Established 1961 Sport MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2017 Lomachenko retains title as Maple Leafs score twice in opening Lakmal leads rout as S Lanka 14Rigondeaux quits after six 14 two minutes to beat Penguins 4-3 15 romp home against India OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester City’s Spanish midfielder David Silva scores the opening goal past Manchester United’s Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (2L) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford. — AFP Man City down title rivals Man Utd Otamendi wins derby to fire City 11 points clear MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s defensive deficien- the added satisfaction of denying United a club-record The visitors were allowed to make the running and their From the corner that followed, City took the lead. Kevin cies gifted Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City a 2-1 derby 41st home game without defeat. City were also the last crisp exchanges gave United moments of alarm on the De Bruyne’s ball from the City right struck Lukaku and victory yesterday that allowed them to establish a massive team to emerge victorious at edge of their own penalty skipped up for Silva to leap and hook a close-range volley 11-point lead in the Premier League. Old Trafford, winning 2-1 in area. Raheem Sterling created past De Gea. City’s fans were goading United, mocking Romelu Lukaku was United’s fall guy, his failure to clear Guardiola’s first Manchester a shooting chance after a cries of “Hoof!” emanating from the away end every time two set-pieces enabling David Silva and Nicolas Otamendi derby in September 2016. neat-one two with Gabriel the hosts launched the ball forwards, but it was from one to score either side of Marcus Rashford’s opportunistic United saw a run of four City’s win was Jesus and Jesus procured a such agricultural attack that Mourinho’s men drew level. equaliser in first-half injury time. City’s win at a snowy Old wins come to an end and hav- sight of goal by sending After Otamendi mistimed his attempt to head away a Trafford was their 14th in succession in the Premier ing lost eight of the last 13 their 14th in Marcos Rojo crashing to the hopeful high ball from his Argentina team-mate Rojo, League, equalling the English top-flight record and setting derbies, they will find it hard- turf, but both players shot Delph allowed the ball to skip past him and Rashford dart- a new benchmark for consecutive victories within the er to play down talk of a succession in EPL straight at David de Gea. ed in to clip a low shot past Ederson. Rojo departed at same campaign. It also gave City an enormous advantage Manchester power shift. City made De Gea work half-time, having been involved in a clash of heads with at the summit and with Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal In switching to a back four hard for the first time in the Silva, while Ilkay Gundogan replaced City skipper Vincent having all lost ground this weekend, it will take a calamity and naming a fleet-footed 42nd minute when Leroy Sane Kompany, with Fernandinho dropping to centre-back. to deprive Guardiola’s team of the title. attacking quartet of Rashford, controlled Fabian Delph’s United looked more enterprising early in the second Guardiola has beaten opposite number Jose Mourinho Lukaku, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial, Mourinho deep cross on his thigh and obliged the Spaniard to tip his half, but another set-piece in the 54th minute-and another in nine of their 20 meetings and this latest win came with made it clear he would look to hit City on the break. rasping drive over the bar. Lukaku blunder-would prove their undoing. — AFP banks of four happy to sit deep and seek to frustrate the slipped as he attempted to make up for his mistake, Rooney gives home side. Liverpool carved out an opening just before Giroud’s late allowing Dusan Tadic the time and space to pick out the half-hour mark when Mane received the ball on the Austin’s run into the box where the striker finished from byline and cut it back for Solanke inside the box, but 12 yards out. It was the perfect start for the home side Everton a share under pressure from Tom Davies the striker scuffed his header rescues and they should have been two up inside five minutes effort. Everton fought hard, with Rooney using his when Tadic and Austin again combined to open up the of derby spoils strength to shoulder James Milner to the ground to the Arsenal unconvincing Gunners backline. approval of the visiting supporters. Gylfi Sigurdsson This time Tadic delivered a through ball from near the took things a little too far and received the first booking halfway line, sending