Nicolas Lodeiro scored twice, the last in second-half stoppage time, as the Seattle Sounders defeated the visiting New York Red Bulls 4-2 on Sunday.

The Sounders (14-9-7, 49 points), who moved into second place in the Western Conference, broke a 2-2 tie on a New York own goal in the 83rd minute. Jordan Morris also scored for Seattle, which has won three of its past four matches.

Alejandro Romero Gamarra and Aaron Long scored for the Red Bulls (12-13-5, 41 points), who suffered their third consecutive defeat and remained in sixth place in the East, four points clear of the playoff line.

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The Sounders took a 2-0 lead on goals by Morris and Lodeiro in the opening 23 minutes.

But Long scored in the 27th and Gamarra tied it in the 67th, setting up the wild finish.

Seattle's go-ahead goal came as substitute Victor Rodriguez took a 15-yard shot from the left wing. The ball deflected off diving New York midfielder Sean Davis' knee and into the far upper corner of the net, leaving goalkeeper Luis Robles no chance.

Lodeiro capped the scoring in the fourth minute of extra time with a 17-yard shot into the lower left corner of the net. Cristian Roldan and Saad Abdul-Salaam got assists.

Morris gave the Sounders a lead in the second minute. A corner kick by Lodeiro was flicked on by Gustav Svensson and found Morris, who was standing about two yards in front of the goal. Morris turned his body slightly and ball deflected off his knee and into the net.

Morris made an athletic play to assist on Lodeiro's goal. Roldan's cross from the right wing went through goalmouth, but Morris saved the ball from going out of bounds with a diving header back to Lodeiro at the top of the 6-yard box, from where he stabbed the ball into the net with his left foot.

Long's goal came on a cross from Michael Murillo, who found Long just inside the penalty spot and he rose over a defender to put header into lower left corner of the net past a diving Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei. Bradley Wright-Phillips also got an assist.

Gamarra took a cross from Daniel Royer and blasted a left-footed shot from 15 yards over the head of Frei and just under the crossbar. Marc Rzatkowski was also credited with an assist.

Norwich may have offered the rest of the Premier League a blueprint for beating Man City, Liverpool are frontrunners once again and Arsenal show they simply aren't getting better under Unai Emery. It's Nick MIller's Weekend Review.

JUMP TO: Farke faith repaid | Liverpool frontrunners | Reds' super trio | Abraham on fire | Willock a find | Leicester's joy | Abraham stars | United result | Predictable Arsenal | Spurs avert crisis | Wolves woe

Did Norwich reveal City's kryptonite?

Manchester City have now lost two league games in 2019, against teams with very different approaches. Back in January, Newcastle beat them with staunch defending, as 11 clones of Rafa Benitez's stubborn personality frustrated City.

On Saturday, they were defeated 3-2 by a Norwich side with a much more proactive attitude, pressing and forcing City into mistakes. This was most obvious for Teemu Pukki's goal to make it 3-1, but a more instructive example came in injury time, Norwich hanging on to their lead when most teams might have dropped 10 players as deep as possible, they kept at it, kept pushing City farther up the pitch.

So does this tell us anything about the best way to get the better of City? Is this a "blueprint" for defeating them? Maybe. Most teams who try that are fairly emphatically destroyed, but then again most teams who try to defend are fairly emphatically destroyed too. It certainly feels like the more enjoyable approach -- trying to actively hurt City rather than waiting for them to punch themselves out -- even if it is a riskier one.

City lost games last season and still took the title, so let's not be too hasty in declaring their powers are waning. But a loss this early in the season does at least provide the rest with some encouragement, and tells us they're just fallible enough.

Farke faith repaid

Incidentally, it's worth pointing out that nine players on Norwich's team were those who won promotion last season: the two additions were Sam Byram, signed from West Ham for about £750,000 after an injury-ruined campaign on loan at Nottingham Forest, and loanee Ibrahim Amadou, a bit-part player at Sevilla.

Norwich are still among the most likely to go down this season, but any success they have is a triumph of coaching from Daniel Farke, who could easily have been sacked after an underwhelming first season in charge but in whom faith was retained, and now look at them.

How will Liverpool handle pressure?

Five games into the season, and Liverpool are perfect. Thanks to the result at Carrow Road on Saturday, they already have a five-point lead over Manchester City and are most certainly front-runners. So the interesting question will now be: How will they react to that new status?

