ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015

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Cologne stun hapless Schalke

half to take his tally to 12 goals in allcompetitions in the last 12 days alone andnine in their last three Bundesliga match-es, a league record.

His 12 league goals on the first eightmatchdays also equalled the Bundesligarecord set by Christian Mueller in1964/65 and Gerd Mueller in 1968/69seasons.

Former Dortmund team mate MarioGoetze added a fifth goal for the dazzlingBavarians in the 66th with the visitorshaving unconditionally surrendered.

Undefeated Bayern, who are chasing arecord fourth consecutive league crown,are on 24 points, seven clear ofDortmund.

Schalke had been flying high after fourBundesliga wins and two Europa Leaguevictories before Sunday’s kick-off.

Cologne’s French striker AnthonyModeste claimed his sixth goal in eightgames when he netted a LeonardoBittencourt pass on the stroke of half-time at Schalke before the guests ran riotin the final ten minutes.

Cologne doubled their lead atGelsenkirchen’s Veltins Arena whendefensive midfielder Yannick Gerhardtslotted home after beating three defend-ers to make a mockery of the home backfour, on 79 minutes.

To compound Schalke’s misery, substi-tute Simon Voller drilled his shot into thebottom right-hand corner, just a minuteafter coming on, to wrap up the threepoints on 84 minutes.

On Saturday, BorussiaMoenchengladbach continued their riseup the table as they bounced back fromtheir midweek Champions League defeatagainst Manchester City with a 2-0 winover Wolfsburg.

Norway midfielder Haavard Nordtveltand French-born Guinean wingerIbrahima Traore did the damage to leaveGladbach now 13th and four points abovethe relegation places, having been bottoma fortnight ago, while Wolfsburg droppedto ninth.

It was their third straight league matchunder caretaker coach Andre Schubertafter Lucien Favre’s sudden resignation.

Hertha Berlin’s impressive season con-tinued as they climbed to fourth with a 3-0 win over Hamburg in the capital asSalomon Kalou gave the hosts a first-halflead, then Vedad Ibisevic netted twice inas many minutes.

P W D L GF GA PtsBayern Munich 8 8 0 0 28 4 24Dortmund 8 5 2 1 22 11 17Schalke 04 8 5 1 2 10 8 16Hertha Berlin 8 4 2 2 11 8 14Cologne 8 4 2 2 13 12 14Ingolstadt 8 4 2 2 6 6 14Bayer Leverkusen 8 4 1 3 8 9 13Mainz 05 8 4 0 4 12 11 12Wolfsburg 8 3 3 2 10 10 12SV Darmstadt 8 2 4 2 10 12 10Hamburg 8 3 1 4 8 13 10Eintr. Frankfurt 8 2 3 3 13 11 9M’gladbach 8 3 0 5 11 15 9Werder Bremen 8 2 1 5 7 13 7Hoffenheim 8 1 3 4 10 14 6Augsburg 8 1 2 5 8 13 5Hanover 8 1 2 5 7 16 5VfB Stuttgart 8 1 1 6 11 19 4

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Bayern crush Dortmund for 7-point lead

Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski (foreground), challenges for the ball to score his side’s third goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC BayernMunich and Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena Stadium in Munich, Germany on Oct 4. (AP)

Lazio’s defender from Argentina Santiago Gentiletti (left), fights for the ball with Frosinone’s midfielder from Italy LucaPaganini during the Italian Serie A football match SS Lazio vs Frosinone on Oct 4, at the Olimpico Stadium in Rome. (AFP)

MUNICH, Oct 4, (Agencies): Thomas Mueller and Robert Lewandowskistruck twice each to steer Bayern Munich to a 5-1 demolition of second-placedBorussia Dortmund on Sunday, which allowed the champions to open a seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga as they equalled their record of eightconsecutive wins at the start of a season.

