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Premier favourites City thump Liverpool Sixteen-goal Lions rout Scrabble in Cup

BY DAVID SAFFER

“We deserved to win the game but that is football for you. You have to take your Manchester City will take some stopping BY DAVID SAFFER chances and cannot concede with every in the Premier League title race after a 4-1 shot. The fans can see we are a team that is victory at defending champions Liverpool Reiss Mogilner scored six goals as Maccabi trying to go for it. Even at 3-2 up we wanted last Sunday. London Lions thumped Scrabble A in the to get the fourth.” City’s 10th consecutive league win sent second round of the Cyril Anekstein Cup. Everton boss Ancelotti noted to BBC them five points clear of Manchester UnitTh e Premier League side racked up a 16-0 Sport, “It was like a win but it is just one ed, seven ahead of Leicester City and 10 in win with Daniel Green and Michael Kenley point, We competed against one of the best front of Liverpool. Pep Guardiola’s charges both bagging a hat-trick. Ed Brafman, Da- in the Premier League. We are not at the also have a game in hand over their rivals. vid Dinkin, and Adam Hassanali complet- same level but we can fight and compete With 16 games to go the four-time Premier ed the rout in a mismatch of a tie. with our qualities.” winners are favourites to land a fifth crown. Lions could have scored in the opening Two wins in five games has severely damJurgen Klopp’s side have struggled with minute of the clash but soon opened the aged United’s title prospects and Leicester’s serious injuries all season, particularly in scoring and led 9-0 by half time. chances also took a hit in a disjointed draw defence with Virgil van Dyke, Joe Gomez Th e Division One team, though out- against Wolves at Molineux. and Joel Matip not expected to return be-classed, battled away to the end. Both teams had a great chance to win but fore the summer. Lions boss was lost for words at full time Fabio Silva saw Wolves’ sole shot on target Liverpool are now under intense pressuch was the display from his team who superbly saved by Kasper Schmeichel then sure to make a Champions League spot. gave every respect to the opposition. the normally clinical Jamie Vardy failed Chelsea, West Ham, Everton, Tottenham “I’m not really sure there’s anything to to hit the target with a header in stoppage Hotspur and Aston Villa are all in the shake say, we are happy to make it through to the time. up for European spots. next round of the cup,” he commented. Chelsea, meantime, are looking danger-