Last season, they were in the title race until the very last day, but the only time they were really front-runners was in January after City's defeat to Newcastle, and it was the four draws in six games around that time which ultimately cost them the title. That scenario presents itself again, so it will be intriguing to see in the upcoming weeks what they do with the different sort of pressure that comes with being the chased, rather than being the chasers.

Sane, Firmino arguably better than Salah

It's an illustration of how good Liverpool's forward three are that one of them is Mo Salah, who has scored 75 goals in two seasons for them, and you could make credible arguments that the other two are better than him. Sadio Mane scored his third and fourth goals of the season (fifth and sixth if you count the Super Cup) against Newcastle, while Roberto Firmino produced an incredible assist and the rest of his play was of a similar standard. Think you know how to stop them? We're all ears.

Abraham is the striker of the week

Frank Lampard spoke with the pride of a nurturing father when discussing the performance of his young players in Chelsea's 5-2 battering of Wolves. The obvious takeaway from this hitherto successful (if enforced) experiment is that big teams should place more faith in their youth products, but something else to take away is that we shouldn't write players off so readily after a single poor season.

Tammy Abraham's previous experience has been in the Championship and a single moderate top-flight season with a struggling Swansea team, which made it easy to think he was one of those players who would be good in the second tier but was never quite good enough for the top.

Naturally, we shouldn't anoint him Chelsea's next great No. 9 yet, but it was interesting that his third goal against Wolves -- close control, a sudden burst of movement, then a precision finish -- was exactly the sort of strike he tried most games at Swansea. Then he couldn't quite manage it with any regularity, but in a better team with greater confidence, he very much is now.

United should get used to results like this

"We want to play better than that," Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said after Manchester United beat Leicester 1-0. But under the circumstances and considering their injury problems, they should be happy with a victory against an upwardly mobile team.

United fans should probably get used to games like this, though. Their best players are those that produce moments -- the odd great pass, or searing run, or brilliant finish -- not ones that can control or run a game. Thus, the victories they achieve this season will probably be thanks to those moments, rather than in matches in which they dominate.

Arsenal as predictable as ever

Sometimes teams surprise you, confounding expectations in either good ways or bad. Arsenal, in an ever-changing, confusing and sometimes scary world, are at least a constant, resolutely conforming to predictions.

In their 2-2 draw against Watford they were incisive in attack, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang scoring a brace to take his Arsenal tally to 46 from 70 games, but calamitous in defence, donating two goals and throwing a victory down the toilet. Exactly as everyone thought they would be.

The more serious point here is that this predictability suggests Arsenal aren't moving forward, or improving under Unai Emery. Their squad was and is, to say the least, "imperfect," but sooner or later there has to be some sign of a plan, of things getting better for his appointment to be fit for purpose. The more performances like this one, the less likely it seems Arsenal are actually improving, and the less viable Emery's tenure is.

Crisis averted for Spurs

Maybe Mauricio Pochettino was right when he suggested that it was the distraction of the transfer window that was causing Tottenham's early season woes. That always felt like a diversion, an uncertainty that only really applied to a couple of their players masking wider problems.

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But it wasn't just the one-sided result against the previously excellent Crystal Palace that suggested things are back on track for Spurs. The performance was a complete showing in which Palace were swept aside with every component of the side doing their jobs more or less perfectly.

"When you are focused it shows in the first-half performance of the team," said Pochettino, looking like a new man. "I am so happy to recover that feeling. Now keep pushing. It is the first step."

Wolves not so much

Should we be concerned about Wolves? Of course being beaten soundly at home by Chelsea might not set immediate alarm bells ringing, and even if they are ringing the natural instinct is to think they're just struggling with the demands of the Europa League, which they could adjust to.

But they not only haven't won a game, they're the only Premier League team not to lead in any of their games so far. Those have been tough games, but last season Wolves' USP was beating the sides we thought they shouldn't beat.

Perhaps we should not have been so quick to assume they could repeat the successes of last term, when they were pretty lucky with injuries and essentially finished seventh with 16 or 17 players. Is doing that sort of thing twice realistic in modern football? In short, can we expect significant regression from them this season?

Goal of the weekend

The obvious choice would be Fikayo Tomori's sensational long-range strike for Chelsea, but arguably more impressive was Moussa Dnjepo's solo effort for Southampton against Sheffield United, for two main reasons. First, there were at least two points when he could have easily gone down while being fouled by Oliver Norwood. Second, after the mazy run and close control, he could have panicked but kept a cool head to slide the finish home.