Germany international Mueller opened his account in the 26th minute and doubled the hosts’ leadwith a penalty nine minutes later for his eighth league goal as the Bundesliga leaders took controlof the top-of-the-table clash.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang kept up his remarkable run of scoring in every one of Dortmund’s leaguematches this season as he slotted in from close range a minute later.

But Bayern forward Lewandowski killed off any hopes of a comeback with two goals early in the second

Hoops edge Hamilton

Celtic close inon ‘Aberdeen’GLASGOW, Oct 4, (AFP): Celtic closedto within one point of Aberdeen at the topof the Scottish Premiership as they camefrom behind to defeat Hamilton 2-1 onSunday.

The Hoops took to the pitch at NewDouglas Park knowing they couldreduce the deficit behind the leagueleaders after they suffered a 5-1 homehammering at the hands of St Johnstoneon Saturday.

However, their hopes were dealt anearly blow when Gramoz Kurtaj tookadvantage of hesitance in the Hoopsdefence to slot home a fourth minuteopener.

Celtic restored parity in the 26thminute when Dedryk Boyata fired pastMichael McGovern from close rangebefore Leigh Griffiths moved his side infront with a 31st minute header as Celticreturned to winning ways after two con-secutive home draws.

Ronny Deila admitted his side hadn’tbeen at their best.

“You could say we were a little bitlucky today. We were not very effec-tive, we didn’t create much and wedidn’t play well,” the Celtic managersaid.

“Today was just about hard work andstaying in there to get the three points.But I’m proud of the boys as that’s four

times in a row we’ve taken three pointsafter Europe this season.”

Hamilton player-manager MartinCanning was disappointed to lose.

“We started the game really well andscored our goal but they were two dis-appointing goals to lose,” Canningsaid.

“We’re disappointed we didn’t takesomething. I thought we dominated mostof the second half. We had lots of half-opportunities, without really creating agood chance.”

Hamilton, who had won five out oftheir opening nine fixtures, had got off toa perfect start when Kurtaj gave them afourth minute lead.

A long bouncing ball caused panicin the Celtic defence and after TylerBlackett missed a header, Kurtaj out-muscled Boyata to turn him and racein on goal and slot the ball expertlyinto the bottom corner past CraigGordon.

Celtic tried to response immediatelyand Nir Bitton dragged a shot widebefore sending another effort from 25yards by the post.

The Hoops were looking shaky at theback and Hamilton earned a corner whenAli Crawford’s poked shot was deflectedout for a corner.

However, Celtic soon found them-selves on level terms. Griffiths floateda free-kick to the back post whereBoyata made amends for his part in theopening goal by side-footing the ballhigh into the net past MichaelMcGovern.

Hamilton barely had time to regroupbefore Celtic moved in front throughGriffiths. The striker leapt high above theHamilton defence to meet Saidy Janko’scross and send a looping header into thefar corner of the net.

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Maccarone late strike stuns Sassuolo

Inter back on top as Roma pummel PalermoMILAN, Oct 4, (AFP): Ivan Perisic’smaiden goal for Inter Milan in a 1-1 drawat Sampdoria sent the Nerazzurri back ontop of Serie A on Sunday, as Roma con-tinued their early season push with a con-vincing 4-2 win away to Palermo.

With five opening wins, RobertoMancini’s Inter side had been the earlyseason pacesetters — until a 4-1 hum-bling by Fiorentina last week sent LaViola on top thanks to superior goal dif-ference.

In a hotly-contested encounter at theLuigi Ferraris stadium, Inter looked to beheading for their second successivedefeat of the season after Luis Murielslid in at the back post to meet PedroPereira’s inswinging cross and beat goal-keeper Samir Handanovic in the 51stminute.

It ended the hosts long wait for a goalafter a succession of earlier misses byEder, Muriel and Joaquin Correa, whoproduced an absolute howler when hesomehow skewed the ball wide of an

empty net only a yard from the goalline.Those misses proved costly when

Sampdoria’s defence went walkabout inthe 75th minute and Perisic finished off afine attacking move to level for the visi-tors.

