SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018 16 English Premier League Manchester City 3 1 Everton Crystal Palace 1 0 Leicester City City regain top spot Huddersfield Town 0 1 Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 Burnley Christian Eriksen’s late strike gives Tottenham win over Burnley Watford 3 2 Cardiff City Wolverhampton 2 0 Bournemouth • Luka Milivojevic’s English Championship magic lifts Roy Hodgson Aston Villa 2 2 Stoke City as Palace edge Leicester Blackburn Rovers 2 2 Birmingham City Raul Jiménez Bolton Wanderers 0 1 Leeds United puts• Wolves on their Hull City 2 0 Brentford way as Bournemouth Ipswich Town 1 0 Wigan Athletic struggle again Preston North End 3 2 Millwall Queens Park Rangers 2 1 Middlesbrough Salomon Rondon Rotherham United 1 1 Reading seals• precious points Swansea City 2 1 Sheffield Wednesday for Newcastle at Huddersfield Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 3 1 Dundee AFP | London St. Johnstone 1 2 Motherwell St. Mirren 1 2 Aberdeen anchester City swept back to the top of the Italian Serie A Premier League as Ga- M Inter Milan 0 0 Udinese briel Jesus struck twice in the champions’ 3-1 win over Ever- Manchester City’s Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus (C) scores his team’s second goal ton, while Christian Eriksen German Bundesliga kept Tottenham in the title hunt Pep Guardiola’s side had to referee Graham Scott turned FC Augsburg 1 1 FC Schalke 04 in a last-gasp 1-0 victory against wait just five minutes after the down their penalty appeal after Burnley yesterday. break to make it 2-0, when pa- Burnley’s James Tarkowski ap- Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 0 Sport-Club Freiburg Jesus hadn’t scored a Premier tient build-up found Sane on peared to foul Harry Kane. Hannover 96 0 4 FC Bayern München League goal since August, but the left and the German’s cross Watford caught the eye in KNOW WHAT TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach the Brazil forward ended that was met by a bullet header from a stylish 3-2 win over Cardiff drought to put Everton to the Jesus. at Vicarage Road that left Neil VfB Stuttgart 2 1 Hertha BSC sword at the Etihad Stadium. Everton got back into the Warnock’s side just four points Borussia Dortmund 2 0 SV Werder Bremen The 21-year-old’s goals and game in the 65th minute when Kevin de Bruyne above the relegation zone. a strike from Raheem Sterling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s header Javi Gracia’s team took the Spanish La Liga put City two points ahead of from a high-hanging Digne cross made his first appear- lead in the 16th minute thanks second-placed Liverpool, but flicking off Fabian Delph and ance for six weeks to a superb solo strike from for- Getafe 1 0 Real Sociedad Jurgen Klopp’s team can regain past the helpless Ederson. after a lengthy ab- mer Barcelona forward Gerard Real Valladolid 2 3 Atletico de Madrid top spot if they beat bitter rivals But Raheem Sterling came off sences for two knee Deulofeu. Manchester United at Anfield the bench to end the contest injuries Jose Holebas was next to im- Real Madrid 1 0 Rayo Vallecano today. four minutes later when the City press, netting with a blistering *Scores as of closing Coach Pep Guardiola, whose winger met Fernandinho’s cross 20-yard drive in the 52nd min- team had surrendered pole po- with a firm header. ly breaking Burnley’s stubborn ute before teenager Domingos bottom three as the Serbia mid- lomon Rondon’s 55th minute sition with their loss at Chelsea City were also cheered by the resistance as the north London Quina bagged his first Premier fielder’s superb strike clinched goal earned a 1-0 victory at third last weekend, was pleased to see return of playmaker Kevin De club moved within five points of League goal with a fine effort in a 1-0 victory against Leicester. bottom Huddersfield. Jesus get back on track with his Bruyne as a 75th minute sub - the leaders. the 68th minute. Milivojevic fired Palace ahead Wolves are up to seventh seventh and eighth goals of the stitute after a six-week lay-off Mauricio Pochettino’s third- Cardiff got one back through with a 39th minute rocket at place as Raul Jimenez’s 12th season. with his second knee injury of placed side featured a first Junior Hoilett in the 80th min- Selhurst