England win over Benzema heads Fiji in World Real to victory Cup opener SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 201516 18 Vettel gives Ferrari first pole position since 2012 Page 17 MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling (right) has a cross blocked by West Ham United’s Carl Jenkinson during the English Premier League soccer match. — AP West Ham end City’s winning streak City came into the contest having not conceded a goal ner was headed goalwards by Winston Reid, Fernandinho important double save from Aguero. in the previous 566 minutes of English Premier League was slow to clear and Pedro Obiang was able to steer the After the interval, the home side made their pre- Man City 1 football but took just six minutes to allow West Ham to ball across goal for Sakho to hook in, under pressure. dictable cavalry charge on goal. Yaya Toure, in a more score, and a further 25 to let in a second. It was no more It was a stunning turn of events and West Ham were advanced role, was central to many of their early second- than Slaven Bilic’s side deserved as they demonstrated clearly not satisfied to sit on a two-goal cushion. Debutant half forays, threatening the West Ham goal four times in the same organisation, commitment and speed on the Nicolas Otamendi was forced to make a crucial block to the first 10 minutes alone. West Ham 2 counter-attack that had already seen them record unex- prevent Carl Jenkinson’s pull-back from finding Sakho. After 63 minutes, Toure’s one-man assault on the east pected victories at Arsenal and Liverpool this season. Then Mangala made an expert tackle to deny Sakho what London side’s goal finally looked like paying dividends The home side had already threatened with an early would have been another goalbound shot just before the when he found space inside the area to collect a header from Eliaquim Mangala which was punched clear break. Demichelis pass but dragged a low shot just wide. De MANCHESTER: Victor Moses and Diafra Sakho ended by Adrian, by the time West Ham took the lead through That second defensive play proved all the more impor- Bruyne played in Navas, whose cross was well defended, Manchester City’s 11-match run of consecutive Premier Moses, the winger on loan from Chelsea and playing just tant as City halved their deficit in first half injury-time and Toure had a sight of goal only to see his shot blocked, League victories as West Ham recorded a stunning 2-1 his second game for the visitors. through De Bruyne, who was making his full debut. this time by Mark Noble. success at Eastlands. Inexplicably, City failed to close down Dmitri Payet on Sergio Aguero’s excellent control in midfield forced Bilic tried to stem the tide by moving Sakho back into Without injured centre-half and captain Vincent the edge of their penalty area and, even more unforgiv- three defenders to converge upon him and allowed him midfield but the flow of traffic remained relentless and Kompany, City conceded goals for the first time this sea- ably, also neglected to pressure Moses as he collected a to find the unmarked De Bruyne whose shot from the almost exclusively in his team’s direction with Adrian son and looked uncharacteristically vulnerable in sideways pass, gathered himself and deposited a 20-yard edge of the area was as accurate as that of Moses. City being required to make a magnificent 85th-minute fin- defence. shot past Joe Hart into the City net. had lost the influential and in-form David Silva to injury in gertip save to keep out Otamendi’s header, from a De After West Ham’s first half strikes, a goal from Kevin De The Blues had conceded two goals in the previous 821 the pre-game warm-up-his place going to Jesus Navas- Bruyne corner. Bruyne just before the interval gave City hope of sal- minutes of league football but would soon concede a sec- but still posed plenty of attacking threat. City remain top of the table on 15 points from six vaging a point and set up a second half of non-stop pres- ond to Bilic’s irrepressible young team. Adrian parried a powerful Navas strike, Aguero curled a matches, but the result meant West Ham surged up into sure from the hosts. Just after the half hour, Payet’s disputed right-wing cor- shot just wide and the West Ham keeper then made an second place on 12 points. — AFP Chelsea punish 9-man Arsenal Ighalo brace keeps despite making their worst start to a season in 29 years. Newcastle winless Chelsea 