TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020 16 Solskjaer wants Lingard Bahrain teams face tricky back to his best after cut back on social media Reuters | Manchester they portray themselves on- second stage in Dakar Rally line. anchester United man- “I don’t think you see as Mager Ole Gunnar Solsk- much in the social media as TDT | Manama jaer believes Jesse Lingard has you used to from Jesse,” the toned down his social media Norwegian coach added. ahrain JCW X-Raid Team activity in order to recapture “He’s got his head down had a tough second stage his best form in the second and working hard. I’ve known Byesterday in the 2020 Da- half of the campaign. him many, many years and kar Rally in Saudi Arabia. Lingard failed to score or he’s getting back to the Jesse I Carlos Sainz and co-driv - assist in the Premier League knew.” er Lucas Cruz were sixth in in 2019 calendar year and has United stunned City in an the cars class in their no. 305 lost his place in Gareth South- impressive 2-1 league victory challenger while teammates gate’s England squad ahead of last month at the Etihad Stadi- Stephane Peterhansel and Pau- this year’s European Cham- um, just three days after they lo Fiuza were 12th in their no. pionship. edged Tottenham Hotspur by 302 car. “Jesse has had his ups and the same scoreline. The world’s most fearsome downs as I’ve spoken about Solskjaer said those perfor- off-road race continued from before,” Solskjaer mances are now a benchmark Al Wajh to Neom, with compet- told a news con - for his United squad. itors enjoying a shorter day at ference ahead of “We’ve got to aim for per- 401km overall and special stages United’s League formances like that,” he said. accounting for a full 367km of Cup semi-final first “But every game lives its the route. leg against Man- own life and when Sainz and Cruz completed chester City on you get highs like the distance in three hours 50 Tuesday. that, I’m sure minutes 25 seconds, 13 minutes “We want they will and five seconds behind stage him back Jesse look back winner Giniel De Villiers and scoring goals Lingard on it and Alex Haro Bravo of Toyota Ga- and mak - say, ‘that’s zoo Racing. Sainz and Cruz in action during stage two in their car ing assists. the Man “It was very tricky, especially There’s no United we towards the end when we lost “The biggest mistake was just the day in Neom, covering a one who runs want to see’. a lot of minutes,” said Sainz. 10 kilometres before the end challenging 489km in all, with as much, he’s But we can “We had trouble finding our when we were leading with Car- 404km marked as special. great trigger for us still improve way and had to turn back two We had trouble los and we took a turn but wer- The Dakar Rally, an annual in the pressing, he’s on that one.” times, three kilometres back finding our way and en’t able to find the track. We event which was first launched a lively, bubbly char- United will and forwards. It was tricky, but had to turn back spent maybe 10 minutes turning in Paris 1979, ran from Europe to acter.” make a late decision at least there were no punctures two times, three around.” the Senegalese city it is named Lingard recently on the availability of today.” Following yesterday’s sec- after for decades, then moved to said in an interview their unwell and injured Peterhansel and Fiuza were kilometres back ond stage results, Sainz and South America in 2009, where it with the Daily Mail players. 22:15 behind the top-ranked and forwards. It Cruz were second overall in remained until this year’s event. that he feared for his Lingard and Anthony tandem in the stage. was tricky, but at the general rankings amongst Saudi became the first coun- United future after Martial missed Saturday’s “Today it was a strange day least there were no cars competitors, not far behind try in the region to play host to posting a bizarre video goalless FA Cup draw at because sometimes we were punctures today leaders Orlando Terranova and the challenge, gaining the right on social media with team Wolverhampton Wan- thinking we were the leaders, CARLOS SAINZ Bernardo Graue of X-Raid Mini to hold it for the next five years. mate Marcus Rashford in derers through illness the kings and that we had found JCW Team. Peterhansel and Fi- A total of 550 drivers from 62 the close season. and defender Harry the way, but then a few kilo - uza on the other hand, dropped nations are exploring the vast Solskjaer had