Man City extend lead as Jesus goal sinks Sheffield; Real Madrid lose
MANCHESTER: A ninth-minute goal from Gabriel Jesus gave Manchester City a 1-0 win over Sheffield United as Pep Guardiola’s side extended their lead at the top of the table to four points. City have 44 points from 20 games with Manchester United, who are at Arsenal later on Saturday, on 40 points from the same number of games.
Jesus slotted home from close range after Ferran Torres took advantage of poor defending from United to wriggle free of two players and pick out his unmarked team mate.
Sheffield United had arrived at the Etihad on the back off their shock 2-1 win at Old Trafford against Manchester United and delivered another solid and organised display. City had over 75% possession but struggled to create many real openings although Sheffield keeper Aaron Ramsdale did well in the 72nd minute to keep out a fine drive from Oleksandr Zinchenko and Aymeric Laporte’s effort a minute later.
The Yorkshire side, still rooted to the foot of the table on eight points, went close to an equaliser with a late John Fleck drive that flashed past the post. Ramsdale did well again to keep out a Jesus
effort in stoppage time as City had to settle for a single goal victory—guardiola’s 500th victory as a manager.
Levante beat 10-man Real
MADRID: Levante striker Roger Marti brushed off squandering a penalty to score the winning goal as his side pulled off a shock 2-1 La Liga victory at Real Madrid. Real defender Eder Militao was sent off in the ninth minute for denying Sergio Leon a clear scoring chance but the champions took the lead in the 14th through Marco Asensio. Levante’s Jose Luis Morales equalised with an
unstoppable first-time finish in the 32nd minute. Marti blasted past Courtois in the 78th minute and clinch an unlikely Levante win that left second-placed Real seven points behind Atletico, who have two games in hand.
Bayern on a roll
MUNICH: Bayern Munich crushed Hoffenheim 4-1 with four different scorers, to go provisionally 10 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga in their quest for a ninth consecutive league crown. Goals from Jerome Boateng, Thomas Mueller, Robert Lewandowski and Serge
Gnabry secured a comfortable win and lifted Bayern to 45 points, with second-placed RB Leipzig, on 35, hosting Bayern Leverkusen, in third on 32.
NEUFC ride Brown brace
BAMBOLIM (GOA): Northeast United beat table-toppers Mumbai City FC 2-1 in their ISL match at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on Saturday. An early brace from Deshorn Brown (6’, 10’) was good enough for Khalid Jamil’s men to see off Mumbai City, even though Adam Le Fondre pulled one back late in the 85th minute.