SUN DAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016 SPORTS Stanislas double inflicts misery on Phelan’s Hull the 20-year-old Ibe who teed up the same player minutes later only for the latter’s effort to beat the keeper but come back off Bournemouth 6 the post. Both Ibe and Stanislas then had decent efforts but no reward, the former’s shot Hull City 1 going over the bar and the latter’s was goalbound but then took a deflection for a corner. However, totally against the run of play Hull drew level, their signing from BOURNEMOUTH: A double by Junior Spurs Mason scored-a big deflection help- Stanislas inspired Bournemouth to a 6-1 ing to outfox Artur Boruc-after Premier League thrashing of Hull yesterday Bournemouth had given the ball away and make it a miserable start for Mike deep in their half. Phelan in his first match as permanent manager. Cook made superb amends for having Stanislas’ brace plus goals by Charlie been responsible for giving the ball away Daniels, Callum Wilson, Steve Cook and for the Hull goal as he headed home, from Dan Gosling-Ryan Mason getting his first Stanislas’s freekick, to restore for Hull-extended the Cherries unbeaten Bournemouth’s lead four minutes from run to six matches. half-time. The hosts went into the break in Defeat for Hull deepened the crisis far better cheer as the impressive Stanislas enveloping the club as after a bright start added a third from the penalty spot. to the season with Phelan as caretaker Stanislas wrapped up the points early in manager-after Steve Bruce walked out-they the second-half tapping home after being have not won in their last six Premier set up by Adam Smith. Stanislas’ wonderful League games. all round display saw him turn provider for The hosts had the perfect start as the Cherries fifth as he turned Scotland Daniels was on hand to knock in on the international Robert Snodgrass inside out rebound after Stanislas’s shot had come passed to Joshua King whose cross was back off a post. Bournemouth ran affairs nodded home by Wilson. Hull were out on with former Liverpool player Jordon Ibe their feet and Bournemouth added a sixth, controlling the game. Gosling getting his name on the goalsheet He set up Callum Wilson but his effort with sweetly-struck effort from the edge of was saved by Gordon Marshall and it was the area. —AFP Allen scores twice as Stoke beat Sunderland BARCELONA: FC Barcelona’s Paco Alcacer, second left, duels for the ball against Deportivo Coruna’s German Lux during the Spanish La Liga soc- cer match between FC Barcelona and Deportivo Coruna at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday. — AP of his life, taking his tally of goals to four in his last three games and also having also Stoke City 2 netted for Wales in the 2-2 draw against Messi scores on return in Austria. His heroics enabled Stoke to leap four points clear of their visitors, who lie rooted Sunderland 0 Barca rout, Sevilla top at the foot of the table on just two points as the pressure mounts on their manager David Moyes. MADRID: Lionel Messi took just three minutes action in September. bench and took just three touches to find the SROKE CITY: Joe Allen proved Stoke City’s The diminutive Allen, signed in the close to score on his return from injury as Barcelona Deportivo had also drawn 2-2 on their last net when he flicked another Neymar assist over hero with a first-half double setting the season from Liverpool, equalled his best- enjoyed the perfect preparation for the visit of two visits to the Camp Nou, but never threat- the helpless Lux. Potters on the way to a 2-0 victory over ever season’s tally of goals, heading home Manchester City in midweek with a 4-0 thrash- ened another upset as Barca got back to win- Deportivo were reduced to 10 men 25 min- Sunderland in the dogfight between the Marko Arnautovic’s cross in the eighth ing of Deportivo la Coruna yesterday. ning ways after losing 4-3 to Celta Vigo two utes from time when Laure’s frustration boiled Premier League’s two bottom clubs. minute and shooting past the busy Jordan The Spanish champions were already 3-0 up weeks ago. over as he saw red for elbowing Neymar in the The Welsh midfielder Allen is in the form Pickford just before halftime. — Reuters thanks to Luis Suarez and a double from Rafinha Neymar smashed a volley against the bar and face. Alcacer missed three golden opportunities when Messi was introduced after nearly a month Suarez somehow headed the rebound over early to register his first Barca goal. And Lux produced out with a groin problem just before the hour on. However, Barca had to wait just 21 minutes a