MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 19 English Premier League Wolverhampton 1 0 Burnley Ronaldo off the mark Everton 1 3 West Ham United Spanish La Liga Leganes 0 1 Villarreal • Portuguese forward Espanyol 1 0 Levante scores first goals for Real Valladolid v Alaves Juventus since move Sevilla v Getafe from Real Madrid French Ligue 1 Douglas Costa sent Nantes 0 0 Reims off• for spitting in the face of opponent Bordeaux 1 2 Nîmes Marseille v Guingamp AFP | Milan Italian Serie A Roma 2 2 Chievo ristiano Ronaldo scored his first competitive Genoa 1 0 Bologna Cgoals for Juventus yester- Juventus 2 1 Sassuolo day, with a second-half double Udinese 1 1 Torino by the Portuguese star giving the Italian champions a 2-1 Serie Empoli 0 1 Lazio A win over Sassuolo to make Cagliari v Milan it four victories from as many Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) celebrates after he scored his first goal since he joined Juventus games. during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Sassuolo German Bundesliga The 33-year-old tapped in from barely a yard out after Bolstered by five-time win- minus points after being de - SV Werder Bremen 1 1 1. FC Nürnberg a goalmouth scramble on 50 ner Ronaldo, Juventus begin ducted three points by the Ital- Sport-Club Freiburg 2 3 VfB Stuttgart minutes, and added a second their quest for a first Champions ian football federation for false 15 minutes later following a League title since 1996 at Valen- accounting, battled back in the *Scores as of closing counter-attack orchestrated by I’m happy. I worked cia on Wednesday. second half. Emre Can as the defending sev- hard and I knew The Turin giants also won Valter Birsa pulled a goal back en-time champions moved three that the goals would the European title in 1985, but in the 52nd minute, with Polish points clear of Napoli. come. I thank my finished runners-up twice in striker Mariusz Stepinski seal- “I’m happy. I worked hard teammates who 2015 and 2017 under current ing a point for the club from Ve- and I knew that the goals would really helped me and coach Allegri. rona seven minutes from time. come,” said Ronaldo. “The Champions League is “This was a game we had “I thank my teammates who allowed me to adapt my favourite tournament,” said under control, we should have really helped me and allowed to Italian football Ronaldo. closed it down. This can’t hap- me to adapt to Italian football.” CRISTIANO RONALDO “It’s a very difficult group, pen against Real,” said Roma Ronaldo showed his frustra- we know that we can do well coach Eusebio Di Francesco. tion, however, kicking the post tina on Saturday with a 1-0 win and Juve must focus on being “In games like this you have as he missed two more chances. ahead of next week’s Champi- the best.” to score four goals. This didn’t “This is football. The impor- ons League trip to Red Star Bel- happen, and it kept Chievo tant thing is that the team wins. grade. Sassuolo are now third Roma confidence dented alive.” I was a little tense with all the with seven points. Earlier, Roma threw away a The Roma coach added: talk after my move from Real Juventus winger Douglas two-goal le ad as bottom club “We’ll be going out to challenge Madrid and not scoring, so there Costa was sent off late on after Chievo snatched a 2-2 draw at Real Madrid on Wednesday. We were a lot of expectations, but I being caught on camera spitting the Stadio Olimpico to dent mo- mustn’t lose our heads, even if thank my teammates for sup- at Sassuolo’s Federico Di Franc- rale before a daunting midweek these results destabilise us.” porting me throughout.” esco, and could face a lengthy trip to Champions League hold- Roma are now eighth with Senegalese striker Khouma ban. ers Real Madrid. five points from four games Babacar pulled a goal back for Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Stephan El Shaarawy and Bry- -- already seven points behind Sassuolo in injury-time as the Ronaldo was the star signing an Cristante put Roma, who lost Juventus. side from Modena fell to their of the summer transfer period, to AC Milan before the interna- Inter Milan’s woes were com- first defeat of the season. arriving amid great pomp and tional break, firmly in command pounded with a shock 1-0 home Juventus are the only unbeat- ceremony following a 100-mil- at half-time. defeat by Parma on Saturday en side this term after Napoli lion-euro ($117 million) deal But Chievo, beaten 6-1 by ahead of their European opener inflicted a first loss on Fioren- from Real Madrid. Fiorentina last time out and on against Tottenham at San Siro. Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates afer scoring his 500th goal Real surrender perfect start in Bilbao Ibrahimovic scores Reuters | Bilbao standing saves to thwart Marco Asensio and Sergio Ramos al- 500th career goal eal Madrid’s perfect start to though Athletic continued to Rthe La Liga season came to a counter, Inaki Williams smash- AFP | Los Angeles, United himovic. halt on Saturday as they drew 1-1 ing wide and the Basques being States Ibrahimovic came into Sat- in an ill-tempered game at Ath- denied a penalty when the ball urday’s game tied for second letic Bilbao and fell two points struck Casemiro on the arm wedish striker Zlatan Ibra- in MLS scoring. He has 17 goals behind champions Barcelona at while the Brazilian was on the Shimovic made history on and eight assists in 22 appear- the top of the standings. floor. Saturday, scoring his 500th ca- ances with the Galaxy. Iker Muniain gave Athletic a The decision enraged Athletic reer goal in stunning fashion, Jonathan dos Santos vol- deserved lead in the 32nd min- supporters in a hostile atmos- but it wasn’t enough to lift the leyed the ball over to the Swed- ute by bundling the ball home phere at San Mames, which was Los Angeles Galaxy to a win ish star who whipped around after Real failed to get back in mirrored on the pitch as referee over Toronto FC. and tapped it home. time to defend a counterattack. Jose Luis Gonzalez Gonzalez The 36-year-old Ibrahimov- “I was close to the goal. It The home side had a slew of handed out eight yellow cards, ic has always had a flair for the reminds me of a goal I did in chances during an entertaining, six to Athletic players. dramatic and he did just that in Ajax,” said Ibrahimovic, who end-to-end first half, while Real Real are second in the La Liga becoming the third active foot- has five game winners for Los were twice denied by Athletic’s Real Madrid’s Isco in action with Athletic Bilbao’s Mikel San Jose standings with 10 points after baller to reach the milestone Angeles. “It came from a cross impressive 21-year-old goal- four games. Champions Barce- for club and country, joining and I turned around and I hit keeper Unai Simon. home a cross from Gareth Bale midfield anchor Casemiro at the lona, on 12, came from behind to Lionel Messi and Cristiano it. I was just trying to hit the The visitors finally beat the in the 63rd minute as the visi- start of the second half. win 2-1 at Real Sociedad earlier Ronaldo. goal and it went in.” youngster when Isco nodded tors improved after bringing on Simon made two more out- on Saturday. The six-foot-five (1.95 me- Ibrahimovic scored 62 of his tre) Ibrahimovic delivered a goals for Sweden with the rest perfectly-timed roundhouse coming while playing for Mal- kick in the 43th minute mo FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter that fooled goalkeeper Alex Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, ‘Unique’ Hazard can be Europe’s best, says Sarri Bono for his 17th goal of the Paris Saint-Germain, Man- season. chester United and now the Reuters | London and 44th minutes to overturn Sarri was quick to salute his mark. The goal cut the deficit to Galaxy. Cardiff’s early lead and added performance. “I think he can score 30 3-1 and sparked a three-goal Jonathan Osorio’s 75th-min- helsea manager Maurizio his third from the penalty spot “Eden Hazard is unique. or 35 goals this season,” said Galaxy rally, but the defend- ute go-ahead goal halted a CSarri said Eden Hazard was on 80 minutes to take his goal I thought he was one of the Sarri. “Within a couple of ing MLS champions held on three-goal Galaxy comeback arguably the best player in Eu- tally to five in three games as best in Europe. But now I am minutes, that estimate had to win 5-3 in front of a crowd and helped give Toronto some rope after his hat-trick engi- Chelsea notched a fifth succes- changing my mind as maybe grown. ‘Eden only arrived back of 30,700 at BMO Field in To- much needed points in their neered the 4-1 win over Cardiff sive victory. now he is the best in Europe,” two days ago (from interna - ronto. playoff push. City that put the Blues top of the Cardiff simply had no an - he said to the BBC after earlier tional duty). Yesterday I told “I am happy for Toronto be- Jay Chapman added an in- Premier League.