The draw, Inter’s first of the season,saw the Nerazzurri go top of the pilewith a one-point lead on Fiorentina,although Paulo Sousa’s men will go twopoints clear if they beat Atalanta laterSunday.

Fellow scudetto hopefuls Roma movedup to provisional third place at two pointsbehind Inter with a comprehensive 4-2win away to Palermo.

Days after a humbling defeat toChampions League group opponentsBATE Borisov, Roma travelled to Sicilyhoping to make amends albeit withoutEdin Dzeko and Francesco Totti, who are

both sidelined with injury for the nextthree weeks.

However any fears the Giallorossiwould suffer another slip-up on theirtravels were dispelled after just twominutes when Miralem Pjanic putRoma ahead after latching on toAlessandro Florenzi’s through ball tobeat Stefano Sorrentino from closerange.

Florenzi doubled Roma’s lead 12 min-utes later with a clinical strike after theball fell kindly inside the area, andGervinho confirmed his recent return toform with a superb strike on 28 minutesto put the match beyond reach.

The Ivory Coast striker, who scored hisfirst league goal since November 2014two weeks ago, cut in from the left side ofthe area, holding off defender GiancarloGonzalez all the way before beatingSorrentino with a superb curling effortfrom just inside the area.

Palermo reduced arrears twice,through Alberto Gilardino on the hour

and Gonzalez on the stroke of fulltime.

But Gervinho put the result beyond alldoubt with his second of the game barelya minute later to hand Roma their fourthwin in seven games.

A late strike by Massimo Maccaronesecured a precious 1-0 win over Sassuoloas Empoli moved six places up to to 13thin Serie A on Sunday.

In Sunday’s early game, Sassuolo, fifthovernight only three points behind lead-ers Fiorentina, looked to have secured ashare of the spoils at the Carlo Castellanistadium.

However Maccarone’s strike two min-utes from the final whistle secured thepoints to get Marco Giampaolo’s menback to winning ways after defeats toFrosinone and Atalanta.

The match took a dramatic turn in thefinal minutes when Empoli midfielderPiotr Zielinski saw red for a second book-able offence, but the hosts held on for justtheir second win of the season.

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Caen beat Saint-Etienne

Monaco held in check by RennesPARIS, Oct 4, (AFP): Monaco’s stutter-ing early-season form continued as theywere held to a 1-1 draw at home toRennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday, while Caenrose to third after beating Saint-Etienne.

Rennes, whose terrific start has some-what subsided after a fourth draw in arow, took a first-half lead at the StadeLouis II through Abdoulaye Doucoure.

But Monaco fought back after thebreak with Brazilian Wallace scoring hisfirst goal in the French top flight to sal-vage a point for Leonardo Jardim’s men,who also had Danijel Subasic to thank fora second-half penalty save.

The principality side have now wonjust three of nine matches to start thecampaign and sit tenth in the table, sevenpoints behind Paris Saint-Germain ahead

of their clash with bitter rivals Marseillelater.

Rennes broke the deadlock four min-utes before the break when Monaco werecaught short at the back as Doucoureslipped in between Andrea Raggi andThomas Lemar to head past Subasic.

Monaco responded six minutes into thesecond half as Nabil Dirar flicked on aLemar corner with Wallace applying thefinishing touch.

Rennes should have regained the leadon 64 minutes after Fabinho broughtdown Cheikh M’Bengue in the area butPedro Henrique saw his spot-kick kept

out by Subasic.Rennes also suffered the loss of winger

Paul-Georges Ntep, who was stretcheredoff with a hamstring injury midwaythrough the second half - probably rulinghim out of international duty with Francenext week.

Elsewhere, Caen registered a fourthwin in five as Andy Delort’s 62nd-minutegoal was enough to give them all threepoints against Saint-Etienne as Les Vertsslumped to a second successive defeat,having entered the weekend in second.