Austin into space with a clear run LIVERPOOL: Wayne Rooney scored his first goal in a of the contest for a late challenge which caught the ankle SOUTHAMPTON: Olivier Giroud’s last-gasp header on goal, but the forward placed his shot too close to Merseyside derby as his late penalty earned Everton a 1- of Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson while Idrissa salvaged a point for Arsenal in a 1-1 draw at keeper Petr Cech who was given the chance to save. 1 draw with Liverpool yesterday. Liverpool had taken the Gueye was also shown yellow for a tackle from behind Southampton yesterday as Arsene Wenger’s side avoid- Arsenal looked vulnerable to every early lead in the 229th meeting of the old rivals when on Mane. The first goal arrived three minutes before ed a second successive Premier League defeat. Wenger’s Southampton attack and the satisfaction that followed Mohamed Salah spectacularly curled a shot home just half-time with the influential Salah, Liverpool’s most team appeared destined to follow last weekend’s home Thursday’s 6-0 Europa League defeat of BATE Borisov before half-time, but the Reds were unable to find a effective attacking player in the first half, the source. loss to Manchester United with another setback when was quickly forgotten. killer second goal at Anfield. Salah was fed the ball by defender Joe Gomez on they trailed to Charlie Austin’s third minute goal. Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere had both impressed Everton kept their discipline and refused to wilt and right flank, shrugged Cuco Martina easily to the ground But France striker Giroud conjured a response with in that win but Wenger adjudged that neither had done were awarded a spot-kick after Dejan Lovren barged and cut inside on his left foot. The Egypt international two minutes left when he directed Alexis Sanchez’s cross enough to force their way into his starting line-up. over Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Rooney, who rejoined his dropped a shoulder to move past Gueye and then curled past Fraser Forster shortly after appearing as a substi- Wilshere in particular had cause to feel hard done to boyhood club from Manchester United in July, showed a sublime finish into the top corner with Jordan Pickford tute. A single point, though, denied Arsenal the chance to with Granit Xhaka making little impression in the central no nerves as he equalised with 13 minutes left. grasping at thin air. climb into the top four. midfield areas as Arsenal fought to get back on level Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made six changes Liverpool should have been two goals ahead by the Southampton can consider themselves unfortunate to terms. In fact most of the visitors’ first half opportunities from the side which thrashed Spartak Moscow 7-0, break when Mane stole possession and found himself have seen Austin’s fourth goal in three starts cancelled came on the break, and in particular when Alexis including the surprise decision to leave Philippe through on goal. However, the Senegal forward dragged out late on, but Mauricio Pellegrino’s side have won just Sanchez controlled a Southampton corner inside his own Coutinho and Roberto Firmino on the bench. Dominic his shot wide when he could have given passed for a tap one of their last seven games. area and led a sweeping attacking move that was halted Solanke and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were selected in. Allardyce introduced Aaron Lennon and Morgan After seeing his side ship two early goals in the by Pierre-Emille Hojbjerg’s saving tackle as Alexandre ahead of the Brazilian duo while Andrew Robertson Schneiderlin at half-time with Oumar Niasse and Tom United defeat, Wenger had demanded concentration Lacazette made to shoot. replaced Alberto Moreno at left-back. Davies making way. Liverpool remained the likelier to from the start. Unfortunately for Wenger, it appears his And when Aaron Ramsey did manage to fire off a shot The start was typical of a Merseyside derby; feisty score. From Milner’s cross early in the second half, Salah words went unheeded. Per Mertesacker had been towards Forster’s goal a first time effort from Sanchez’s tackles, misplaced passes, no chances taken with clear- headed wide with the goal at his mercy. Then, Mane had restored to the line-up in place of the injured Shkodran 32nd minute cross - the Southampton keeper reacted ances booted into row Z if required. Liverpool looked to the Kop on its feet with an acrobatic effort, but Pickford Mustafi. But the Germany international was left red- superbly to dive low to his left after push the ball beyond show the early attacking intent, with Salah and Sadio was well stationed to save comfortably.