TOTTENHAM ON TOP AFTER TRIUMPH

With his team at the top of the English Premier League, Jose Mourinho enjoyed bragging rights over Pep Guardiola in their longstanding rivalry as Tottenham beat Manchester City 2-0 on Saturday.

A typical Guardiola vs. Mourinho game saw City enjoy the lion’s share of possession, only to be frustrated by Tottenham’s compact defense and sliced apart on counterat- tacks.

“Everyone worked their socks off,” Tottenham forward Harry Kane told Sky Sports. “We knew in the second half that chances would be available and thankfully we took some in the end.”

Kane has either scored or assisted at least one goal in each of his last eight league games. Mourinho was marking a year in charge at Tottenham, while Guardiola acknowledged he had work to do to turn City’s season around after signing a twoyear contract extension.

Son Heung-min gave Tottenham the lead in the fifth minute when Kane pulled both City center backs out of position, leaving the way clear for the South Korean to latch onto Tanguy Ndombele’s pass and score. With a onegoal advantage, Tottenham was happy to sit back and deflect City’s attacks.

Tottenham has 20 points, two more than Chelsea and Leicester. A win over Liverpool today could put Leicester at the top, though.

Timo Werner missed chances to score for Chelsea, but he still lifted the team to a 2-0 win at Newcastle.

After its high-flying start to the season, Aston Villa looks increasingly earthbound. Solly March’s goal from the edge of the box gave Brighton a 2-1 win at Villa.

Bruno Fernandes scored the only goal of the game as Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 with some help from VAR.

More international soccer

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his scoring streak with another two goals as Juventus won 2-0 against Cagliari to move into second in Serie A. Ronaldo has now scored eight goals in his last five matches.

• Wayne Rooney’s first game in joint charge of English second-tier club Derby ended in a 1-0 loss to Bristol City.

MLS

Benji Michel’s goal in a second penalty shootout and a late save by a reserve defender summoned to play goalie helped send host Orlando City into the MLS Eastern Conference semifinals with a wild 1-1 (6-5) victory over NYCFC.

• Pedros Santos, Darlington Nagbe and Gyasi Zardes scored and the Columbus Crew beat the visiting New York Red Bulls 3-2 to advance to the MLS Eastern Conference semifinals.

Swimming

Caeleb Dressel set a pair of short-course world records at the International Swimming League final in Budapest, Hungary.

Expected to be one of the top stars at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics, Dressel became the first swimmer to eclipse 48 seconds in the 100meter butterfly, touching with a time of 47.78.

About 40 minutes later, Dressel took won the 50 freestyle in 20.16, eclipsing his own short-course record by 0.08.

Also

John Daly is a step closer to another Olympic berth. The two-time Olympian is back on the USA Skeleton national team, after finishing off a sweep of the team selection races at New York’s Mount Van Hoevenberg. Megan Henry won the women’s team selection race to finish off a two-day sweep.

• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Mikhail Kolyada held off challenges from younger skating rivals to win their events at the Rostelecom Cup at Moscow.

Tuktamysheva landed six triple jumps in her free skate to win with a total of 223.39 points. Kolyada won his first Grand Prix event in three years after overtaking shortprogram leader Morisi Kvitelashvili in the men’s free skate.

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