brilliant flying stop to prevent Messi rounding mark and wasted no time in scoring his ninth to open the scoring when Rafinha exchanged a off his return with a fifth. Dele Alli spares Spurs goal of the season. one-two with Suarez before drilling a low shot Sevilla moved to the top by ending a 17- Barca trail league leaders Sevilla by a point that had too much power for German Lux. month wait for an away league win at Leganes. blushes in Baggies draw after the Andalusians won away from home in La Rafinha bundled home a second 15 minutes Franco Vazquez’s opener and a second from the Liga for the first time in 23 games, triumphing 3- later after Lux had saved Gerard Pique’s initial impressive Samir Nasri just before the hour shot low to the goalkeeper’s right only to 2 at Leganes. Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid effort. Suarez moved level with Antoine mark put Jorge Sampaoli’s men well on course see the ball palmed around the post at the can move back to the top of the table when they Griezmann as La Liga’s top scorer with six this to end that barren run. However, their defen- face Granada and Real Betis respectively later on season when he brilliantly turned away from the sive frailties looked set to cost them victory Tottenham 1 last second. Tottenham almost fell to a sucker punch Saturday. Deportivo defence when receiving Neymar’s once more as Leganes fought back with two late in the first half when Hugo Lloris failed “It was a complete performance,” said Barca through ball before slotting home the third. goals in three minutes through David Timor to handle James McClean’s angled shot, boss Luis Enrique. “We have Leo back and it took The Uruguayan then smacked the post him- and Alexander Szymanowski. Pablo Sarabia him no time to be back in top form.” Barca have self on the volley before he was replaced by proved the match winner off the bench, West Brom 1 but none of the home side were able to convert the rebound. Early in the second traditionally struggled on weekends following Paco Alcacer at half-time to keep him fresh for though, when he curled home from outside the half Tottenham were forced to replace international breaks and fell to a shock 2-1 the visit of City on Wednesday. area his third goal in just seven La Liga games Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld, who defeat at home to Alaves on their return to Messi was next to be introduced from the since joining from Getafe. — AFP WEST BROMWICH: Dele Alli rescued a stayed down after a challenge and left on a point for Tottenham Hotspur in a 1-1 draw stretcher, but they continued to make away to West Bromwich Albion yesterday chances and Sissoko, Eriksen and Alli all after it looked as if the Premier League went close before Albion shocked the Bayern held again in Bundesliga high-flyers might suffer an agonising whole of The Hawthorns by taking the lead. defeat. The visitors dominated possession This time it was Lloris who produced a only for Nacer Chadli, a player Spurs sold to BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s early-season euphoria But Rene Adler saved the penalty from Andre But Daniel Baier equalized against the run of superb save, touching McClean’s low shot West Brom in pre-season, to put the hosts has been quashed after being held to a 2-2 draw Hahn, while Stindl struck the crossbar with play for Augsburg with another fine shot to the onto the foot of a post, but he could not in front eight minutes from time against by 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga another penalty around the hour-mark. TV top right corner. stop Chadli thumping the rebound into the the run of play. But Alli poked a low shot yesterday, in its third consecutive game without replays showed Ibrahima Traore fell easily under Schalke striker Breel Embolo, who had earlier roof of the net. Now Spurs’ character was home in the 89th minute after a shot by a win. Rising star Joshua Kimmich looked to Douglas Santos’ challenge. struck the post, was stretchered off with a bro- tested. But they responded. Substitute Son Christian Eriksen had been blocked, with have dug Bayern out of a hole again, scoring to ken left ankle after a clumsy challenge from Heung-Min crossed from the left, yet the draw seeing Spurs drop to third in the put the league leaders 2-1 ahead, minutes AUGSBURG 1, SCHALKE 1 Konstantinos Stafylidis. The club said the Swiss another shot by Eriksen was charged down, table after arch north London rivals Arsenal before the visitors’ position was made even more Schalke coach Markus Weinzierl was hoping striker would be out for the rest of the year.