Burgeoning storyline of the weekend

Once again, Ryan Bertrand was left out of the Southampton starting XI for their trip to Sheffield United despite apparently being fit. The left-back has been injured, so perhaps Ralph Hasenhuttl is just playing things cautiously, though there could also be something deeper at play. One to keep an eye on, perhaps.

Luckiest moment of the weekend

It might seem a bit odd to declare an Arsenal player lucky after the way they collapsed against Watford, but right at the end Sokratis Papastathopoulos completely lost Abdoulaye Doucoure, completing a defensive clown show from the Gunners and he was fortunate that the French midfielder's shot was ineffective. Otherwise he would have been responsible for Arsenal throwing away all the points, as opposed to just two.

Joe Root has admitted he is still learning how best to handle Jofra Archer and cautioned against expecting too much of England's newest fast-bowling talent, after a debut series in which Archer collected 22 wickets from four Tests while showcasing both searing pace and impressive control.

Archer helped set up victory at The Oval with a first-innings 6 for 62, as England came from behind to secure a rare drawn Ashes series. Although he finished wicketless in the second innings, his high-intensity duel with Australia centurion Matthew Wade, who was peppered with short balls during a spell in which Archer's pace topped 95mph, was an arresting spectacle that helped lift the crowd as England pursued a breakthrough on the fourth evening.

His rise to becoming an integral part of England's planning has been almost as rapid as his bowling. Having delivered the Super Over that led to England claiming their maiden World Cup at Lord's in mid-July, Archer went on to make a memorable Test debut on the same ground, landing a concussive blow on Australia's leading batsman, Steven Smith, before claiming six-wicket hauls in each of England's victories.

There have already been concerns about his workload, however. He bowled 44 overs in his first Test outing and sent down 156 across the series - behind only Pat Cummins, Stuart Broad (who both played a Test more) and Josh Hazlewood, among pace bowlers.

"He's come in and been fantastic," Root said. "Four Test matches, two six-fors. He has a way of having a huge impact on the game, you saw his spell here, it just changed the whole atmosphere of the ground, was incredible really. For someone right at the beginning of his career to have such a gift is entertaining, it's great to be able to captain that and I'm very much looking forward to the rest of his journey.

"When I faced him in the nets against the red ball, it was clear he was going to be something special. [But] we've got to be careful of expecting too much of him. He's a young guy at the start of his career, playing in three formats, and he's still learning. I'm still learning how to get the best out of him as captain.

"But one thing you can expect is he's going to entertain and make things happen. At times he's not going to bowl at 90mph, but he'll go at two-and-a-half an over and create chances. I think making sure we don't expect him to average 12 is something really important, while also knowing he's got that ability to turn a game."

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Archer's stamina has been as notable as his speeds - his contest with Wade, which often saw Archer end his followthrough a few yards from the batsman, lasted for eight adrenalin-fuelled overs after tea - but Trevor Bayliss, England's outgoing head coach, suggested it would be wise to allow him to deliver "thunderbolts" more sparingly as his career develops.

"I think maybe in Test cricket, I know Joe had relied on him to go with some longer spells this series, but I think looking forward it might be a case that he comes in a little bit shorter spells," he said. "Four or five overs. Come on, bowl a few thunderbolts, and have a rest and then come back on a little bit later."

Winning the final Test saw Root avoid a second consecutive series defeat against Australia as captain, and allowed him to look forward with a greater degree of confidence than had seemed likely after last week's loss at Old Trafford, which extinguished English hopes of reclaiming the urn.

"It looks a hell of a lot better than 3-1, that's for sure," he said of scoreline. "I think it's probably a fair result over the whole series. People might disagree with that, but you look at Lord's and things could have been very different after that game. You can look at ifs and buts - if Jimmy [Anderson] was still playing things might have been slightly different.

"We didn't do enough to win it back but we've certainly put in a performance this week, which meant a huge amount. To level this series I think it was really important for us as a side, and we'll take a lot from it moving into the winter."

Root laughingly described Smith as "a pain", after his series tally of 774 runs proved the difference between the sides, and also took some satisfaction in his final dismissal (though it would be hard to call England's tactic of positioning a leg slip a success). "It was nice to see a plan come together finally, even though it was what we started with at Edgbaston right at the start of things. Finally one went to hand."

