Kompany on target as Manchester City demolish Southampton to go third

Manchester City’s Vincent Kompany celebrates scoring his side’s first goal of the game during the Premier League match at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton.
Vincent Kompany scored his first Premier League goal since August 2015 to help send Manchester City third with a 3-0 win at Southampton.
Both sides struggled to create much in a disappointing first half in which neither goalkeeper was tested, though Leroy Sane will have been aggrieved not to have earned a penalty.
But City found their stride after the break and it was Kompany, restored to the starting XI having been left out for the 3-1 victory over Hull City, who broke the deadlock.
The Belgian’s header, which should have been saved by Fraser Forster, ended a 20-month drought – though the injury-plagued defender has only played 17 top-flight games in that time.
Sane finished a rapid City counter-attack to effectively put the game to bed 13 minutes from time, before Sergio Aguero added gloss to the scoreline with a close-range header.
Pep Guardiola’s men leapfrog Liverpool into third and are seven points ahead of Everton and Manchester United, although their city neighbours have two games in hand.
City started brightly and Aguero appeared in the goalscoring mood as he had a series of sighters in the opening minutes.
Dusan Tadic should have done better at the other end in the 15th minute when he blazed over from the edge of the box at the end of a well-worked move involving Nathan Redmond and Manolo Gabbiadini.
James Ward-Prowse headed well off target from Steven Davis’ cross before David Silva only managed to turn a deflected Aguero delivery into the side-netting.
The main talking point of a low-key first half came when Sane was upended in the area by Forster after latching onto Yaya Toure’s throughball, but referee Neil Swarbrick did not award a penalty, with replays indicating the goalkeeper may first have got a slight touch on the ball.
Toure headed over from the subsequent corner, but neither side was able to register a shot on target before the interval.
Ward-Prowse curled the past the left-hand post from a free-kick, but the hosts fell behind as Southampton saw the best and the worst of Forster.
First he showcased his reflexes to tip Jesus Navas’ long-range drive over, but from the corner that followed Kompany gave City the lead with a header into the ground that the Southampton keeper failed to save despite the effort being straight at him.
The England international somewhat redeemed himself as he beat Aguero to a low delivery from Kevin de Bruyne – taking a knee to the head in the process – with Silva seeing his follow up blocked.
Claudio Bravo’s save from a Tadic header marked the first on-target effort in eight that he has not allowed in, drawing loud cheers from the travelling support, who were given further reason to celebrate by Sane and Aguero.
De Bruyne squared for Sane to slot in City’s second at the end of an excellent break and the Belgium playmaker was the provider for Aguero.
Aguero rose between two Saints defenders to nod in a looping far-post cross from De Bruyne, the Argentine making it 11 goals in his last 11 games and five in as many Premier League appearances.
tes, to make it 1-0 with his first goal since August 2015.
And with 12 minute remaining, Leroy Sane was on hand to finish a sweeping team move to make it 2-0.
Less than two minutes later, Sergio Aguero headed into an empty net after the home defence was ripped apart as the team pushed forward.
Key Opta stats
Man City have won more away games this season than they have in any other top flight campaign (11).
Southampton directed only one shot on target in the game; only once this season have they failed to register an attempt on target in the Premier League (v Liverpool in November).
Manchester City have made 100 changes to their Premier League starting line-ups this season, 15 more than any other side.
This game was the sixth Premier League fixture this season to see no shots on target in the first half.
Vincent Kompany scored in the Premier League for the first time since August 2015 (v Chelsea) after a run of 16 top-flight games without a goal.
Since his debut in August 2010, David Silva has provided 64 Premier League assists; 13 more than any other player (Wayne Rooney next on 51).
Kevin De Bruyne has registered 13 Premier League assists this season, more than any other player.
Leroy Sané has scored in three of his last four Premier League away games (three goals), failing to do so only at Stamford Bridge in this run.
Sergio Aguero has scored in each of his last 12 Premier League appearances in the month of April.

Uniform: Saraki Reveals Senate's Next Step on Customs Boss, Ali

Senate President Bukola Saraki has revealed that the Senate will look more into the Customs policy before the uniform was given more prominence.

Recall that the Nigerian senators sent Hameed Ali, Customs Boss, out of the Red Chmaber for failing to appear in Customs official uniform.

Saraki in a recently interview with Daily Trust Newspaper, said the Senate will look into the Customs policy issue rather than the Uniform saga.

He also touched on some of the issues that are currently trailing his position and the Senate as a whole.

“I think that was an issue in which we all allowed an unimportant issue to overshadow the more important issue. That was unfortunate. Our job in parliament is to look at the interest of Nigerians.

“That policy introduced by Customs is very bad and is coming in very difficult times and it needed a review. That was the main issue. Unfortunately, the narrative of the uniform was given more prominence. As at today, I am not even sure whether that Customs policy is still in force or it has been suspended. All anyone remembers is the issue of uniform. I think we all have a role to play here in not allowing some of these pedestrian issues to submerge the more substantive issues…

“The issue of whether he can wear or cannot wear uniform, that can go on until whenever but whether he is in uniform or not, let him do the right policy”

Oyo Accord chieftain, PDP supporters join APC

The former chieftain of Accord Party in Oyo State, Engr. Aderemi Olaniyan, has led thousands of his supporters to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State. Olaniyan, a major financier of Accord Party, hailed from Oke-Ogun area of the state. He led his supporters into the ruling party with fanfare in his Igboho, Oorelope Local Government Area, hometown, at the weekend.

Olaniyan was received  into the APC by the Deputy Governor of the state, Chief Moses Alake-Adeyemo and the Deputy State Chairman of the party, Alh.  Alimi Isiaka. Welcoming him to APC, Alake-Adeyemo hailed Olaniyan’s political sagacity and strength, stressing that he has never been defeated in his ward and by extension, the local government in any election.

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area also join the APC at the declaration ceremony which held at the Central Motor Park in Igboho. His followers in the five zones of the state joined him at the ceremony. Addressing the crowd, Olaniyan said he came to the APC with his family members, supporters, friends and associates across the state.

The former Accord Party chieftain promised that his new party would start winning elections in Oorelope Local Government. He disclosed that more members would soon dump Accord for APC to join existing party members in offering purposeful leadership to the people of Oyo State