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Watkins wants to sicken Arsenal-supporting family

OLLIE WATKINS said he hopes the Arsenal fans in his family witness him downing the Gunners on the England striker’s 30th birthday Wednesday. Watkins came off the bench to maintain the momentum of Villa’s sur prise Premier League title challenge by scoring twice in a 2-1 win at Chelsea yesterday. Unai Emery’s men are just three points behind Arsenal and one adrift of Manchester City in a tight three-way title tussle. Watkins revealed that plenty of his family members will be in attendance

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“As a striker you want to be scoring every game. “If you’re not doing that, then you want to be playing well and and help ing the team. “I feel like I’ve had some good per formances this year, but maybe not at the standard that I’ve set for myself and put a bit of pressure on myself. “I haven’t been where I wanted to be, but look I can use this as a marker now and and push on from here.” – AFP

Stamford Bridge. He had scored just three times pre viously, while Emery revealed earlier this month that the striker has been battling knee discomfort for over a year. But Watkins is hoping for a strong finish to the season with the carrot of making the England squad for next year’s World Cup. “Obviously not where I want to be,” he added on his form this season.

at the Emirates in midweek but is hop ing not all of them leave happy with the outcome. “I’ve got a lot of family coming to it that support them (Arsenal),” Watkins told Sky Sports . “So they can be at the other end and hopefully watch me have the same outcome as tonight in a couple of days.” Despite Villa’s stunning form, Watkins had been suffering from a frus trating season prior to his double at

Stars shine Osimhen, Mane score as Nigeria win to qualify, Senegal draw

ANDONI IRAOLA reiterated his desire to keep Bournemouth attacker Antoine Semenyo for as long as possible after a painful 4-1 loss at Brentford. Semenyo scored his ninth goal of the campaign at Gtech Community Stadium but it was a mere consolation on an afternoon to forget for the Cherries as Kevin Schade’s hattrick extended their winless run to nine games. Speculation over Semenyo’s future has intensified in recent days with Manchester City reportedly keen to wrap up a deal immediately once the January transfer window opens, but Iraola hinted that he expects the winger to feature at Chelsea on Wednesday (3.30am Malaysian time). Asked if he would rather get the transfer fee for Semenyo early, Iraola disagreed: “No, the more games Antoine can play for us, (the better). “If he can play years for us, it’s much better! If it cannot be years, it can be months. If he can only play weeks, it is weeks but the more time he plays with us, the better for us. “Antoine’s situation is clear. Antoine is a massive player for us and even in games like today where probably he hasn’t played well, he is always a threat to score and assist. “Obviously I don’t want to lose him. This is quite clear, but there are some situations that are not under my control. He will be available to play again in three days (versus Chelsea) and then the next one and I hope he plays a lot more with us.” Semenyo’s goal was a rare positive for Bournemouth in west London with Brentford able to punish the visitors for a slow start. Schade broke the deadlock in the seventh minute with a fine finish from Igor Thiago’s pass and a comical own goal by Cherries goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic gave the Bees a deserved two-goal lead at half-time. Schade made it 3-0 six minutes into the second period and despite Semenyo’s close-range back-heel in the 75th minute, Brentford’s No. 7 claimed his second hattrick for the club in stoppage time when he steered home Mikkel Damsgaard’s cross. Keith Andrews hailed the forward, saying: “Yeah really pleased and one I feel Kevin deserves. “He works tirelessly for the team and it’s an attribute that we insist on for our attacking players that they have to run back as quickly as they run forward. “He is a constant threat and I feel like in the last couple of weeks he’s been starting to get into really good positions and getting really, really close. Today was a really nice hat trick, right foot, left foot and header. It doesn’t get more complete than that. “Yeah, a good win. A good performance. Two different halves and first half I thought we were sensational.” – The Independent Iraola keen to keep hold of Semenyo Ű BY GEORGE SESSIONS

Victor Osimhen of Nigeria (left) and Sadio Mane of Senegal both scored for their respective teams during yesterday’s Africa Cup of Nations matches. – AFPPIC