He added that a demanding summer, in which England had narrowly failed to win back the Ashes alongside lifting a first World Cup, should be viewed as "a huge success" for the English game and an opportunity to nurture interest in the years to come.

"That World Cup was incredible, for it to finish how it did and across the board there were some fantastic contests. To be backed up by such an evenly matched Ashes series, again we were blessed with brilliant support throughout but the cricket itself was gripping - quite hard to be involved in at times, especially when you were on the wrong end of it. But what a summer of cricket it's been, I think a huge success for English cricket and we've got a great opportunity now to spring the game forward in this country."

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 143 for 4 (Lewis 65, Fawad 1-11) beat St Lucia Zouks 138 for 9 (de Grandhomme 30, Jordan 4-33, Mir 2-13) by six wickets

For the second night in a row at Warner Park, the first innings batting lineup was shredded apart. Whereas St Kitts & Nevis Patriots were sliced and diced by the spinners of the Amazon Warriors on Saturday night, on this occasion it was the Patriots pace-unit that inflicted maximum damage on the St. Lucia Zouks in a six-wicket win on Sunday evening.

Debutant Akeem Jordan was one of four changes to the Patriots XI and galvanized the bowling unit with a four-wicket haul, including three in the Powerplay, to dismantle the heart of the Zouks batting, the visitors scraping their way to 138 for 9. Patriots navigated their way through a pair of rain stoppages in the chase before knocking off the target with 31 balls to spare following a blistering knock from Evin Lewis.

Akeem the Dream

The 24-year-old fast bowler had a fairy-tale debut. He struck with his third ball when Andre Fletcher cut straight to Fabian Allen at backward point. Jordan followed it up in his next over getting Rahkeem Cornwall to slash to third man. Bowlers rarely bowl three overs in a row at any stage of a T20 match but Carlos Brathwaite's persistence to stick with Jordan was rewarded when Kavem Hodge picked out Kjorn Ottley at deep midwicket with a pull in the fifth to make it 33 for 3.

The recalled Usama Mir then built off Jordan's early breakthroughs, striking with his very first ball in the sixth when Roland Cato's clumsy paddle flick ballooned off a top edge to Rayad Emrit at short fine leg. Emrit got into the act with the ball in the ninth, inducing a top-edged swat from Thisara Perera to Laurie Evans on the ring at point to make it 52 for 5 and from there the Zouks were behind the game.

Colin de Grandhomme did his best to get the Zouks innings back in gear. In the same over that Thisara fell, de Grandhomme struck 16 in three balls off Emrit. But he found the going much tougher against legspinner Usama Mir, eventually falling in a wicket-maiden 12th over skying a drive to Ottley on the cover sweeper rope.

Who's Tommy?

Devon Thomas then took center stage with a pair of sensational catches. The first came on the final ball of the 15th when Darren Sammy was unlucky to be given out off the thigh guard missing a pull down the leg side. But Thomas sold it well with an acrobatic effort supporting the appeal from Sheldon Cottrell.

There was no doubt about the edge off the bat of Kesrick Williams two balls later though. A full ball from Jordan produced the edge that flew to the keeper's right.

Caught wrong-footed, he leaped one-handed to his right to pull off a stunning catch for Jordan's fourth wicket. At 100 for 8, Hardus Viljoen and Obed McCoy did their best to stretch the innings to the full 20 overs.

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Coming back into the lineup after missing Saturday night's loss due to an injury sustained playing football in warm-ups, Lewis tore apart the Zouks attack with five fours and six sixes. But the Zouks had two chances in the first two overs to nip the Lewis knock in the bud, failing on both occasions.

The first opportunity came off his second ball when he had yet to score as the lefty drove hard at Obed McCoy. Cornwall stabbed at a chance high to his left but only managed to parry it to the third man rope. It would have been a regulation catch for a second slip but Sammy opted to stay conservative despite needing to press for wickets. A far easier offering came in the second over. Williams had struck off his second ball getting Thomas to slash to third man and three balls later set a trap for Lewis putting in place a deep square leg. Williams sent down a bouncer that produced a top edge on the attempted pull by Lewis. Kavem Hodge was in perfect position but spilled it badly.

