SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013 SPORTS Soccer results/standings Aguero sends City fourth English Premier League results Hibernian 1 (Heffernan 18) Celtic 1 (Forrest Arsenal 4 (Wilshere 18, Ozil 58, 88, Ramsey 83) 77); Kilmarnock 2 (Boyd 17, Irvine 71) Ross Norwich 1 (Howson 70); Chelsea 4 (Hazard 33, County 0; Motherwell 2 (Moore 69, West Ham 1 82, Eto’o 66, Oscar 78) Cardiff 1 (Mutch 10); Hutchinson 83) Hearts 1 (Stevenson 62); St Everton 2 (Mirallas 8, Pienaar 57) Hull 1 Mirren 4 (McLean 8, 76-pen, McGowan 60, (Sagbo 30); Manchester United 1 (Van Persie Thompson 89) St Johnstone 3; (MacLean 17, 26) Southampton 1 (Lallana 89); Newcastle 2 Hasselbaink 61, Fallon 84). (Cabaye 23, Dummett 56) Liverpool 2 (Gerrard Playing today Man City 3 42-pen, Sturridge 72); Stoke 0 West Brom 0; Inverness CT v Partick Swansea 4 (Bardsley 57-og, De Guzman 58, Scottish Football League results Bony 64-pen, Chico 80) Sunderland 0; West Championship Ham 1 (Vaz Te 58) Manchester City 3 (Aguero Cowdenbeath 5 Morton 1; Dundee 2 Queen LONDON: A masterful performance from Sergio 16, 51, Silva 80). of the South 1; Falkirk 1 Dumbarton 2; Playing today Hamilton 1 Raith 1; Livingston 3 Alloa 2. Aguero saw Manchester City win 3-1 at West Aston Villa v Tottenham Division One Ham United yesterday to claim their first away Playing tomorrow Airdrie 0 Forfar 2; Ayr 2 Arbroath 0; Brechin 3 victory in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace v Fulham Rangers 4; Dunfermline 1 East Fife 2; Stranraer The Argentina forward scored either side of English Football League results 1 Stenhousemuir 0. half-time before setting up David Silva for the Championship Division Two clincher after Ricardo Vaz Te’s acrobatic overhead Barnsley 3 Middlesbrough 2; Blackburn 0 Albion 0 Elgin 0; Berwick 0 Clyde 1; East kick had given West Ham a glimmer of hope. Charlton 1; Blackpool 1 Wigan 0; Bolton 1 Stirling 1 Queen’s Park 1; Stirling 3 Montrose It was no more than the visitors deserved Sheffield Wednesday 1; Ipswich 0 Burnley 1; 1. from a pulsating encounter in east London and Leicester 2 Huddersfield 1; Millwall 2 QPR 2; German Bundesliga results Nottingham Forest 1 Bournemouth 1; Borussia Dortmund 1 (Reus 4-pen) Hanover 0; moved last year’s runners-up into fourth spot. Reading 4 Doncaster 1; Watford 2 Derby 3; Bayern Munich 4 (Robben 50, Mueller 52, 82- West Ham manager Sam Allardyce was cele- Yeovil 0 Brighton 0. pen, Mandzukic 69) Mainz 05 1 (Parker 44); brating his 59th birthday and he used his pro- Playing today Werder Bremen 0 Freiburg 0; Eintracht gramme notes to urge supporters not to expect Leeds v Birmingham Braunschweig 2 (Ademi 20, Bellarabi 59) too much, too soon from emerging midfielder Division One Schalke 04 3 (Meyer 29, Goretzka 65, Ravel Morrison. LONDON: West Ham United’s Portuguese striker Ricardo Vaz Te scores with an overhead kick Brentford 3 Colchester 1; Crawley 1 Bradford Neustaedter 90+1); Eintracht Frankfurt 1 The former Manchester United trainee took during an English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Manchester 0; Crewe 1 Bristol City 0; Gillingham 1 Preston (Drmic 86) Nuremberg 1 (Kadlec 50); Hertha his place in the free-form 4-5-1 formation used City at Upton Park. —AFP 2; Milton Keynes Dons 3 Rotherham 2; Berlin 1 (Ramos 36) Borussia to such devastating effect in last week’s 3-0 win Oldham 1 Carlisle 0; Peterborough 1 Moenchengladbach 0. had their goalkeeper to thank for keeping them failed to clear a cross. City kept pouring forward Shrewsbury 0; Sheffield Utd 2 Port Vale 1; Playing today at Tottenham Hotspur, with Mohamed Diame in the game after that as he produced two saves and Negredo could not believe his luck when his Tranmere 0 Leyton Orient 4; Walsall 2 Hamburg v VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg v VfL once again deployed as a ‘false nine’. to deny Aguero his second goal. effort cannoned back off the crossbar. Stevenage 1; Wolves 1 Coventry 1. Wolfsburg Perhaps with the trip to play CSKA Moscow in With Morrison pulling the strings, West Ham Jaaskelainen then produced yet more heroics Played Friday Played Friday the Champions League on Tuesday in mind, City looked dangerous on the break and almost to keep his side in the match when he denied Swindon 2, Notts County 0 Hoffenheim 1 (Schipplock 88) Bayer manager Manuel Pellegrini changed the entire found a way through when Razvan Rat’s teasing Aguero his hat-trick before