Manchester City topple Chelsea 4-0 in FA Cup 3rd round

Manchester City eased past Chelsea with a 4-0 score in the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) third round on Sunday.

Riyad Mahrez scored twice while other goals came from Julian Alvarez and Philip Foden at Etihad Stadium.

With this result, Manchester City will play against the winner of the Oxford-Arsenal match for the next round.

4th-tier Stevenage eliminate Aston Villa on road

Fourth-tier team of the English football Stevenage beat Premier League club Aston Villa 2-1 at Villa Park.

Morgan Sanson and Jamie Reid produced a goal, each, for Stevenage, while Aston Villa’s only goal came from Dean Campbel.

Aston Villa were reduced to 10 men after Leander Dendoncker was shown a red card in the 85th minute.

Source: Anadolu Agency

Barcelona earn narrow win against Atletico Madrid in La Liga

Barcelona bagged a narrow away win Sunday over Atletico Madrid on matchday 16 of the Spanish La Liga.

Ousmane Dembele scored the winning goal with a close-range shot from the right side of the box in the 22nd minute, assisted by Gavi at Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium.

In stoppage time, Barcelona’s Ferran Torres and Atletico Madrid’s Stefan Savic were both shown red cards after a clash between them.

Barcelona are atop the standings with 41 points and Atletico Madrid are fifth with 27 points.

Sunday’s results:

Barcelona – Atletico Madrid: 1-0

Almeria – Real Sociedad: 0-2

Rayo Vallecano – Real Betis: 1-2

Sevilla – Getafe: 2-1

Source: Anadolu Agency

Germany’s industrial production down 0.4% in November

Industrial production in Germany was down 0.4% in November on a yearly basis, showed data released Monday by the country’s federal statistical authority.

This came after a 0.2% year-on-year decline in October, the figures from Destatis noted.

On a monthly basis, production was slightly up by 0.2% in November, the agency added.

“Within industry, the production of intermediate goods went up by 1.1% and the production of capital goods by 0.7%,” it said.

The production of consumer goods, meanwhile, fell by 1.5%.

Source: Anadolu Agency