Pep Guardiola’s charges were in imHendon United Sports ran out 3-1 victors ous in the battle for Champions League perious form at Anfield. After a goalless against League One outfi t North London places but don’t discount Tottenham espefirst half, Guardiola altered his formation, Raiders. cially if they keep talisman Harry Kane fit. moving Phil Foden to the right wing, and Th e Premier side led early in the second The Blues are four games undefeated the visitors quickly opened the scoring half only for Raiders to equalise but struck must-win game,” commented Galaxy play- since Thomas Tuchel replaced Frank Lamwhen Raheem Sterling cut inside from the two late goals to book a place in round er-manager Luke Lewis. pard as manager and they deserved a 2-1 left, Reds keeper Allison Becker could only three of the competition. “We sat back and allowed Oakwood the win at Championship-bound Sheffield parry Foden’s shot to Ilkay Gundogan, who Hendon now turn their attentions to the ball, given the one-man advantage and United. slotted home. Liverpool equalised just afleague as they travel to Oakwood A for a looked to hit them on the counter attack Oliver Burke almost caught the visitors ter the hour from a Mo Salah penalty after crucial top of the table clash on Sunday with pace. cold in the opening minute but Chelsea a rash tackle on the star forward by Ruben (10am). difference.” Speaking to Sky Sports, he add“Both goals came down the right-hand Trafford. struck with a Mason Mount strike just beDias. But City were not to be denied as AlliDaniel Kristall’s team stunned the league ed, “It is an important win, but it is Februside. Leigh crossed the fi rst one into Cohen Credit to the visitors who came from fore the break before gifting the Blades an son endured a nightmare with two hashed leaders last month when they won 2-0, a ary. Of course, the gap to fifth is big right to fi nish, before slotting home himself. Up behind twice but this was a game United equaliser when Antonio Rudiger inexplicaclearances. Foden set up Gundogan, who victory would move them to within a point now and (qualifying) for the Champions to fi rst we go.” should have secured on the 63rd anniver- bly scored an own goal on 55 minutes. Chelhad missed a first half penalty, for a simple of Hendon with a match in hand. League next season is important, but 10 Th e Division Two title race also took sary of the Munich air disaster that was sea though were quickly ahead when Timo goal on 73 minutes, Bernardo Silva then Elsewhere in the latest round of fi xtures, wins in a row in this period is something a twist with league leaders Herstwood marked prior to kick off. circumstances,” said delighted Fortune Werner, who set up Mount for his goal, was one will enjoy.”teed up Sterling moments later. 10-man North London Galaxy made it a exceptional.” Vale going down to a 2-1 defeat at Temple Edinson Cavani headed home a pin-boss Simon Linden. brought down by Sheffield’s keeper Aaron Vale boss Jacob Emanuel was quick to Foden, 20, showed his growing influence three-way title race in the only Division One As for Foden, he noted, “We know he is a Fortune. point cross from Marcus Rashford midway “We had a number of players out, Re- Ramsdale. Referee Kevin Friend initially wish Rebuck well following his injury.on the side with a rasping shot into the top clash of the day after defeating Oakwood B. huge talent. Hopefully he can still improve.” Faithfold B have played a game more through the first half before Bruno Fernanbuck got injured, so I couldn’t have asked waved away Chelsea penalty appeals but “First and most importantly, everyone at corner seven minutes from time to seal a Jamie Murray saw red early on but Galaxy Klopp told BBC Sport. “Coming out in the than Vale but moved level with a 5-3 win at dez fired home a superb second just before any more from the players. We wish Ben a VAR came to the rescue and Jorginho slotVale would like to wish the Fortune ‘keeper massive win. rallied with goals from Josh Cohen and Ja- second half, they changed the system and North London Raiders Masters. half time. The Toffees hit back after the speedy recovery. ted home. a quick recovery, we hope to see him back Guardiola has slowly integrated Foden to cob Leigh to record an important 2-1 away we didn’t move enough in midfield. We Jacob Kalms struck twice for Fortune who break through Abdoulaye Doucoure, who “It was a proper old school performance, In north London, Tottenham got back to on the football pitch as soon as possible,” he the first team and his man-management is win. scored our goal and in that moment it was scored through leading scorer James Mil- then set up James Rodrigues for a clinical we battled and defended for the 90 minutes winning ways with a 2-0 win against lowly said. paying off. The time is right for the youngGalaxy head Redbridge Jewish Care A in possible the game goes in our direction, but letwith his 17th goal of the season. finish on 52 minutes. Scott McTominay and took our chances. Experience proved West Brom.As for the defeat, Emanuel commented, ster to display his skills at the highest level the table by just one point after 10 matches, Alisson made two massive mistakes, gave Th e result was all the more remarkable headed home a Luke Shaw free kick before to be the winner. It’s a big win, one we will The hosts settled the match after half time “It doesn’t matter how big a squad you for City and England. third place Fairlop FC are fi ve points be- two goals away and then a genius situation as Temple were down to 11 players with Dominic Calvert Lewin had the final say enjoy and we hope to build on it in 2019.” with two goals in four minutes from Kane have, you can never account for unavail-Guardiola told BBC Sport, “In the sec-hind with two games in hand. from Foden.” ‘keeper Ben Rebuck dislocating a shoulder deep into stoppage time when United dithHe added, “Th is win marks 50 years as a and Son Heung-min. Jose Moutinho’s side ability or injury. Only fi ve of today’s team ond half, the way we reacted to the goal, Rafi Bloom scored for Oakwood. Manchester United and Everton shared in the warm up. ered in defence. football club and will be one Nigel Kyte and had slipped in recent weeks without Kane played in our recent win over FC Team, a the way we played with quality, made the “It was a fantastic performance in a the spoils in a six-goal thriller at Old “Th is was a fantastic win given the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told BBC Sport, everyone associated with the club from day leading the line. lack of togetherness and poor individual

Ilkay Gundogan stuck twice against Liverpool

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Jurgen Klopp’s side have struggled with serious 16-goal Maccabi London Lions PHOTO: DAVID SAFFER

injuries all season, particularly in defence with Virgil van Dyke, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip not expected to return before the summer.“It was a proper old school performance, we battled and defended for the 90 minutes and took our chances. Experience proved to be the winner.”

He told BT Sport, “Kane is a special player in the history of the club. He is one of the best strikers in the world. The team depends a lot on him, we can’t hide that. It’s the goals he can score, the assists he can make, the link play he has, that personality that players like that can have and he is always an important influence for us.”

In other games, Villa picked up a 1-0 win against Arsenal with an Ollie Watkins second minute goal. Both teams wasted opportunities but the hosts deserved the victory.

Leeds United leapfrogged the Gunners into a top 10 spot with a 2-0 win against Crystal Palace in the Monday night fixture.

Jack Harrison’s deflected 3rd minute strike and Patrick Bamford’s 100th career goal sealed the points but the star of the show was £17m playmaker Raphina whose rasping drive was too hot to handle enabling United’s talisman to notch a landmark goal. Marcelo Bielsa’s side were solid at the back, an unusual sight for Leeds fans, but going forward they should have scored more goals. Centre back Pascal Struijk missed two sitters in front of goal and there were other opportunities. After years away from top-flight football, the club is Minamino reduced the deficit on the back in the big time. half hour but a horrendous error by

In the battle for survival, Saints keeper Alex McCarthy enaNewcastle United are 10 points bled Almiron to score on half time. clear of the bottom three and Saints hit back with a superb James showed tremendous courage Ward-Prowse free kick. After Hento defeat Southampton 3-2 in a dricks saw red the visitors pushed terrific clash on Tyneside. for an equaliser but Newcastle dug

The hosts played half an hour deep for a second crucial win in with 10 players after Jeff Hen- three games. dricks dismissal for two Burnley and Brightbookings then after on shared the spoils using all their substi- in a hard-fought tutes the last 20 min- scrap at Turf utes with nine men Moor. when defender Fabi- The Seagulls an Schar was carried are revitalised, off. and after de-

An entertaining feating Liverclash saw the hosts pool midweek, lead 3-1 at the opened the break. Joe Will- scoring from cock opened the a Pascal Gross scoring on his corner when debut, Miguel Lewis Dunk Almiron dou- powerful bled the lead ly headed before Takumi Harry Kane scored Tottenham’s opening goal PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK home. Berg Gudmundsson equalised after the break and the hosts looked likelier to pick up the win but by full time the result suited both sides.