S TAR STRIKERS Victor Osimhen and Sadio Mane scored yesterday as Nigeria qualified for the knockout stage of the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, and Senegal edged closer to joining them. Osimhen opened the scoring for the Super Eagles just before half-time, and they built a three goal lead before surviving a late Tunisia rally to win 3-2 in Fes. Victory ensured three-time champions Nigeria became the second nation after record seven-time winners Egypt to secure a last-16 place. Mane struck as Senegal came from behind to draw 1-1 with the Democratic Republic in Tangiers, a result that kept both former African champions on course for the second round. Osimhen was a constant menace to the Tunisians as he scored his second Afcon goal, and first since the opening round of the 2024 tournament. Much improved after a scrappy opening win over Tanzania, Nigeria lost momentum in the closing stages and Tunisia twice came close to equalising in added time. Captain Wilfred Ndidi, with his first goal for the national team, and Ademola Lookman were the other Nigerian scorers before Montassar Talbi and Ali Abdi netted to set up a tense climax. Nigeria have six points in Group C, Tunisia three and Tanzania and Uganda one each going

into the final round of games tomorrow. Uganda’s Allan Okello missed a late penalty as his side had to settle for a 1-1 draw against neighbours Tanzania. Uche Ikpeazu had scored a late equaliser for the Cranes in front of 10,540 fans at Al Medina Stadium in Rabat. Before that it looked like Tanzania, winless in 10 previous matches across four Afcon tournaments, might finally break their duck when Simon Msuva put them in front from the penalty spot. In Tangiers, Cedric Bakambu gave DR Congo the lead just after the hour mark, but Al Nassr forward Mane replied soon after and the result ensures Senegal stay top on goal difference with one round to play. “The result was a bit frustrating. We could have killed the game in the first half, but we didn’t,” said Senegal coach Pape Thiaw. “What I really appreciated was my players’ reaction after conceding. Next time, we need to know how to close out games earlier. “We will continue to work on converting our chances into goals.” DR Congo coach Sebastien Desabre said: “We played the match we needed to play to compete against the best team in Africa. “I asked the players to stay united in all phases of the game, both offensively and defensively. I am satisfied that this is what they did.” – AFP

MCG curator in ‘state of shock’ after Ashes carnage MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND head curator Matt Page said yesterday he was in a “state of shock” watching the car nage unfold during the two-day fourth Ashes Test which has left Cricket Australia facing millions of dollars in revenue shortfall. January 2011. More than 90,000 fans were expected for day three and many more for days four and five.

“We left it longer because we knew we were going to get (hot) weather at the back end that we knew we needed our grass (for).” England captain Ben Stokes and Australia counterpart Steve Smith were both critical of the surface, as were a string of former greats. “Being brutally honest, that’s not really what you want, Stokes said. Smith added: “It was tricky. No one could really get in. When you see 36 wickets across two days, that’s probably too much.” Former England captain Michael Vaughan labelled the pitch “a joke”. – AFP

were left uncovered to the weather. “I was in a state of shock,” Page said. “I’ve never been involved in a Test match like it and hopefully never involved in a Test match like that again. “We know this hasn’t gone as we planned. We will look at what we need to do to improve.” Page said that cool and wet weather leading into this year’s Test combined with forecast heat on days three and four meant he had needed to take a dif ferent approach. “We’re trying to balance that contest between bat and ball throughout, over the four or five days, to provide that cap tivating Test for all,” he said.

But with ticket sales having to be refunded, Cricket Australia faces another big financial hit after the Ashes series opener in Perth also ended within two days. Chief executive Todd Greenberg yes terday estimated that the Melbourne shortfall alone would cost the governing body almost more than A$10 million (RM27m). It is the first time the same series has had multiple two-day Tests for 129 years, dating back to the time when wickets

Page and his team left 10mm of grass on the wicket, providing fast bowlers with excessive seam movement and bounce which made batting treacher ous. Thirty-six wickets tumbled in 142 overs, 20 on the first day, and the game was all over in the evening session of day two as England won by four wickets for their first victory in Australia since