saving again from Division Two Leverkusen 2 (Sam 26, Kiessling 70). defence used in the last match against Everton, cross was hacked clear by Matija Nastasic. substitute Aleksandar Kolarov. Accrington 0 Oxford 0; Bristol Rovers 0 Spanish League results with Samir Nasri also coming in for James Milner. Wycombe 1; Cheltenham 1 Rochdale 2; Real Madrid 2 (Di Maria 46, Cristiano Ronaldo A moment of madness from the usually Allardyce threw on Matt Jarvis for a visibly But the Chilean did keep faith in the bur- impeccable Reid then nearly gifted City a second disappointed Vaz Te, but despite finding space Chesterfield 0 Burton 2; Hartlepool 1 90+1-pen) Malaga 0; Valencia 1 (Pabon 90+2) geoning strike partnership between Aguero and Plymouth 0; Morecambe 1 AFC Wimbledon 1; Real Sociedad 2 (Griezmann 41, Pardo 58). before the break when he passed straight to down the flanks, too often there was no one on Newport 3 York 0; Northampton 2 Dagenham Playing today Alvaro Negredo and they almost found an early Silva, but Jaaskelainen did well to keep out Yaya the end of their final balls into the box. and Redbridge 2; Portsmouth 1 Bury 0; Granada v Getafe, Almeria v Rayo Vallecano, breakthrough in the seventh minute when Toure’s curling effort. The visitors did not have to City left Aguero as their sole striker and Scunthorpe 0 Exeter 4; Torquay 0 Mansfield 0. Real Betis v Elche, Valladolid Negredo just failed to control a precise chip into wait long to double their lead after half-time, looked to play on the break, and it was another Played Friday v Sevilla. his path. West Ham’s response was to surge up however. Some more slack marking from Vaz Te piece of sublime skill from the Argentine that Southend 2, Fleetwood 0 Playing tomorrow to the other end and Vaz Te was unlucky not to allowed Aguero space to show superb tech- finally settled matters 10 minutes from time. Scottish Premier League results Celta Vigo v Levante, Athletic Bilbao v get to Mark Noble’s cross ahead of Joe Hart. nique to head in Silva’s left-wing free-kick in the Instead of shooting when he found space on Aberdeen 1 (Zola 54) Dundee Utd 0; Villarreal Nine minutes later, City took the lead as 51st minute. the edge of the box, a glorious backheel into the Negredo dummied a through ball from Far from give up the ghost, that goal seemed path of the onrushing Silva allowed the Spaniard English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals Fernandinho to fool James Tomkins and Winston against, points): to inspire West Ham. Diame was denied by a the opportunity to curl an exquisite shot into the Reid, allowing Aguero to take full advantage by sharp save from Hart before a brilliant overhead net to complete a satisfying afternoon for the Arsenal 8 6 1 1 18 9 19 Newport County 12 5 4 3 18 14 19 slotting past Jussi Jaaskelainen. The home side kick from Vaz Te pulled a goal back when City visitors. —AFP Chelsea 8 5 2 1 14 5 17 AFC Wimbledon 12 5 3 4 14 13 18 Liverpool 8 5 2 1 13 7 17 Burton Albion 12 5 3 4 17 17 18 Man City 8 5 1 2 20 9 16 Scunthorpe 11 4 5 2 13 12 17 Southampton 8 4 3 1 8 3 15 Dagenham 12 4 5 3 17 17 17 Pienaar preserves Everton 8431121015 Portsmouth 12 4 4 4 19 19 16 Everton’s home record Spurs 7 4 1 2 6 5 13 Hartlepool 12 4 3 5 14 14 15 Man Utd 8 3 2 3 11 10 11 Cheltenham 12 3 3 6 15 24 12 LIVERPOOL: Veteran Hull 8 3 2 3 7 9 11 York 11326131711 South African Steven Newcastle 8 3 2 3 11 14 11 Plymouth 12 3 2 7 8 15 11 Pienaar scored with Everton 2 Swansea 8 3 1 4 12 11 10 Bristol Rovers 12 2 4 6 10 16 10 Aston Villa 7 3 1 3 9 8 10 Torquay 12 2 4 6 13 21 10 his first touch to West Brom 8 2 4 2 7 6 10 Bury 12 2 3 7 13 16 9 secure Everton a 2-1 West Ham 8 2 2 4 8 8 8 Northampton 12 2 3 7 10 17 9 win over Hull in their Stoke 8 2 2 4 4 7 8 Accrington 12 0 4 8 7 19 4 Premier League clash Hull 1 Cardiff 8 2 2 4 8 13 8 Scottish Premier League table yesterday. Fulham 7 2 1 4 5 9 7 Celtic 9 7 2 0 20 8 23 The 31-year-old’s Norwich 8 2 1 5 6 13 7 Inverness CT 9 6 1 2 15 8 19 goal-just after he Crystal Palace 7 1 0 6 5 13 3 Motherwell 10 6 1 3 13 12 19 came on as a second- Sunderland 8 0 1 7 5 20 1 Aberdeen 10 5 2 3 12 8 17 half substitute extended Everton’s unbeaten Premier English Football League tables Hibernian 10 4 3 3 9 9 15 League home record in 2013 to 13 games and brought to Championship Dundee Utd 10 3 4 3 12 8 13 Burnley 12 9 2 1 22 7 29 St Johnstone 10 3 3 4 15 13 12 an end Hull’s four-match unbeaten run.