Muscat Daily

Atletico Madrid drubs Alaves

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Madrid, Spain - Atletico Madrid moved joint top of the Spanish League table alongside Barcelona with a 3-0 thumping of Alaves on Saturday.

Nikola Kalinic, who returned a World Cup runner-up medal this year, opened his league account for the season with the first goal before Antoine Griezmann and midfielder Rodri sealed all three points at the Wanda Metropolit­ano with goals in the final ten minutes.

Milik brace in Napoli’s victory

Milan, Italy - Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik bagged a brace as Napoli warmed up for next week's Champions League clash with Liverpool by easing past promoted Frosinone 4-0 in the Italian League to close the gap on champion Juventus to eight points. Piotr Zielinski opened after just seven minutes in the Stadio San Paulo with Algerian Adam Ounas adding a second from a distance in the first half before Milik's second-half brace.

Carlo Ancelotti's side consolidat­ed second place and replied to Juventus who had pulled 11 points clear on Friday with a confident 1-0 win over third-place Inter Milan. Mario Mandzukic scored the only goal for Juventus. Other results: German League: Bayern Munich 3 Nuremberg 0, Freiburg 3 RB Leipzig 0, Schalke 1 Borussia Dortmund 2, Bayer Leverkusen 1 Augsburg 0, VfL Wolfsburg 2 Hoffenheim 2.

 ?? (AFP) ?? Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring against Bournemout­h during their English Premier League match on Saturday
(AFP) Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring against Bournemout­h during their English Premier League match on Saturday

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