SPORT Monday 20 November 2017 PAGE | 30 PAGE | 35 PAGE | 36 Rahul, Dhawan Curry, Durant shine Derby draw leaves help India to help Warriors Real 10 points bounce back down 76ers behind Barca Mourinho QSL: Eight-star Al Duhail crush delighted by ‘emotional’ Al Kharaitiyat; Al Sadd win Ibra return Manchester AFP The Peninsula QNB STARS LEAGUE ose Mourinho admitted he NB Stars League points Yesterday’s Results Tabata celebrates milestone felt emotional to see Zla- leaders Al Duhail yester- Al Sadd bt Umm Salal 4-1 Jtan Ibrahimovic return Qday sailed to their seventh Al Rayyan bt Al Arabi 4-2 from his career-threatening win of the season when they Al Duhail bt Al Kharaitiyat 8-2 knee ligament operation in eased past Al Kharaitiyat with a Saturday’s Results as Al Rayyan trounce Al Arabi Manchester United’s impres- 8-2 card while Al Sadd rallied Al Sailiya bt Al Gharafa 3-2 sive 4-1 victory over from an early goal to trounce Al Ahli bt Al Markhiya 1-0 Rizwan Rehmat Al Rayyan striker Rodrigo Newcastle United. Umm Salal 4-1 here yesterday. The Peninsula Paul Pogba, coming back Al Khor bt Qatar SC 2-1 Tabata celebrates after Coached by Djamel Belmadi, scoring his 100th goal in from a 12-match lay-off of his Al Duhail rarely looked in trou- eared striker Rodrigo Qatar. own with a hamstring prob- ble as they hosted Al Kharaitiyat Ismail Mohammed - on the left Tabata yesterday scored lem, started the game and at Abdullah Bin Khalifa flank - spotted Msakni just Fhis 100th goal in Qatar played a pivotal role, laying Stadium. meters from the goalmouth. as Al Rayyan sailed to a 4-2 on an equaliser for Anthony A hat-trick by Youssef El After receiving the cross win over Al Arabi in round 8 Martial and scoring United’s Arabi (18, 31 and 87) was the from Mohammed, Maskni eas- of QNB Stars League. third. highlight of Al Duhail’s power- ily tapped the ball into the net Tabata, who converted an But Ibrahimovic, who tore ful show. with Al Kharaitiyat goalkeeper easy penalty for his side’s sec- knee ligaments against Captain Youssef Msakni (8 Ahmed Soofyan left rooted to the ond goal in the 32nd minute, Anderlecht in April and and 85) also showed good form spot. celebrated his historic strike underwent career-saving as did Korean star Nam Tae-hee It was the Tunisian winger’s by reaching out to a club offi- surgery, drew the biggest (83 and 90). Moaaz Ali Abdalla seventh goal of the season now cial holding a jersey marking cheer of the day when he (39) scored one for Al Duhail in just into its third month. Such his century of goals in Qatar. scored two goals to reduce the referee promptly pointed to the appeared as a 77th-minute the first half. was Al Duhail’s dominance in the Veteran striker Sebastian deficit (71 and 84). spot. Tabata easily slotted the substitute. Al Kharaitiyat scored their round 8 clash, that they enjoyed Soria (8), Abderrazak Hamdal- For Al Rayyan, Soria ball home to complete his mile- “The second half was first goal when Rachid 75 percent of the ball possession lah (59) and Gonzalo Viera (73) opened the scoring with an stone goal. ours,” said Mourinho. “We had Tiberkanine found the net in the in the first 15 minutes at Abdul- were the other main scorers edgy tap into Al Arabi net in the Tabata also created the control, goals, beautiful actions 48th minute. Tiberkanine scored lah Bin Khalifa Stadium. for Al Rayyan at Grand Hamad 8th minute from close range. chance for his team’s fourth and still time for a very emo- another six minutes later. With rhythm and momen- Stadium. Soon after the half-hour mark, goal when Viera headed home tional scene for all of us, who Al Duhail wasted little time tum on their side, it was a matter For hosts Al Arabi, Iraqi Soria was brought down by an on a free-kick fired by the star stayed close to such a profes- in settling down to score the first of time before El Arabi scored his defender Saad Natik Naji Al Arabi defender and the striker. sional with one of the biggest goal in the fast-paced match. In first goal. Following a short pass, injuries in football. the 8th minute, El Arabi swiftly tapped the ball into the net from close range to Elsewhere, Al Sadd picked up deflecting the ball into his own “And so him coming back take Al Duhail to a 2-0 lead. It three points following a fighting net after being chased by Umm was a joy for everyone but for was the 30-year-old Moroccan 4-1 win