3 for table-topping Celtic at Hamilton
Norwich consolidate Championship pole position Malaysia join Vietnam in semis
GLASGOW, Nov 24, (AFP): Celtic moved three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership as Ryan Christie’s early strike, a Scott Martin own goal and Leigh Griffiths’s freekick earned a 3-0 win at Hamilton on Saturday.
Christie continued his fine form of late after playing a big role in Scotland’s victories over Albania and Israel in the past week by firing Callum McGregor’s cross from a wellworked corner into the roof of the net on 13 minutes.
The visitors could already have been in front by that point as Matt Kilgallon went unpunished when he blocked Odsonne Edouard’s cross with an outstretched arm inside the penalty area just two minutes in.
Hamilton goalkeeper Gary Woods kept his side in the game with a fine save from Scott Sinclair, while Edouard and Olivier Ntcham both fired into the side-netting from the edge of
SOCCER ROME, Nov 24, (AP): Roma’s lack of consistency in Serie A was highlighted in a 1-0 loss at relegationthreatened Udinese on Saturday.
It was the third time this season that Roma had been beaten by a team near the bottom of the standings, along with defeats against Bologna and Spal.
It wasn’t the buildup that Roma wanted ahead of a visit by Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. However, Madrid struggled even more on Saturday, losing 3-0 at Eibar in the Spanish league.
In Udine, Rodrigo De Paul collected a backheel pass from Ignacio Pussetto and chipped over onrushing Roma goalkeeper Antonio Mirante early in the second half.
Udinese almost had a second but the VAR disallowed a goal from Pussetto, ruling that he controlled De Paul’s pass with his arm.
Roma had beaten Udinese in all 10 of their previous meetings. What’s more, Udinese hadn’t won in more
2-0 to climb to second in the table.
City midfielder Josh Brownhill was sent off after 55 minutes for a second booking and Leeds made their numerical advantage count.
Kemar Roofe put Leeds ahead from close-range after 69 minutes and Pablo Hernandez’s header wrapped up all three points with four minutes left.
A stoppage-time equaliser from Jamie Proctor earned Rotherham a 2-2 draw in the Yorkshire derby against Sheffield United.
Mark Duffy put the Blades in front after eight minutes at the New York Stadium before the Millers levelled after 66 minutes when Jon Taylor’s shot was deflected past keeper Dean Henderson, who had made several smart saves.
With just five minutes left, Blades defender Chris Basham nodded the visitors back ahead, but Proctor had
than two months and was playing its first match since Davide Nicola was hired to replace fired coach Julio Velazquez.
The Giallorossi’s domestic performance has come in sharp contrast to its results in the Champions League, where they are level on points with Madrid atop Group G – after a semifinal appearance last season. In the Italian league, Roma is seventh. Making matters worse is that Roma playmaker Lorenzo Pellegrini, one of Roma’s most dangerous players against Udinese, exited the match late with an apparent muscular problem.
Roma midfielder Steven Nzonzi wasted a clear look with a header off the mark three minutes after De Paul’s goal and Roma substitute Edin Dzeko had a header on target deflected wide in the 90th.
Both teams’ players and coaches had red marks painted on their faces as part of a Serie A campaign to combat violence against women.
the final say as Rotherham extended their unbeaten run to six matches.
Frank Lampard’s Derby came from behind to win 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday.
Adam Reach gave the Owls the lead after 12 minutes but Derby were level just before the halfhour mark through on-loan Liverpool midfielder Harry Wilson and Jack Marriott gave them the lead after 35 minutes.
Preston thrashed Blackburn 4-1 thanks to goals from Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Louis Moult and Alan Browne.
Nottingham Forest won 2-0 at lowly Hull, while Stoke drew 2-2 against QPR.
Millwall and Bolton drew 1-1 in a clash between two clubs struggling to avoid relegation.
Mark Beevers headed Bolton in front against his former club after 12
Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (second left), shoots but fails to score during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London on Nov 24. (AFP)
minutes, but Jiri Skalak’s late equalizer earned the Lions a point.
Wigan and Reading played out a goalless draw at the DW Stadium.
Malaysia booked their place in the semifinals of the Asean Football Federation Championship on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Myanmar that ensures they advance to the tournament’s last four alongside favourites Vietnam.
Vietnam finished top of group A thanks to a comfortable 3-0 win over already-eliminated Cambodia while a brace from Zaquan Adha following Nohshahrul Idlan Talaha’s opener earned the Malaysians second place as a result of an impressive performance against Myanmar.
Myanmar needed only a draw to progress but, in front of a vociferous crowd at Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Jalil Stadium, the home side made most of the early running and it came as little surprise when Nohshahrul put Malaysia in front.
Syahmi Safari’s darting run down the right saw him find Mohamadou Sumareh with time and space in front of goal but, when his attempt came back off the crossbar, Nohshahrul scored from close range.
Two minutes into first-half injury time Safawi Rasid was brought down inside the penalty area by Soe Moe Kyaw after latching on to Sumareh’s through ball and Zaquan scored the resulting penalty.
Myanmar did little to suggest they would find a way back into the game and, with two minutes left on the clock, Zaquan added the third goal when an attempted clearance by Kyaw slammed into the striker’s head before looping into Kyaw Zin Htet’s goal.
Malaysia will play the winners of Group B, which will conclude on Sunday with leaders Thailand playing Singapore while the Philippines travel to Jakarta to face Indonesia. (RTRS)