Park as he curled his minute goal and Ivan Cavalei- Jesus opened the scoring in the season. league start for 18-year-old ute before Bobby Reid’s 82nd 25-yard strike in the top corner ro’s 90th minute effort wrapped the 22nd minute with a cool fin- midfielder Oliver Skipp, with minute strike set up a tense fin- of Kasper Schmeichel’s net. up a 2-0 win at Molineux that ish from a tight angle after Leroy Late show for Spurs Eriksen and Son Heung-Min on ish. Newcastle won for the first condemned Bournemouth to a Sane’s pass opened up the Ever- At Wembley, Tottenham left it the bench. Luka Milivojevic lifted Crystal time in four matches to ease sixth defeat in their last seven ton defence. until stoppage-time before final- Tottenham were furious when Palace five points away from the their relegation worries as Sa- games. Modric criticises Ballon d’Or Bayern blow through Hannover AFP | Berlin gala snub by Messi, Ronaldo homas Mueller had a frus- Ttrating time in front of goal Reuters | Madrid in his 300th Bundesliga game, but Bayern continued their run allon d’Or winner Luka of form with a 4-0 win at Han- BModric has criticised Cris- over yesterday. tiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Joshua Kimmich’s sec - for choosing not to attend this ond-minute volley from an month’s ceremony where he awkward-looking flick from was given the award, saying Thomas Mueller gave the Ba- their decision was unfair to fel- varians an early lead. low players and voters. Bayern doubled their lead in Croatian captain Modric, the 29th minute when David who broke Messi and Ronal- Alaba rocketed a strike into the do’s decade-long stranglehold top of the net from the edge of on the prestigious prize last the box. month, said in a newspaper Kimmich turned provider for interview yesterday the pair’s the last two goals. absence from the gala in Paris In the 53rd minute, he played Bayern Munich’s Polish forward Robert Lewandowski (L) and Hanover’s on Dec. 3 did not make sense. a low cross for Serge Gnabry Brazilian defender Felipe vie for the ball “I cannot speak about why who weaved through traffic someone didn’t turn up at an before toe-poking home from points from 15 games. out for offside. award ceremony, it’s their close range. Elsewhere, Borussia Mo- Mario Gomez secured a val- choice. It doesn’t make sense, Ten minutes later, Kimmich enchengladbach, who started uable win for relegation-chal- does it? It seems these votes floated a perfectly-weighted the day in second drew 0-0 lenged Stuttgart who won 2-1 at and awards are only signif - Luka Modric kisses the Ballon d’Or award cross into the path of Robert at wasteful Hoffenheim. The home to Hertha Berlin. icant when they win,” the Lewandowski who headed his home team dominated through- Berlin took the lead in the Real Madrid midfielder told Juventus forward Ronaldo successive Champions League 10th goal of the season, going out, racking up 22 shots to four 38th minute through Max Croatian newspaper Sportske came second in the 2018 Ballon title with Real last season and to the top of the Bundesliga for the visitors, but were unable Mittelstadt, before Gomez Novosti. d’Or vote behind his old Real led Croatia to a first-ever World scoring charts. to convert. stretched out a leg to tap it into “It’s unfair to fellow players team mate Modric, while Messi Cup final, said Ronaldo and Bayern’s win cut the gap to Schalke’s Bundesliga strug- the bottom left corner in the and voters who have nominated was fifth, a ranking met with Messi were still the best two leaders Borussia Dortmund to gles continued, held 1-1 at Augs- 64th minute. them in the past 10 years, as some consternation at both the players around but added that six points ahead of Dortmund’s burg. The visitors thought they Gomez added a second just well as to football and the fans. Argentine’s club Barcelona and it did not mean they should al- evening game against Werder had snared the three points in ten minutes later, powering a However, people will act the in the Catalan media. ways be named best player each Bremen at Signal Iduna Park. the dying stages after Breel Em- header into goal after an expert way they think they should.” Modric, who lifted a third season. Hanover sit dead last with 10 bolo netted, but the effort ruled cross from Christian Gentner..