SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 SPORTS Soccer results/standings Bayern romp deepens English Premier League result (Ainsworth 21, McManus 36) St Johnstone 1 (Mackay Aston Villa 3 (Westwood 1, Weimann 41, 45) Hull 1 27); St Mirren 1 (Wylde 79) Ross County 0. (Bowery 28-og); Manchester United 0 Sunderland 1 Playing today Hamburg’s drop fears (Larsson 30); Newcastle 3 (Ameobi 18, Remy 87, Hearts v Kilmarnock Taylor 90+1) Cardiff 0; Stoke 4 (Odemwingie 39, Scottish Football League results Arnautovic 54, Assaidi 73, Walters 82) Fulham 1 Championship BERLIN: Mario Goetze netted twice in Bayern (Richardson 80); Swansea 0 Southampton 1 (Lambert Cowdenbeath 1 Queen Of The South 1; Dundee 2 Munich’s 4-1 win at Hamburg yesterday which 90+3); West Ham 2 (Kane 27-og, Downing 44) Dumbarton 1; Falkirk 3 Alloa 1; Hamilton 10 (Ten) Tottenham 0; Everton 2 (Barkley 11, Lukaku 65) left the hosts facing a nerve-racking final week- Morton 2; Livingston 2 Raith 0. end where they could be relegated for the first Manchester City 3 (Aguero 22, Dzeko 43, 48) Division One Playing today Airdrie 2 Arbroath 0; Ayr 4 East Fife 1; Brechin 1 time. Arsenal v West Brom, Chelsea v Norwich Stenhousemuir 3; Dunfermline 1 Rangers 1; Stranraer As the only team in Germany’s top tier to Playing tomorrow 3 Forfar 1. have never been relegated, Hamburg’s 20th Crystal Palace v Liverpool Division Two defeat of the season left them third from bot- English Football League results Albion 1 Queen’s Park 0; Annan Athletic 2 Elgin City 0; tom on 27 points. Championship Berwick 1 Peterhead 2; East Stirling 1 Montrose 2; Barnsley 2 QPR 3; Blackburn 4 Wigan 3; Blackpool 0 That’s one point ahead of Nuremberg and Stirling 4 Clyde 1. two in front of Eintracht Braunschweig with Charlton 3; Bolton 2 Birmingham 2; Ipswich 2 Spanish League results Sheffield Wednesday 1; Leeds 1 Derby 1; Leicester 1 Barcelona 2 (Messi 23, Sanchez 67) Getafe 2 (Lafita those two sides occupying the automatic rele- Doncaster 0; Millwall 1 Bournemouth 0; Nottingham 37, 90+1); Malaga 0 Elche 1 (Rodrigues 11). gation places. Forest 1 Brighton 2; Reading 2 Burnley 2; Watford 1 Playing later The best former European champions Huddersfield 4; Yeovil 1 Middlesbrough 4. Osasuna v Celta Vigo, Valladolid v Espanyol Hamburg can now hope for is a two-legged rel- Division One Playing today Brentford 2 Stevenage 0; Crawley 1 Bristol City 1; egation play-off against the third-placed side in Almeria v Real Betis, Levante v Atletico Madrid, Crewe 2 Preston 1; Gillingham 1 Shrewsbury 1; Milton the second division to preserve their top-flight Sevilla v Villarreal, Real Madrid v Valencia. Keynes Dons 1 Leyton Orient 3; Oldham 1 Notts status. Playing tomorrow County 1; Peterborough 0 Port Vale 0; Sheffield Utd 2 Real Sociedad v Granada Bayern bounced back from Tuesday’s 4-0 Coventry 1; Swindon 1 Rotherham 2; Tranmere 1 German Bundesliga results defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League Bradford 2; Walsall 0 Colchester 1; Wolves 3 Carlisle 0. semi-final, second-leg to return to winning Division Two Borussia Dortmund 3 (Grosskreutz 29, Mkhitaryan 31, Accrington 3 AFC Wimbledon 2; Bristol Rovers 0 Piszczek 34) Hoffenheim 2 (Roberto Firmino 5, Suele ways a fortnight before facing Borussia Mansfield 1; Cheltenham 2 Dagenham and 66); Bor. Moenchengladbach 3 (Stranzl 22, Kruse 54, Dortmund in the German Cup final on May 17. Redbridge 3; Chesterfield 2 Fleetwood 1; Hartlepool Kramer 77) Mainz 05 1 (Choup-Moting 66); VfB “It wasn’t easy after the Champions League 0 Exeter 2; Morecambe 0 Bury 0; Newport 2 Rochdale Stuttgart 1 (Gentner 62) VfL Wolfsburg 2 (de Bruyne defeat, but the win was important for us for the 1; Northampton 3 Oxford 1; Portsmouth 3 Plymouth 13, Olic 90+1); Werder Bremen 2 (Hunt 49, 90+1) cup final in Berlin,” said Bayern coach Pep Hertha Berlin 0; Nuremberg 0 Hanover 96 2 (Huszti 5, 3; Scunthorpe 2 York 2; Southend 1 Burton 0; Torquay Guardiola. 