commercial real estate conglomerate, for a penalty waved away on the hour after Gabriel free from Juventus. purchased Marseille after eight turbu- Paletta came in late with a challenge that sent But McCourt indicated that more lent years in charge of the LA Dodgers. Matteo Politano sprawling to the turf. heavy spending was on the way at He financed the $430 million pur- “They shouldn’t have had a penalty, and we Marseille after he snapped the club up chase of the baseball franchise with a should have had three,” Sassuolo forward Alberto for a reported 45 million euros in leveraged buyout, loading debt onto Aquilani told Mediaset Premium. But the hosts October. “First of all, the best thing any- the club while using commercial proper- were lucky not to escape further punishment, one can do to improve the fan experi- ties in Boston as collateral. Consigli fingertipping a Suso effort to safety ence is to win,” he told reporters. “This To help service the debts from the before, from the corner, pulling Cristian Zapata’s improves everybody’s mentality, every- purchase, revenue streams were aggres- header out from under the crossbar. one’s approach, everybody’s attitude. sively ramped up with hikes on annual “Today we saw a lot of borderline incidents, for- “So the fact that the club is playing tickets and subscriptions, angering tunately they went in our favour,” said Montella.”It better, that there’s more talent, that long-time fans. was a very nervous game, every time something there is more passion, better results and During his eight-year reign, the happened there were protests.” so forth, this improves the fan experi- Dodgers reached the playoffs four times ence.” Marseille slumped to their worst but never progressed past the second NTCHAM RESCUES GENOA finish in Ligue 1 in 15 years last season round. The period ended in controversy Zdenek Zeman steered Pescara to a stunning 5- but appear to have turned the corner with the sale of the franchise after it 0 rout of Genoa last week in his first game back in following McCourt’s arrival and the filed for bankruptcy protection. charge of the league minnows, which led Genoa to appointment of former Lille and Roma McCourt reassured Marseille fans that sack Ivan Juric. But the wily Czech coach failed to manager Rudi Garcia on a three-year he had no plans to hike revenue streams reproduce the magic in a 2-0 defeat at Chievo, who contract at the imposing Stade and increase ticket prices at the Stade saw ex-AC Milan midfielder Valter Birsa open the Velodrome. Velodrome. “The strategy is rather to scoring on 12 minutes. McCourt also named former Spain inject enough capital to buy talent, The hosts wrapped up the points on the hour and Barcelona goalkeeper Andoni while also providing capital to build up when Lucas Castro was left with an easy tap-in Zubizarreta as sporting director and our coaching facilities,” he said. from six yards after he pounced on a loose ball. businessman Jacques-Henri Eyraud as “Excellence on the field brings with it Elsewhere, Genoa had late substitute Olivier LONDON: Stoke City’s Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic (R) vies with Tottenham Hotspur’s club president. Eyraud said that the more fans, more sponsors and bigger TV Ntcham to thank for a 94th minute rocket that English midfielder Harry Winks (L) during the English Premier League football match club had laid the foundations for future revenues.” — AFP secured a share of the points in a 1-1 draw at home between Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City at White Hart Lane in London, yesterday. — AFP to Bologna. Andrea Mandorlini looked to be on his