Telangana footballers register a 3-0 victory
Telangana defeated Andaman & Nicobar 3-0 in the Swami Vivekananda U-20 National Football Championship being played at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Ground in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh. Sai Yashwanth (22nd minute) and Man-of-thematch Imtiyaz (49th, 65th) were the goal-scorers. Telangana will now take on Sikkim on April 26.
London, April 24: Kai Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 on Tuesday to surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City.
Leandro Trossard was also on target for the Gunners, who move three points clear of Liverpool and four of Manchester City.
The destiny of the title remains in City’s hands as the defending champions have two games in hand.
Liverpool have also played one fewer game than Arsenal and are in action at Everton in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday.
However, Mikel Arteta’s men’s goal difference advantage now looks unassailable should it become decisive in the title race.
Chelsea and Arsenal’s title rivals were dealt a huge blow before kick-off as the Blues’ danger man Cole Palmer was ruled out due to illness.
Palmer has scored or assisted nearly 50 per cent of Chelsea’s Premier League goals this season and his presence was badly missed by the visitors. Despite enduring a disappointing first season under Mauricio Pochettino, Chelsea had been unbeaten in eight consecutive league games prior to semifinal Manchester Saturday.
But they were blown away by an Arsenal side keen to reaffirm their title credentials after losing their last home game to Aston Villa.
The hosts flew out of the blocks and were in front their FA defeat City
Cup to on inside five minutes.
Chelsea were lucky to not have their bad start compounded by a red card when Nicolas Jackson escaped unpunished for a studs-up challenge on Takehiro Tomiyasu.
Petrovic redeemed himself for fault at the opening goal with two brilliant saves to turn away
Havertz’s low effort and a deflected shot by Trossard to keep his side in the game before half-time.
Chelsea did, though, have chances to level before the break.
Petrovic briefly held Arsenal at bay early in the second period with saves from Declan Rice and Havertz. —