SPORT Sunday 7 October 2018 PAGE | 27 PAGE | 30 Nishikori to face Qatar’s Adel suffers Medvedev in major setback in Japan Morocco Wagner strikes late as , YESTERDAY S RESULTS Al Khor bt Al Rayyan 1-0 Al Khor stun Al Rayyan Al Ahli bt Al Shahania 2-1 RIZWAN REHMAT ON FRIDAY THE PENINSULA Players of Al Khor and Al Gharafa bt Al Arabi 3-0 Al Rayyan vie for ball Qatar SC bt Al Kharaitiyat 2-0 DOHA: Struggling Al Khor, one possession during the , of the two sides at the bottom of QNB Stars League at Al TODAY S MATCHES the QNB Stars League heap, saved Khor Stadium yesterday. 5:40pm: Al Duhail vs Umm it for last. Salal at Al Duhail Stadium Just when club fans thought the match would end in a goal- 7:50pm: Al Sadd vs Al Sailiya less draw, the home team yes- at Al Sadd Stadium terday stunned former cham- pions Al Rayyan with a late goal. Brazilian Wagner Ferreira, the margin of defeat. After a fast- who had been off-color in the paced start, Al Ahli opened the early part of the clash, produced scoring in the 12th minute. a neat finish to score the only goal Moutaouali went to his right and of the match in the 90th minute after a few steps, he unleashed a at Al Khor Stadium. great kick to beat Al Shahania The late goal, the first of the keeper Amer Ahmad Al Amri with season for Wagner, helped Al a powerful shot. Khor pick up their first win of the In the 34th minute, Hamad 2018-19 season in what was Saoud Al Jehaini of Al Shahania round 8 of the QNB Stars League. curled in a free-kick that nar- “I am very happy to have rowly missed the Al Ahli scored the goal,” Wanger said crossbar. yesterday after the clash. In the second half, a rough “It was a tough match but we tackle by Luciano brought down fought really well. We believed Nigel De Jong causing a long in ourselves and stuck to the task. stoppage in play. This win feels really good,” the In an enterprising first 10 players from sides increased in Tabata curled in a beautifully- In their last match, a Tabata Soon afterwards, Al Ahli Brazilian added. minutes of the round 8 clash, Al intensity. taken direct free-kick but his shot goal helped them beat minnows scored their second goal. Muntari After receiving a loopy cross Rayyan stitched a few threat- Four minutes later, Ahmed narrowly missed its target. Al Shahania 1-0. In the round despite under pressure from from the middle of the pitch, sub- ening moves but on every Yasin of Al Khor attempted a low Close to the hour-mark, Al before that, Al Rayyan were Ayoub Mashhour scored the stitute Adel Ahmad Mohmad occasion Al Khor defender well shot at Al Rayyan goal from close Rayyan’s Lucca curled in a pow- crushed 5-0 by Al Sadd in the second goal for Al Ahli. It was picked up Wagner with a cross to block captain Rodrigo Tabata range but Mohammed Juma - erful shot from outside the Al ‘Qatar Clasico’ clash. Muntari’s second goal of the inside the Al Khor box. Wagner, and veteran forward Sebastian patrolling the backline - blocked Khor box but keeper Mohammed Meanwhile, Al Ahli yesterday season that came from a left- despite marking by Ali Sanad Al- Soria. the shot. Ahmed Al Bakr palmed the ball produced a spirited display to footed drive. Nuaimi, managed shoot to the left On one occasion, forward A few seconds later, Al Khor away to kill the move. beat Al Shahania 2-1 in their QNB In the 79th minute, Al Shaha- of Al Rayyan keeper Oumar Tabata broke free off his marker striker Diogo Da silva missed one Things change in the last Stars League clash. nia’s Luciano picked up a lose ball Barry. The ball hit the net after but his effort was quickly waved of the easiest chances at the fag minute when Wagner produced Mohsine Moutaouali (13) and and flicked the ball towards Al slipping through the outstretched off as off-side by the linesman. end of an indirect free-kick. With the late stunner. Mohammed Muntari (72) scored Ahli goal. The ball hit keeper hand of Barry. In the 13th minute, a short only the goalkeeper to beat, For Al Rayyan and their coach the goals for the winners at Yazan Naim’s leg and went into The goal left Al Rayyan stoppage in play was caused by Diogo Da silva shot wide of the Rodolfo Martin Arruabarrena, Grand Hamad Stadium under the net. defenders clutching their heads a rough foul by Daniel Goumou mark from inside the Al Rayyan there’s plenty to think about as lights. For the losing side, a neat After a few feisty exchanges as Al Khor coach celebrated with on Al Khor’s Mohammed Ahmed box with keeper Barry beaten by the team struggles for goals this