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| Messi scored Barcelona's only goal |
Manchester City produced a
superb performance to come from behind and beat Barcelona 3-1 in the Champions
League. After Lionel Messi had given Barcelona the lead, two goals from Ilkay
Gundogan and one from the influential Kevin de Bruyne sealed the win for City.
Pep Guardiola’s side remain second in the group and will expect to qualify for
the knockout stages.
In the same group, Celtic
drew 1-1 with Borussia Monchengladbach and still have hopes of finishing third
in the group and qualifying for the Europa League knockout stage.
Arsenal made sure of their
place in the last 16 after beating Ludogorets 3-2 in Bulgaria. Arsene Wenger’s
side, who won the reverse fixture 6-0 only two weeks ago, were stunned as their
opponents went 2-0 up inside 15 minutes. However, Arsenal had equalised by
half-time, and a stunning goal from Mesut Ozil three minutes from time wrapped
up the three points.
Leicester City missed the
chance to book their place in the knockout stage as they were held 0-0 away to
Copenhagen. However, the Foxes remain top of their group, and are yet to
concede in four Champions League matches.
It was a hugely disappointing
night for Tottenham, who lost 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen at Wembley with a very
poor performance. Spurs now face the task of winning away to group leaders
Monaco if they are to have a realistic chance of making the last 16.
Manchester United manager
Jose Mourinho will be banned from the dugout at Swansea on Sunday, after being
sent to the stands for dissent during United’s match against Burnley last
weekend. He has also been fined £8,000 over this issue. Mourinho must also pay
another £50,000 fine for comments made about referee Anthony Taylor prior to
United’s match with Liverpool.
Liverpool striker Danny Ings
will miss the rest of the season after suffering his second serious knee injury
in little more than a year.
Southampton are in talks with
Chinese company Lander Sports Development over a possible £200 million takeover
deal.
Cricket
England may be approaching
the Test series in India with trepidation, given their batting problems in the
recent Bangladesh series. However, the host nation have issues of their own,
with three of their batsmen – Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Lokesh Rahul –
all ruled out of at least the first two matches of the series with injury.
Sir Ian Botham is expected to
be confirmed as chairman of Durham County Cricket Club. The county was recently
relegated to division two and handed a series of points deductions for the 2017
season, as part of a deal in which it received financial assistance from the
England and Wales Cricket Board.
England Women start a one-day
series in Sri Lanka on Wednesday next week. Fran Wilson has been recalled to
the squad, but key pace bowler Anya Shrubsole remains absent with injury. Young
spin bowler Sophie Ecclestone misses the tour due to education commitments.
Rugby Union
Two of the home nations start
their autumn international programme this weekend. Wales say that the Scarlets trio of Liam Williams, Scott
Williams, and Jake Ball could all still play, despite suffering recent
injuries. Alun Wyn Jones will be absent for family reasons.
Ireland meanwhile
face the daunting task of trying to stop New Zealand’s 17-match winning run.
Tennis
Andy Murray won his first two matches at the
Paris Masters to extend his unbeaten run to 16 matches. Murray, who could
become the world’s number one this week, found Fernando Verdasco a tough second
round opponent though, before coming through in three sets.
Boxing
Britain’s Anthony Joshua will defend his IBF
world heavyweight title against Eric Molina, of the United States, in
Manchester on December 10. The WBA has also confirmed that its super world
heavyweight crown, recently vacated by Tyson Fury, will also be at stake.
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