2 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had over- come Mourinho for the first time in last Newcastle’s box. month’s Community Shield, but here found Watford resorted to route one for their himself in the familiar position of having been Newcastle 1 second goal as a long ball from the back was helped on by Troy Deeney before Arsenal 0 eclipsed by his Portuguese nemesis. His side have not beaten Chelsea in the league since Ighalo finished with aplomb on 28 min- October 2011 and following the mid-week utes. defeat at Dinamo Zagreb in which Olivier Watford 2 It was the 26-year-old’s fourth goal LONDON: Kurt Zouma and Eden Hazard Giroud was sent off, this was another partly already this season and 20th in his last 24 scored as Chelsea exploited the dismissals of self-inflicted setback. matches. Newcastle got a lifeline on 62 Gabriel and Santi Cazorla to beat Arsenal 2-0 As ever in this fixture, the first tremors of minutes as Daryl Janmaat played a one- yesterday and revive their Premier League the contest were felt before kick-off, with NEWCASTLE: Nigeria forward Odion two with Moussa Sissoko before sliding title defence. Terry’s inclusion on the substitutes’ bench fol- Ighalo was the star as promoted Watford home the ball from close range. Gabriel was sent off late in the first half lowed by a keenly anticipated handshake LONDON: Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud (left) heaped more misery on misfiring It was Newcastle’s first goal in almost after a tussle with the provocative Diego between Wenger and Mourinho. takes the ball away from Chelsea’s Ramires Newcastle United with a 2-1 win at St 500 minutes of action in the Premier Costa and Zouma, playing in place of Chelsea Wenger had swerved a chance to shake his during the English Premier League soccer James’ Park yesterday. League but it would prove little consola- captain John Terry, put the hosts ahead in the Chelsea counterpart’s hand after Arsenal’s 1-0 match at Stamford Bridge stadium. — AP Ighalo scored a brace as Steve tion. Janmaat almost had a second but 53rd minute. win in the Community Shield, but on this shooting straight at Begovic, but as the first McClaren’s miserable winless start to life as Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes Cazorla was shown a second yellow card occasion Mourinho made himself impossible half wore on, so Chelsea’s grip on it tightened. Newcastle manager stretched to six league clawed his 25-yard effort away from the for sliding in on Cesc Fabregas and Hazard to avoid by lingering beside the tunnel. Eyes Back at a ground he had called home for 11 games-although they did beat fourth tier top corner. made the game safe a minute from time with averted, the pair performed the most per- years, Cech was by far the busier goalkeeper, Northampton in the League Cup. Newcastle were all over Watford at this a shot that beat former Chelsea goalkeeper functory of handshakes before taking their smothering an attempt from Pedro While the Magpies finally managed only juncture but Siem de Jong, a second half Petr Cech via a sizeable deflection off Calum seats. Mourinho said Terry’s omission was “tac- Rodriguez, brilliantly picked out by Fabregas, their third league goal of the season, and substitute for Papiss Cisse, missed two Chambers. tical” and it seemed to reflect concern over and later parrying the Spain forward’s 20-yard thus ended a scoreless run that was closing chances. The result left Watford comfort- It was for Chelsea a first home league win the pace of Theo Walcott, who got in behind drive. in on 500 minutes, Ighalo, who has also ably in mid-table but condemned of the campaign and, arriving on the back of Chelsea’s defence early on and rounded goal- Hazard had a strong penalty appeal turned played in Spain and Italy, was on fire. He Newcastle to bottom spot, alongside Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in keeper Asmir Begovic, only to run the ball out. down after being eased off the pitch by opened the scoring on 10 minutes with a north-east rivals Sunderland, while the the Champions League, fired hope that Jose The England forward also squandered an Gabriel, which drew a rueful smile from rasping low shot into the corner after some pressure on former England boss McClaren Mourinho’s side may yet salvage something opportunity created by Mesut Ozil’s pass by Mourinho. — AFP neat passing from the visitors around is sure to mount. — AFP.