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| Miserable outing for Manchester as both United, City lose Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:08 AM PDT It was a day to forget for both Manchester clubs as United were beaten 2-1 at home by West Bromwich Albion and City lost 3-2 away to Aston Villa in the English Premier League today. Morgan Amaltifano and Saido Berahino saw West Brom win at Old Trafford for the first time in 35 years as they beat the Premier League champions. The Baggies, whose last triumph at Old Trafford was a 5-3 success in the old First Division in 1978, inflicted a third defeat in six league games on David Moyes's United that left the hosts a lowly 12th in the table. French midfielder Amaltifano, on loan from Marseille, opened the scoring with a fine solo effort just after the hour. Wayne Rooney pulled the home side level with a free-kick but England Under-21 international Berahino scored the Baggies' second goal to earn a well-deserved win. United substitute Marouane Fellaini had an effort rightly ruled out for offside and the hosts, who have not scored from open play since the first day of the season, created few chances. Before the match, United manager Moyes referred to last Sunday's humbling 4-1 defeat at Manchester City as "embarrassing" and just four players that started that game were in the Scot's line-up for the West Brom clash. Manchester City, meanwhile, were brought down to earth in abrupt fashion as Aston Villa stormed back from behind to record a rousing 3-2 victory. A week on from their seismic 4-1 demolition of derby rivals Manchester United, City were bidding to move to the top of the table and they took the lead through Yaya Toure on the cusp of half-time. Edin Dzeko restored the lead for Manuel Pellegrini's side after Karim Al Ehmadi equalised for Villa early in the second half, only for quick-fire goals from Leandro Bacuna and Andreas Weimann to snatch an unlikely victory. It was a chastening turn of events for Pellegrini and City, who must now gather themselves for the visit of all-conquering European champions Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday. The win left City in fifth place, three points below leaders Tottenham Hotspur, while Paul Lambert's Villa climbed to ninth after recording back-to-back victories for the first time in the league this season. - AFP, September 28, 2013. |
| Marquez on pole once more in Aragon Posted: 28 Sep 2013 07:11 AM PDT Marquez, who has a 34-point lead over his two compatriots, sealed pole with a stunning lap of 1min 47.804sec to edge out defending world champion Lorenzo by just one hundredth of a second. "It was a very hard fought qualification," 20-year-old Marquez told Spanish TV sation Telecinco. "On the second lap with new tyres I was able to get a bit more and lower my time to give me the pole, but tomorrow (Sunday) is what is important and where we will get points for the championship. "We need to try and have a great race in front of our fans. It will be important to manage the tyres well." There was frustration for Lorenzo as he had provisionally taken the lead seconds before Marquez made his surge for the line. However, having come from behind Marquez to win the past two races in Britain and San Marino he is still confident of success on Sunday. "I am very happy because the truth is I didn't expect a 1min 47sec lap, to do that on this circuit is incredible. "I made a slight error on the first corner which lost me a few tenths but second place is very good for tomorrow." Indeed the times set by Marquez and Lorenzo smashed Casey Stoner's previous track record by eight tenths of a second as six riders in total broke the Australian's time set back in 2011. Pedrosa had been the first to break the record as he set the pace early on and he was disappointed not to have gone faster in his second lap than in his first. "After the first lap I had a good time and I hoped to go a bit better in the second, but I couldn't. "In any case the front row is good and we need to fight in the race tomorrow." There was a familiar feeling for seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi as he qualified fourth behind the Spanish trio and will start on the second row in fourth alongside Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista. – AFP, September 28, 2013. |
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