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Kompany leads by example for City Supply Department win late Al-Dawood Cup

LONDON, April 15, (Agencies): Tottenham Hotspur’s tenacious chase of leaders Chelsea continued as they claimed a 12th consecutive Premier League home win with a 4-0 rout of Bournemouth on Saturday to cut the gap to four points.

Two goals in three minutes from Mousa Dembele and Son Heungmin put the hosts in complete control inside 20 minutes and Harry Kane grabbed his 20th league goal of the season shortly after halftime as high-flying Spurs maintained their momentum.

Substitute Vincent Janssen received the biggest roar of the day in stoppage time as he claimed his first Premier Leasgue goal from open play since joining last year.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side will now hope fifth-placed Manchester United can do them a favour by stopping Chelsea’s seemingly unstoppable title charge at Old Trafford on Sunday.

“It was another great performance,” Pochettino, whose side won 4-0 for the second Saturday running and now have six-goal better goal difference than Chelsea, told Sky Sports.

“Our job is done now, we have the three points and now we’ll see what happens tomorrow. If (Chelsea) fail we are waiting.”

Tottenham Hotspur’s English striker Harry Kane controls the ball during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth at White Hart Lane

in London on April 15. (AFP)

Dembele struck his first Premier League goal for 15 months after 16 minutes, slamming in a shot from six metres after Christian Eriksen’s corner arrived through a crowd of players.

In-form Son fired through the legs of keeper Artur Boruc from a narrow angle after racing on to Kane’s deft flick.

Kane, starting for the first time since injuring his ankle last month, wrapped up Tottenham’s seventh successive league win after 48 minutes, turning Simon Francis all too easily and firing low past Boruc with his left foot.

It is the third season in a row England forward Kane has reached the 20-goal mark - a feat previously only achieved by Alan Shearer, Ruud van Nistlerooy and Thierry Henry.

Boruc made sure the score did not get too embarrassing for Bournemouth with several saves as Tottenham went through their routines but he was beaten again in stoppage time.

Janssen, who has struggled to make an impact at White Hart Lane, scuffed his first attempt on goal but got another chance as the ball came back to him and the Dutchman fired past Boruc to put the icing on the cake of a 15th home league win.

Bournemouth are seven points above the relegation zone before the later kickoffs and probably need one more victory to guarantee a third season of top-flight football.

Vincent Kompany marked his return to the Manchester City line-up with a rare goal as his side climbed to third in the Premier League with a 3-0 win at Southampton.

Pep Guardiola’s team were in control for long periods at St Mary’s, but it wasn’t until the 55th minute that City captain Kompany put them ahead with his first goal since August 2015.

Leroy Sane and Sergio Aguero made sure of the three points with further goals in the 77th and 80th minutes respectively.

With Manchester United beginning to breathe down their necks in the pursuit of a top-four place and with games in hand, City needed this result, only their second league win in six matches, to move one point above Liverpool.

It was an especially cathartic moment for Kompany, who was making only his fourth league start in yet another injury-plagued campaign for the

The Department of Sports for All at Public Authority for Sports organized the Third late Dawood Al-Dawood Cup Football Tournament for employees of the authority at the Mishref Sports Ground.

The Supply Department team won the cup after defeating the Finance Department team in the

Belgium defender.

Aguero might have scored twice in the first four minutes.

First he escaped his marker at the far post but could only volley Gael Clichy’s cross wide.

Then he made himself a yard of space on the right of the penalty area but pulled his shot across goal.

Neither miss made Aguero more reluctant to shoot. From a corner-kick on the right, he tried an 18-yard volley, which went about the same distance wide.

For 15 minutes Southampton were barely a factor in the game as City passed the ball round and through them.

But then they produced an incisive move that should have brought them the opening goal.

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The Supply Department players celebrate with officials on the podium. finals through penalty kickoffs which resulted in a score of 5-4. The penalty kickoffs had followed the regular match which had ended in a draw of 2-2.

In third place was the Al-Shabab Center team. The best goalkeeper award was given to the Finance Department team’s goalkeeper Hani Al-Sayyed. The best attacker award went to a member of the Supply Department team Nasser Shishan.

After the match, Director of the Sports for All Department Hamed Al-Hazeem and his deputy Waleed Sultan as well as the representative of the family of late Dawood Al-Dawood honored the winning teams.