finish from Vazquez Luciano close to the final whistle, Al Ahli the players at the touchline. Buqshan as ball possession by the shot. At the half-hour mark, season. helped Al Shahania (79) reduce emerged 2-1 winners. Dier fires Spurs to win over Cardiff AFP ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE game in a row at the start of the season. LONDON: TOTTENHAM got English Premier League results yesterday: Doherty’s 56th-minute strike back on track after their Burnley 1 (Vokes 20) Huddersfield 1 (Schindler rewarded Nuno’s faith and left European mauling at the hands 66) Palace without a goal or a win in of Lionel Messi as Eric Dier sealed Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 1 (Doherty 56) their first four home games. a 1-0 win over Cardiff. Leicester 1 (Pereira 40) Everton 2 (Richarlison 7, Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson At Wembley, Tottenham Sigurdsson 77) scored a sublime goal to clinch Tottenham 1 (Dier 8) Cardiff 0 recovered from Wednesday’s his side a 2-1 win at 10-man Watford 0 Bournemouth 4 (Brooks 14, King 33- damaging 4-2 Champions League Leicester. pen, 45, Wilson 47) loss to Barcelona. Messi had tor- Brazilian forward Bernard, Manchester United 3 (Mata 70, Martial 76, mented Tottenham with a mes- Sanchez 90) Newcastle 2 (Kenedy 7, Muto 10) signed from Shakhtar Donetsk in merising display, capped by two Playing Today: the close-season, marked his first goals, that left the north Lon- Fulham vs Arsenal (1100 GMT), Liverpool vs Premier League start for Everton doners in danger of missing the Manchester City (1530 GMT), Southampton vs with an assist for his compatriot knockout stage. Chelsea (1315 GMT) Richarlison, who bagged his But Mauricio Pochettino’s Played on Friday fourth goal of the season with a side recovered against Cardiff to Brighton 1 (Murray 25) West Ham 0 simple finish in the seventh move into third place in the table. minute. Cardiff boss Neil Warnock Portugal defender Ricardo joked he would play 10 defenders to demand a red card. Pereira equalised for Leicester in in a bid to stifle Tottenham and “After Barcelona on the 40th minute, firing home to he might have regretted not doing Wednesday, the most important celebrate his 25th birthday with exactly that as the hosts went in thing was to win. We created a his first goal since his pre-season Tottenham Hotspur’s English defender Eric Dier (right) scores the team’s first goal during the English front after eight minutes. Dav- lot of chances but we didn’t kill move from Porto. Premier League match against Cardiff at Wembley Stadium in London, yesterday. inson Sanchez saw his header the game,” Pochettino said. But Leicester centre-back blocked by Joe Bennett and it “It was a clear red card from Wes Morgan was sent off in the span into the path of England my point of view. Neil Warnock 63rd minute, booked twice for David Brooks opened the Mourinho saw his side score three Muto fired the visitors -- who midfielder Dier, who swept home can complain but it is not my fouls on Richarlison, and Sig- scoring and Joshua King struck goals, including a late winner, as haven’t won in the league this from close-range for his first club business.” Matt Doherty con- urdsson ensured the visitors took twice before Callum Wilson they beat lowly Newcastle 3-2 at season -- into a shock lead. goal since April 2017. demned Crystal Palace to more advantage when he produced a sealed the rout. Old Trafford in the Premier But Juan Mata pulled a goal Cardiff were reduced to 10 misery on home turf as Wolves superb turn and long-range strike Burnley drew 1-1 with Hud- League on Saturday. back in the 70th minute with a men when Joe Ralls was sent off won 1-0 at Selhurst Park. into top corner in the 77th minute. dersfield after Sam Vokes puts Amid newspaper speculation fine free-kick, Anthony Martial for chopping down Lucas Moura Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Bournemouth extended their the hosts ahead and Christopher he could be sacked this weekend, equalised six minutes later and in the 58th minute, with Warnock Santo set a Premier League surprising start as Eddie Howe’s Schindler snatched the equaliser. Mourinho’s side fell 2-0 behind Alexis Sanchez scored in the 90th incensed after Tottenham’s record by naming an unchanged team climbed to fifth place with Meanwhile, Under-pressure as early as the 10th minute after minute to end United’s run of four players surrounded the referee starting line-up for an eighth a 4-0 win at Watford.