Lorient rallied from a goal down tobeat Bordeaux 3-2 with BenjaminMoukandjo, Majeed Waris and ZargoToure all on target for the hosts afterDiego Rolan had given Willy Sagnol’smen a first-half lead.

No compensation

Advocaat says quitswinless SunderlandSUNDERLAND, England, Oct 4, (AP):Dick Advocaat has quit strugglingSunderland, becoming the first PremierLeague manager this season to leave his job.

The experienced Dutch coach steppeddown with Sunderland winless after eightleague games.

The 68-year-old Advocaat was initiallyhired on a two-month deal last seasonand, after saving the team from relegationin May, he had a change of heart anddecided to stay for a season. Now he isleaving without compensation.

“I feel it is the right time to do this - not forme, but for the club,” Advocaat said on theclub website on Sunday. “I have made thedecision to go after only eight games as I feltit was important to give everyone time (to)turn things around — like we did last year.”

Sunderland has three points and is onlybeing kept off the bottom of the standings bynortheast rival Newcastle on goal difference.

Sunderland threw away a 2-0 lead todraw 2-2 with West Ham on Saturday. Dueto the international break there is a two-week gap until Sunderland next plays atWest Bromwich Albion on Oct 17.

Advocaat’s successor will beSunderland’s eighth permanent managersince American businessman Ellis Shortbought the club in 2008.

Sunderland’s Dutch manager DickAdvocaat gestures during the EnglishPremier League football matchbetween Sunderland and West HamUnited at the Stadium of Light inSunderland, north east England on

Oct 3. (AFP)

Dettori rides Golden Hornto victory in Prix de l’ArcPARIS, Oct 4, (AFP): Frankie Dettorirode Golden Horn to victory in thePrix de l’Arc de Triomphe atLongchamp on Sunday, dashing thehopes for a record third win forFrench great Treve.

Winning Europe’s most presti-gious horse race for a fourth time, 44-year-old Dettori hit the front earlygoing down the back straight andnever looked like being caught by thechasing pack.

The win means a superb triple thisyear for Dettori and Golden Horn,having already taken the EpsomDerby and the Irish Derby.

Ridden by Thierry Jarvet, Treve,winner of the race in the last twoyears, had to settle for fourth place.Flintshir took second place with NewBay in third.

“I really believed in the horse. Iwas going that fast it was impossiblefor the others to pass me. It was agreat performance,” said Dettori

“His record is unbelievable. He isprobably the best horse I have everridden.”

Golden Horn’s win was also a

huge triumph for English trainer JohnGosden, winning the Arc for the firsttime at the age of 64.

Manohar succeeds deceased Dalmiya as BCCI ‘president’MUMBAI, Oct 4, (AFP): ShashankManohar was unanimously elected presi-dent of the Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) on Sunday, vowing torestore the governing body’s image aftera series of scandals.

The Nagpur-based lawyer succeedsveteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya,who died last month, in what is arguablythe most powerful job in world cricket.

“Mr Shashank Manohar elected,” theBCCI said on its official twitter account@BCCI after a special general bodymeeting at its headquarters in Mumbai.

Manohar, who had earlier served asBCCI president from 2008 and 2011 andwas the lone candidate in the election,

will remain at the helm for two years.Dalmiya’s death on Sep 20 had trig-

gered a bitter succession battle within thefaction-ridden BCCI, with former chiefSharad Pawar being a key contender forthe post.

But Pawar, a veteran politician, backedout of the race after reportedly beingopposed by the nation’s ruling BharatiyaJanata Party, paving the way for Manoharto emerge as a consensus candidate.

Manohar, who has a squeaky-cleanimage and a no-nonsense approach tocricket administration, will be chargedwith restoring the BCCI’s image andcredibility after a string of corruptionscandals over the past few years.

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Italian jockey Lanfranco Dettoricelebrates on the podium afterwinning riding Golden Horn, the94th Qatar Prix de l’Arc deTriomphe horse race on Oct 4, atthe Longchamp racetrack in

Paris. (AFP)