Sport MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2021 PSGPS players must show they deserve to wearw the shirt, says new coach Pochettino OurOu main goal is to make sure everyone is heading in the same direction.dir The idea is for everyone to want to win for the club more than anythingany else. We want to be a strong club with a strong structure. PSG Manager Mauricio Roberto Sport | 11 QATAR BASKETBALL LEAGUE: Al Ahli (Ndoye Seydou 30) beat Qatar SC 72-71; Al Sadd (Konstantinos Vasileiadis 38) beat Al Rayyan 112-95 Sainz leads Dakar after first stage; Al Attiyah determined to strike back started 28th after a puncture in the prologue but came back aggressively in his X-Raid Mini JCW REUTERS buggy. – JEDDAH “We had a puncture and a problem with the roadbook made us lose four minutes. Happy with Defending the P1 and with the lead tomorrow,” the 58-year- champion Carlos old said on Twitter. Sainz took the lead in the Peterhansel lost time with a puncture in the Dakar Rally car category after last 50km. winning yesterday’s first proper Nine-times world rally champion Sebastien stage in the Saudi Arabian desert ahead Loeb had a difficult day, the Frenchman suffering of Mini team mate Stephane Peterhansel. three punctures and dropping nearly 24 minutes The Spaniard was eight seconds clear of ‘Mr behind for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team. Dakar’ Peterhansel -- the Frenchman who has In the bikes category, Australian two-times won a record 13 times on two wheels and four -- champion Toby Price was 23 seconds clear of overall after the 277-km timed stage from the port Argentina’s Kevin Benavides overall while city of Jeddah to Bisha. American 2020 champion Ricky Brabec lost his Overnight leader Nasser Al Attiyah, who won way and ended up 17 minutes adrift. Saturday’s short prologue for the factory Toyota “Today quite difficult with the navigation. I got team, dropped back to 10th and nearly 12 minutes lost a little bit about seven km from the finish,” off the lead. said KTM rider Price. “I took a little bit of time just “We decided to win the prologue, and we trying to get back on track here.” The Dakar, one expected to lose time opening the road today. of motorsport’s most dangerous and gruelling Tomorrow’s stage is what really matters,” said the events, is being held entirely in Saudi Arabia for Toyota's Qatari driver Nasser Al Attiyah and navigator Qatari. the second time, with competitors in a protective Matthieu Baumel in their Toyota Hilux during Sainz, a triple Dakar winner whose son and bubble after testing negative for COVID-19. yesterday's opening stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally. namesake is a Ferrari Formula One driver, had The rally ends in Jeddah on Jan. 15. QSL: Al Duhail climb to second spot City surge to 3-1 with hard-fought win over Umm Salal win over Chelsea AP – LONDON THE PNEINSULA – DOHA Al Duhail's Eduardo Rodriguez vying for the ball with Umm Salal players during their QNB Stars League Manchester City left Chelsea in disarray by sweeping Al Duhail yesterday overtook Al Round 12 match played at Qatar SC Stadium, yesterday. to a 3-1 victory yesterday with a ruthless attacking Gharafa in the QNB Stars League display that consigned Frank Lampard's team to a points table thanks to a hard- fourth loss in its past six Premier League games. fought win over Umm Salal at the İlkay Gündoğan, Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne Qatar SC Stadium. scored in a devastating 16-minute first-half spell as Eduardo Rodriguez scored the City rose to fifth in the standings despite coronavirus only goal of the match in the 12th cases depleting the squad. minute as Al Duhail raised their Chelsea are only three points behind City but have points tally to 24 as they climbed played two games more. The absence of any crowd to the second spot with their eighth due to coronavirus restrictions spared Lampard from win of the season. any negativity from his own fans at least. Umm Salal remain on 10 points With Ederson in isolation recovering from following their sixth defeat. COVID-19, goalkeeper Zack Steffen started his first Going into the match, Umm Premier League game. It was a nervy start for the Salal had not lost their last four 25-year-old American, earning a booking for han- games. However, they could not dling outside the penalty area after five minutes. do much against reigning cham- But thanks to City’s scintillating forays forward pions Al Duhail, who are in their and Chelsea’s