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20 MONDAY, MAY 8, <strong>2017</strong> DT Sports Arsenal end United run, Liverpool held • Reuters, London Arsenal scored twice in three minutes through a deflected Granit Xhaka strike and Danny Welbeck’s header to claim a deserved 2-0 win over Manchester United yesterday and inflict a first Premier League defeat on the visiting side in 26 games. The victory at the Emirates Stadium keeps sixth-placed Arsenal’s hopes of a top-four finish alive, but they are six points adrift of Manchester City, who currently occupy the final Champions League qualifying slot, albeit with a game in hand. The win also takes Arsenal within two points of fifth-placed United, who stay four points behind City having played the same number of games as their local rivals. “Hopefully this result will give us confidence,” said man-of-thematch Aaron Ramsey. “I said a couple of weeks ago we had to win every match and unfortunately we didn’t do that against Tottenham Hotspur (in a 2-0 loss last weekend). But we will see.” For all of United manager Jose Mourinho’s pre-match bluster about fielding a weakened team, his only concession to youth in eight changes from his midweek Europa League team was 19-yearold defender Axel Tuanzebe, who made his Premier League debut. Everything else was familiar, with United under orders to produce the sort of bodies behind the ball performance that makes them so hard to beat. However frustrating the tactics, there is no doubting their effectiveness and the first half finished with Arsenal having spurned a series of chances and the Emirates again jittery. Twice United defenders had denied Welbeck on the six-yard area while darting runs from the ever impressive Ramsey almost saw him get on the end of pinpoint balls from Aaron Sanchez. United also had their chances before the break, with Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech saving from Anthony Martial. But after a battling first-half display, the visiting side were undone after the interval with Xhaka’s 25-metre shot looping up off Ander Herrera to catch out United goalkeeper David de Gea after 54 minutes and then Welbeck adding a second against his former side with a header from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s cross. There was no way back for United and, for once in a troubled season, the Arsenal fans could relax and forget the will he-won’t he concerns about whether manager Arsene Wenger will renew his contract. The win could not have been better timed and was Wenger’s first over Mourinho in a league game. For United, the only realistic route to Champions League qualification now lies in winning the Europa League in which they host Spaniards Celta Vigo at Old Trafford in the semi-finals on Thursday holding a 1-0 win from the first leg. “Yes is all on the Europa league,” said Mourinho, “but you cannot say we did not try to win.” Earlier, Liverpool were held to a goalless draw at home by Southampton. The Reds though have only themselves to blame as James Milner missed a penalty in the second half. • Real reserves thrash Granada, Barca’s MSN hit 100 mark • AFP, Madrid Alvaro Morata and James Rodriguez scored twice as a muchchanged Real Madrid moved to within three victories of winning La Liga with a 4-0 demolition of Tony Adams’s already-relegated Granada. Earlier, Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were all on target to take their combined tally for the RESULTS Sporting Gijon 1-0 Las Palmas Carmona 66 Atletico Madrid 1-0 Eibar Saul Niguez 69 Barcelona 4-1 Villarreal Neymar 21, Messi 45, 82-P, Suarez 68 Bakambu 32 Granada 0-4 Real Madrid Rodriguez 3, 11, Morata 30, 35 Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck heads in his side’s second goal during their Premier League match against Manchester United at Emirates Stadium yesterday REUTERS season to 102 as Barcelona kept pace at the top with a 4-1 win over Villarreal. Barca remain top thanks to their superior head-to-head record with the two locked on 84 points, but Real have three games remaining to Barcelona’s two. Real coach Zinedine Zidane continued his rotation policy of recent weeks with nine changes from the side that beat Atletico Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday as hat-trick hero Cristiano Ronaldo was left out of the squad entirely. However, it mattered little as Real maintained their perfect La Liga record in nine games without Ronaldo this season. Barely two minutes had gone when Lucas Vazquez got in behind the Granada defence and squared for Rodriguez to tap home the opener. The Colombian then powered EPL Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd Xhaka 54, Welbeck 57 Liverpool 0-0 Southampton home a header from Fabio Coentrao’s cross just nine minutes later. Adams made a substitution after just 16 minutes as Uche Agbo replaced Aly Malle, but it couldn’t prevent the one-way traffic. Morata blasted home Danilo’s low cross then bullied Martin Hongla out of the way to fire home his 20th goal of the season. Vazquez then hit the bar and Casemiro somehow shot over with the goal at his mercy as Madrid’s dominance of the first 45 minutes left some Granada fans in tears. Real had mercy on the hosts after the break, but now just need seven points from their last three games against Sevilla, Celta Vigo and Malaga to seal a first La Liga title in five years. Barca maintained the pressure on the European champions with all of their front three on top form against Villarreal.• POINTS TABLE Teams P W D L GD Pts Barcelona 36 26 6 4 74 84 Real Madrid 35 26 6 3 57 84 Atletico Madrid 36 22 8 6 41 74 Sevilla 36 20 9 7 18 69 Villarreal 36 18 9 9 21 63 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scores a goal against Villarreal during their Spanish La Liga Santander match at Camp Nou stadium, Barcelona, Spain REUTERS
