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Late goals hurt Manchester City and give Liverpool a boost

A goal in injury time slowed Manchester City’s march to the Premier League title.

Another ignited Liverpool’s push for the Champions League qualifying positions.
A day of dramatic top flight finals for England began with City losing 2-1 to 10-man Leeds, whose winning goal, scored by Stuart Dallas in his second of the game, came off a breakout in the first minute. of the added time. at the Etihad Stadium.
City’s fourth league loss of the season should only delay the inevitable as they move closer to reclaiming the title. Pep Guardiola’s team leads by 14 points with six games to go, although second-placed Manchester United has two games to go.
At Anfield, Liverpool were heading for another disappointing result at home when right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold made an impressive effort in the corner also in the first minute of injury time to secure a 2-1 win against Aston Villa.
Liverpool, who had lost their last six league games at Anfield, advanced to fifth place and fell two points behind Chelsea, who jumped to fourth place after a 4-1 win at Crystal Palace in Saturday’s other match. . American international Christian Pulisic scored two goals for Chelsea at Selhurst Park.
West Ham started the day in fourth place, but fell to sixth before their match against third-place Leicester on Sunday.
There was a two-minute silence before all games to honor Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Friday at the age of 99.

LEEDS RESILIENTES
Leeds played the entire second half against City with 10 men after central defender Liam Cooper was sent off for a tackle on Gabriel Jesus that saw him catch the ball but carry on, with his studs exposed, on the striker’s leg.
The red card turned what had been an end-to-end game into one that resembles an attack-versus-defense drill on training ground, with Leeds trying to protect a 42-minute lead won by Dallas after an error by Joao Cancelo.
Leeds, one of the Premier League’s stylish teams, showed unlikely stamina to hold off City until Ferran Torres’ goal in the 76th, but Dallas had the last word. He ran to a pass from Ezgjan Alioski, smashed through the center of City’s defense and slipped a low shot past Ederson.
City’s dominance was shown in the statistics – Pep Guardiola’s team had 29 shots compared to Leeds’ two – but that didn’t translate into one of the four wins needed to regain the league trophy.

POINT TO DEMONSTRATE
Alexander-Arnold has a point to prove after his recent expulsion from England.
A week after his brilliant center set up Liverpool’s first goal in the win over Arsenal, the right-back scored a crucial goal for the Reds, facing England coach Gareth Southgate, who was at Anfield to watch the game.
“He has to challenge himself, but not because of the national team, but because as a young player he has to challenge himself,” Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said.
“To be in the England team you have to play exceptionally good football. Trent did this very often from a very young age. “
Liverpool bounced back after conceding the opening goal at 43 to Ollie Watkins, who scored a hat trick in Villa’s 7-2 win over Klopp’s side in October.
Mohamed Salah tied at 57 with his 19th goal of the league campaign, tying him for first with Harry Kane.

PAR DE PULISIC
With Pulisic also scoring in Chelsea’s surprising 5-2 loss to West Bromwich Albion last weekend, he now has three goals in two league games and 13 goals overall in the English top flight. That leaves him tied with Roy Wegerle for third place among American players.
Kai Havertz and Kurt Zouma were the other scorers for Chelsea, which is two points behind Leicester and two points ahead of Liverpool and West Ham. Leicester visits West Ham on Sunday.

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