reprimanded Maguire picked up a metres after we lost everything to eighth place overall. and formidable desert terrains the midfielder for his conduct knock during the and we turned in circles,” said Stage three today will see of the largest country in the re- and said it was important to match at Mo - Peterhansel. competitors start and finish gion. speak to players about how lineux Stadium. England on course for final-day victory Lyon roars as Australia crush New Zealand to sweep series AFP | Sydney AP | Cape Town athan Lyon captured five en Stokes battered Nfor 50 and 10 match wick- BSouth Africa’s bowlers ets as Australia crushed New into something near sub- Zealand by 279 runs yesterday, KNOW WHAT mission in the second test capping a golden domestic sum- yesterday with his brutal 72 mer as they swept the three-Test off 47 balls as England set series. the home team a huge target The off-spinner led the pow- Ross Taylor became the of 438 to win. erful Australian bowling attack leading all-time Kiwi South Africa fought hard to dismiss the Kiwis for 136 and batsman, going past to reach 126-2 at stumps but seal another heavy win over the Stephen Fleming (7,172) James Anderson removed Black Caps after similar victo- before he was bowled by No. 3 Zubayr Hamza two ries in Perth and Melbourne. Pat Cummins for 22 to overs from the end of the Australia have been unbeata- take his Test aggregate second-to-last day to keep ble this season, winning all five England on top. Tests at home -- two against Pa- to 7,174 It will be a world record kistan and three against New chase if South Africa some- Zealand -- after retaining the how wins, with 312 runs Ashes by drawing the series 2-2 still needed in a final-day in England. showdown. Batting out for “It’s been a great summer for 24th Test century and remained a draw is also a major chal- the Australian Test side,” Lyon unbeaten when skipper Paine lenge and, in reality, Eng- said. declared upon the dismissal of land’s bowlers are expected “It’s pretty special to be part Marnus Labuschagne. Nathan Lyon takes a diving catch to dismiss Tom Blundell to close out a series-leve- of it, we have been impressive, “You know you’re capable of ling victory, which would pretty clinical, the batters have “They were clinical in all areas for two and stand-in skipper before he was bowled by Pat doing so,” Warner said, when be their first in Cape Town done well and given us bowlers and after the first match they Latham lost a review for leg be- Cummins for 22 to take his Test asked about how he had bounced since 1957. plenty of time.” put us under pressure session fore wicket. aggregate to 7,174. back from his disastrous Ashes ‘’It was a massive bonus Australia declared their after session,” said skipper Kane Jeet Raval was out in a re - Big-hitting Colin de Grand- campaign in England last year. taking that late one (wick- second innings at 217 for two Williamson, who missed the view to the faintest of edges on homme smacked Lyon for six to “I was in the nets hitting the et),’’ said England batsman with David Warner scoring an Test with a virus. ‘Snicko’ in Lyon’s first over for bring up his fifty but went next ball well and had the skipper Dom Sibley, whose 133 not unbeaten century, leaving the New Zealand were reeling 12. ball hoicking to Joe Burns at backing me. To be able to play out played a major role in Black Caps with a revised 416- early at 27-4 and never recov- First-innings top-scorer deep mid-wicket for 52. with freedom helped me. It’s all the tourists’ big lead. ‘’But run target in the fourth innings ered after Starc and Lyon took Glenn Phillips went for a duck Todd Astle was out to a superb paying off.” there will be some hard on a wearing Sydney Cricket two wickets each in the middle after technology detected a faint diving catch by James Pattinson Labuschagne, who was work tomorrow.’’ Ground pitch. session to put the skids under outside edge to wicketkeeper in the outfield for 17. dropped on four in a regulation South Africa started its But the Kiwis buckled un - the tourists. Paine off Lyon. Starc yorked William Somer- caught-and-bowled chance by second innings with two der the pressure of Australia’s Starc removed both openers, ville’s middle stump for seven leg-spinner Astle, was caught successive half-century superior bowling attack with Tom Latham and Tom Blundell, Taylor’s Kiwi record and BJ Watling was the last to at long on off Matt Henry for partnerships.