over Umm Salal. It was Salal’s Omar Yahya in the 9th us close to him it was more striker’s 13th goal of the Al Sadd’s seventh win of the minute. than that, it was a big emo- season. season. In the 39th minute, Xavi tion to see the big guy back.” In the 23rd minute, El Arabi Playing on home soil, Al Sadd curled in a David Beckham-style Pogba was sorely missed found the net once again from conceded an early goal in the 9th free-kick that sailed into the during his two-month close range but his effort was minute. Umm Salal net. It was Xavi’s third absence, not least by striker called off-side by the linesman However, goals by captain goal of the season. Romelu Lukaku who ended much to the relief of the Al Xavi (39), striker Baghdad Umm Salal nearly pulled off a run of seven games without Kharaitiyat defenders reeling Bounedjah (52, penalty) and the equalizer in injury time when a goal by adding the fourth under pressure. Eight minutes Murtaza Jan Pour (84) lifted Al Yannick Latte smashed a pow- for United against later El Arabi scored his second Sadd spirits. Basel Zaidan, the erful shot that rebounded off the Newcastle. goal of the match with a close- Umm Salal goalkeeper, unfor- Al Sadd crossbar. And although he would not range flick. tunately got on the scoresheet In the 52nd minute, Algerian talk about Pogba during his Ali Abdalla added Al Duhail’s following an own goal a minute striker Bounedjah easily con- injury, Mourinho was forth- fourth goal, also from closer before the final whistle. verted a penalty to give Al Sadd right about the French range, six minutes from the first The three goals cancelled the the 2-1 lead on home soil. international’s value to United, half whistle. own goal by Al Sadd’s Hamroun Six minutes from time, Xavi although he now has to make Al Kharataiyat’s Moroccan Jugurtha in the first half. produced a long ball towards Jan a decision whether or not to import Tiberkanine produced a Earlier feisty exchanges on Pour who headed home with a select him for Wednesday’s long solo run to score his team’s a cool evening marked the first well-timed deflection from close Champions League group first goal in the 48th minute and few minutes of the clash at Al range. game with Basel. then added one more - follow- Sadd Stadium. Jugurtha fired a bullet from “He was top,” said the ing a neat cross from Sanjar edge of the Umm Salal box. The United manager. “It looked Tursunov - in the 56th minute to In a shocking move, hosts Al shot rebounded off the Umm like he was not out, he came reduce the deficit. Sadd ended up conceding a goal Salal crossbar but the ball went back with a great perform- Al Sadd’s Xavi Hernandez (left) vies for ball possession with Al Duhail scored four more through a defensive error. into the net after getting ance, really great Umm Salal’s Adel Alawi Al Soleymani during their QNB Stars goals in the last seven minutes Jugurtha, in an attempt to clear nudged back by goalkeeper performance, he had great League match at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Al Sadd won 4-1. to complete their majestic win. the ball with a header, ended up Zaidan. influence in the game. “I agreed with him he had to make the decision of com- ing out at the first sign of EPL: Watford down West Ham fatigue because we don’t want to go over the limit so Khalifa Stadium to host he played a little bit more than an hour. “He affects our football. When he was injured I QNB Stars League matches decided to close my mouth, we cannot be crying, we have Doha played at the refurbished opportunity to experience the to find solutions that we have QNA venue are Al Rayyan vs Al stadium first hand, a host but we all know -- myself, Gharafa (Round 9, November venue for the 2022 FIFA World and the fellow players -- that he Supreme Committee 25) and Al Khor vs Al Sadd Cup. some players influence the for Delivery & Legacy (Round 10, December 1). The matches will also level of the team. T(SC), Aspire Zone Foun- Al Rayyan and Al Gharafa allow the Khalifa International “So with him we had dation, Qatar Football were to originally play at the Stadium Operations Team to much more creation, we have Association and Qatar Stars Al Sadd Stadium, while the continue testing the venue’s a second way out from the League yesterday announced other fixture was to be played operations and management first phase and I’m so happy.