0 Wycombe 3. Schmiedebach 51); Freiburg 0 Schalke 04 2 (Ayhan Scottish Premier League results 13, Huntelaar 65); Hamburg 1 (Calhanoglu 70) Bayern “I wish Hamburg the best of luck and hope Celtic 5 (Brown 25, 44, Stokes 53, Commons 69, 87) Munich 4 (Goetze 32, 70, Mueller 55, Pizarro 75); they reach the play-offs. A club with their histo- Aberdeen 2 (McGinn 28, Logan 56); Hibernian 1 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 Augsburg 1 (Bobadilla ry belongs in the Bundesliga.” Bayern needed (Stanton 88) Partick 1 (Doolan 8); Inverness CT 1 90+4); Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayer Leverkusen 2 32 minutes to take the lead as Goetze squared (Christie 7) Dundee Utd 1 (El Alagui 71); Motherwell 2 (Castro 28, Can 36). to Arjen Robben and then tapped home the return pass to put the champions 1-0 up. GERMANY: Hamburg’s Michael Mancienne of England (right) and Bayern’s Arjen Robben of the English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, They doubled their lead when Goetze was Netherlands (left) challenge for the ball during the German League soccer match. —AP points): left free to fire home Robben’s corner on 55 As the bottom three are separated by just shot from Niklas Suele to fly through his legs, Man City 36 25 5 6 96 37 80 Cheltenham 46 13 16 17 53 63 55 minutes, which went in off colleague Thomas two points, all that remains to be decided in made it 3-2 to the hosts with 66 minutes gone. Liverpool 36 25 5 6 96 46 80 Morecambe 46 13 15 18 52 64 54 Mueller. Chelsea 36 24 6 6 69 26 78 Hartlepool 46 14 11 21 50 56 53 next weekend’s final round of matches is which Ten-man Schalke 04 need just one more Arsenal 36 22 7 7 65 41 73 AFC 46 14 14 18 49 57 53 Goetze grabbed his second when he slotted two go down and who goes into the play-off. point to secure a direct Champions League Everton 37 20 9 8 59 39 69 Northampton 46 13 14 19 42 57 53 home Mueller’s pass after Robben’s shot was Poland striker Robert Lewandowski enjoyed place next season after their 2-0 win at Freiburg Tottenham 37 20 6 11 52 51 66 Wycombe 46 12 14 20 46 54 50 saved by Hamburg keeper Rene Adler. a 3-2 win against Hoffenheim in his final home kept them three points clear of Bayer Man Utd 36 18 6 12 60 41 60 Bristol Rovers 46 12 14 20 43 54 50 Hamburg pulled a goal back with 20 minutes match for second-placed Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen in third as Dutchman Klaas-Jan Southampton 37 15 10 12 53 45 55 — relegated left through Turkey midfielder Hakan Newcastle 37 15 4 18 42 57 49 Torquay 46 12 9 25 42 66 45 before joining Bayern next season. Huntelaar scored his 59th league goal for the Stoke 37 12 11 14 43 51 47 — relegated Calhanoglu before Claudio Pizarro grabbed Hoffenheim took the lead after just five min- Royal Blues in his 100th Bundesliga game. Crystal Palace 36 13 4 19 28 43 43 Note: AFC Wimbledon deducted 3 points for fielding Bayern’s fourth. utes when Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino Leverkusen kept their grip on fourth, and a West Ham 37 11 7 19 40 49 40 an ineligible player. Bayern defender Jerome Boateng was sent beat both Germany defender Mats Hummels Champions League play-off place, with a 2-0 Swansea 37 10 9 18 51 53 39 Scottish Premiership table off just before the final whistle for striking and Marcel Schmelzer to drill home his shot. win at Eintracht Frankfurt. But both Borussia Aston Villa 36 10 8 18 39 54 38 Celtic 36 30 5 1 96 21 95 Kerem Demirbay. The defeat means Hamburg Hull 36 10 7 19 37 48 37 — champions But Dortmund roared back with three goals Moenchengladbach and Wolfsburg can still West Brom 35 7 15 13 42 54 36 Aberdeen 36 19 8 9 50 36 65 cannot now finish outside the bottom three, in five minutes before the break. Germany claim the Bundesliga’s fourth Champions Sunderland 36 9 8 19 38 57 35 Motherwell 36 20 4 12 61 59 64 the same fate befalling Nuremberg after their winger Kevin Grosskreutz slotted in a 29th League place next season. Norwich 36 8 8 20 28 60 32 Dundee Utd 36 16 10 10 63 44 58 2-0 defeat at home to Hanover 96. minute shot, Henrikh Mkhitaryan headed home ‘Gladbach’s 3-1 win at home to Mainz keeps Fulham 37 9 4 24 38 83 31 Inverness CT 36 15 9 12 41 42 54 Bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig, who two minutes later and then Lukasz Piszczek hit them sixth, three points from fourth, while — relegated St Johnstone 36 15 7 14 45 37 52 lost 1-0 at home to Augsburg thanks to Raul Cardiff 37 7 9 21 31 72 30 St Mirren 36 10 8 18 38 56 38 their third after a mix up in the Hoffenheim Wolfsburg’s 2-1 win at VfB Stuttgart, thanks to — relegated Hibernian 36 8 11 17 31 49 35 Bobadilla’s 94th-minute goal, were already cer- defence from a free-kick. Ivica Olic’s late goal, also keeps them in the Note: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Partick 36 7 14 15 40 60 35 tain of finishing in the bottom three in their A bad mistake by Dortmund goalkeeper hunt for a Champions League spot, a point Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for Ross County 36 9 7 20 40 60 34 first season back in Germany’s top flight.