Liverpool recovers from poor beginning to defeat Burnley

Liverpool kept their push for a top-four finish on course as Emre Can thundered home a second-half winner to complete a hard earned 2-1 Premier League comeback win over Burnley at a relieved Anfield on Sunday.

Juergen Klopp’s side were again out of sorts but earned their first back-to-back league wins this year to keep up the pressure on the league’s leading trio.

While nowhere near their scintillating best, typifying their uneven form of 2017, they displayed character to strike back after going behind to an Ashley Barnes goal after seven minutes.

With the league’s worst travellers Burnley dreaming of their first away win of the season, the out-of-sorts Reds were grateful to equalise just before half-time through their first shot on target from Georginio Wijnaldum.

Liverpool looked short of ideas before German international Can produced a blow from seemingly nowhere just after the hour mark, bending his low 25-metre strike into the bottom corner past a despairing Tom Heaton.

The victory gives Liverpool 55 points, putting them a point behind second-placed Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City and 11 adrift of leaders Chelsea. The top three, though, also have a game in hand over the Reds

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Gunmen kill 3 herdsmen in Southern Kaduna

Three Fulani herdsmen were at the weekend killed by yet to be identified gunmen in Jema’a and Zango Kataf local government areas, both in the troubled southern part of Kaduna State.

The Nation gathered that two of the herdsmen were gunned down at Unguwan
Maiyashi village, Fantsuwam Chiefdom, in Jemaa Local Government area, while
the other one was also killed at Madakiya community in Zangon Kataf LGA.

An indigene of Ungwar Miayasihi, told our correspondent that the incident
occured at about 4:00am on Saturday when the herdsmen were grazing with
their cattle inside a bush. He said that their corpses were later traced to
a river by security agencies on Sunday morning.

Kaduna State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Usman while
confirming the incident said some suspects have been arrested in
connection with the incident.

He also said that more policemen have been drafted to the area to avert any
form of reprisal or break down of law and order, adding that the suspects
would be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.

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Barca-PSG Replay Petition hits 130,000 signatures

An online petition calling for Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League to be replayed has gained over 130,000 signatures.

The victory at the Camp Nou on Wednesday evening carried Barcelona through to the quarterfinals 6-5 on aggregate, with Sergi Roberto striking the clinching goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Real Madrid supporter Luis Melendo Olmedo began the petition on Friday, citing a string of what he felt were mistakes by referee Deniz Aytekin, and by Sunday afternoon the number of backers for his campaign had reached six figures.

The petition on change.org states: “I want to request a replaying of the Barcelona-PSG match.”

It then lists the reason as being: “Incidents that seriously damaged PSG. As a consequence of the refereeing of the German Deniz Aytekin who benefited Barcelona with his actions and his refereeing.

“That is why I question the aptitude of the referee for his serious mistakes made during the match.

“I present evidence to anyone who wants to see them.”

The petition then lists a succession of incidents that its founder considers Aytekin to have got wrong, beginning with Barcelona’s opening goal from Luis Suarez, which it says should have been disallowed for offside.

The petition said referee Deniz Aytekin made several mistakes during the Barcelona-PSG match.
Despite the numbers responding to the petition, the absence of any such appeal from PSG, who have accepted the result, means there is no prospect of UEFA ordering an unprecedented replay.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino spoke about the match on Friday and said football’s law makers should be careful with adjusting the rules.

Infantino added that video assistant referees (VARs) will in future ensure “clear mistakes” will be corrected, although the Swiss refused to comment on the controversial penalty award for a foul on Luis Suarez which resulted in Barcelona’s fifth goal.

It was reported by Spanish newspaper Marca on Thursday that Aytekin could be sidelined by UEFA for the rest of this season’s Champions League, after the scrutiny on his decisions.

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Photos: Thanksgiving Service for Buhari in Aso Rock Chapel while buhari was absence, see why

Osinbajo, wife others at Thanksgiving for Buhari in Aso Rock Chapel

Osinbajo, wife others at Thanksgiving for Buhari in Aso Rock Chapel

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