Sports 21 MONDAY, MAY 8, <strong>2017</strong> DT Monaco edge closer to Ligue 1 title with Nancy win • Reuters, Paris Monaco edged closer to a first Ligue 1 title since 2000 as a 3-0 win at Nancy gave them a three-point lead over defending champions Paris St Germain on Saturday. Tobias Badila’s own goal and strikes by Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar put the principality side on 86 points with three games to play, while PSG, who have two games left, crushed Bastia 5-0. Monaco, who have a much better goal difference, will be virtually champions if they beat Lille at home next weekend. Leonardo Jardim’s side went ahead after three minutes when Badila deflected Valere Germain’s cross into his own net. Portugal midfielder Silva headed home from Lemar’s cross to make it 2-0 five minutes before the break. Lemar sealed a straightforward win four minutes from time, after latching on a Kylian Mbappe pass. Earlier, PSG had kept alive their own slim title hopes. There was a minute of applause before kickoff to mark the 25th anniversary of the Furiani tragedy. • RESULTS PSG 5-0 Bastia Lucas Moura 32, Verratti 35, Cavani 76, 89, Marquinhos 82 Guingamp 4-0 Dijon Briand 4, 65, Salibur 55, 59-P Lille 0-2 Metz Mandjeck 36, Cohade 55 Lorient 1-1 Angers Philippoteaux 62 Manceau 72 Nancy 0-3 Monaco Badila 3-og, Silva 40, Lemar 86 Toulouse 0-1 Caen Santini 58 POINTS TABLE Teams P W D L GD Pts Monaco 35 27 5 3 69 86 Paris SG 36 26 5 5 51 83 Nice 35 22 11 2 30 77 Lyon 35 19 3 13 26 60 Bordeaux 36 15 12 9 10 57 DAY’S WATCH CRICKET SONY ESPN 8:30PM Indian Premier League Hyderabad v Mumbai FOOTBALL STAR SPORTS SELECT HD1 1:00AM English Premier League Chelsea v Middlesbrough Leipzig’s Stefan Ilsanker (2R) in action with Hertha Berlin’s Vedad Ibisevic (2L) during their Bundesliga match at Olympiastadion, Berlin on Saturday Dortmund sink Hoffenheim, Leipzig book Champions League spot • Reuters, BERLIN Borussia Dortmund edged past Hoffenheim 2-1 on Saturday to move into third place in the Bundesliga with two matches left and take a big step towards securing a spot in next season’s Champions League group stage. An early goal from Marco Reus and a late one from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sent Dortmund, who are also through to the German Cup final, up to 60 points, two ahead of fourth-placed Hoffenheim, who cut the deficit with a late penalty. Timo Werner and subsitute Davie Selke scored twice as promoted RB Leipzig crushed Hertha Berlin 4-1 to secure a Champions League group stage spot and a top three finish in their sparkling first season in the Bundesliga. Lepizig top scorer Werner took his league goal tally to 19 as second-placed Leipzig move up to 66 points. Champion Bayern Munich, who secured the title last week, beat bottom side Darmstadt 98 1-0 to confirm their long-expected relegation. With third place guaranteeing more than 12m euros and fourth leading to the tricky Champions League qualifying rounds, Dortmund looked more determined from the start. Reus put them ahead in the fourth minute from what was clearly an offside position, drilling Newcastle celebrate winning the Championship at St James’ Park on Saturday the ball through the legs of charging goalkeeper Oliver Baumann. Aubameyang could have doubled the lead 10 minutes later when Dortmund were awarded a penalty for a hand ball in what was another controversial decision. Reus had controlled the ball with his arm before it bounced off the hand of a Hoffenheim player and referee Felix Brych awarded the spot-kick, triggering angry complaints from the visitors. Aubameyang stepped up but fired his low penalty wide to keep the visitors in the game. Reus went close to scoring a sensational second goal on the hour but Baumann slapped his powerful volley wide with a reflex save. • REUTERS RESULTS Bayern Munich 1-0 Darmstadt Bernat 18 Dortmund 2-1 Hoffenheim Reus 4, Aubameyang 82 Kramaric 86-P M’gladbach 1-1 Augsburg Hahn 90+4 Finnbogason 57 Ingolstadt 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen Kittel 73 Havertz 78 Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Wolfsburg Didavi 48, Gomez 63 Hertha Berlin 1-4 RB Leipzig Khedira 85-og Werner 12, 54, Selke 89, 90+2 POINTS TABLE Teams P W D L GD Pts Bayern Munich 32 23 7 2 63 76 RB Leipzig 32 20 6 6 28 66 Dortmund 32 17 9 6 31 60 Hoffenheim 32 15 13 4 25 58 Hertha Berlin 32 14 4 14 -2 46 Blackburn make unwanted history, Newcastle win title • AFP, London REUTERS Blackburn Rovers became the first Premier League champions to drop into the third tier of English football yesterday whilst Newcastle claimed the Championship title on a nerve-racking final day of the regular season. Wins for another historic club, two-time European champions Nottingham Forest - 3-0 over Ipswich - and Chinese-owned Birmingham City, who beat Bristol City 1-0, condemned Rovers, owned by Indian poultry firm Venkys, to the drop. Rafael Benitez-managed Newcastle did what they had to do beating Barnsley 3-0 but it took a howler from Brighton goalkeeper David Stockdale to ensure they returned to the top flight as champion. •
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