After taking two off the drop to move to six, Lewis hooked the next ball for his first maximum and never looked back. He continued to remind Hodge of his error by belting him for two sixes - the first of which brought up a 26-ball fifty - and two fours off the left-arm spinner in the 11th. Hodge finally got him out off a full toss off the last ball of the over. But by that stage the Patriots needed 21 off nine overs and cantered over the line.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Indianapolis Colts have a kicking problem the team said must be addressed immediately.

Veteran kicker Adam Vinatieri, the NFL's all-time leading scorer, missed two more extra-point kicks and almost became the reason the Colts lost for the second straight week in their 19-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.

"Breaks my heart to see it because I know how hard (Vinatieri) works," Colts owner Jim Irsay said outside the locker room after the game. "Of course it's a concern. I can't lie to you guys. Anyone would tell you it's a concern. Adam, coach (Frank Reich), (general manager) Chris (Ballard), me. Yeah, I mean, in this league, it's professional football. We all have to produce.

"The expectation is to win when you're a professional. So we have to figure out where we're at there and see what coach and Chris think is the best direction. And I know Adam will be the most self-honest person of all, so we'll see where we're at."

Vinatieri has lasted 24 years in the NFL by being reliable. But now he's a weak link on the roster for the Colts after the two missed extra points, which are 33-yard kicks. He has already had the same number of missed extra points in two games -- three -- that he missed in all of 2018 on 47 attempts.

"I have zero concern," Reich said. "He hit the upright on the one. You guys probably saw the first one. It was not a good operation. That snap and hold was not clean, the ball barely got on the ground. It was not clean."

Vinatieri took "100 percent" of the blame after missing three kicks in the Colts' Week 1 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Vinatieri has now missed an extra point in three straight regular-season games, going back to last season. That's the longest streak of his NFL career. He has also missed an extra point in four of the past five games overall, which includes the playoffs, and he's missed a total of seven kicks in the past three games.

That's a drastic falloff for a kicker who made winning field goals in Super Bowls XXXVI and XXXVIII and nailed kicks in blizzard conditions during his career with the New England Patriots.

But time has appeared to catch up with the 46-year-old Vinatieri, who re-signed with the Colts last winter because he thought he could still be effective. Vinatieri, a future Hall of Famer, immediately left the locker room Sunday while saying very few words.

"You'll hear from me (Monday)," he said.

When reminded that Monday is the players' day off, Vinatieri reiterated, "Yeah, you will (hear from me)."

It's been more than 20 years since the Colts have had to worry about their kickers. But now might be the time for Ballard to find Vinatieri's replacement.

"This is a man of very tough cloth, and I know all our fans, like I, hurt with Adam," Irsay said. "No one hurts worse than Adam does."

DENVER -- Chicago Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro kicked a 53-yard field goal as time expired to propel Chicago to a 16-14 victory over the Denver Broncos.

Pineiro finished the game 3-for-3 on field goal attempts, including a 52-yard conversion in the second quarter.

"It felt different. This was an emotional kick," Pineiro said afterwards. "With everything I've been through. The whole kicking situation. The Augusta silence. The media, everybody piling on."

The Bears (1-1) went 1-of-2 on 50-yard field goals last season. The last time Chicago made two 50-yard field goals in the same game was 2011 at the Oakland Raiders, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

The Bears settled on Pineiro to replace Cody Parkey after an exhaustive offseason search that at one point included nine place-kickers at the club's annual rookie minicamp in May.

The Bears traded for Pineiro in the spring after he spent last year on the Oakland Raiders' injured reserve list.

"I like rooting for good people and he's a good person," Bears coach Matt Nagy said. "He fought for a lot to get to this point. He listened to coaches, he trusted himself, and teammates that believe in him. Good things happen to good people. 42-yarder, 52-yarder, 53 to win the game. Can't make that up."

Pineiro, 24, is a perfect 4-for-4 on the season after nailing his lone attempt in last week's season-opening loss to the Green Bay Packers.

"Whenever you have a new guy come in, you want to see if that particular player has the 'dawg' in him -- meaning that raw, doesn't care, just going to go in there and compete persona," Bears cornerback Prince Amukamara said. "All throughout training camp, OTAs, we've just seen that in Eddy. He's always had ice in his veins. When he missed one, he was never shaken over it."

Bears guard Kyle Long compared Pineiro's game-winning field goal to the last-second 58-yarder kicked by the New Orleans Saints' Wil Lutz to beat the Houston Texans in Week 1.

