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Iowa State coach Matt Campbell saw a chance to grab a triumph that could increase the Cyclones’ likelihood of hitting the Big 12 title game, so he put everything on Purdy.

His bet failed. Parnell Motley intercepted Purdy’s two-point conversion pass with 24 seconds left, and No. 9 Oklahoma hold off Iowa State 42-41 on Saturday night. And Iowa State’s conference title hopes are gloomy.

After Charlie Kolar caught a 13-yard touchdown pass to pull on the Cyclones down 42-21 in the second half, Campbell went for the victory on the try. Campbell said he didn’t regret going for two since Purdy had passed for 282 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 55 yards and another score.

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“When I see Brock Purdy making incredible play after unbelievable play, I’d rather set the game in his hands since I trust him,” Campbell said. “Yeah, the question if I’d do it again — in a heartbeat.”

THE DEFENSE COMES UP BIG!@OU_Football picks it off on the 2-point conversion to keep the lead with 24 seconds left in the game. pic.twitter.com/ggwC0w8WLz

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 10, 2019

Their revival was accelerated by the Cyclones two years back on precisely the field with a 38-31 win.

“I thought we had a man open for a second,” he said of this two-point conversion. “We seem like we had a chance to grab the ball, but the guy intercepted it in the end of it. They played very well in the end.”

“You’ve got games like this,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley stated. “You do not want them, particularly once you have an opportunity to separate as we did. But if they occur, you have got to discover a way to triumph in the long run. And I am really satisfied with our boys, our defense, for doing that at the end.”

CeeDee Lamb had 167 yards, and two touchdowns and Kennedy Brooks ran for a season-high 132 yards to help Oklahoma bounce back from a loss to Kansas State a few weeks ago.

Oklahoma set up a showdown next week and extended to 18 games winning streak of November.

Lamb put to a show in the next quarter. On his 62-yard touchdown reception, then he caught the ball around the sideline, then cut across to the opposite sideline. He lowered his shoulder to reach the end zone and then push on Oklahoma’s lead.

The Sooners took control using a 97-yard drive in the third quarter. Brooks completed it with a run that gave Oklahoma a lead.

Purdy connected to trim the lead of Oklahoma to 42-35 Lawrence White intercepted Hurts to give Iowa State excellent field position and set up the final sequence.

THE TAKEAWAY

Iowa State: All four of the Cyclones’ losses are seven or fewer points. The Cyclones are a play here and there from a particular season.

Oklahoma: The Sooners have questions about their defense and barely hung on.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

There may be some space for the Sooners to move up from Penn and Alabama State with losses. Iowa State is a respected competitor, and therefore for playing a close game, the Sooners won’t be downgraded.

KOLAR’S CATCH

The Kolar, who caught the touchdown that put up the conversion that was late of Iowa State, played high school football at Norman North, a little more than the usual 10-minute push from Oklahoma’s Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium.

Kolar’s father, Dr. Randall Kolar, is a professor and head of the hydrodynamic modeling team in Oklahoma. Maria Kolar, his mother, was a professor of law in Oklahoma.

“I don’t understand what Charlie did different with this particular one, but what I do understand is Charlie was outstanding for us this year,” Campbell stated. “I know that’s hard once you come back home. Obviously, for him, there are a lot of ties to this community, to the university.”

LAMB CLIMBING

Lamb moved into a tie with Mark Clayton for second place in school history with 31 career touchdown receptions. He passed Juaquin Iglesias and moved into fourth place in career yards receiving and has 2,948 yards.

KICKER GONE

Oklahoma kicker Calum Sutherland is off the group.

Why the movement was made, the decision was affirmed by A school spokesman but did not state. Sutherland, a sophomore, was arrested Sept. 21 on a public intoxication charge and suspended indefinitely. A woman filed for a protective order against him.

UP NEXT

Iowa State hosts Texas on Saturday.

Oklahoma plays No. 11 Baylor on Saturday at a matchup that will affect the Big 12 title image and may influence the College Football Playoff.

Manchester City get a historic victory in Football Association Challenge Cup (FA cup) final.

