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Man United stays top after drawing 0-0 at Liverpool

(AP) — Manchester Unit- Liverpool failed to score for a The midfielder did dictate
ed stayed top of the Pre- third successive match. play in midfield but even his
mier League after draw- exquisite use of the ball could
ing 0-0 with Liverpool on Liverpool, which had a make- not unlock a well-drilled
Sunday and extending the shift defense due to injuries, United formation.
champion's winless run to stayed three points behind
four matches. United, which is chasing its But he was not helped by
first title since 2013. some distinctly poor and
Liverpool hasn't gone as long wayward finishing from Ro-
without a win since 2017, The outcome was predictable berto Firmino, Mohamed
but Jürgen Klopp's team still as this was the seventh draw Salah, Xherdan Shaqiri —
maintained its unbeaten re- in the past 10 meetings be- in his first league start in 13
cord at Anfield since the tween these sides, who meet months — and Andy Robert-
same year thanks to Alis- again in the FA Cup next son.
son Becker's late saves from weekend.
Bruno Fernandes and Paul United played well within
Pogba. The clash between England’s itself, content to run holding Thiago forced the under- be a tough game but, like I
two most-decorated clubs patterns and wait for a Liver- employed De Gea to palm said, I thought the perfor-
“We had two great chances never got close to fulfilling pool mistake, and as a result away his strike from distance mance level was really good,
and two great saves," United its billing, with the best qual- they did not have their first before Alisson produced the counter-pressing, winning
captain Harry Maguire said. ity on show being that from shot until the 34th minute stop of the evening to turn the ball back quickly was
“It was cagey but it was two Alisson. when Fernandes whipped a Pogba’s drive for a corner. good.
good teams matching up. We free kick just wide.
found it difficult in the first The hope for the hosts was “They were dangerous on “They’re always going to
half to get a rhythm to the that Thiago, back from an in- Fernandes seemed to be the the counterattack, they’re have one or two moments,
game, the press was high." jury and making his first An- only United player testing dangerous away from home,” but I think it’s about trying to
field appearance for the club Alisson, with the Brazil inter- said Liverpool captain Jordan limit that and I felt as though
Thiago Alcantara’s long- since arriving from Bayern national saving twice in the Henderson, who was de- we did that today. Overall
range effort was well saved Munich in September, would second half — the second a ployed further back in central we’ll be disappointed not to
by United goalkeeper David provide the creative spark. good block from close range. defense. "We knew it would take the three points.”
De Gea in the 78th minute as

Garza scores 17, No. 5 Iowa routs Northwestern 96-73

(AP) — Luka Garza had
17 points and 10 rebounds Garza, who entered averag- Northwestern got off to a
in just 24 minutes, and No. ing 27.6 points, sat out the fi- solid start and led 29-28 with
5 Iowa rolled to a 96-73 nal 12 minutes because of the just under eight minutes
victory over Northwest- lopsided score. He was 7 for left in the first half on the
ern on Sunday. 12 from the field and scored strength of four 3s by Buie.
all of his points in the first
Joe Wieskamp had 16 points half. Iowa then took control with
and CJ Fredrick added 13 as 13 straight points, six by
the Hawkeyes (12-2, 6-1 in Pete Nance had 16 points Jack Nunge. The Hawkeyes
the Big Ten) won their fifth and Boo Buie added 12 for led 49-37 at the break and
straight. Iowa and Michigan Northwestern (6-6, 3-5), opened the second half with
are tied for the conference which dropped its fifth in a a 13-2 run for a 62-39 advan-
lead. row. tage.

Bayern beats Freiburg, Jovic scores 2 on Frankfurt return

(AP) — Bayern Munich opened Borussia Dortmund and followed up with a low shot, adding a goal to his over Osasuna last February, and his
up a four-point lead in the Saturday with a draw at Wolfsburg. earlier assist. Petersen hit the crossbar 37th in 76 career games for Frank-
Bundesliga on Sunday as the Ger- Third-place Bayer Leverkusen and for Freiburg in stoppage time. furt. Jovic beat defender Ozan Kabak
man champion beat Freiburg 2-1 fourth-place Dortmund are in simi- Ninth-place Freiburg is waiting for to score his second and extend Frank-
to return to winning ways after larly mixed recent form. news of an apparently serious knee furt's lead in stoppage time.
two rare defeats, while Luka Jo- After Bayern had an early penalty injury suffered by French midfielder Andre Silva gave Frankfurt the lead
vic scored twice in his first game appeal for handball turned down on Baptiste Santamaria, who became the in the 28th minute with a smart turn
back with Eintracht Frankfurt on video review, Robert Lewandowski club's record signing from Angers and shot after Schalke defender Sead
loan from Real Madrid. gave Bayern the lead in the seventh for a reported fee of 10 million euros Kolasinac, on loan from Arsenal, gave
minute when he found space in the ($12 million) in September. away the ball. Schalke responded al-
Thomas Müller knocked in the win- penalty area from a Müller pass. JOVIC BACK WITH A BANG most immediately as U.S. striker
ning goal in the 74th minute on a Lewandowski had another shot de- Serbian striker Jovic's loan move back Matthew Hoppe beat the offside trap
snowy day in Munich to avoid a third flected onto the crossbar in the 59th. to Frankfurt, confirmed Thursday, to level the score with his fourth goal
winless game in a row, which would Shortly after, Freiburg won a corner is meant to help him rediscover his in two games.
have been a record under coach Hansi and substitute Nils Petersen scored scoring touch after he dropped out
Flick. The victory came after a 3-2 with his first touch of the game at the of Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane's It was the first game back for Jovic
loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach far post with a diving header. That first-team plans. and the last for Frankfurt captain Da-
in the league and elimination from meant Bayern has conceded at least vid Abraham. The 34-year-old cen-
the German Cup on penalties against one goal in 11 Bundesliga games in a Within 10 minutes of coming off ter-back is retiring from professional
second-division Holstein Kiel. row since October. the bench, Jovic volleyed in a goal soccer to spend more time with his
Even after Bayern slipped up, its title off a Filip Kostic cross in Frankfurt's family in Argentina after the corona-
rivals have failed to take advantage. With Bayern seemingly heading for a 3-1 win over relegation-threatened virus pandemic meant he saw little of
When Bayern lost to Gladbach last draw, Leroy Sané directed a Kingsley Schalke. It was his first club goal his young son. Frankfurt climbed to
week, second-place Leipzig lost to Coman cross on for Müller to score since scoring in Madrid's 4-1 win seventh and Schalke is 18th and last.