"The 30 other teams not involved in that all watched that clip this week. We said before Eddy took the field for that game-winning kick, why not us?," Long said.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The calmness in Matt LaFleur's voice and the smile on Aaron Rodgers' face was all that was left of the first animated sideline interaction between the Green Bay Packers' new head coach and the veteran quarterback in Sunday's 21-16 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

The exchange occurred when Rodgers came off the field after the final possession of the first half, a three-and-out that ended with a Rodgers throwaway on third-and-16.

"It was about the look on defense," Rodgers said. "I was actually kind of surprised that he was coming over to talk about that, but we got it all sorted out over there on the sideline. It actually wasn't a big deal. ... We're a little animated at times. I can't say we were yelling how much we love each other, but we definitely weren't MF-ing each other or anything. It was talking about the look there and getting on the same page."

After another unsuccessful drive to start the second half -- one that ended when Rodgers lost a fumble on the snap -- LaFleur sat next to Rodgers on the bench while the Packers' defense was on the field. Rodgers couldn't remember many times when his head coach sat next to him on the bench while the game was going on.

"It's different," he said, noting that interim coach Joe Philbin did it a couple of times last year in the final four games after Mike McCarthy was fired.

"It's definitely helpful, when he's bouncing stuff off -- 'Do you like this? Do you like that? Do you want to start with this? You want to get to this?'" Rodgers added. "Obviously I did that with Mike a bunch, I'd kind of go to over where he was at, but Matt likes to get cozy on the bench."

Neither Rodgers nor LaFleur were surprised or seemed annoyed by the line of questioning -- a sign they had already moved on from the exchange.

"That's just two competitive guys, and I'm sure it's not going to be the last one we have," LaFleur said. "But you know, just competitors, heat of the moment and it is what it is. I would much rather have that than anything else because you want guys that are extreme competitors, and that's what he is."

A week after the Packers' new offense managed just 213 yards -- 31st in the NFL in Week 1 -- in the 10-3 win at Chicago, Rodgers led touchdown drives on the first three possessions to stake the Packers to a 21-0 lead on Sunday.

For the first time in his NFL career, Rodgers wore a playcalling cheat sheet on his wrist to try to help speed up the offensive tempo.

"This is probably the wordiest offense I've been in since Cal," Rodgers said. "At Cal, we would signal from the sideline and if there was ever a play that needed more than seven signals, we'd wristband that one. I think it just helps with the communication, so he doesn't have to say 12 syllables to me and then I say 12 syllables in the huddle. It helped speed things up a little bit. But we didn't use it a whole lot. We only used it probably five or six times."

Still, the offense sputtered after the opening three drives. The Packers totaled 171 yards on those three scoring drives and then just 164 total net yards on their final 11 possessions.

A fumble by Geronimo Allison and a mistake by Rodgers on what he thought was a first down but instead was a fourth-and-1 ended drives in Vikings territory.

"I think they made some adjustments and we did as well," said Rodgers, who completed 22 of 34 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns. "We just didn't execute. We had some chances at some stuff. I think they just tightened up. They made some good plays on contested balls. We had three or four opportunities for a contested catch and they made plays on the ball, which would have been big plays. Marquez [Valdes-Scantling] had one where he kind of got carried out of bounds. Davante [Adams] had one on their sideline. [Aaron Jones], I underthrew that one. But those plays, not converting them hurt. And then obviously we were driving there and then G-Mo trying to get some extra yards kind of took away some points there. And then my bonehead play took away some points as well."

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Derek Carr is not one to usually argue with game officials. But on this occasion, the Oakland Raiders quarterback was steamed.

Carr had just thrown his second interception in the third quarter of the Raiders' 28-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, when a flag came flying in. Surely, it would be for defensive pass interference after Oakland receiver Ryan Grant was knocked off his route by Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu, milliseconds before Kansas City's Charvarius Ward snagged the pass meant for Grant, no?

No. Grant was called for offensive pass interference, and the Chiefs declined the penalty.

"The second interception will blow my mind forever," Carr said. "It was offensive pass interference; they said he was blocking. So, I asked the man, I said, 'Sir, why would I throw him the ball if he was blocking?'

"And he didn't have an answer and just walked away. I don't know what to do in that sense. We got the coverage we want, we got the exact look we want, I'm throwing it to where I'm supposed to throw it, and they tackle our receiver -- yet it's a penalty on us. This is changing the outcome of a football game. That shouldn't happen. That blows my mind. When things like that happen, I get kind of upset."