Manchester City became the first men’s team in history to win the English domestic treble as they beat Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
First-half goals from David Silva and Gabriel Jesus — although there was an argument regarding as Raheem Sterling got the last touch — gave City a deserved lead in the break, although it was not all plain sailing.

Roberto Pereyra had an excellent opportunity to give Watford the lead early but was not able to find a way beyond Ederson to complete a scintillating counter strike.

It proved to be the wake-up call MC needed, and it did not once seem like relinquishing the lead later Silva started the scoring only a couple of minutes later.

Kevin De Bruyne finished the closing as a competition on the hour mark, getting the ball from Jesus before demonstrating remarkable composure to round Heurelho Gomes and slot into an empty net.

MC got a fourth point shortly after through Jesus and had more history in its sight. In FA Cup final history it happened twice when a team scored more than four goals — Blackburn at 1890 and Bury in 1903.

It’d soon equal Bury’s record for most significant FA Cup final victory, as Sterling scored two quickfire goals within the last ten minutes to make it 6-0.

Although it was a painful day for everybody involved at Watford, the Watford supporters never stopped supporting their team.

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Los Angeles Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been banned for two games after grabbing the neck of an opposition goalkeeper.

Former Sweden forward Ibrahimovic,37, and NY City goalkeeper Sean Johnson were booked after wrestling each other to the floor last week.

Major League Soccer(MLS) susspended Zlatan Ibrahimovic for two games for violent conduct.

New York City won the match with 2-0. The incident took place in the 86th minute of the match.

“Zlatan is a talented player – he knows what he’s doing. He’s a smart boy’and you know, it’s part of the game,” Johnson said after the game. “I’d be frustrated if I were him too. Can’t blame him due to his frustration at that point in the match.”

He Had given a red card for slapping Montreal’s Michael Petrasso in last May. He was also accused of threatening to hurt Real Salt Lake defender Nedum Onuoha.

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Madrid — Rafael Nadal Defeated by Stefanos Tsitsipas in semi final of Madrid Open Tennis tournament. Rafael Nadal’s bid for sixth Madrid Open is over after Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated him in the semi-final.

Greek 20-year-old Tsitsipas came in a thrilling encounter through 6-4 2-6 6-3.

The defeat on the Madrid clay for Nadal comes only two weeks before his appearance in French Open title in Paris for the twelveth French Open title.

After losing to Thiem in Barcelona Open and Fabio Fognini in the Monte Carlo Masters, Nadal’s defeat was his third straight semi-final exit on clay.

Tsitsipas explained: “It signifies the world, it is wonderful to have the ability to play this way, it is an incredible feeling.”

“I needed to show psychic control, and being decisive in these significant minutes was key, I needed to take all chances because Rafael is a fighter, so he does not offer you lots of points” he said.

He further said that he needs to to be emotionally ready for Djokovic.

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LIVERPOOL Liverpool Beat Barcelona in Champions League Semi Final. The players of Liverpool had their hands on their heads. James Milner was in tears. Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp stood in the front of The Kop in full voice.

The Liverpool players confronted a 3-0 deficit in the first leg of their Champions League semifinals against Barcelona. They faced the Lionel Messi, probably in the best form of his life. They also missed their two team forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.

It was the third time in this competition’s history a team recovered from three goals down after the first leg of a semifinal and reached in final after Panathinaikos at 1970-71 and Barcelona 1985-86.

Klopp was full of praise for the lucent thinking of Alexander-Arnold, the player of the Liverpool team, and stated he had not even seen the corner.

How to explain a win that sent Liverpool into final, 4-3 on aggregate?

Klopp said that we all know this club is a composite of air, emotion, desire and footballing quality. “For me, this club has a big heart and tonight that the heart was pounding like mad. You may feel it all over the world.”

Euphoria had engulfed Anfield when Liverpool, smothering Barcelona with its intensity and leading 3-0, was granted a corner in the 79th minute. Trent Alexander-Arnold set the ball down at the quadrant and turned out like he had been going to leave the kick to a teammate.

Within a minute, he spun around again and whipped in a low cross that Barcelona’s players were not ready. But Divock Origi was prepared and he hit the ball from eight meters (yards) to the upper corner for his second goal of the game.

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