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sports Dialuna 30 november 2020

Tottenham secures draw at Chelsea, tops Premier League

(AP) — Tottenham to deliver chances for both difference, while Chelsea is
ground out a 0-0 draw at teams to win in stoppage two points further back in
Chelsea on Sunday to re- time. Chelsea striker Olivier third. Mourinho, who won
turn to the top spot with Giroud nipped in when Tot- three Premier League titles
an ultra-defensive display tenham defender Joe Rodon with Chelsea, has put a club
from Jose Mourinho’s side headed back to goalkeeper that hasn’t won the champi-
frustrating the Premier Hugo Lloris but his shot was onship since 1961 into early
League’s joint top scorers. easily saved. contention.
And Giovani Lo Celso wast- It was the last game at Stam-
At a stadium where it has won ed a late Tottenham counter- ford Bridge without fans be-
only once in 30 years, Totten- attack after being released by fore the relaxation of corona-
ham had just a single shot on Lucas Moura, striking wide virus restrictions are due to
target but halted Chelsea’s of the target rather than set- see up to 2,000 spectators al-
six-match winning run in all ting up Harry Kane. lowed in for Chelsea’s home
competitions. The point leaves Tottenham game against Leeds on Satur-
An attritional game managed ahead of Liverpool on goal day.

Experimental Ireland win as Georgia unveils brilliant try

(AP) — Ireland beat a enham, Wales and Italy meet in confidence but were prone dale’s miss-pass to score un- a penalty kick and emptied
much-improved Geor- for fifth, and Georgia and Fiji, to errors, and Ireland’s effort touched. the benches; Ireland gave a
gia by a patchy 23-10 and which has yet to play because became more disjointed and But the best try was Georgia’s debut to back Shane Daly, and
completed the group of a coronavirus outbreak in contained. and worth waiting for after Georgia debuted 18-year-old
stage of the Autumn Na- its camp, play for seventh. “In the second half, I just nearly three hours of tourna- fullback David Niniashvili
tions Cup at Lansdowne An experimental Ireland de- thought we didn’t have any ment play without a score. and 20-year-old scrumhalf
Road on Sunday. served to lead Georgia 20-7 courage of our own convic- Kveseladze burst through a Mikheil Alania.
after the first half, the high- tion,” coach Andy Farrell gap on halfway with an inside At the end, Ireland No. 8 CJ
Ireland finished second to light of which was Georgia’s said. pass from Soso Matiashvili, Stander charged twice at the
England in their group and first points in the tourna- “Georgia thoroughly de- slipped one defender, dum- tryline and was denied; being
will play Scotland, the run- ment, a brilliant try by center served to earn the right to mied Stockdale, twisted up held up by Alania and flanker
ner-up in the other group, Giorgi Kveseladze. slow our game down by Burns and slid in by the left Tornike Jalagonia, then re-
for third place next weekend. The second half, however, being total menaces at the post with Stuart McCloskey pelled by Kveseladze, who
England hosts the inaugural was a stop-start stalemate as breakdown. But that’s not on his back. shoved him back.
final against France at Twick- the physical Georgians grew good enough from us.” “I am proud for my team.
Ireland scored both of its The boys scored an excellent
Cavani leads Man United tries in the first half, had an- try,” Georgia coach Levan
other disallowed, and had try Maisashvili said.
attempts held up on the line At the end of the half, a
comeback to win 3-2 at at the end of each half. 50-meter try by McCloskey
in his first test in two years
Flyhalf Billy Burns, an ac-
Southampton complished first start cut was rubbed out because of
short after 45 minutes by a a forward pass, and captain
groin injury, snatched Chris James Ryan was held up by
(AP) — Edinson Cavani vani turned the match on its Farrell’s sweet back pass and Kveseladze.
completed Manchester head, setting up Bruno Fer- sliced over beside the posts, After halftime, Burns, who
United’s comeback in nandes to begin the fightback and right wing Hugo Keenan contributed 15 points, was
stoppage time at South- in the 59th minute. took fullback Jacob Stock- missed. Each side added only
ampton on Sunday, head- Cavani was proving a handful
ing in his second goal for and got United’s equalizer in
a 3-2 win in the Premier the 74th minute. Goalkeeper
League. Alex McCarthy punched a
corner clear, and Fernandes’
Jan Bednarek’s header and a deflected shot back into the
free kick from James Ward- box was headed home by Ca-
Prowse put Southampton vani.
on course for a first home
league win against United As United pursued the win-
since 2003. ner, Cavani peeled away to
But Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side meet Rashford’s cross and
squandered its two-goal lead beat McCarthy in the second
as halftime introduction Ca- minute of stoppage time.