attacking deficiencies, Steffen wasn’t usual selves of late after initial tested. Instead it was opposite number Edouard Mendy struggles. picking the ball out of his net three times. Al Duhail had stormed into the In the 18th minute, Foden received a pass from De top four by beating Al Khor (6-1) Bruyne and teed up Gündoğan on the turn to net his in Week 10 and The Red Knights third goal in four games. City was in devastating form, then beat Al Ahli 5-3 to finish the orchestrated as so often by De Bruyne with less than first leg of the tournament in third three minutes between the opening two goals. An initial position. Al Gharafa now stands in the tap a cross into the net from close cross from the Belgium playmaker was intercepted Sabri Lamouchi’s side is well third spot, one point behind Al range. by Thiago Silva, but he regained the ball to set up Foden on course to retain the title even Duhail, while Qatar SC have 20 in Then, Kodjia converted a for the second. It was a slick final touch from Foden though they lag behind leaders Al front of their name. penalty kick awarded after he was that allowed him to beat Mendy at his near post. Sadd on points. The match kicked off in spec- brought down inside the box and Chelsea were in disarray. The third was started Dudu scored the winner in the tacular fashion with Belaili aiming the referee awarded the penalty and completed by De Bruyne. He headed to Sterling YESTERDAY'S RESULTS 12th minute and the stalemate for the goal on the second touch a after a VAR review. to launch a breakaway down half the length of the remained right throughout. couple of feet away from the half- Umm Salal 0-1 Al Duhail A quarter of an hour later, pitch unchallenged before hitting the goal frame with Al Duhail dominated the ball line. His long-range shot was not Qatar SC 2-2 Al Gharafa Kodjia nearly scored a winner from a shot. By that time, De Bruyne had arrived to meet with 65 per cent in the first half. way off the mark as the ball sailed Al Arabi 3-0 Al Khor close range on a long cross from the rebound in the 34th minute. Only Mendy's quick Abdullah Al Ahrak set up Almoez above keeper Yousef Hassan’s Hanni. However, Kodjia’s quick- reaction in the Chelsea goal prevented a close-range Ali in the 39th minute, but the latter head and landed on top of the net. and space to work on his shot close footed drive was pouched by Qatar header from Rodri going into the top corner at the could not find the target. As the players settled into a to the half hour mark. SC keeper. start of the second half. For Umm Salal, Kayke Rod- groove, Al Gharafa’s Koo Ja-Cheol The long session of hits and Elsewhere, at Al Arabi Stadium, There was consolation in stoppage time with riguez and Abdennour Belhosini attempted a long-range shot in the misses came to end – via a VAR the hosts beat Al Khor 3-0. Callum Hudson-Odoi netting from Kai Havertz's cross. made serious attempts in the first 13th minute, close to the edge of call in the 43rd minute - when Mehrdad Mohammadi (18), half. the box, that went wayward. Fadel on an assist by Alejandro Mehdi Torabi (38) and Abdul- Manchester City’s Phil Foden Both teams continued to create Belaili’s second serious attempt Galvez fired into the lower right of rahman Anad (71) scored the celebrates after scoring their second chances in the second session, but at goal – this time from close range the Al Gharafa goal. The referee goals as Al Arabi completed a goal against Chelsea yesterday. the deadlock remained. – was made possible by a long used the VAR review to check the hat-trick of wins. The Dream Meanwhile, Al Gharafa, failed cross from Hamed Ismail. Chased potential off-side call before Team now have four victories to secure their second spot despite by an Al Gharafa defender, Belaili allowing the goal to stay. and 15 points. a second-half fightback against charged into the box but his header In injury time, Al Gharafa’s Al Khor’s miseries com- Qatar SC as they shared points with – lacking in speed – was parried Tameem Al Muhaza brought Belaili pounded as they crashed to their Qatar SC following a 2-2 draw at away by the goalkeeper in the 18th down with a rough sliding tackle seventh defeat and stood on seven the Qatar SC Stadium yesterday. minute. resulting in a penalty. Qatar SC points, very much in the danger Ahmed Fadel (41) and Youcef Al Gharafa’s influential went 2-0 up as Belaili easily con- zone, as the tournament entered Belaili (45+2 penalty) were on Algerian midfielder Sofiane Hanni verted the spot kick.