It was the second straight series ended by a Carr pick, after he threw a jump ball to Tyrell Williams on first-and-goal from the 1-yard line that was hauled in by Bashaud Breeland in the end zone (it was the third pick of Carr's career thrown on first-and-goal).

On the Grant play, the Raiders, trailing 28-10 late in the third quarter, were facing second-and-7 at their own 47-yard line.

"It was a slant pattern," Raiders coach Jon Gruden said. "I've never had an offensive pass interference called on a slant, but we did today and that one worked against us as well."

It was not all bad for Carr on the day, though, as he surpassed late Hall of Famer Ken Stabler to become the Raiders' all-time leader in passing yardage after throwing for 198 yards on 23-of-38 passing with a touchdown and two interceptions against the Chiefs. Carr has thrown for 19,196 yards in his career; Stabler passed for 19,078 yards for Oakland.

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas has finished an emotional and gruelling triathlon challenge - on the day he revealed he has HIV.

The former Wales captain said he was determined to complete the Ironman event in Pembrokeshire to help dismiss the stigma some still attach to the disease.

He captured the hearts of the crowds in Tenby, who cheered him around the epic swim, bike ride and road race.

He finished in just over 12 hours - greeted by his husband Stephen at the finish line.

MOHNTON, Pa. – It’s been more than a year since Jack Beckman parked his Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car in an NHRA winner’s circle.

On Sunday at the 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil, that dry spell came to an end.

Not only did Beckman defeat John Force in the final round at Maple Grove Raceway, he also took over the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series points lead in the process.

“Our Sunday, I think it was perfect,” Beckman said. “That car was consistent, and it was fast. It’s one thing to be consistent and be a 10th (of a second) off the field but to run numbers as good as any other car out here, up and down the race track all four runs on race day.”

Richie Crampton (Top Fuel), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were victors in their respective divisions at the first race of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

Beckman had been the runner-up four times in 2019 but it was his 3.958-second pass at 330.07 mph that gave him the holeshot win over Force’s quicker 3.952-second run. One of the runner-up finishes was just two weeks ago at the U.S. Nationals against Force.

“In NHRA, you have zero control over what the car and driver in the other lane are doing. Did I want to beat him? Of course. Did it sting that he beat us in the Indy final? Duh. But none of that was going to help me be any better. Some fans came over before the final and said, ‘Hey, we’ll go razz John.’ And I said, ‘Don’t poke the bear.’ That guy, always seems to find a way to get motivated and win more races.”

It was a battle of Kalitta Motorsports in the Top Fuel final round but it was Crampton who raised the Wally trophy when he defeated his teammate Doug Kalitta with his 3.738-second pass at 329.10 mph in his DHL dragster. Crampton now ties team owner and NHRA legend Connie Kalitta with 10 wins.

D. Kalitta snagged the Top Fuel points lead when previous leader and reigning champion Steve Torrence made an early exit in round one.

“It was definitely a great day for the whole team,” Crampton said. “All four cars are running good, particularly the dragsters, of course. But for Doug to take the points lead heading out of here, and we made a good jump in the points as well, that’s what we need to do. It’s that time of the year. It’s time to execute on race day and Connie and (crew chief) Kurt Elliott gave me the car to do it.”

Line earned his 50th Pro Stock title when he defeated Fernando Cuadra in the final round of eliminations thanks to his 6.553-second pass at 210.60 mph in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro. Line also took over the points lead from his KB teammate Bo Butner. Cuadra, who was completing in his first career final round, is also a KB powered car.

“It was a big victory, for sure,” Line said. “Not one of my shiner moments, but big victory, nonetheless. I was a little tardy (leaving the starting line) so not what you want to do in the final round. But 50 wins just means I’ve had some great race cars to drive and some great people I’ve gotten to work with over the years. It’s been a fun ride.”

Savoie picked up his second consecutive win on his White Alligator Racing Suzuki. He took down Steve Johnson with his 6.774-second lap at 198.55 mph in the final round and went on to claim the Pro Stock Motorcycle points lead.

“It was just a great, great day for everyone. My whole team. I don’t take any of this credit. (Crew chief) Tim (Kulungian) and everybody on the team worked their butts off and here we are. At my age, I can do it. I didn’t count on making the top 10 because I took three races off. And, bam! Here we are. No one, not even myself expected this.”