Relegation threatened Fulham failed to break down West Ham and remain in deep trouble eight points back from Burnley above the drop zone.

The main talking point of the game was Tomas Soucek ludicrously being sent off for an apparent elbow on Aleksandar Mitrovic in injury time. The red card by referee Mike Dean was rescinded on Monday but the fallout has seen Merseyside Police begin investigations into “allegations of malicious communications” following alleged death threats and abusive messages aimed at Dean in the aftermath of the incident.

Referee head Mike Riley said, “Threats and abuse of this nature are totally unacceptable and we fully support Mike’s decision to report these messages his family received to the police. Nobody should be victim of abhorrent messages like this. Online abuse is unacceptable in any walk of life and more needs to be done to tackle the problem.”

City in record breaking form as Everton win 9-goal thriller

BY DAVID SAFFER

Manchester City eased into the FA Cup quarter finals at Swansea with a record-breaking 15th consecutive top-flight triumph last night.

Pep Guardiola’s side swept up domestically in 2018/19 and odds on another domestic treble is shortening after a 3-0 win at Liberty Stadium. City are also among the UEFA Champions League favourites which resumes this month.

The visitors opened the scoring when Kyle Walker’s right-wing cross evaded everyone including Swansea keeper Freddy Woodman on the half hour. Raheem Sterling slotted home on the resumption before Gabriel Jesus settled the tie with a sublime finish on 50 minutes. City went close to a fourth but Morgan Whittaker grabbed a consolation goal 13 minutes from time.

Regarding City’s achievement, Guardiola told BT Sport, “It is a measure for ourselves, we came here to win the game, that is the most important thing. But we cannot deny how pleased and proud we are for our club to break this record from a long time ago. Records are there to be broken until another team does it. It’s not easy in the modern era to make 15 games in a row but it is good.”

Walker, commenting on his goal, quipped to BT Sport, “I saw the far post and thought I’d put it in the back of the net! No, it was a cross, but we deserved a bit of luck the way we’ve been playing.”

As for the win, he commented, “We knew it going to be tough, you always get surprises

Scott McTominay scored Manchester United’s extra time winner

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in the FA Cup, it was a professional win.”

In other fifth round ties, Everton defeated Tottenham in a nine-goal all-Premier thriller at Goodison Park.

Davinson Sánchez nodded home a Son Heung-Min corner on three minutes only for Dominic Calvert Lewin, Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdson, with a penalty, to edge the Toffees 3-1 ahead two minutes before the break. But Erik Lamela reduced the deficit with a smart finish in first half stoppage time.

Sanchez knocked in his second from a Toby Alderweireld header brilliantly saved by Robin Olsen just before the hour to level at 3-3. However, the hosts moved ahead through Richarlison with a sensational finish from a tight angle on 68 minutes. Michael Keane wasted a glorious chance for Everton before Harry Kane sent the game into extra time eight minutes from time.

Everton sealed a dramatic tie when Bernard clinically finished on 96 minutes.

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his teams’ mentality in an extra time triumph against West Ham at Old Trafford. Scott McTominay hit the only goal on 97 minutes to book a last eight spot for a seventh consecutive year.

In a game of few chances West Ham’s Lukasz Fabianski stopped Victor Lindelof’s deflected header in normal time until Marcus Rashford, on his 250th club appearance, set up McTominay with a deft pass for the key moment of the match.

Leicester City super sub Kelechi Iheanacho broke Brighton hearts with a 94th minute header from a quickly taken corner in the last attack of stoppage time.

The Seagulls had five players in the penalty box with the game heading to spot kicks but nobody picked up the Foxes striker who sent his team through to the next round.

Bournemouth sacked manager Jason Tindall after six months last week but caused the shock of the round at Burnley to book a quarter-final spot for the first time in 64 years. Sam Surridge opened the scoring in the first half and Junior Stanislas slotted home a penalty two minutes from time.

Sheffield United overcame 10-man Bristol City with Billy Sharp’s VAR-awarded penalty on 66 minutes. Referee Robert Jones sent off City’s Alfie Mawson after officials spotted David McGoldrick’s goalbound shot striking the defender’s hand. Sharp duly delivered the killer blow.

Wolves host Southampton and Barnsley welcome Chelsea in other fifth round ties tonight.

The quarter final draw takes place after both matches.

Headteacher - Kisharon Noé School

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